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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Trump's middle finger to auto worker proves he is the vulgarian-in-chief

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

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: The Department of Homeland Security confirms a new non-fatal shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis. Plus, Obamacare enrollment drops by 1.4 million as premiums rise. Also, Trump escalates his fight with the Federal Reserve. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Brendan Boyle, Jason Furman, and Lt. Gen Mark Hertling join Lawrence O'Donnell.

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0:00.0

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

0:04.0

Thanks, Jen. We have Senator Amy Klobuchar joining us tonight. She knows those streets where there are protests happening now in Minneapolis.

0:12.1

We're going to keep an eye on that. If there's anything to report from the situation there in the street, we'll go right to it as we go through this hour.

0:20.2

Sounds good, Lawrence. Tough to watch,

0:21.8

but looking forward to hearing more from her as well. Thanks, Jen. Thank you. Thanks, Lawrence.

0:27.3

Well, the Bulgarian and chief Donald Trump became the first president in history yesterday to use his

0:33.4

middle finger publicly to respond to someone who said something he didn't like.

0:40.0

Donald Trump's fingers first came to public attention when Graydon Carter and Kurt Anderson

0:44.3

coined the term short-fingered Bulgarian to describe Donald Trump in their coverage of him

0:49.9

in spy magazine in the 1980s. Graydon Carter had come away from an interview with Donald Trump

0:55.4

struck by the unusual tininess of Donald Trump's fingers, fingers attached to such a large body.

1:06.1

And now, against his much larger body, the finger he raised yesterday looks even smaller.

1:16.1

In a campaign debate during Donald Trump's first presidential campaign in 2016,

1:20.2

he became the first presidential candidate in history to decide to publicly defend the size of his penis after Marco Rubio had publicly made

1:35.3

fun of Donald Trump's fingers. He's always calling me little Marco. And I only the guy he's tall to me, he's like 6-2, which is why I don't understand why his hands are the size of someone who's fight to.

1:50.0

Have you seen his hands?

1:52.0

They're like this.

1:54.0

And you know what they say about men with small hands?

1:57.0

You can't trust them. You can't trust them.

2:01.9

You can't trust them.

2:04.8

And at that next debate, Donald Trump defended his appendages this way.

2:12.9

He hit my hands.

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