MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell on Wednesday continued holding President Donald Trump accountable for the implications of his ongoing warfare on Iran, which has already value the lives of a minimum of seven U.S. navy service members and greater than 1,300 Iranians.
The “Last Word” host started by slamming Trump for beginning “the most expensive war in American history” and mendacity about its value, however argued his deception reached “a new low” by, O’Donnell mentioned, claiming he didn’t learn about a U.S. airstrike on an Iranian ladies’ faculty.
The Feb. 28 airstrike in Minab killed a minimum of 175 folks, largely kids youthful than 12.
“This time he’s lying about the deaths of girls in Iran brave enough to try to get an education,” O’Donnell mentioned. “The girls who could be the future for the kind of Iranian society we would all like to see. Some of those girls might have helped lead Iran into that future.”
He continued, “And Donald Trump, once again, disgraces the American presidency, this time by saying, ‘I don’t know about it,’ when he is asked about the death of those girls killed by an American Tomahawk missile.”
Trump was requested Wednesday a few report from The New York Times citing preliminary findings of a U.S. navy investigation, which concluded the varsity was struck by an American-made Tomahawk missile, and Trump responded, “I don’t know about it.” It is unclear within the video if Trump was saying he didn’t know concerning the assault or the report.
“Donald Trump doesn’t know about a lot of things,” O’Donnell mentioned.
He continued, “Donald Trump doesn’t know most things that he needs to know and should know, but Donald Trump knows those girls were killed by one of his Tomahawk missiles. And he knows those girls would be alive today if he did not decide to start his war in Iran.”
O’Donnell was additionally shocked by the shortage of effort Trump displayed in diffusing duty, noting that he initially blamed Iran — and instructed Monday that the nation had someway obtained a U.S. Tomahawk missile and bombed its personal faculty.
“And the next day, Donald Trump said there’s an investigation going on, so he wasn’t going to talk about it,” O’Donnell mentioned. “And then today, today he reached a new low in Trump lying when he tried to claim he didn’t know about the attack.”
O’Donnell reiterated Wednesday simply how offensive the phrasing is, notably as a number of sources have since informed CBS News that dozens of troops have suffered critical accidents within the warfare — together with mind trauma, shrapnel wounds and doubtlessly amputation.
“In a little excursion, girls don’t get killed in their classrooms,” he mentioned. “In a little excursion, soldiers don’t face amputation. In a little excursion, soldiers don’t have brain damage. In a little excursion, soldiers are not killed. Donald Trump’s war is what killed those girls.”
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