Lawrence O'Donnell Fights Donald Trump Lawsuit Threat (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

The feud between Lawrence O'Donnell and Donald Trump (Twittergate?) continues — and it just got serious.

Trump threatened to sue O'Donnell on Wednesday for what he said were "many false statements" the MSNBC host made about the self-proclaimed billionaire on his Tuesday night show.

O'Donnell and Trump's twitter feud erupted this week. O'Donnell took to his show Wednesday night to respond to the threatening tweet.

"Donald Trump could never sue me," O'Donnell said in a still, serious voice that was vaguely reminiscent of Don Corleone ordering the murder of his enemies. It was a little chilling, in a melodramatic sort of way. O'Donnell announced that he knew Trump's "big secret," and that Trump "knows he knows his big secret."

O'Donnell was referring to the fact that, according to him, Trump lied about his wealth and was not really a billionaire. "He can't afford to sue me," he said fiercely.

Watch O'Donnell's response to Trump below and scroll down for a slideshow of the entire twitter feud.

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Comments

[beninabox1]

01:15 PM on 11/03/2011

The only worthwhile thing Trump ever did was expediting the construction of the Wollman ice skating rink in NYC. Other than that, there is no reason from him to be on this planet.

[faultroy]

01:19 PM on 10/31/2011

I never cared much for O'Donnell--until now that is. He was funny, brilliant and provocative. I'll have to start paying a lot more attention to him. Very well done. I'm not sure about whether he is right about Trump in all categories. But I am sure he is right in almost all. Well, 9 out of 10 ain't bad!!!

[kokobin]

01:33 AM on 10/31/2011

O'Donnell was referring to the fact that, according to him, Trump lied about his wealth and was not really a billionaire. "He can't afford to sue me,"
****
Bold and loud.
Once Trump was like that.
Now he is a TV show huckster

[Joe Bigg]

08:54 AM on 10/30/2011

Trump, another P.T. Barnum selling the nation his version of the Fiji mermaid.

Only fools fall for his twaddle.

[RockyMissouri]

09:00 PM on 10/30/2011

P T Barnum and Joseph Smith had that in common.....hucksters and cons....

[ufopp]

08:44 AM on 10/30/2011

Trump suffers from credibility deficiency -- a condition exacerbated by bad hair.

[aprilglaspie]

11:33 AM on 11/02/2011

You mean most ridiculous hair on earth, right?

[ufopp]

12:45 PM on 11/02/2011

anywhere, not just earth

[dtmfman]

07:54 AM on 10/30/2011

tool vs tool....

http://www.screwtheright.org/posters/SMgiveafck.jpg

[dems08]

06:38 AM on 10/30/2011

trump is a thug

[Watersisland]

04:39 AM on 10/30/2011

Trump HAS no real wealth. Name in lights on his own casino? Bankrupt! (how do you go bankrupt on a gambling casino?----TWICE!!!) Trump has NO BUSINESS SENSE! ...Name on airliners? Rented! Right on down to the upholstery and the uniforms....OH, and BANKRUPT also! He's always been ALL ABOUT EGO! Name in lights on TV SHOW! After four bankruptcies, it's only a matter of time. Federal law only allows bankruptcy filings every ten years. It's too soon for him to file again....BUT HE WILL!!!
Donalds "wealth" lies only in BARROWED MONEY! He doesn't OWN a thing and that which carries his name is leveraged through bank loans only to give the APPEARANCE of being wealthy. If the banks ever called in his loans....Donald would be broke again....AND HOMELESS!
"When I file the required financial papers for this presidential election....Americans will be quite impressed when they see how much I"m actually worth"....!!!!?????? People with REAL wealth don't talk like that. The Donald is a FRAUD!!! The only money he EVER had was what his father left for him....and that's LONG gone! His wealth is a house of cards.

[PrunellaC]

07:32 AM on 10/30/2011

"Name on airliners? Rented! "

Just like Yuri Orlov. Except he was pretty cute.

[Watersisland]

02:52 PM on 10/30/2011

Surely you heard of his "Trump Express" commuter airline? Perhaps because it didn't fly for long, but it did make Donald believe he was an aviation tycoon and among the ranks of Freddy Laker and Richard Branson. I beleive the backers called in their loans when they realized that, like most of his "enterprises", it had more creditors than equity. Smoke and mirrors has always been Trumps M.O.

Yuri Orlov? Not too familiar with him, but from the sound of that name I'm guessing it was competition with Aeroflot?

[IndependentAndProud]

02:45 AM on 10/30/2011

Trump relishes the attention, so he'll keep this going as long as he can. Dude needs help.

[elaineen]

02:11 AM on 10/30/2011

A ploy to pump up MSNBC's dismal ratings.

[Velvetrabbit23]

06:14 PM on 10/30/2011

Many of us totally agree. Msnbe sucks and O'Donnell is one big reason they do. Let me just say that I for one would not want to play hardball with Trump. He has been there and done that many, many times. Mr. O'Donnell: good luck with your blood pressure and sleeping at night. Bigger fish in the pond than you have drowned.

[faultroy]

01:25 PM on 10/31/2011

Well, I agree with you on MSNBC and mostly about O'Connell, but c'mon, this WAS good regardless as to how we feel about them wasn't it? Let's be more charitable when we have the opportunity. After all, it's really all smoke and mirrors--regardless as to which team you're rooting for.

[beninabox1]

01:16 PM on 11/03/2011

1. Trump is a tool
2. Are you agreeing that Trump conspired w/ O'Donnel to create a feud.
3. Trump is a tool.

[Jeany]

01:35 AM on 10/30/2011

WoooooOOOOooooo, TheDonald, where do you bury your dead?

[Watersisland]

04:18 AM on 10/30/2011

Perhaps in that rats nest he wears on his head.

[PrunellaC]

07:33 AM on 10/30/2011

I was going to say he sweeps them under the rug, but you basically beat me to it. ;^)

[maximus5757]

01:28 AM on 10/30/2011

Chris O'donnell is a blowhard that needs to be called out on his BS statements. His just reward in my book is that he has about as many viewers as Keith Oberman has on the new lib network- I think it is 5 or 6 viewers. lol

[Jeany]

03:31 AM on 10/30/2011

His name is Lawrence, and you might be drunk, right Sparky?

[Watersisland]

04:21 AM on 10/30/2011

Chris O'donnell! I think he had a LOT of viewers in that movie he was in with Al Pacino...."Scent of a Woman"?

[Mychal]

06:14 PM on 10/30/2011

Well, that guy is just another misinformed, Republican teabagger, so what can't expect a statement, that has anything correct in it...

[M Zahran Sallay]

05:16 AM on 10/30/2011

chris o'donnell?

epic fail LOL!

[Lisa IngrahamMitchell]

11:52 PM on 10/29/2011

Bring it on dikweed!

[La Elle]

11:18 PM on 10/29/2011

Must be the name O'Donnell that Trump has a beef with. First Rosie, now Lawrence.

[Watersisland]

04:44 AM on 10/30/2011

I think you're on to something. Maybe he thinks that Lawrence O'donnell is Rosies FATHER!!!
(btw...I'm going to copy and past your Bachman photo to my soft pore corn collection)

[IMOPINIONH8D]

07:33 AM on 10/30/2011

LOL, thats a good one.

[derekw007]

11:11 PM on 10/29/2011

Remember that this O'Donnell guy used to smack around Martin Sheen when Sheen was a kid, I saw it on the tee vee.