Lawrence: When Trump’s poll numbers find new lows, he retreats

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump retreats on the ICE surge in Minnesota amid growing backlash. Also, a U.S. citizen who was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent plans to sue. And lawmakers review unredacted Epstein files. Mary Moriarty, Christopher Parente, Rep. Maxwell Frost, 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. Hey Jen, we have
0:05.2	Congressman Maxwell Frost joining us tonight, the youngest member of the House
0:09.1	Representatives. He got his first look at the unredacted Epstein files and he
0:15.4	wants to go back and see more. And also at the end of the hour,
0:20.2	Congress from Rokane is going to be able to join us
0:22.5	at that time. He has found a new email in the Epstein files that appears to be from a politician.
0:31.0	It's signed, Love You. This is an email to Jeffrey Epstein. Congressman Conn is going to join
0:36.5	us with that discovery at the end of the hour.
0:39.0	I'm going to have to stay up for that to watch that. It's great that they're all going back.
0:44.0	It shows such commitment. There's so much more to find. So look for to watch it.
0:47.8	There is. Thanks, Jen. Thanks, Lawrence. Thank you.
0:52.2	Well, Donald Trump retreated again today. Donald Trump never announced his full
0:58.3	retreat of National Guard troops from the streets of American cities, but as we reported last night,
1:03.4	Donald Trump no longer has a single member of the National Guard patrolling a single street
1:08.0	in America. That full and humiliating retreat came before Donald Trump
1:13.1	sent his so-called Bordersar, Tom Homan, to Minneapolis, to manage the Trump retreat from
1:20.3	Minneapolis, which Tom Homan announced on his first full week in that city three weeks ago.
1:26.5	And today, Tom Homan made the announcement that
1:29.8	everyone in Minneapolis and most people in the country have been waiting for.
1:36.0	I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.
1:43.4	Donald Trump is not the first president to launch an unwinnable war.
1:47.9	Presidents have been doing that with disturbing regularity since Vietnam.
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