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Lawrence: Trump's the first president in history to say he's 'too busy' to explain a war he's waging
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2:54Now PlayingMS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Donald Trump had enough time to brag about his ballroom and wanting to make the reflecting pool “waterproof,” but not enough time to explain why he is waging his war in Iran as his Justice Department plans to give “massive payoffs to the people who attacked the Capitol for Donald Trump.”
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