On Wednesday's The 11th Hour, it was sore loser time. MS NOW contributor Eddie Glaude claimed that Donald Trump was elected because of "greed and hatreds" after former CNN political analyst John Avlon quoted Bill Clinton in claiming that voters in 2024 supported "strong and wrong" over Democrats who seemed too weak on issues that were "distractions." During a discussion of the Trump administration's handling of the war on Iran, including War Secretary Pete Hegseth firing the secretary of the Navy, Glaude proclaimed: MS NOW's Glaude: Voters Elected Trump Because of 'Greed and Hatreds' pic.twitter.com/HT73JQvv1m — Brad Wilmouth (@bradwilmouth) April 24, 2026 The inmates are running the damn asylum. This makes no sense. And they're going to put -- first of all, we know that Donald Trump wasn't temperamentally or dispositionally prepared to be the President of the United States. We knew that, and we know that Pete Hegseth, well, what do we know about Pete Hegseth, right? There's a lot in his cup. So part of what we do know is that they're going -- these are the people we're going to entrust to put our loved ones in danger. So here we are in a war, and they're firing all of these people who have the competency to execute it. Ruhle then jumped in to recall that it was clear what voters were getting when Trump was elected: Is this about Pete Hegseth or Donald Trump -- or is it about the United States? Because you started your answer with, "We knew -- we knew all of this, right?" Pete Hegseth Donald Trump, this administration, Howard Lutnick, Stephen Miller, take your pick. Aren't they just a mirror looking -- this is who the United -- this is who the American voter chose. This time there were no surprises. And Congress confirmed all these people. Avlon then complained: "And there's a lot -- there's there -- for all the senators who approved the people they knew were unqualified, whether it's Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Kash Patel or Pete Hegseth, there's a special, you know, sin on their heads." Avlon's a true sore loser -- he ran as a Democrat for Congress in New York and pulled 44.8 percent. As there was a back and forth, Glaude wondered why voters voted the President into office: RUHLE: But that's the point. There were no surprises about them. All of the things about them we knew. GLAUDE: So the question is why? That's the question. The question is why? What were the superordinate values, those things that really motivated people to put the country in the hands of these folk? Avlon complained that voters will vote for "strong and wrong" as he soon jumped in: AVLON: Look, people were pissed off about the border -- they were pissed off about a lot of things that were distractions. GLAUDE: So the culture -- the culture war stuff. AVLON: Yeah, well, yeah. But let me just say -- and if you look at what happened, Democrats didn't have the confidence of folks for being strong on the stuff people cared about, and the Bill Clinton quote I always quote is the most important quote in politics: "People vote for strong and wrong every time." And that's what -- and now we're dealing with the downstream effect of that. And, of course, the strong man is always the weak one. Glaude summed up, "So our greed and our hatreds have come back to bite us in the ass," leading Ruhle to quip, "Just so you know, Eddie's currently winning this segment. The pressure's on." Transcript follows: MS NOW's The 11th Hour April 22, 2026 11:11 p.m. Eastern EDDIE GLAUDE, MS NOW CONTRIBUTOR: The inmates are running the damn asylum. This makes no sense. And they're going to put -- first of all, we know that Donald Trump wasn't temperamentally or dispositionally prepared to be the President of the United States. We knew that, and we know that Pete Hegseth, well, what do we know about Pete Hegseth, right? There's a lot in his cup. So part of what we do know is that they're going -- these are the people we're going to entrust to put our loved ones in danger. So here we are in a war, and they're firing all of these people who have the competency to execute it. STEPHANIE RUHLE: Is this about Pete Hegseth or Donald Trump -- or is it about the United States? Because you started your answer with, "We knew -- we knew all of this, right?" Pete Hegseth Donald Trump, this administration, Howard Lutnick, Stephen Miller, take your pick. Aren't they just a mirror looking -- this is who the United -- this is who the American voter chose. This time there were no surprises. GLAUDE: Yes. RUHLE: And Congress confirmed all these people. GLAUDE: Yes. JOHN AVLON, EX-CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: And there's a lot -- there's there -- for all the senators who approved the people they knew were unqualified, whether it's Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Kash Patel or Pete Hegseth, there's a special, you know, sin on their heads. But, but -- RUHLE: But that's the point. There were no surprises about them. All of the things about them we knew. GLAUDE: So the question is why? That's the question. The question is why? What were the superordinate values, those things that really motivated people to put the country in the hands of these folk? RON INSANA, THE MESSAGE OF THE MARKETS: Being primaried, believe it or not. It's self interest. GLAUDE: No, self interest on certain -- RUHLE: John, to you and then to David. AVLON: Look, people were pissed off about the border -- they were pissed off about a lot of things that were distractions. GLAUDE: So the culture -- the culture war stuff. AVLON: Yeah, well, yeah. GLAUDE: Ah. AVLON: But let me just say -- and if you look at what happened, Democrats didn't have the confidence of folks for being strong on the stuff people cared about, and the Bill Clinton quote I always quote is the most important quote in politics: "People vote for strong and wrong every time." And that's what -- and now we're dealing with the downstream effect of that. And, of course, the strong man is always the weak one. GLAUDE: So just really quickly -- sorry, John. AVLON: Yes, sir. Yeah. GLAUDE: So our greed and our hatreds have come back to bite us in the ass. AVLON: Yep. GLAUDE: And we're right here. DAVID ROHDE, MS NOW SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: I think in the Republican -- RUHLE: Just so you know, Eddie's currently winning this segment. ROHDE: I know. RUHLE: The pressure's on.