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All In with Chris Hayes

Trump’s ‘snake’ story is coming back to bite America

All In with Chris Hayes

MS NOW, Chris Hayes

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Democracy, Ms Now, President, Biden, Policy, Msnbc, Election, Versant, Trump, Climate Change, Government, Senate

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Trump is telling the American people he is done "pretending" to care about what they think.

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0:00.0

Tonight on O'Land.

0:02.9

Who has heard the poem called The Snake?

0:07.0

From ballrooms and birthday fights in the White House to his name on everything and his face on your money.

0:14.4

I don't think that there's anything untoward about having the President of the United States on the 250th anniversary

0:21.4

bill.

0:22.8

Tonight, the undeniable proof the president has abandoned all interest in helping anyone but

0:28.2

himself.

0:30.0

You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.

0:36.6

Then the former federal judges fighting to block Trump's sedition slush fund,

0:41.4

and new reporting on Eging Carroll and the latest DOJ investigation on Trump's revenge tour.

0:47.1

And all in starts right now.

0:53.4

Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes. As Donald Trump flirts with a 30% approval rating,

0:59.0

he is telling the American people to their faces day and day out that he is done pretending to care

1:05.3

about what they think. He doesn't care about the midterms. He does not care about your financial

1:10.0

situation.

1:15.6

All that stuff you promised in the campaign, that's just the stuff you have to say to get elected.

1:27.7

Donald Trump cares about three things, I think, enriching himself and his family, using the power of the state to seek retribution on those who cross him, and putting his name and his face on as many things as possible.

1:34.7

And honestly, no one should be surprised because Donald Trump has been telling us all along just who he is and what he's about. I mean, almost literally. Do you remember the poem,

1:40.2

The Snake? Trump would weirdly recite it at all the campaign rallies. It was supposedly about

1:47.2

scary immigrants, but anyone even paying half attention could see that the guy was telling everyone

1:53.6

who he was. And his supporters just ate it up. Who has heard the poem called The Snake?

2:03.0

Has anybody ever heard the snake?

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