Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
9.6M subscribers·1.1K videos

Rep. Adam Smith: Trump’s ability to ‘BS the world’ on Iran is ‘otherworldly’

Posted

April 18, 2026

Views

71,946

Likes

1,090

Comments

355

Engagement

2.01%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

Amid clashing narratives between Donald Trump and Iran, House Armed Services Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) tells MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart that Donald Trump is trying to “bluff his way” through Iran negotiations. Rep. Smith says Trump’s claims are misleading, adding, “we're no closer now than we were before Donald Trump made up all the stuff he made up earlier today.”

MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World.

» Subscribe to MS NOW

» Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite MS NOW anchors. Sign up now for free at

MS NOW is the goto destination for domestic and international breaking news, and bestinclass opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here

#IranWar #StraitofHormuz #blockade

Guests & Subjects Covered

Rep. Adam SmithDonald TrumpRep Adam Smith D-WAMS NOWs Jonathan CapehartRep SmithMS NOW My SourceNews OpinionMS NOWs We

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.

Rep. Adam Smith: Trump’s ability to ‘BS the world’ on Iran is ‘otherworldly’ · Lawrence O'Donnell · Sentinel