MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Derides Trump’s ‘Best Numbers’ Claim With Gleeful Pile of Receipts

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Derides Trump’s ‘Best Numbers’ Claim With Gleeful Pile of Receipts
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell derided President Donald Trump’s claim that he has “the best numbers for any president in many years” — and submitted decades worth of receipts to test the proposition.

As Trump gaggled with reporters aboard Air Force One this week, he appeared to rule out a third term for himself, and lamented “I have my highest poll numbers that I’ve ever had. And, you know, based on what I read, I guess I’m not allowed to run. So we’ll see what happens. It’s a very interesting thing. I have the best numbers for any president in many years, any president. And I would say that if you read it, it’s pretty clear I’m not allowed to run.”

On Wednesday night’s edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word, O’Donnell opened the show with a marathon commentary on the the third term issue, but paused to deride the claim about his poll numbers: