Lawrence O'Donnell Reveals Moment Trump Became A 'Humiliated Clown' On Live TV
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The president had to back down on Tuesday -- and the world noticed.
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said President Donald Trump was forced to back down after his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused the stock market to tank.
And in the process, O’Donnell said, Trump was also forced to “implicitly acknowledge” that Powell is even more powerful than he is.
Trump has demanded that Powell cut interest rates and threatened to fire him for not doing so. That’s not a power Trump has, but the threat spooked investors already skittish over Trump’s tariffs and caused the Dow to plunge yet again on Monday.
The Wall Street Journal fired off an editorial calling Trump’s tariffs “the biggest economic policy mistake in decades,” and said Trump’s policies followed by his threat against Powell triggered a financial “meltdown.”
So on Monday, Trump did some damage control.
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“This is not what we voted for," said Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia (R), while accusing Trump of undermining “the sense of fairness and justice.”
The victims were found lying on the sidewalk Sunday night along South Las Vegas Boulevard, police said.
"This Administration's actions are not about public safety — they're about stoking fear,” the former vice president wrote on social media.
Critics spotted a grand irony in the House speaker's remarks.
The president was also reminded of a massive hypocrisy.
The former Trump insider warned the billionaire of how the president plans to "drop the hammer."
Thousands took to the street in Los Angeles in response to Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard against Gov. Gavin Newsom's wishes.
The president nearly took a dive as he climbed up the stairs on Sunday.
"I don’t think that’s heavy-handed," House Speaker Mike Johnson said about the possibility of sending active-duty military to respond to immigration protests in a major American city.
Trump went against Gov. Gavin Newsom to federalize 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell the protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.
"You mean the 'Opportunity Society' and 'We're not going back' didn't stir the hearts of people living paycheck to paycheck, who can't afford healthcare, and who each month are squeezed through rising prices and inflation? Why, I'm surprised...not really."
Tear gas and smoke have filled the air on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles as confrontations between immigration authorities and demonstrators extended into a second day.
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