MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell examines Donald Trump, a president focused on renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” while Americans face an illegal war he started, rising prices, and attacks on our right to vote. Lawrence explains that while his name change won’t last, the consequences of Trump’s presidency will.
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You can blame President Trump for all your misery, that doesn't make it true
USDA regs are artificially inflating food prices
Since you are so smart, why aren't you in Congress or a state Governor?
Pres Biden was so wonderful
STOP LISTENING TO HIM – he just wants to distract us from the Epstein Files!!
STOP REPORTING – on his nonsense!!
keep up making those vids! Thank you
Me thinks Trump wants this "War" to continue……it's a "distraction" from the EPSTEIN FILES.🤔🤔🤔
Trump made the apauled commment that there Abraham Lincoln ship should be dwoooyed even longer .
Prime Minister Mark Carney has a doctorate in economics from Oxford University. I think he should insist that dumb Donald address him as Doctor Carney. 😂😂
Love Lake ONTARIO always and forever. Born in Buffalo NY and spent much time in Ontario. Love Canada from Barb in Pennsylvania!
Lawrence is a nut job! Stop watching this fake news.
Since when is Lake Ontario a "landmark?" Face it, Trump lost it years ago. And the Congress of the United States continues to enable the clown. What has happened to our country?
Celebrating the glorious historical accomplishments of global significance by the chosen one, very stable genius as expected in the land of the free and the home of the brave!😳😲😟😞
Blame Putin for not ending the war in Ukraine !
They won't be laughing at you Larry cause no one will remember you.
You know you're not convincing anybody
Larry thank you for saying president Trump is a great president so much better than King Obama
Thank you Lawrence from Netherlands.
One aspect of Trump's presidency future scholars will be analysing is why Congress did not use it's power to reign in such a President. The question will be 'Why didn't Congress use the checks and balances the authors of the Constitution so thoughtfully inserted to prevent/stop the madness of this President?' The debates will be heated and our journals will be read and studied time and time again yet only theories will be formed not answers after all we who are living in these times are asking that question and Congress has yet to answer.
Drump should have become a Magician since he is a Master at the art of MISDIRECTION.
Nope. They will laugh at Americans. The world cannot forget them voting for the clown king.
Lake Trump
Is an Azz
Unless the opposition to trump equals in opposition his confusion it will not win
The problem with people they never took the time to see who Trump really is. Sad sad sad
I love Lawrence O'Donnell, however every time i listen to his reports, I feel sick to my stomach. Please keep on speaking the truth, as sickening as it is. We NEED to hear it, every single day!
Why don’t all the people who voted for him still believe in him.
Thank you from Lisboa, PT
MAGA people brought this on us
The next thing that he needs to do is rename the Pacific Ocean to Trump's Pacific Ocean.. Who cares if the economy is collapsing? Who cares if we pay more for gas? Who cares if people don't have health insurance? The most important thing is that we will be proud to have the Pacific named after Trump, and for that, we don't even need to eat. Who needs food?
Orange 🍊 slime ball
Trump gave america a lake!
America now has a lake, a gulf and a strait!
Communist Trump
Trump screams Communism, or he screams socialism, and again, Communism is where the government owns the means of production. But every accusation is a confession, so if you are intelligent and know the actual definition of communism, then the Trump administration has begun a Communist takeover of numerous corporations by taking significant economic positions with taxpayer money.
In a “normal” administration, it would provide various techniques such as loan guarantees and so forth. They would never use public money to “buy into” private corporations, notwithstanding adding to the national debt and bringing into question what happens to the dividends, who sits on the board, and whether he and his family members are involved in and are receiving any number of sweetheart federal contracts.
The Trump administration has used federal funds to acquire equity or veto positions in over 30 private corporations. This is a blatant example of Communism or using the Federal government to take over private corporations.
The factual premise is now quite well documented: the federal government has moved from primarily subsidizing or financing private companies to taking ownership interests in them. As of July 2026, the Council on Foreign Relations was tracking 39 deals totaling $27.7 billion involving direct ownership or quasi-equity stakes since January 2025. CFR explicitly describes this as a new willingness to take equity stakes and says the traditional toolkit focused on grants, loans, and tax incentives.
Federal government ownership/equity positions
Intel Corp: Acquired a 9.9% equity stake for $8.9 billion through the Commerce Department.
MP Materials: Pentagon acquired preferred stock convertible into approximately a 15% stake, through a $400 million investment.
Lithium Americas Corp: DOE arrangement provides the government with warrants representing approximately 5% of the company, plus another potential 5% through the project's joint venture.
Trilogy Metals Inc.: Pentagon agreed to acquire approximately a 10% stake, including common stock and warrants, for about $35.6 million; the arrangement also includes board-designation rights.
U.S. Steel: Federal government received a “golden share” giving it specific veto rights over major corporate decisions. It is included in ownership tallies despite having no conventional economic ownership interest.
Westinghouse Electric: Federal arrangement provides the government with an economic participation interest and a potential 20% warrant position associated with future nuclear-reactor projects.
Vulcan Elements: Commerce proposed $50 million in equity, while Defense attached warrants to a conditional $620 million loan.
ReElement Technologies: Defense provided a conditional $80 million loan with warrants, giving the government potential equity exposure.
Korea Zinc / Crucible Metals: Federal financing includes $210 million in CHIPS funding, while Defense participates in the joint venture through equity and debt financing; the structure gives the government an indirect interest in Korea Zinc.
xLight: Commerce committed $150 million in CHIPS funding with an equity stake.
L3Harris Technologies — Missile Solutions: Pentagon committed $1 billion through a convertible preferred security plus warrants, which can convert into common equity.
Atlantic Alumina Company (ATALCO): Defense took a $150 million preferred-equity position.
USA Rare Earth: Commerce proposed direct funding in exchange for common stock and warrants, potentially producing a substantial government ownership position.
IBM: Commerce announced a proposed minority equity stake associated with approximately $1 billion in CHIPS funding for quantum-computing infrastructure.
GlobalFoundries: Commerce attached a proposed minority equity stake to a $375 million quantum-foundry award.
Analog Devices: Commerce proposed a minority equity stake as part of CHIPS-related funding.
Coherent Corp.: Commerce proposed a minority equity stake tied to CHIPS funding.
MACOM Technology Solutions: Commerce proposed a minority equity stake tied to CHIPS funding.
PsiQuantum: Commerce proposed $100 million in funding in exchange for a minority equity stake.
Quantinuum: Commerce proposed $100 million with a minority equity position.
Rigetti Computing: Commerce proposed $100 million over three years in exchange for common stock.
D-Wave Quantum: Commerce included the company in its quantum-computing equity program.
Infleqtion: Commerce included the company in its quantum-computing equity program.
Atom Computing: Commerce included the company in its quantum-computing equity program.
Diraq: Commerce included the company in its quantum-computing equity program.
SandboxAQ: Commerce proposed $500 million in CHIPS funding with a minority equity stake.
I-Pulse: Commerce proposed $250 million in CHIPS funding with a minority equity stake.
Kepler Computing: Commerce proposed up to $245 million in CHIPS funding with a minority equity stake.
Multibeam Corp.: Commerce proposed up to $140 million with a minority equity stake.
Extropic: Commerce proposed up to $75 million with a minority equity stake.
Thintronics: Commerce proposed up to $50 million with a minority equity stake.
OBSIDIA Semiconductors: Commerce proposed up to $34 million with a minority equity stake.
Aeluma: Commerce proposed up to $30 million, with the government receiving a minority equity stake equal to the award amount.
The British DID know that George III had periods of insanity. When he became permanently insane, his authority as King was removed by the UK Parliament and his son was given it as Prince Regent.
Thank you, Mr. O' Donnell, from the canary Islands .
He cut the cherry trees down!
Since its inception, Zionism has pursued a malicious policy of doing what it wants and then creating unrest and instability to cover up its actions. It loots, displaces, and commits atrocities, then creates a war and continues to destabilize security in order to distract people from the atrocities committed by the Zionists. Their cunning is unparalleled and their malice is greater than the malice of Satan.
All US presidents refused to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and refused to recognize the annexation of the Golan Heights by the Zionist state, except for Trump. He has always been reckless in his actions. He saw in Gaza, whose soil is mixed with the blood of Palestinian children, the potential to transform it into a Riviera resort for relaxation, tourism, and pleasure.
How similar yesterday is to today. They used to call Palestine Israel, but most of the world knows the truth and remembers the name Palestine. No matter how much they try to change the names, Lake Ontario will remain, and Palestine will remain, and their attempts will go to the dustbin of history.
IMPEACH TRUMP IMMEDIATELY !!!!!! HE IS ILLITERATE!!!!
Watching you guys in LA great!
Don't forget the stupidity!
DD n’ DT
Don’t do nothing Donald Trump 😂 Wow !!!
This Trump guy is the luckiest man alive but I rather work for my money 💰 earn honest living than being otherwise😮
What a great feeling!!!👍
We just need to support our men and women in the military 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
The first thing is NOT to "survive" the Trump madness. The very first thing that needs to be done is to KICK that maniac OUT!
"Lake America?" Good Lord, this Orange-hued charlatan's terminal case of "Recto-Encephalitis"
is about to become VERY consequential to our precious but credulous, USA voting public.
Unless and until our education system begins to include critical-thinking skills in our public school-curricula, we'll be facing political and financial collapse within the next 20 years.
Hey if you elect a clown you get a circus!
Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior H.O.M.E.S. Superior America Michigan Erie S.H.A.M.E. Makes you wonder????
love your donald rants – you speak for me
Have you americans ever heard of impeachment? Here in Brazil, we’ve already had two. It works and it’s legal.