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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Donny 2 Dolls Trump's cruelty ignores little girl who asked him to 'make Barbies cheaper'

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump ousts Mike Waltz as national security advisor. Also, Trump nominates “Stop the Steal” organizer Ed Martin for a key prosecutor post. Plus, Trump tariffs are wreaking havoc on U.S. small businesses. And a Trump-appointed judge in Texas rules Trump’s Alien Enemies Act invocation is “unlawful.” Sen. Adam Schiff and Rick Woldenberg join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Lawrence O'Donnell and welcome to the next 100 days.

0:05.0

It was a very bad day in the presidency of Donald Trump.

0:11.0

Donald Trump had to get rid of the first big player in this White House that he has had to get rid of.

0:17.3

That was today and today. A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump ruled against

0:23.9

Donald Trump. It's a turning point. We are at a turning point. Heck of a job, Brownie.

0:32.7

That was a turning point for George W. Bush. When President Bush said that to his FEMA director in the

0:39.2

aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, everyone knew that Brownie wasn't doing a heck of a job,

0:44.7

and the Bush administration's response to that disaster was in itself a disaster. And that was a

0:51.3

turning point in the perception of the competence of the Bush administration.

0:56.8

Donnie Two Dolls arrived at what might be the most memorable turning point in his presidency when he himself expressed the damage his tariffs are doing in terms that any child in America

1:15.2

could understand, especially a girl hoping for a Barbie for Christmas.

1:21.9

What Donald Trump said about that yesterday became the lead story on this program last

1:26.4

night and went viral today. And today

1:29.3

Donnie two dolls used the furor created by the stupidest thing ever said about Christmas by a

1:36.1

president of any country to mask the first firing in the second Trump White House last night on this program with the generous

1:48.3

approval of David Chase, the brilliant creator of the Emmy-winning HBO series, The Sopranos,

1:53.9

I suggested the possible nickname Donald Trump would have if he were a character on the Sopranos,

2:00.0

and I suggested that that nickname should be Donnie two dolls after he said this yesterday.

2:09.5

Somebody said, oh, the shelves are going to be open.

2:11.8

Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know.

2:16.2

And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of

2:18.4

bucks more than they would normally.

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