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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Trump is now trying to get out of his war without everyone calling it a surrender

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

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump issues new threats on Iran after the ceasefire. Also, Melania Trump denies having any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Plus, the Trump Justice Department probes January 6 Committee star witness Cassidy Hutchinson. And the Strait of Hormuz ship traffic remains stalled. Rep. Ro Khanna, Andrew Weissmann, and Amos Hochstein join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

The last with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey Lawrence.

0:04.0

Hey, Jen. We have Andrew Weissman joining us tonight on some of the goings on at the Justice Department. But I really want to thank you for the John Kerry interview. That is exactly who I've been wanting to hear from about this situation. And I've said this many times before. He negotiated

0:23.3

with President Obama's guidance, what I think is the most important diplomatic accomplishment of our

0:28.4

lifetimes, that nuclear deal with Iran, which Donald Trump then ripped up. And we are here tonight

0:35.2

because Donald Trump ripped up that deal.

0:37.9

And he,

0:38.5

Donald Trump's never going to come close to getting the deal that John Kerry got.

0:43.3

No doubt about it.

0:44.7

And I like you was so interested in hearing what he had to say about negotiating with the

0:49.8

Iranians, with the Israelis, what was possible and such an important voice. So I'm so

0:54.8

gratefully at the time. And I think he made news with you on the history of Prime Minister

1:00.1

and Netanyahu's urgings of war with previous presidents. We're going to show that part of it

1:04.9

during this hour. That's right. Was very direct about that as well. Thanks, Jen.

1:11.4

Thanks, Lawrence.

1:12.6

Thank you.

1:14.2

And so today, April 9th, 2026 at 2.31 p.m.,

1:20.5

Donald Trump's third wife became the first wife of an American president to say,

1:29.4

I have never been accused or convicted of a crime.

1:32.1

And so now, Melania Trump has created the lowest standard imaginable for the position of the

1:41.8

American First Lady, I have never been accused or convicted of a crime.

1:48.5

She also created the single strangest spectacle

1:52.6

in the history of White House wives.

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