MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump's Mind 'Does Not Work' Anymore, Points Out 'Creeping Dementia' in Recent Press Conference

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell is questioning President Donald Trump‘s mental state.

During The Last Word on Tuesday night (June 2), the anchor addressed the 79-year-old President of the United States’ mental fitness after Trump went on an off-topic rant after being asked about the new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in Florida.

The site earned its nickname due to the presence of alligators, crocodiles, and pythons in the surrounding wetlands, which the Trump administration claims will deter escape attempts.

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Lawrence showed footage from Trump’s press conference, which showed the president being asked by a Fox News reporter whether there was an expected time frame that detainees will spend at the center.

Rather than answering the question, Trump began a monologue about his affection for Florida.

“Watch this stunning exhibition of the emptiness and total dysfunction of Donald Trump’s mind that is worse than anything ever seen in the mind of any president of any country,” he began.

“This was a simple question,” he went on. “Couldn’t be simpler. Watch Donald Trump’s repeated inability to understand that simple question.”

Instead of addressing the detention center or the detainees, Trump had seemingly interpreted the question as being about his own personal schedule in Florida.

“That’s right. Donald Trump thought the question was, how much time are you going to spend in Florida? That’s what a lot of 79-year-old guys get when they move to Florida. How much time are you going to spend in Florida?”

“The rest of the answer gets even worse. I stopped it there to spare you hearing the actual sound of the banality of Donald Trump’s creeping dementia and his cruelty,” he went on to say.

The host went on to read Trump’s full response, noting that the president veered into commentary about his Palm Beach residence and taxes.

“He’s not there,” the host said. “There’s a character named Donald Trump with a red hat and orange makeup who shows up at these events, and words come out of his mouth, but he’s not there.”

“His mind, as exhibited from that response to that very simple question, does not work. And that is a crisis for the United States of America,” Lawrence concluded.

“We are living with the banality of cruelty, and we are feeling it. That is the pain,” he added. Watch above.

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