'An embarrassment' & 'flat-out disaster': Cory Booker torches Trump over China summit

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: China reportedly gains an edge on the U.S. amid the Iran war. Also, Democrats warn GOP maps target minorities’ voting power. Plus, House Democrats call for Trump Cabinet member Howard Lutnick to resign after his Epstein interview is released. And House Democrats introduce anti-corruption legislation. Laura Barrón-López, Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. James Walkinshaw, and Barbara McQuade join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	The last word with Jonathan, Capehart in for Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:03.5	Starts right now.
0:04.5	Hey, Jonathan.
0:05.8	Hey, Jen.
0:06.7	Thank you very much.
0:07.6	We're going to jump right on into the show, given everything that's happening in China.
0:11.6	Thanks, Jen.
0:12.0	Have a good night.
0:12.7	Sure.
0:13.0	Have a good night.
0:14.6	Tonight, we are monitoring the final hours of Donald Trump's two-day summit with President Xi in Beijing.
0:21.9	Donald Trump and President Xi are expected to have a final bilateral lunch within the next
0:27.1	few hours. Donald Trump will then depart for Washington. For more, we go to MS Now, White House
0:33.7	reporter Laura Barone Lopez, live from Beijing.
0:39.6	Hey, Jonathan. it's morning here in Beijing and the president started the second day of his
0:45.4	Beijing trip with a post that I just want to read a brief portion of to you. He said that when
0:51.0	President Xi Jinping very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation,
0:57.0	he was referring to the damage suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden administration.
1:03.0	And the reason I wanted to read that is because, one, it's unclear when or where President Xi Jinping said this, Jonathan.
1:10.0	But the pattern here is one of President Trump more than a year into his second term,
1:14.9	blaming Joe Biden for everything as he faces bad poll numbers on the economy back home
1:20.5	and voters who are not happy about the Iran war.
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