The AP reports that, on Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual military exercises with South Korea because, he said in a Truth Social post, South Korea refused to help with “denuclearization” efforts against Iran. Joe blasts the move, calling it part of a pattern of the president’s “jagged” foreign policy.

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Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the Aug. 7th broadcast.

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MS NOW’s Ari Melber on how the Trump White House is resurrecting parts of the failed Jan. 6 coup attempt.

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A preliminary second autopsy of 18-year-old Nolan Wells has been released and his family says the findings leave major questions unanswered, reinforcing their call for a more thorough, independent investigation. Antonia Hylton reports.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal joined The Weekend on Sunday to explain why it’s so important to ask Trump’s nominees the same question: “Who won the 2020 election?” To those unwilling to answer. Blumenthal adds, “they should be disqualified” from the roles they’ve been nominated to.

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