but first, we start in september of 2015. donald trump was three months removed from his famed escalator ride announcing his presidential bid. he had already risen to the top of the republican field, leading in all the polls, and he found himself showing off his trump tower office to the wall street journal. this is shaquille o neal s shoe. oh my god! is that a real issue? he took it off after he handed it to me. i carry like this. tom brady s super bowl helmet. wow. this is mike tyson s belt. shock shoe! tom brady s super bowl helmet, mike tyson s belt. we have known for a while that donald trump likes to collect memorabilia, if you will. and so when trump arrived at the white house, well, it was no different. here is the new york times today describing trump s time in office. quote, white house aides described how excited trump was to show of all the material he had access to, including letters from the north korean leader kim jong-un, which he routinely waved
white house is drowning donald trump s hope for happier days in the final chapter of his life. every day gets worse for donald trump. every day is worse than the day before. what happened to donald trump in a courtroom in manhattan today would have been the worst the thing that has ever happened in donald trump s life if donald trump had never been president. donald trump s accountant, allen weisselberg, the man who and all all of the money going into end going out of donald trump s accounts pled guilty for 15 felonies involving that money. 15 financial crimes. all of those crimes were committed to benefit donald trump in some way. some indirect ways. nothing as bad as that has happened in donald trump s business life, including donald trump s multiple business bankruptcies. it obviously brings donald trump much closer to facing criminal charges for many of the same financial crimes. but donald trump s legal life is so bad now that that is not our lead story tonight. we will
we ran out of time again tonight, so we are going to put out one extra segment that we had planned online, at msnbc.com/alexwagner tonight it s a. good one. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, my friend. alex, you are kidding, you had another segment on the way? it is a good one, an important one. and why leave it on the cutting room floor? let s give it to the people on the internet. listen, if you need more time, just let me know. just take as many of these minutes as you need. friday, tuesday i appreciate the generosity. thank you, alex. thanks, lawrence. well, donald trump s life is a disaster zone now, a legal disaster zone. the toxic waste of his life in business and his life in the