Lawrence: Even Donald Trump seems to know that his war in Iran is now illegal
May 5, 2026
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as posted by the channelMS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes Donald Trump’s “childish language” around his illegal “mini-war” in Iran that no war time president before him ever said: “Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon never pretended that it wasn't a war” or that they could “end that war right now.”
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