President Donald Trump exploded in anger Friday after MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell ripped into him on national TV, calling him “an illiterate clown” and “a rogue president violating American law on tariffs.”
O’Donnell didn’t hold back during his Thursday night broadcast, blasting Trump over his latest tariff moves and mocking his understanding of trade policy. “He’s a stupid, illiterate clown,” O’Donnell said during the segment. “A rogue president violating American law on tariffs.”
Trump fired back the next day with a rage-filled post on his social media site, Truth Social.
“MSNBC, the worst there is on Television misrepresentation, is so far knowingly off in their statements about me and Tariffs that it should be considered a Major Campaign Violation,” he wrote.
Trump, who has long accused MSNBC of working with Democrats, went further: “They are nothing less than an arm of the Democratic National Committee, and their untruths are incredible, real losers. Their ratings are down the tubes, but that pressure on them doesn’t give them the right to lie and cheat!”
This latest meltdown adds to Trump’s growing list of attacks on media outlets that criticize him—especially MSNBC, which he often refers to as “MSDNC.”
Watch the segment below from MSNBC:
