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MSNBC’s The Last Word: Trump’s Behavior ‘Strange,’ ‘Troubling’
Newsbuster.com ^ | May 24, 2019 | Emma Fantuzzo

Posted on 05/24/2019 2:22:47 PM PDT by Kaslin

MSNBC’s The Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell ganged up with Vox editor Ezra Klein Thursday night to discuss recent developments in the on-going showdown between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

O’Donnell opened the topic by sardonically stating; “One of the developments today was the President taking time to publicly proclaim he’s not the crazy one.” Taking the ever favored side of Crazy Nancy, O’Donnell and Klein laughed over Trump’s defending himself with Klein quipping, “so things are going great in American democracy I guess.”

https://www.mrctv.org/videos/msnbcs-last-word-trumps-behavior-strange-troubling

Klein cited The New York Times comparing Trump’s actions on Wednesday to those of a dictatorship. Klein also said; “It was a scary moment watching him herd his own staff into a room to publicly testify to his own state of mind…It was strange, and given the fact that the guy has his hands on a nuclear weapon, it’s troubling.”

One wonders if it’s more troubling then the media’s apparent memory lapse of Pelosi’s “intervention” comment, but then it appears that in the eyes of the press, diagnosing Trump is one of Pelosi’s gifts.

Klein later stated; “…I think Nancy Pelosi, who has his psychology pegged perfectly since the beginning, is doing a quite nice job baiting him into it step by step”. According to Klein, Pelosi’s impeachment master-plan is falling into place and the liberal media is all here for it. Klein also opinioned that: “…she’s moved him into a place where I think he is building support both in her caucus and I suspect over time in the country.”

MSNBC’s The Last Word 05/23/19 10:19 p.m. Eastern

LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: And joining us now, Ezra Klein. He’s the editor at large at Vox and he hosts of the podcast, The Ezra Klein Show. Ezra, there’s so much to cover here tonight. One of the developments today was the president taking time to publicly proclaim he’s not the crazy one here.

EZRA KLEIN: So things are going great in American democracy I guess.

O’DONNELL: Yes, I didn’t know quite how to put that.

KLEIN: There’s a nice line in The New York Times piece about that in the moments he began going around the room. And if you have not looked at this video, by the way, you at home, go online and look at this. The New York Times had this side in their piece saying in a ritual rarely seen in a democracy, it looked like the kind of Potemkin moment you see in dictatorships. It was a scary moment watching him herd his own staff into a room to publicly testify to his own state of mind and as you say, publicly rebut a claim that was not actually made about him. It was strange and given the fact that the guy has his hands on a nuclear weapon, it’s troubling.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
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1 posted on 05/24/2019 2:22:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Just following the official talking points.


2 posted on 05/24/2019 2:25:58 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Kaslin
FakeMedia slanders a man 24/7 for years and then scratches their heads and laughs when he fights back.
Tis a puzzlement.
3 posted on 05/24/2019 2:26:14 PM PDT by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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To: Kaslin

Talking points of the week put out by Pelosi. Good to see media is following orders like obedient, little Commies.


4 posted on 05/24/2019 2:26:22 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Kaslin
Troubling? Just wait for the declassified documents...
5 posted on 05/24/2019 2:27:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: Kaslin

The propaganda arm of the DNC hard at work.


6 posted on 05/24/2019 2:28:27 PM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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To: Kaslin
They have thrown everything at Trump including the kitchen sink, and he still dances circles around them.

They've called him everything, from stupid (how many of them forged a multibillion dollar multinational financial empire?) to psychotic (and this from people suffering from a serious mass psychosis!).

Now they're calling him “strange” and "troubling."

They lack the wit to understand that Donald Trump is a highly stable, extremely intelligent, breathtakingly puissant genius, who towers over these mediocre chumps (chimps?) in every way, including morally and spiritually.

So enslaved are they by their delusions that anyone who does not conform to their groupthink seems strange and troubling to them.

It is they who are strange and troubling--and stupid and delusional.

7 posted on 05/24/2019 2:28:50 PM PDT by Savage Beast (When politicians start talking about public service, grab your wallet and hide!)
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“…I think Nancy Pelosi, who has his psychology pegged perfectly since the beginning, is doing a quite nice job baiting him into it step by step”

Amazing. These jerks have lost all sense of objectivity. Can they not see that she is suffering from some type of cognitive decline? There's a whole lot of psychological projection going on, on that side.

8 posted on 05/24/2019 2:29:13 PM PDT by Salvey
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To: Kaslin

“Doesnt he k ow that Republicans are supposed to cave?”


9 posted on 05/24/2019 2:33:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin
Right, the guy who can do a speech without a TelePrompTer for over two hours is having mental difficulties!! Riiight! But someone who needed one to speak to kindergarteners is the smartest negro ever! Talk about mental disconnect. 🤦🏻‍♂️
10 posted on 05/24/2019 2:36:12 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: Kaslin; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

To the insane and disordered, normalcy would appear strange and troubling.


11 posted on 05/24/2019 2:41:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: Kaslin

Strange compared to what?

Pelosi...... Now that’s strange


12 posted on 05/24/2019 2:49:48 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Kaslin

Pelosi and Schumer lied about what happened. Kellyanne said you all can see the video tape we have it on CCTV. I would love to the WH release that footage.


13 posted on 05/24/2019 2:53:51 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Kaslin

“Trump’s Behavior ‘Strange,’ ‘Troubling’”

What a strange thing to say. It troubles me, deeply. Perhaps their family and colleagues should do an intervention.


14 posted on 05/24/2019 2:54:21 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-)
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To: Kaslin

I find the behavior of MSNBC’s on-air lineup strange and disturbing! So there!!! ;)


15 posted on 05/24/2019 2:55:08 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Kaslin

Lawrence is not too far from the likes of former Ed Schultz. Ed went off the deep end in hatred.


16 posted on 05/24/2019 2:57:43 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: Kaslin

The Leftist Media People are vicious slanderers.
I hope God will see that they are brought to justice and punishment on this physical plane but I will accept His Plan in any case.

If He wants us to act He will have to give us signs.

I have always wondered if the Dems are like the Amalekites, Hittites, Peruzzites, Canaanites and Egyptians. I guess all of us have wondered that (kidding).


17 posted on 05/24/2019 2:57:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finishid.)
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To: facedown
As this continues to make no traction, it is revealed just how much smarter President Trump is than the supposed conservatives who have insisted that Trump cease holding rallies and operate unseen from deep in Washington DC.

He has effectively bypassed the ability of the corporate media to set the narrative. The only way they could regain their former power is for him to withdraw from the spotlight which he has set up for himself.

18 posted on 05/24/2019 3:02:58 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Kaslin

Lawrence O’Donnell says Trump’s behavior is disturbing. Is it this disturbing?

https://youtu.be/69fb17ySI1s


19 posted on 05/24/2019 3:05:40 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Kaslin

Dictatorship? If it were these people would have been in prison long ago. Instead Trump still believes in the rule of law and is relying on his DoJ to bring people to justice. They are quite lucky Trump has generally chosen his people so poorly. Perhaps Barr will be the exception.


20 posted on 05/24/2019 3:06:10 PM PDT by plain talk
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