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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Trump’s son will not fight in his ‘illegal and unconstitutional war’ in Iran

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

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: The name of the fifth U.S. soldier killed in Donald Trump’s Iran war is released. Also, Secretary Kristi Noem faces calls to resign during a Senate hearing. Plus, Noem refuses to apologize for her claim that Alex Pretti and Renee Good were “domestic terrorists.” And Attorney General Pam Bondi is subpoenaed over the Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files. Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rep. Jamie Raskin join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

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

0:02.4

Hey, Lawrence.

0:03.3

Hey, Jen.

0:04.1

Boy, the Republicans are running into some real trouble this week.

0:08.4

But Christy Noem is experiencing something like we have never seen before.

0:12.7

The questions she was asked today under oath where she couldn't give an answer about her personal behavior.

0:23.5

Those questions have never been asked of a cabinet member in the history of congressional hearings.

0:25.8

We're going to show much of that later in this hour.

0:30.5

She didn't answer, no.

0:32.0

That's my preview.

0:33.1

But I'll look forward to watching what you have to say about it.

0:35.7

Thanks, Jen.

0:37.0

Thanks, Lawrence.

0:37.6

Thank you.

0:40.0

All four of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sons served in the American military while their father was serving as commander-in-chief leading this country to victory in World War II.

0:56.0

It was unthinkable then that a wartime president could have sons who would not serve in the

1:04.0

military, like Donald Trump and his sons and daughters.

1:08.2

Abraham Lincoln's son enlisted during the Civil War. No one expected President Lyndon Johnson's daughters. Abraham Lincoln's son enlisted during the Civil War. No one expected President

1:13.6

Lyndon Johnson's daughters to serve in the Vietnam War in the 1960s before women were allowed

1:19.5

full participation in military service, but President Johnson's son-in-law served in Vietnam.

1:37.3

The Trump family's flawless record of avoiding military service would be unremarkable if Donald Trump never started a war. But when your father starts a war, an illegal and unconstitutional war, and you are of the age that is eligible to fight

1:47.5

and die in your father's war. What do you do? There is no suspense tonight about what Baron

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