Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Lawrence. Happy Friday Eve.

Yeah, my Friday. Well, this is actually my Friday.

You know, in Vegas, Rachel, where people are on, you know, weird work schedules, one of the phrases you can hear on Tuesday is, this is my Friday.

You know, on Wednesday, this is my Friday.

So, yeah, welcome to my Friday.

This is on, we have Ambassador Bob Ray, the Canadian ambassadors to the United Nations, joining us tonight for the view from the north.

I will, I'll see if I can make this trade war any worse by, by what happens here in the next hour.

We'll see.

I could still remember going to visit my uncles in Canada when I was a little kid and seeing my mom, for the only time in my life I've ever seen this,

seeing my mom carrying two handles of whiskey as we were getting there to bring them what they wanted. And yeah, we are close. We are very, very close

countries divided at this point by an ethical government. And I'll be very interested to hear what

he has to say. We happen to be the country that has the best possible neighboring country on the planet, Canada.

And that's the one you aim at?

Yeah, as Justin Trudeau said this week, make it make sense.

Yeah, exactly.

We will try.

Thank you, Rachel.

Thank you.

Well, today, Donald Trump backed down again.

Donald Trump backed down again, and that came 24 hours after the last time Donald Trump

backed down on the same subject, his illegal tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.

Once again today, Donald Trump's boss told him what to do and he did it.

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