Lawrence: Trump says 'nobody has ever ended one war.' Is that the stupidity or insanity speaking?

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump is no closer to ending his “war of choice” in Iran. Also, the Trump budget boosts defense spending and cuts programs. Plus, the Trump Justice Department moves to vacate 12 Capitol rioters’ convictions. And Democrats demand more Epstein files detail from the Trump Justice Department. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Brendan Boyle, and Rep. Ro Khanna join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey Lawrence.
0:04.3	Hey, Jen. We have Senator Klobuchar joining us, as you know, and what some people might not know is that she is running for governor of Minnesota this year.
0:13.9	And so we're going to hear from her both perspectives from the Senate and then as a what the way she sees things as a gubernatorial candidate,
0:22.9	running in what is now this Trump madness of an economy, just outright uncontrollable,
0:29.8	no one knows what happens next world that people are living in, what she's hearing from voters,
0:34.6	what she thinks is going to matter in November.
0:37.1	I look forward to hearing that. She never holds back. I'm sure it'll be a great interview.
0:41.7	Thanks, Jen. Thanks, Lawrence. Thank you. Well, Donald Trump knows he is losing.
0:48.9	Donald Trump knows that the Democrats are going to win the congressional elections this year,
0:54.0	and Donald Trump knows that that that means a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives will very likely be forced by Donald Trump's own conduct to impeach him for a third time and to put him on trial in the United States Senate, where the Democrats could be in
1:16.6	majority control of the Senate next year, for many reasons, including that today Democratic
1:24.5	leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, once again forced a vote on Donald Trump's
1:30.8	war and every Republican senator running for reelection this year chose to vote for Donald
1:39.4	Trump's war, including Susan Collins of Maine, who could be digging her own political grave with that vote
1:47.7	and handing over her Republican Senate seat to the Democrats in November. And Donald Trump knows
1:54.7	this is happening. Donald Trump knows that Democratic chairman of congressional investigative committees next year
2:02.9	and their highly skilled staff will work seven days a week investigating Donald Trump's
2:10.7	massive corruption, investigating Donald Trump's corrupt personal enrichment using his position
2:16.1	as president to enrich himself and his family.
2:19.1	Donald Trump knows that those congressional investigative staff members will be working seven days
2:23.4	a week investigating corruption at every level of the Trump government in every department
2:28.9	and every cabinet secretary, including the fired cabinet secretaries.
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