Mar 4, 2025 | MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how, after Donald Trump attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy in favor of Russia, the U.S. is no longer a leader or “defender of the free world.” Sen. Mark Kelly joins, calling the meeting a “colossal error” and says Trump’s order pausing aid to Ukraine means “more innocent Ukrainians will die.”
Feb 27, 2025 | Donald Trump was praised for answering more questions in his first month than Presidents Biden and Obama answered in their first months. But as MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell notes, a lie is not an answer. And now, having watched how easy it is for Donald Trump to lie to reporters, Elon Musk has decided to do the exact same thing, Lawrence explains.
Feb 26, 2025 | MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains the “theft” behind Elon Musk’s effort to dismantle the agency that protects consumers against being exploited by businesses as the Republican House budget resolution will cut health care to the poorest people so “Elon Musk can be richer.”
Feb 11, 2025 | MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why Elon Musk and Donald Trump are lying about what the life-saving agency USAID actually does as “Elon Musk has created his own form of waste, fraud and abuse at USAID by wasting $489 million of food” that could be feeding starving children.
Dec 18, 2024 | MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell discusses the people Donald Trump wants to serve in his administration, they include Elon Musk, who The New York Times reports faces federal reviews over security reporting violations, Tulsi Gabbard, whose meetings with senators Lawrence says have “harmed” her chances for confirmation, Pete Hegseth, who had to promise to stop drinking if he is confirmed for Secretary of Defense, and Robert Kennedy Jr., a “self-described medical expert” for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Oct 15, 2024 | MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward to discuss the bombshell revelations about both the Trump and Biden presidencies in his new book "War" including Trump's former Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Mark Milley saying Trump is "dangerous" and "a total fascist."
Jul 26, 2024 | The Harris campaign called Donald Trump a “78-year-old criminal” after Trump called Vice President Harris “real garbage” on Fox. MSNBC’S Lawrence O’Donnell says the phrase “78-year-old criminal” is going to be thrown at Trump every day of this presidential campaign.
Oct 13, 2023 | The leading Republican candidate for president has spoken about the attacks on Israel by Hamas admonishing Israeli PM Netanyahu and calling the militant group Hezbollah “smart” for launching strikes along Israel’s northern border. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Ben Rhodes.
Jun 13, 2023 | Mary Trump joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her reaction to her uncle’s indictment and how she thinks he is feeling as he faces arraignment given that he cannot comprehend the reality of facing real accountability: “Donald lives his life in fear; he just does everything is his power to cover the fear over with anger.”
Jun 9, 2023 | MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow joined Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the federal indictment against Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the Justice Department’s classified documents investigation. The charges include, according to The New York Times, a violation of the Espionage Act.
May 4, 2023 | MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell compares Tucker Carlson to the hateful British tormentor of Oscar Wilde, Lord Queensberry, after Tucker Carlson’s text about a violent video stating, “It’s not how white men fight.”
Aug 26, 2022 MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how the release of a redacted version of the affidavit that convinced a federal judge to sign off on a search warrant of Donald Trump’s Florida home is going to make tomorrow the worst day of Trump’s life, so far.
Feb 23, 2022 • Barbara McQuade joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the model prosecution memo she wrote detailing the “very strong evidence” in public information for bringing federal criminal charges against Donald Trump for pressuring Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election: “I just can’t imagine a world in which the Justice Department is not at least conducting an investigation that could lead to a memo like this.”
Comedian Sarah Cooper joins Lawrence O’Donnell to explain her process behind making her viral lip sync videos of President Trump and how she believes she is clarifying the message the president is attempting to convey. Aired on 5/26/2020.
Dr. Lance Dodes, a contributor to bestselling “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,” tells Lawrence O’Donnell that President Trump is a “con man” who is making the current public health crisis “all about himself”- which could have grave results for Americans. Aired on 02/27/20.
Rep. Tim Ryan tells Lawrence O’Donnell he had to leave during Trump’s speech because of the countless lies Trump was telling. He asks, “how much can a guy take?” Aired on 2/5/20.
Lawrence O’Donnell explains how the millions of voters who gave Democrats control of the House of Representatives in last year's election made the Trump impeachment possible. Aired on 12/18/19.
Rachel Maddow discusses with Lawrence O’Donnell the excerpts from a damning new book about Trump written by an anonymous senior Trump official. Rachel tells Lawrence that the tone of the book is that people who keep their jobs to try to thwart Trump's worst instincts is not enough. The president is too far gone for that to work. Aired on 11/07/19.
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff says that the newly-ousted John Bolton left several foreign policy matters, like Iran, most volatile. Schiff also discusses upcoming moves by the Judiciary Committee on impeachment.
Donald Trump’s disapproval is now above 50% in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Ohio. Lawrence discusses with John Heilemann and former Missouri senator Claire McCaskill.
