Lawrence: Trump speaks lovingly about drapes as U.S. death toll in his Iran war rises
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | And so, on the third day of his war against Iran, speaking in the majestic eastroom of the White House, |
| 0:07.7 | Donald Trump reminded the world of what is most important to him. |
| 0:14.9 | We have a lot of great service members here with us, too, in this beautiful building, |
| 0:20.2 | isn't it? |
| 0:20.7 | Beautiful. We're adding on to the |
| 0:22.7 | building a little bit we're improving the building see that nice drape when that comes down right now |
| 0:29.3 | you see a very very deep hole but in about a year and a half from now you're going to see a very |
| 0:34.5 | very beautiful building and there's your entrance to it |
| 0:37.8 | right there. In fact, it looks so nice, I don't think I'll even, I think I'll save money in the |
| 0:41.3 | doors, because it can't get more beautiful than that. I picked those drapes in my first term. |
| 0:47.9 | I always like gold, but I think we can save a lot of money. I just saved, I just saved curtains. |
| 0:57.0 | But, and it will be, it'll be spectacular it'd be the most beautiful ballroom i believe it because i built many a ballroom |
| 1:01.5 | i believe it's going to be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world |
| 1:08.0 | the only president in history who in the third day of a war, is talking to the world about drapes that he chose. |
| 1:22.7 | When Donald Trump illegally launched his war, he said this. |
| 1:30.3 | We may have casualties that often happens in war. |
| 1:37.3 | And today, Donald Trump's defense secretary said this. |
| 1:42.3 | As the president warned, an effort of this scope will include casualties. |
| 1:48.1 | War is hell and always will be. |
| 1:52.6 | The Defense Secretary also said today that there are, quote, these are his words. |
| 1:58.7 | No stupid rules of engagement. And that means the American military |
| 2:05.0 | under Donald Trump will be operating under the same no rules of engagement used by Adolf Hitler's |
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