HOT TOPICS | Even MAGA Is Turning on Trump Over Epstein - July 28th, 2025
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Kim, RCR, here I am. Good morning, everyone. Okay, I'm not joking with you. You guys think I use it as an excuse, like, especially every Monday morning. Peter, Nikki, are you there? We were about to go on and what happened? What happened?
I said, hold on, hold everything.
Hold everything. There's more stuff. Good morning, Lemon Nation. Hello, everyone. Don Lemon, I love your faces. Who said that? Thank you. It's okay. It's okay. Okay, what do you guys... Guys, let me know. Sorry. Hat or no hat? I have a little tissue here. Hat or no hat? I love the hat. But by the way, I cut my own hair this weekend. Did I do okay? think i did okay this is i didn't i am so busy i didn't have a chance to go to the barber and so i decided to cut my own hair so hopefully i did okay anyways tell me you tell me hat or no head um welcome welcome welcome to the don lemon show everyone this is hot topics and we're so glad that you're here we hope you had a fantastic weekend and um that your monday morning your week is off swimmingly okay so here is what is happening
Donald Trump is in Scotland. Donald Trump's overseas. He's doing everything. He's like, hey, we got a new trade deal. Hold on one second. Trying to get onto the TikTok. We have a new trade deal. We've got all this. He's doing everything to change the subject. Everything he can. But guess what? None of it's working. Because guess what reporters are asking him? So, all right, I'll do half the show with it and half of the show without it. All right. So everyone is asking him, like, what is going on with Epstein? Like, they do a couple of questions about what's happening in Europe. And I'm like, okay, how long is it going to take? And then, boom! Everyone wants to talk about Epstein. Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Over the weekend, all the Sunday shows, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein.
He cannot escape it. Even the MAGA bros now, more of them. Everyone thought, well, the tide is turning and MAGA people, they're going to supporting Donald Trump. Maybe out there in the real world, so to speak, as they say. But the folks who really... have been banking on this to make money and clicks, and they believe this narrative, this whole idea that Democrats are in some sort of cabal with the Jeffrey Epstein files and all up in the files or whatever. Wait till you hear what they have to say about Donald Trump. But this just in, everyone. Andy, put that up. This just in. Donald Trump speaks on Epstein. This just in. Donald Trump is talking about Epstein. He's been taking questions from reporters. And let's go with the first one.
Here's the first one.
Well, I haven't been overly interested in it. You know, it's something, it's a hoax that's been built up way beyond proportion. I can say this, those files were run by the worst scum on earth. They were run by... Comey. They were run by Garland. They were run by Biden and all of the people that actually ran the government, including the auto pen. Those files were run for four years by those people. If they had anything, I assume they would have released it. The whole thing is a hoax. They ran the files. I was running against somebody. that ran the files. If they had something, they would have released. Now, they can easily put something in the files that's a phony. Like, as an example, Christopher Steele, a person you know well, happens to be from your country.
But Christopher Steele, as an example, wrote a book, a dossier. We call it the fake news dossier. And the whole thing was a fake. The whole thing was a fake. They can put things in the file that are fake.
OK, we're going to go through that because I want you to hear sometimes I feel bad. I'm like, why do I keep interrupting the soundbite?
Why is Donald Trump trying to change the subject from the Epstein files?
Because I want you guys to hear all of it. There's so much misinformation in there. And by the way, when I speak to just so you know, when I speak to people over the weekend, you know what people are talking about? They're obviously talking about the Epstein files a lot, bigly or bigly, however. But they're also talking about Trump's ankles. and the health condition that his administration, his own office, released information on.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:15–4:22
2
Why is Donald Trump trying to change the subject from the Epstein files?
4:22–10:23
3
What did Trump say about the Epstein files and how does Don Lemon fact-check it?
10:23–25:02
4
Why were the Epstein files sealed and what timeline explains delays in release?
25:02–48:07
5
Could Donald Trump pardon Ghislaine Maxwell and what are lawmakers saying?
48:07–1:04:14
6
Which Republicans are pressing for release of Epstein materials and how can Congress force a vote?
1:04:14–1:09:11