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Miles Archer

(21,779 posts)
Thu May 15, 2025, 05:30 AM May 2025

Lawrence O'Donnell: "A 13 year old plane not good enough for a dictator, but good enough for Donald Trump"

Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump Is ‘Too Stupid’ to See How He’s Being Humiliated With $400M Jet Gift

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawrence-odonnell-trump-is-too-stupid-to-see-how-hes-being-humiliated-with-400m-jet-gift/

The MSNBC host said Trump is on a “humiliation tour” of the Middle East. On Tuesday’s episode of The Last Word he even suggested that leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates view Trump with contempt.

O’Donnell said they see Trump as “someone who lives beneath them, as someone who takes their secondhand junk, their secondhand toys.”

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The veteran host suggested that the 13-year-old Boeing 747-8 is only being given to Trump because it’s been “abandoned by the dictator of Qatar because it’s not good enough for him anymore.”

“But it’s good enough for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is currently the only person in the Middle East too stupid to understand how humiliated he is now by that 13-year-old plane that’s not good enough for a dictator, but is more than good enough for Donald Trump,” O’Donnell blasted.

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Lawrence O'Donnell: "A 13 year old plane not good enough for a dictator, but good enough for Donald Trump" (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2025 OP
Probably has sawdust in the transmission. Girard442 May 2025 #1
He bought his current plane from Paul Allen Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #2
Middle East dictators represent everything Donny wants to be when he grows up. tanyev May 2025 #3
There is a meme making the rounds of social media... Miles Archer May 2025 #4
Am I the only one who thought it was weird that a foreign country was gifting an American-made plane to the Martin68 May 2025 #5
Their playing him like a darbuka. They know just how he ticks. JohnnyRingo May 2025 #6
Lawrence was on fire last night! lark May 2025 #7
Derision Starbeach May 2025 #8
For folks who don't know... Miles Archer May 2025 #9
Not to be slighted DENVERPOPS May 2025 #10
It seems appropriate. 13 year old plane for 13 yerar old mind. Ping Tung May 2025 #11
So he's just used car salesman inside. rickyhall May 2025 #12
So he's just used car salesman inside. rickyhall May 2025 #13
Did Trump take lessons bmichaelh May 2025 #14
Trump's flying hand me downs! Linda ladeewolf May 2025 #15
Yeah they saw him coming a mile away. Figarosmom May 2025 #16
It's how Noem initially won his favor in a BIG way Miles Archer May 2025 #17
Yeah, she knows how to play easy targets Figarosmom May 2025 #18

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,819 posts)
2. He bought his current plane from Paul Allen
Thu May 15, 2025, 06:28 AM
May 2025

Unlike Trump Allen was a self made billionaire. Trump just plays one on TV.

Miles Archer

(21,779 posts)
4. There is a meme making the rounds of social media...
Thu May 15, 2025, 07:58 AM
May 2025

...calling for Veterans to turn out en masse to protest Trump's "military parade."

And I absolutely reject that, because we saw that Trump tear-gassed locals on his way to the church for his upside down bible photo op.

WE KNOW Trump wants to use Military / Law Enforcement weaponry to mow down protesters in the street.

I WOULD NOT want to see Veterans harmed or killed in order to tickle a sociopath.

Martin68

(27,052 posts)
5. Am I the only one who thought it was weird that a foreign country was gifting an American-made plane to the
Thu May 15, 2025, 09:26 AM
May 2025

president of America?

JohnnyRingo

(20,505 posts)
6. Their playing him like a darbuka. They know just how he ticks.
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:30 AM
May 2025

Gold hued gifts, gala processions worthy of a king, and telling him he looks like Fabio.
He's eating right out of their hands as he signs away state favors and tax money.

As an American I'm embarrassed that he's there he representing us all.

lark

(25,891 posts)
7. Lawrence was on fire last night!
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:53 AM
May 2025

I only intended to watch the first 5 minutes before getting ready for bed, but it ended up being 20 min. I couldn't turn it off util then!

Starbeach

(291 posts)
8. Derision
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:59 AM
May 2025

No one can top the level of derision that Lawrence holds for Trump. It's a master class each night.

Miles Archer

(21,779 posts)
9. For folks who don't know...
Thu May 15, 2025, 11:03 AM
May 2025

...Peacock+ has MSNBC programming. As an example, the most recent Nicolle Wallace show from the previous day. They don't have full Lawrence O'Donnell shows but they DO have a playlist of complete segments.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
10. Not to be slighted
Thu May 15, 2025, 12:18 PM
May 2025

Kristi Noem has ordered a second 50 million dollar jet for her personal use.....Our tax payer money at work.....

Figarosmom

(9,745 posts)
16. Yeah they saw him coming a mile away.
Thu May 15, 2025, 07:00 PM
May 2025

All they had to do was say how cool it would be for him to have his own palace in the air.

How embarrassing it was listening to him say wistfully how beautiful their palace was with the marble that had matching seams , Yada, Yada, Yada. He still thinks the White House is a slum. He sure cheapened it with all the gold
ormolu embellishment on the fireplace ( which it turns out is copied from the Saudi's fireplace). He is so low class.

Miles Archer

(21,779 posts)
17. It's how Noem initially won his favor in a BIG way
Thu May 15, 2025, 08:19 PM
May 2025

I still stand 100% by my pre-Cricket prediction that if it weren't for the puppy story, she was absolutely on track to be his VP pick. She meets his definition of "hot," and THIS LITTLE INCIDENT proved she'd have all the fealty of Mike Pence and more:

S.D. Gov. Noem Says She Gifted Trump A Bust With His Face On Mount Rushmore

January 22, 2021

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday said she gave former president Donald Trump a $1,100 bust depicting the president on Mount Rushmore last year because she knew it was something he wanted to receive.

The gift was presented to Trump when he visited South Dakota on July 3 for an Independence Day fireworks celebration. The Mount Rushmore miniature stood 4 feet (1.3 meters) and depicted Trump alongside former presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Figarosmom

(9,745 posts)
18. Yeah, she knows how to play easy targets
Thu May 15, 2025, 08:25 PM
May 2025

That's obvious with her cosplaying and tight tee shirts .

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