Lawrence O’Donnell: ‘Donny 2 Dolls’ Saying Children Will Have to Do with Two Dolls on Christmas Is ‘the Sound of a Cruel Billionaire’

O’DONNELL: “Donny 2 Dolls yesterday participated in a National Day of Prayer without ever having been able to publicly recite a prayer in his life from memory. Donald Trump embodies cruelty, not Christianity. Donald Trump cannot hide the cruelty and cannot control the cruelty. And that is why, when he was asked about the fact that 80% of the toys sold in this country come from China and 90% of all Christmas products come from China, Donald Trump couldn’t find words that would express any sympathy for anyone, for any child who might not get that toy that they were dreaming about on Christmas day because of Donald Trump. So Donny 2 Dolls said, ‘Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know?’ That’s the sound of a cruel billionaire. That’s the sound of someone rich enough to think that 30 dolls under the tree is a common experience for children in America. And that’s a billionaire mean enough to think that everyone should just calm down and follow his advice at how many dolls should be under a Christmas tree. But Donny 2 Dolls’ breathtakingly cold statement about the children of America is the clearest thing he has said to Americans and to Trump supporters about how lost he is, about how incapable he is of serving the needs of anyone in America, including children, who can now understand how stupid and incompetent their president is, including children who came out to support Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. Campaign reporters sometimes have to do some gimmicky things. Sometimes their producers want them to do things like interview the kids at the campaign rally. NBC’s Shaq Brewster is as good as it gets on the campaign trail, and he has conducted many important interviews during campaigns and during important breaking news events in this country. He has appeared on this program repeatedly during some of those breaking news events.”