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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Ali Velshi reveals latest humiliation for Trump in devastating new poll

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushes for a return to “rules-based order.” Also, European allies question U.S. leadership under Donald Trump. Plus, House Republicans pass a restrictive voter ID bill under pressure from Trump. And the Trump administration refuses to recognize the growing economic divide. Robert Reich, Rep. Eugene Vindman, Rep. Greg Stanton, and Sharon Epperson join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0

In 11 days, Donald Trump will give the first official state of the union address of a second term.

0:05.6

But if the polls are any indication, the American public has already told the president what they

0:09.7

think about the state of our union. And it's a vision that's going to leave Donald Trump humiliated.

0:16.3

According to multiple, multiple polls out this week, Americans are saying Joe Biden was a better leader than

0:22.1

Donald Trump. The most humiliating of these polls for Donald Trump comes from his favorite

0:26.5

polling group, Rasmussen, which is considered the most friendly to Republicans. Its polling director

0:31.9

said, quote, if an election were held today between Trump and Biden, Biden would win. The polling

0:37.1

comes 389 days after Donald Trump

0:39.6

stood up in front of Joe Biden on inauguration day and said, quote, from this day forward,

0:44.3

our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. Our sovereignty will be

0:50.6

reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced.

0:56.4

The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end,

1:02.5

end quote. Sit with that for a second. He was talking about a presidency that wasn't his when he used all

1:09.9

those words.

1:16.1

But ever since then, Donald Trump's done the opposite of what he said 389 days ago.

1:21.5

We're less than two hours away from the third government shutdown of Donald Trump's second term.

1:25.6

This one's a partial shutdown, but it's a big department, the Department of Homeland Security.

1:34.9

Funding is set to expire at midnight as Democrats push back on Donald Trump's vicious, deadly immigration policies.

1:43.6

And two and a half months later from Trump's operation in Minnesota that saw two American citizens who were no threat to anyone at all, René Good and Alex

1:45.1

Pretty, killed by federal agents. The Trump administration says it's pulling immigration

1:51.2

agents out of Minnesota. The decision was no doubt hastened by what you're looking at in

1:56.4

front of you. Everyday Americans taking to the streets in the bitter cold, coast to coast,

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