Lawrence O'Donnell Slams Trump As 'The Most Inconsistent' U.S. Politician Over 1 Major Issue

The "Last Word" host excoriated the president over his contradictory comments on social media over the weekend.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday lambasted President Donald Trump for insulting critics of his steep international tariffs, and noted during a scorching monologue on “The Last Word” that nearly two-thirds of Americans are opposed to the trade policy.

“Sixty-five percent of Americans oppose the Trump tariffs and Donald Trump’s response to that is to call them ‘fools,’ with an exclamation point,” said O’Donnell. “Sixty-five percent of the country knows that Donald Trump’s tariffs are causing inflation.”

“Sixty-five percent know that the Trump tariffs are economically hurting them,” he added. “And Donald Trump calls them ‘fools’ — and then says he wants to send them all a check for $2,000 to compensate for the economic harm that his tariffs have caused those people.”

O’Donnell noted that even The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board has objected to Trump’s premise that these trade levies are popular, writing Sunday that “if tariffs are a free economic lunch, and their benefits abound, why offer a rebate?”

O’Donnell was citing a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos survey that found 65% of U.S. adults disapproved of Trump’s tariffs in an Oct. 24-28 poll. This was notably up from 61% of people who disapproved in a Pew Research Center poll from August.