MS NOW Skewers Trump’s War Delusions With Brutal COVID Clip
April 2, 2026
The Daily Beast
MS NOWMS NOW hosts Chris Hayes and Nicolle Wallace pointed out that President Donald Trump’s claims about his war on Iran are not dissimilar to a previous crisis he had to manage.Hayes, 47, noted on Wednesday night after the president’s address to the nation that Trump’s crisis-management approach to his largely unpopular war in the Middle East sounded much like his approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.“So much of this has reminded me of COVID, because it was a similar dynamic.
There was a genuine, high-stakes, life-or-death issue, and his salesman patter to try to get out of it,” Hayes said. “And there was a moment tonight where that COVID analogy was almost literal. I just want to play that for you—something he said about COVID back in 2020 and something he said tonight about the Strait.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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