MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell praised President Biden's achievements during his term in office, including signing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law.
"Listen, I said you were never going to get an infrastructure bill," O'Donnell told Biden in one of his final interviews as president, released Thursday. "With all the legislative experience I've had in the Senate, I don't understand how this can be accomplished with the smallest, smallest Senate majority in history. To this day, it looks like a magic trick to me, and you're How to do this."
Biden's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law on November 15, 2021, has invested billions in environmental projects, including advancing clean energy through public transportation and environmental cleanup.
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MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell praised President Biden's achievements during his term in office, including signing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law. (MSNBC)
"Well, look, my argument to the congressmen (and) senators who are out of office is, how can you lead the world without the most modern infrastructure in the world?" Biden said.
"You combine domestic policy and foreign policy like I've never heard of another president doing that," O'Donnell told Biden.
"Well, by the way, because it's necessary," the president responded. "There's no way to conduct our foreign policy unless we're in a good position with our economic policy. Look, Lawrence, you're one of the most knowledgeable people I know. I'm not soliciting -- okay, I shouldn't say this, it will damage your reputation, but joking aside, think about it, if we don't lead the world, who will? "Biden said.
"What's going to happen? I don't mean domination," he continued. "I mean, leading the world on fundamental principles like the United Nations Charter - who steps up, who has the ability to do that? We have the scale, we have the scope, we have the capabilities, we have but we just need to get back When it comes to games, that’s all I really do.”
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O'Donnell also praised Biden's mastery of "foreign policy and domestic policy," calling his time in office "the greatest list of domestic accomplishments that I can think of, certainly in my lifetime." (Jacqueline Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
O'Donnell also praised Biden's mastery of "foreign policy and domestic policy," calling his time in office "the greatest list of domestic accomplishments that I can think of, certainly in my lifetime."
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O'Donnell has been a major supporter of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the media, even criticizing reporters for being too harsh on White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Fox News' Peter Kasperowicz contributed to this report.