{"id":2651690,"date":"2026-08-29T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnow-host-humiliates-himself-over-claim-trump-did-not-attend-a-military-academy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:23:19","slug":"msnow-host-humiliates-himself-over-claim-trump-did-not-attend-a-military-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnow-host-humiliates-himself-over-claim-trump-did-not-attend-a-military-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNOW Host Humiliates Himself Over Claim Trump Did Not Attend a Military Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnow-host-humiliates-himself-over-claim-trump-did-not-attend-a-military-academy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2651690&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses Lawrence O\u2019Donnell&#8217;s recent incorrect claim that Donald Trump did not attend a military school, specifically the New York Military Academy, which he did. O\u2019Donnell attacked Trump for sharing a photo of himself in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/11-arrested-after-standoff-between-ma-state-troopers-and-group-of-armed-men-in-tactical-gear-shuts-down-i-95\/\" title=\"11 Arrested After Standoff Between MA State Troopers And Group Of Armed Men In Tactical Gear Shuts Down I-95\">military-style uniform<\/a>,claiming it was fake and suggesting Trump was pretending to have military credentials. The article emphasizes that the school Trump attended was a high school with a military program, and criticizing O\u2019Donnell for spreading misinformation. It also highlights that Trump did attend the NY Military Academy and contrasts this with O\u2019Donnell\u2019s portrayal,asserting that the host&#8217;s depiction is inaccurate. Additionally, the piece comments on the nature of MS NOW as a network and criticizes O\u2019Donnell\u2019s bias against trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh, Lawrence O\u2019Donnell still has a show. Right. I\u2019d forgotten about the guy or the network he\u2019s on, currently called MS NOW after NBC spun it off.<\/p>\n<p>Last time I remember talking about O\u2019Donnell was when he was lying about media coverage of President Donald Trump. (He claimed the Trump-deranged CNN is too positive about the president.)<\/p>\n<p>I just checked, and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbcs-odonnell-brags-not-hosting-liars-right-claiming-1-3-cnn-pro-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was six years ago<\/a>. Time flies.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m assuming he\u2019s lied blatantly between then and now, and repeatedly and at length. After all, he still has a show on MS NOW, and lying is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ms-now-says-quiet-part-loud-didnt-believe-past-platner-accuser-associated-right-wing-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prerequisite for that position<\/a>, from what I can tell.<\/p>\n<p>And O\u2019Donell went a good way toward proving that on Wednesday when he went on an extended viral rant that Donald Trump never attended a military school when it\u2019s a well-known fact about Trump that he went to a military school.<\/p>\n<p>The claim came in the midst of a rant \u2014 or what qualifies as a rant in O\u2019Donnell\u2019s oeuvre, which combines a risible self-serious cadence with the kind of Valium-soaked tenor NPR usually strives for \u2014 about the military action in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can have an opinion about this, and, of course, O\u2019Donnell <em>does<\/em> \u2014 and, of course, you can guess what it is. Fair enough; whatever keeps you employed, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>No, what got him really angry, at least through that diazepam haze, was the fact that Trump posted a picture of his military school graduation on , something <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbcs-odonnell-blasts-network-uses-last-word-whine-trump-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O\u2019Donnell<\/a> called \u201cdemented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump posted this picture of himself today using the lying phrase \u2018military academy.\u2019 \u2018Donald Trump in military academy\u2019 is a lie. He was in a rich kids boarding school, a high school in suburban New York,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a Grok-animated version of the original  post; the animation makes it cooler and probably annoys O\u2019Donnell even more:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump s a rare photo with his parents, Fred and Mary Anne Trump, from his time at New York Military Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The President attended the academy from 1959 to 1964, forming the early foundation of the leadership and discipline that would later define him.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2LVJz58HO\">pic.twitter.com\/A2LVJz58HO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/2092716594065748147?\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States of America has military academies at West Point, at Annapolis, and in Colorado Springs, where the Air Force Academy is located,\u201d O\u2019Donnell continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump could not possibly have gained admission to any one of those military academies, and instead he went to a high school where they engaged in cosplaying every day as imaginary members of an imaginary military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe uniform he\u2019s wearing in this stupid picture that any sane person would know is an embarrassing picture, is an invented costume. It\u2019s like a Halloween costume \u2013 has no meaning whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: MS NOW\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lawrence?\">@Lawrence<\/a> O\u2019Donnell launches into a hysterical tirade over Trump RTing an old photo of him, doesn\u2019t seem to know that Trump is an alumnus of the New York Military Academy<\/p>\n<p>LAWRENCE O\u2019DONNELL: In a fully demented, Trumpian attempt to self-certify his military\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wuMT6BQmIE\">pic.twitter.com\/wuMT6BQmIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BonillaJL\/status\/2093167466826400106?\">August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is far more accurate to say that Lawrence O\u2019Donnell cosplays as a news anchor than to say Trump cosplayed as a guy who went to a military academy. I mean, MS NOW isn\u2019t even <em>really<\/em> a network, it\u2019s like a make-work program so that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rachel-maddow-losing-promotes-insane-new-conspiracy-trump-will-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Maddow<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/despicable-al-sharpton-blames-trump-national-guard-murder-perpetrated-biden-immigrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Sharpton<\/a> won\u2019t wreak havoc in the <em>actual<\/em> economy.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, while it\u2019s unclear whether Trump could have made it into any of the service academies \u2014 he did make it into the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania \u2014 it\u2019s an indisputable fact that he went to high school at the freaking <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/donald-trump-attended-new-york-military-academy-2016-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Military Academy<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Because I\u2019d rather light a candle than curse his darkness, I\u2019ll help <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lawrence?\">@Lawrence<\/a> O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n<p>The president did in fact attend the New York Military Academy. His part of their \u201cdistinguished Alumni\u201d.<br \/> I labored for all of 15 seconds to find the facts he and his staff somehow missed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vLnhFOpPKk\">https:\/\/t.co\/vLnhFOpPKk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ILp9n0odVz\">pic.twitter.com\/ILp9n0odVz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MartiniShark\/status\/2093344539817791599?\">August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just because a military school is a high school does not make it \u201ccosplay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And just because Lawrence O\u2019Donnell doesn\u2019t like the president doesn\u2019t give him the right to lie to whatever viewership MS NOW actually has at this point.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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I last discussed him six years ago when he falsely claimed CNN was overly positive about Trump\u2019s media coverage. Since then, he\u2019s likely continued to spread misinformation, as evidenced by his recent rant claiming Trump never attended a military school-despite it being well-known that Trump did attend the New York Military Academy from 1959 to 1964. O\u2019Donnell dismissed this fact, calling Trump&#8217;s military school photo \u201cdemented\u201d and insisting it was just a costume rather than an actual institution. In reality, the NY Military Academy is a legitimate high school with alumni like Trump; dismissing it as cosplay is inaccurate and misleading. Despite his personal bias against Trump, spreading falsehoods undermines journalistic integrity-something O\u2019Donnell seems willing to do for ratings or employment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2651691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lawrence-odonnell-for-aug.-29-2026.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,23717,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2651690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-humiliation","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lawrence-odonnell-for-aug.-29-2026.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2651690"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651694,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651690\/revisions\/2651694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2651691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2651690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2651690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2651690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}