Lawrence: Trump seemed ‘angry at the truth’ as he read a ‘teleprompter full of lies’

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump addresses the nation as his approval rating hits a record low. Also, Jack Smith defends the Trump indictments in a closed-door testimony. Plus, Sen. Amy Klobuchar grills the FCC’s Brendan Carr in a Senate hearing. And Democrats push for the full release of the boat strike video. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Daniel Goldman, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Rep. Jim Himes join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last with Warren's Hedonnell starts right now. Hey Lawrence.
0:04.8	Hey, Jen. We have a Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, here,
0:09.7	for our version of the Democratic response tonight.
0:14.1	Perfect. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about that fast-talking lie-filled speech.
0:19.9	It was something.
0:20.8	Well, that's a pretty good description of it.
0:23.7	We're going to get right to it.
0:25.2	Thanks, Jen.
0:25.7	Sounds good.
0:27.0	Thank you.
0:28.5	Well, at the end of a day that began with David Remnick asking the question in the New Yorker,
0:35.8	have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched
0:41.3	as Donald Trump? Donald Trump delivered that character to millions of Americans tonight in a 15-minute
0:49.6	shouted speech from the White House. Donald Trump's shouting seems to indicate he has not yet learned how microphones actually
0:59.0	work.
1:00.0	America's worst public speaker struggled mightily reading a teleprompter full of lies tonight.
1:07.0	His speech, if we can call it that, in it, Donald Trump said that when he took office,
1:13.6	quote, inflation was the worst in the history of our country.
1:18.4	That is a lie, a typical Trump lie.
1:22.6	Inflation was at 3% when Donald Trump took office.
1:25.4	Inflation is at 3% right now. Donald Trump said that when he took office, inflation is at 3% right now.
1:29.3	Donald Trump said that when he took office, we had, quote, transgender for everybody.
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