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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: President Zelenskyy had a successful day in the Trump White House

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

NBC News

Policy, Msnbc, Politics, President, Washington, Congress, Government, Senate, News

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump backs away from his demand for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Also, the House Oversight Committee questions former Attorney General Barr about the Jeffrey Epstein case. And coffee prices are up because of Trump’s tariffs. Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Robert Garcia, and Rep. Ro Khanna join Lawrence O’Donnell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, it was another successful day in the White House for the president. That president was,

0:05.6

of course, Velodemir Zelensky. President Zelensky, the most heroic European leader of the

0:11.7

21st century, went to the White House today, surrounded by seven other European leaders, including

0:16.8

five European heads of state to prevent Donald Trump from doing something crazy.

0:24.2

That was the whole purpose of their trip. And once again, President Zelensky and the European leaders

0:30.7

succeeded. Donald Trump did nothing crazy today about Ukraine. And only today. We don't know what happens tomorrow. But that is what a

0:41.4

successful day looks like now in a White House, which used to be occupied by presidents who tried to

0:48.3

prevent Russian dictators from doing something crazy. Success for Donald Trump today was measured in how much his

0:58.5

not doing something crazy on Ukraine could distract attention from Donald Trump's long friendship

1:04.4

with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein and his criminal co-conspirator who also physically abused children with Jeffrey Epstein,

1:13.6

Gilane Maxwell, who is also a friend of Donald Trump's, and currently serving a 20-year sentence

1:19.6

for sex trafficking, a sentence that Donald Trump made much easier by recently transferring her

1:26.6

to the most lenient federal facility for women prisoners,

1:31.5

which one former Bureau of Prison officials called a country club.

1:37.4

That country club is in Texas, close to Glade Maxwell's family,

1:42.1

and is an upgrade in every way she could hope from the more

1:46.3

serious prison where she was doing hard time or harder time in Florida.

1:53.2

Donald Trump's attempt at diversion will work with most of the news media today, but it won't

1:58.2

work on this program. We will be joined tonight by Congressman

2:01.6

Robert Garcia, the top ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. That committee

2:06.7

took testimony today from the person who was Donald Trump's worst Senate-confirmed Attorney General

2:14.2

in Donald Trump's first term. But William Barr was the Attorney General

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