Lawrence: Trump looking away from a man in need should be the portrait for his second term

Lawrence: Trump looking away from a man in need should be the portrait for his second term

WELL, WITH DONALD TRUMP’S GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN NOW THREATENING THE RELIABILITY OF AIR TRAVEL IN THE
UNITED STATES, GIVING AMERICANS NEW WORRIES
TODAY ABOUT EVERY AIRLINE RESERVATION ANYONE
CURRENTLY HOLDS FOR AIR TRAVEL IN AMERICA, INCLUDING THANKSGIVING TRAVEL, DONALD TRUMP. GATHERED IN THE OVAL OFFICE. WITH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE FUTURE PRICE REDUCTIONS
FOR WHAT DONALD TRUMP. INELEGANTLY CALLS. THE FAT DRUG. SO TODAY I’M THRILLED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT. TWO WORLD’S LARGEST
PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS, ELI LILLY AND NOVO NORDIS, HAVE AGREED TO OFFER THEIR MOST
POPULAR GLP-1 WEIGHT LOSS. I WROTE THE FACT, REMEMBER. AT GRASSIC DISCOUNTS. AS DONALD TRUMP, ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND
PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVES, DRONED ON, SOMEONE STANDING WITH THE GROUP COLLAPSED, WHICH IMMEDIATELY SENT THE
PHYSICIAN IN THE ROOM, DOCTOR MEHMET OZ, INTO ACTION ALONG WITH OTHER. NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS. WHO REACHED DOWN TO HELP THE
MAN. WHO WAS REVIVED AND THEN IT HELPS FROM THE ROOM. BY WHITE HOUSE MEDICAL STAFF. AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THE
COMMOTION, DONALD TRUMP TURNED AROUND AS
YOU SEE THERE. BUT THEN NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS
HAPPENING. HE TURNED AWAY. WHEN HE SAW THAT MAN ON THE
GROUND, HE LOOKED. AND THEN TURNED AWAY AS YOU SEE HERE. AND THEN DONALD TRUMP, A PERSON WITHOUT A SINGLE
SYMPATHETIC INSTINCT. STOOD STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD. AS IF PRETENDING THAT WHATEVER
SUFFERING THE MAN BEHIND HIM WAS
EXPERIENCING WASN’T HAPPENING. AND YES, THAT’S THE MAN’S FOOT IN THE AIR
THAT YOU SEE IN THE CORNER OF THAT PICTURE, HIS FEET. THIS IMAGE CAPTURED DONALD TRUMP’S ABILITY
TO COMPLETELY IGNORE. A PERSON IN NEED. WE KNOW WHAT JOE BIDEN WOULD
HAVE DONE. WE KNOW WHAT BARACK OBAMA WOULD
HAVE DONE. WE KNOW WHAT GEORGE W. BUSH WOULD HAVE DONE. THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
PHYSICALLY INVOLVED IN REACHING DOWN. TO HELP THAT PERSON. THEY WOULDN’T GET IN THE WAY OF DOCTOR OZ OR ANY OTHER MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL THERE, BUT THEY WOULDN’T IGNORE IT. THEY WOULDN’T TURN AWAY. DONALD TRUMP DID THAT TODAY WITH A MAN ON THE FLOOR IN THE OVAL OFFICE. AND HE DID IT TODAY WITH
MILLIONS OF AMERICAN AIR TRAVELERS WHOSE
PLANS HE IS THREATENING, AND HE DID IT TODAY WITH
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THEIR ABILITY TO AFFORD FOOD BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING
TO TAKE THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AWAY WHILE A JUDGE IN RHODE ISLAND
CONTINUES TO ORDER DONALD TRUMP TO FUND THOSE
BENEFITS FULLY. IT IS THE SAME OVAL OFFICE WHERE
DONALD TRUMP CONGRATULATED ELON
MUSK FOR TAKING FOOD OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF
STARVING CHILDREN AND STARVING PEOPLE IN FAMINE
CONDITIONS IN AFRICA. IT IS THE SAME OVAL OFFICE WHERE
DONALD TRUMP CONGRATULATED ELON MUSK FOR
DENYING LIFE SAVING MEDICINE. THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN
GIVING TO FIGHT AIDS IN AFRICA FOR OVER
20 YEARS THANKS TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM
CREATED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. ELON MUSK KILLED ALL OF THAT WITH DONALD
TRUMP’S HEARTY APPROVAL, WHICH LED BILL GATES TO DESCRIBE
ELON MUSK AS THE WORLD’S RICHEST
MAN, KILLING THE WORLD’S POOREST
CHILDREN. THE NEW YORKER IS REPORTING ON A
NEW ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS THAT DONALD TRUMP AND ELON
MUSK’S DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS
ALREADY CAUSED THE DEATHS OF 600,000 PEOPLE. 2/3 OF THEM. CHILDREN. THOSE 600,000 PEOPLE DIED WHILE
DONALD TRUMP WAS STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD IN
THE OTHER DIRECTION WITH THOSE DYING CHILDREN IN
AFRICA FAR BEHIND HIS BACK. THE WAY THAT SUFFERING MAN WAS
TODAY. THAT IS THE PICTURE. OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, THAT SHOULD BE THE TRUMP SECOND
TERM OFFICIAL PORTRAIT. PORTRAIT OF DONALD TRUMP
STANDING MINDLESSLY STARING
STRAIGHT AHEAD, WONDERING WHEN HE WILL NEXT GET TO PLAY
GOLF MAYBE WHILE A MAN’S FEET ARE IN THE AIR BEHIND HIM
BEING PICKED UP BY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CARE. ABOUT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING IN
DISTRESS. AFTER THE SUFFERING MAN WAS
REMOVED FROM THE OVAL OFFICE AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL
EXECUTIVES CONTINUED
CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES, MR. OBLIVIOUS OPENED THE FLOOR TO
QUESTIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CORPS, AND HE FINALLY GOT A GOOD
QUESTION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS ABOUT TARIFFS BECAUSE YESTERDAY
THE SUPREME COURT HANDED WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS
QUESTIONS THAT EVEN THEY COULD UNDERSTAND
AND THE REPORTER WHO ASKED THE QUESTION
THAT I’M ABOUT TO PRESENT TO YOU. IS ONE OF THE BEST SPATE, WHO ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD TARIFFS
BEFORE. THE SUPREME COURT EXPLAINED THEM TO THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS CORPS YESTERDAY. HIS QUESTION WAS, MR. PRESIDENT, YESTERDAY IN THE SUPREME COURT, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS SAID THE
TARIFFS ARE TAXES AND THAT THEY’RE PAID BY
AMERICANS. HE SAID THIS PRETTY CLEARLY, AND YET YOU’RE SAYING THAT THIS
MONEY IS ROLLING IN FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. HOW DO YOU SQUARE THOSE TWO? NOW, BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO DONALD
TRUMP’S WORDS. I WANT TO WARN YOU THERE IS NOT
EVEN A HINT OF AN ANSWER IN WHAT
HE SAYS. IT IS JUST TRUMP GIBBERISH AFTER
A REPORTER’S QUESTION, A GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS THE KIND OF GIBBERISH
FOR WHICH MOST OF THE WASHINGTON NEWS MEDIA THINKS
DONALD TRUMP DESERVES GREAT
CREDIT FOR TAKING SO MANY QUESTIONS
FROM REPORTERS. MOST OF THE WASHINGTON NEWS
MEDIA DOES NOT CARE AT ALL. THAT WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAYS IN
RESPONSE TO THEIR QUESTIONS VARIES FROM UTTERLY EMPTY AND
NONSENSICAL TO OUTRIGHT SCREAMING LIES. HERE’S THAT QUESTION FOLLOWED BY
DONALD TRUMP’S WORDS. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
ROBERTS SAID THAT TARIFFS ARE TAXES THAT THEY’RE PAID BY
AMERICANS. HE SAID THIS PRETTY CLEARLY, AND YET YOU’RE SAYING THAT THIS
MONEY IS ROLLING IN FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. HOW DO YOU SQUARE THOSE TWO
COMING IN BECAUSE THEY’VE
CHARGED US, YOU KNOW, THE SAME COUNTRIES THAT YOU TALK
ABOUT ARE CHARGING US MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TARIFFS OVER
THE YEARS THAT WERE PUT ON OUR ON OUR HEADS, THERE’S A REASON WE’RE $38
TRILLION OWED. NOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO START
COMING DOWN, BUT WE HAD PRESIDENTS THAT DIDN’T
KNOW HOW TO USE TARIFFS. WE HAD PRESIDENTS THAT HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF
BUSINESS. IN OTHER WORDS, HE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE SAID. THAT THE TRUMP TARIFFS ARE TAXES
AND THEY ARE TAXES ON THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND THIS TIME, THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP. SO THEN DO YOU AGREE THEN THAT
AMERICANS ARE PAYING THOSE
TARIFFS? I THINK NO, I, I DON’T AGREE. I THINK THAT UH THEY MIGHT BE PAYING
SOMETHING. AND THERE IT IS. DONALD TRUMP FINALLY ASKED ABOUT
AMERICANS PAYING FOR HIS
TARIFFS, AND HE SAYS, QUOTE, I THINK NO, I DON’T AGREE. I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT BE
PAYING SOMETHING. SOMETHING, REALLY? THAT’S A NEW ONE. SOMETHING. CHINA WAS PAYING ALL OF THOSE
TARIFFS UNTIL TODAY, WHEN NOW APPARENTLY WE ARE
PAYING SOMETHING. AS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE
SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY TO THE AGREEMENT OF ALL 9 SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES, THE TRUMP TARIFFS ARE TAXES, TAXES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS SAID, YES, SURE, THE TARIFFS ARE A TAX, AND THAT’S A CORE POWER OF
CONGRESS, AND THE CHIEF ALSO SAID THE VEHICLE IS IMPOSITION OF
TAXES ON AMERICANS AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
CORE POWER OF CONGRESS. JUSTICE AMY KY BARRETT RAISED
THE ISSUE OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS
HAVING TO BE REFUNDED IF THE SUPREME
COURT RULES AGAINST THE TRUMP
TARIFFS, IF THE SUPREME COURT AGREES WITH
THE OTHER FEDERAL COURTS THAT THE TRUMP TARIFFS ARE
ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT THAT TODAY, DONALD TRUMP TOLD THIS LIE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PAY BACK TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE’VE TAKEN IN TRILLIONS, AND WE HAVEN’T TAKEN IN
BILLIONS. WE’VE TAKEN IN TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. THAT IS A LIE. THAT IS ACTUALLY TRILLIONS OF
LIES. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TARIFF
REVENUE COLLECTED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY THIS YEAR
IS $195 BILLION. THAT IS ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THE INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE REFUNDS TO TAXPAYERS IN
A TYPICAL YEAR. THE TREASURY KNOWS HOW TO REFUND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN IT TAKES TOO MUCH MONEY
FROM PEOPLE. IN FACT, DONALD TRUMP’S JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT LAWYERS IN APPEALING
THE TRUMP TARIFF CASE TO THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT, ASSURED THE APPEALS COURT AND
THE SUPREME COURT IN WRITING
THAT THEY COULD EASILY PAY BACK THE
TARIFFS IF THEY LOSE THE CASE. THE TREASURY HAS VERY PRECISE
RECORDS OF WHO PAID THE TARIFFS AT THE PORT
OF ENTRY FOR ALL OF THE GOODS THAT HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY
TARIFFED BY DONALD TRUMP HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES, AND THE TREASURY KNOWS EXACTLY
HOW TO REFUND THAT MONEY AFTER DONALD TRUMP’S TERRIBLE
DAY IN THE SUPREME COURT
YESTERDAY. THE CONSERVATIVE WALL STREET
JOURNAL POSTED AN EDITORIAL TODAY SAYING THAT THE
SUPREME COURT SHOULD RULE UNANIMOUSLY 9 TO 0 AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP ON HIS ILLEGAL AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL TARIFFS. AND AFTER DONALD TRUMP’S
APPARENTLY BAD DAY AT THE
SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY, HE HAD A BAD DAY IN COURT AGAIN TODAY WITH ONE OF HIS MALICIOUS
PROSECUTIONS, A TRUMPIAN ABUSE OF LEGAL PROCESS. A JURY IN WASHINGTON DC FOUND 37
YEAR OLD SEAN DUNN NOT GUILTY OF ASSAULT ON, ON A HEAVILY ARMED BORDER PATROL
OFFICER WHO WAS DRESSED FOR
COMBAT. ON THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON DC, THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
FIRST TRIED TO OBTAIN AN INDICTMENT AGAINST SHA SHANANN FROM A GRAND
JURY FOR FELONY ASSAULT. BUT A WASHINGTON DC GRAND JURY
REFUSED TO GIVE DONALD TRUMP’S
PROSECUTORS THAT INDICTMENT, AND TODAY, A WASHINGTON DC TRIAL JURY
REFUSED TO CONVICT SHAAN DUNN. OF ASSAULT WITH A SANDWICH, THAT SANDWICH THAT YOU JUST SAW
HIM THROW. DONALD TRUMP’S ABSURDLY
INCOMPETENT AND INTEMPERATE US ATTORNEY FOR WASHINGTON DC
JEANINE PIRRO, A GRADUATE OF THE FOX PROPAGANDA
CHANNEL, LED THE FAILED PROSECUTION OF
SHANANN. THE SANDWICH THAT BOUNCED OFF THE BODY ARMOR. OF GREGORY LAMMORE PROBABLY WITHOUT HIS ABILITY TO
EVEN FEEL IT. WAS DESCRIBED IN THE NEW YORK
TIMES AS QUOTE, A WILTING SUBWAY SANDWICH. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THAT SANDWICH ON THE SIDEWALK BECAME AN EXHIBIT IN THE CASE
THAT THE JURY WAS ABLE TO STUDY. APPARENTLY IT DIDN’T LOOK VERY
THREATENING TO THEM. GREGORY LEMORE, WHO WAS DRESSED. AND ARMED FOR WAR IS A CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PROTECTION AGENT WHO TOOK THE STAND, THE WITNESS STAND IN THE CASE
WHERE HE TRIED UNDER OATH TO CONVINCE A JURY THAT HE WAS ASSAULTED. WITH A SANDWICH. AND SO GREGORY LAIRMORE TAKES
HIS PLACE IN CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION HISTORY AS THE ONLY OFFICER IN THEIR
HISTORY TO CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN
ASSAULTED BY A SANDWICH AND TO MAKE A FEDERAL
CASE OUT OF IT AND TO LOSE THAT FEDERAL CASE BECAUSE A
WASHINGTON DC JURY HAD NO PROBLEM AT ALL
UNDERSTANDING THE TRUTH DESPITE ALL THE KING’S
PROSECUTORS TRYING THEIR BEST. THAT IS HOW DONALD TRUMP IS DEPLOYING HIS FORCES. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT RUSHING
PEOPLE TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
TOWERS TO IMPROVE AIR TRAVEL. IN FACT, DONALD TRUMP HAS FIRED FAA OFFICIALS THIS
YEAR, FIRED THEM FOR NO REASON AT ALL. ELON MUSK WANTED TO FIRE THEM. THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH. ELON MUSK THOUGHT THAT WAS A
GREAT IDEA, LET’S DO IT. AND NOW YOU HAVE A CRISIS IN AIR
TRAVEL IN AMERICA. NOW YOU HAVE A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN CREATED BY DONALD TRUMP THAT MAKES THAT CRISIS AND
AIR TRAVEL WORSE, AND DONALD TRUMP IS DOING
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE DID NOTHING ABOUT IT TODAY. IF YOU’RE WORRIED. ABOUT YOUR AIRLINE RESERVATIONS. DONALD TRUMP ISN’T. HE DID NOTHING TO HELP YOU
TODAY. HE’S TRYING TO PUT THE SANDWICH
GUY IN JAIL TODAY. BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS
OBLIVIOUS TO THE REAL WORLD. DONALD TRUMP’S TEAMMATES ALL FLY
PRIVATE. THEY OWN THEIR OWN JETS LIKE
ELON MUSK. OR THEY’VE BEEN PROVIDED NOW
WITH GOVERNMENT JETS. LIKE DONALD TRUMP’S FBI DIRECTOR
WHO USES THE FBI JET FOR DATE
NIGHT IN AMERICA BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND
LIVES IN NASHVILLE AND HE LIVES
IN WASHINGTON DC, DONALD TRUMP’S INCOMPETENT
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE DOG KILLING ENTHUSIAST
CHRISTY NOME, HAS ORDERED NEW PRIVATE JETS AT A COST OF $180 MILLION TO
TAXPAYERS. IN A FEDERAL BUDGET THAT DONALD TRUMP THINKS CANNOT
AFFORD TO FUND FOOD STAMPS. SHE WANTS THE NEW PLANES SO THAT
SHE AND HER CONSTANT COMPANION. DON’T HAVE TO CHECK THEIR
BOARDING PASSES TO SEE WHICH
BOARDING GROUP THEY’RE IN. NO ONE IN TRUMP WORLD HAS TO
WORRY ABOUT A FLIGHT BEING
CANCELED. NO ONE. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT
FEELS LIKE. NO ONE WORKING FOR DONALD TRUMP
IS WORRIED TONIGHT THAT THEY
MIGHT NOT GET HOME FOR THANKSGIVING
BECAUSE THEIR FLIGHT MIGHT BE
CANCELED. DONALD TRUMP IS THE MOST
OBLIVIOUS HUMAN BEING WHO HAS
EVER LIVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SURROUNDED BY THE MOST OBLIVIOUS
CABINET AND THE MOST OBLIVIOUS WHITE
HOUSE STAFF IN HISTORY. NOT ONE OF THEM IS WORRIED ABOUT
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DISRUPTING
ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR LIVES. THEY LEAVE THE WORRYING TO
EVERYONE HEADED TO AN AMERICAN
AIRPORT TOMORROW. THEY LEAVE THE WORRYING TO
EVERYONE WONDERING IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH FOOD
THIS MONTH. THEY LEAVE THE WORRYING TO THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHOSE HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE GOING
TO SKYROCKET SIMPLY BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS
PRESIDENT. THE MAN WHO CANNOT SEE THE
SUFFERING EVEN WHEN IT IS RIGHT THERE IN THE ROOM WITH HIM
AS IT WAS TODAY WITH A MAN ON THE FLOOR BEHIND DONALD TRUMP IN MEDICAL
DISTRESS, A MAN WHOSE NAME DONALD TRUMP
DID NOT EVEN KNOW AND DIDN’T
EVEN BOTHER TO FIND OUT. IF THIS WEEK’S MASSIVE ELECTION VICTORY FOR
DEMOCRATS INDICATES WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THE NEXT CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTION, THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OF THIS VERSION. OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY BEFORE
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HAKEEM JEFFRIES WILL BE IN A POSITION POSITION
TO FORCE DONALD TRUMP TO DEAL
WITH HIM. AND THE REAL NEEDS OF SO MANY AMERICANS WHO DONALD TRUMP. APPARENTLY CANNOT SEE AND DOES NOT KNOW EXIST.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Donald Trump demonstrated his ability to “completely ignore a person in need. He did that today with a man on the floor in the Oval Office and he did it today with millions of American air travelers whose plans he is threatening.”

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