HOT TOPICS | Another Trump Interview, Another Fact-Free Meltdown - May 5th, 2025
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Who is filling in for Don Lemon and why is he absent?
Good morning, Lemonheads. We are not Don Lemon.
As you can probably tell, we are not. And I want to apologize to everyone. I know that everyone so enjoys seeing Don every morning, but Don is dealing with a family emergency right now. So Peter and I are going to be chatting with you this morning. I hope that's okay. We love you all.
Brit F, I saw you say you were guessing 15 minutes late. We were only two minutes late.
Yeah.
Good job. So our hardworking president made some news over the weekend, posting a series of lovely animated or artificially intelligence-made images, announcing his intention to be both the Pope and the Dark Lord of the Sith. Because he can do two jobs at once. He can do three jobs at once. He can be president, the Pope, and the Dark Lord of the Sith. Now, Nikki, you were away this weekend, but you said the Pope image actually cut through. You had news notifications turned off. I did. This was still big enough.
I was. So, yeah, Peter's going to have to be leading me through a lot, guys. I this weekend, it was my birthday weekend. So I turned off news notifications as a birthday present to myself, which was lovely. But when I was on my little birthday adventures, I heard so many people talking about the Pope Trump Pope image just overheard it in general. So yes, this definitely punched through.
Yeah. Sacrilegious has lost all meaning as a word. Blasphemous has lost all meaning as a word. Um, I am not a practicing Christian. So this type of image doesn't hit the same way for me that it does for, I imagine a lot of folks, but as a huge star Wars nerd, as a long time loser, um, This was something. Do they have no one around him who was able to tell them that the Red Sabre is bad?
I don't think any of them have actually watched the movies.
The most iconic butcher in all of sci-fi carried around the Red Sword and just gutted thousands, if not millions, of aliens. And the tweet itself is interesting. For those of you just listening on Spotify... It reads, Happy May the 4th to all, including the radical left lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Sith Lords, murderers, drug lords, dangerous prisoners, and well-known MS-13 gang members back into our galaxy. You're not the rebellion. You're the empire. May the 4th be with you. Very strange. And not one, but two Eagles and American flags behind him.
Why did Trump post AI images of himself as the Pope and a Sith Lord?
Because of course.
anyone who has even cursory knowledge of the films would be able to tell you who the Empire is in this situation, just saying.
Yeah, I'm seeing folks in the chat asking where Don is, if Don's okay. As Nikki said at the top, Don is currently dealing with a bit of a family emergency. He's okay, but we're stepping in this morning to chat with you all, and he will be back soon.
Yes. But I'm sure he appreciates all of your prayers and kind words, so you'll be seeing him soon.
Absolutely. And we'll pass along your messages. I know he'll appreciate it. Nikki, Trump made some news and beyond declaring himself Pope and Dark Lord of the Sith.
That's not enough.
We're sitting down with NBC's Kristen Welker. Do we want to watch through some clips?
Yeah, let's let's. How else would you want to start your morning?
Andy, how about we start with Trump doubling down? talking about little girls and their 30 dolls that they're no longer going to have.
The tariffs. And I want to ask you about something you said this week got a lot of attention. You were at your cabinet meeting. You said, quote, I'm going to quote what you said. Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally. Are you saying that your tariffs will cause some prices to go up?
No, I think tariffs are going to be great for us because it's going to make us rich. But you said some dolls are going to cost more. Isn't that an acknowledgement that some prices will go up? I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Who is filling in for Don Lemon and why is he absent?
0:12–3:02
2
Why did Trump post AI images of himself as the Pope and a Sith Lord?
3:02–16:49
3
What did Trump say about tariffs and '30 dolls' during the Kristen Welker interview?
16:49–44:14
4
How could Trump's tariff plans impact supply chains and small businesses?
44:14–56:23