Lawrence O'Donnell on the trump "presser" just now

[senseandsensibility]

On his bluesky: "If Joe Biden had ever...."

Then a clip of trump saying "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"

There were mountains of lies and insanity and contradictions and name-calling and threats during this press conference. In fact, it was overwhelming. Sometimes isolating one comment so that the coverage of it can be compared to Biden is instructive.

And in this case, we all know what would have happened if Joe Biden had said that.

Still, even MSNOW is normalizing this debacle. Even after he insulted their reporter (a female of course) who asked him a question.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. How bad does it have to get before he is removed from office?

I think we have crossed that line a long time ago, but the Republicans in Congress are still a bunch of chickenshits.

[GPV]

2. Not chickenshits. They love what's happening. They make

money for themselves and the oligarchs hand over fist.

[SamuelAdams]

10. Exactly.

We have been hearing for for a decade that this comment or that was the breaking point. They were done after J6. Hiding the Epstein files was over the line. Attacking Iran was too much. Republicans just need to get past the primaries so they can stand up to him. We are past the primaries. They are never going to stand up to him.

[allegorical oracle]

29. What you said plus Repugs are generally low IQ. That's why djt opted to run as an

R. He had been a Dem when he was younger, but I believe that he figured Dems would be more difficult to lure into the thug cult that he and Bannon planned to build.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. It will never happen. There is no "bad enough"

They would declare him a perfect genius if he called a presser, took off his pants, grabbed a spoon and started eating lunch out of his incontinence brief.

[ananda]

4. For Republicans, there is no bad enough.

For Democrats, there is no good enough.

[dedl67]

7. For some of us hostages of fortune it is bad enough already.

[Ilikepurple]

13. Eek! Quite the image.

They’d either say it was AI or add to the Trump lore by saying he made the sacrifice to save us. Jesus may have died for our sins, but Trump look what Trump just did. Thank the Trump.

[LuvLoogie]

5. This is by design. They wrote an outline and everything.

America is the Dred Scott Decision at its core. Manifest Destiny. Rape, theft, and murder ordained by the almighty.

[ChicagoTeamster]

6. I'm sure his family is working behind the scenes to keep him in position so they can grift as long as possible

Everything from no bid government contracts for their businesses to insider trading and crypto scams

[Lovie777]

16. shithole is the point man..............

the focus is on him and he loves it. Meanwhile his hench men and women are fucking up the USA, and securing monetary and land deals, here and around the world. It's a get rich forever scheme, just recently shithole gave it away by way of the Save Act bill, which hopefully NEVER passes. shithole claims it would allow the Republican Party hundred of years of total power.

[pat_k]

22. Impeachment and removal was a moral imperative the first month.

He violated the constitution with his unilateral impoundments, decimation and corruption of every executive agency, and corrupt deals to enrich the trump crime family and their fascist corporatist cronies.

The criminals and every corrupt Republican enabling him must he held accountable.

And if more democratic candidates and electeds don't start making accountability for corruption a central plank, we are screwed.

This is NOT a time to "just focus on kitchen table issues." And any consultant or Democratic public figure counseling that insanity needs to be blasted with calls, email, and social media memes condemning the idiocy.

[SidneyR]

8. No way would I just stand there and say nothing if my colleague was verbally assaulted by that a.hole.

I don't care if it would be career suicide, I'd tell him what an fn a.hole he is. Fn creep.

[modrepub]

11. Worthless Colleagues

Wonder how cut throat they are with each other behind the scenes.

Each of them is probably holding out for a tell all book deal so they can personally cash in on their “experiences”. To hell with a function democracy.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Where I grew up they would say 'he don't know if he is on foot or horseback".

[OGBuzz]

12. Lawrence will take no prisoners on tonight's show.

[Susan Calvin]

14. They are not only normalizing his words,

They are improving his appearance. I'm looking at him on MSNOW as I type, and it's basically as close to a matinee Idol picture as you're going to get of him.

[senseandsensibility]

17. I'm watching MSNOW too

Are you talking about the video of him answering questions? He doesn't look very good to me. Lots of makeup as usual and a smug, "aren't I clever" smirk but nothing appealing in any way.

[Susan Calvin]

26. No, it was a still picture they had up as background. nt

[sop]

15. "Japan"..."Iran".... both end in "an"... that's close enough for Trump's diseased brain.

We have two years and seven more months of this insanity left.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. They're all just metavariables to him. "The Islamic Republic of {whatever country I'm mad at now}"

As for two years and seven months, all I can say is ... thrombi, do your job !

[Joinfortmill]

18. I will never believe we elected this bum a second time..

[AnotherMother4Peace]

19. The CNN reporter said it ended on good note because rump said many leaders

said to him privately that they loved him. Talk about sane washing. 🤮

[senseandsensibility]

21. Wow. That is bad.

Was that Nick Roberts (I think that's his name) with the British accent? I turned CNN off because he was spewing nonsense that had nothing to do with reality and It's not the first time I've noticed how bad he is.

[BarbD]

23. What is even worse than watching this demented, disgusting excuse

for a president speak, is looking at Marco Rubio behind him blithely blank with approval.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

24. No. It was a female. And I believe the anchor was Kasie Hunt. Nt

[BarbD]

25. What is even worse than watching this demented, disgusting

president speak, is looking at Marco Rubio blithely and blankly with approval behind him.

[senseandsensibility]

27. He looks like a deer in the headlights

but hey, he wouldn't be there if he didn't agree with him. He's an enabler.

[JokeHer]

30. I think and hope

Rubio realizes if/when they lose their iron grip, if they can’t steal the next election, a lot of them are going to be indicted. I’m living for that!! And to celebrate Orange sh*tbag no longer sucking up oxygen!

[Betty Boom]

28. MSNow didnt normalize it

Every single story I saw about it today, the host were aghast. It was covered extensively as a huge humiliation to the United States. All of the comments were about the fact that he’s lost it. I don’t understand all of this MS now bashing on here. Good Lord they’ve they’re all we’ve got and I think they’re doing a great job.