HOT TOPICS | Trump's Goon Squad is DESTROYING America - August 18th, 2025
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What sponsorships and opening remarks set the tone for today's show?
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I don't know if you got it. Did you get those in, Andy, of some of the Lemonheads with the Lemon Nation stuff on? Just since we're here, you can show it. There we go. Oh, yes. Her name was in the email, but I'll have to go back. If you can find it, Nikki, or whatever, go back and we'll find it. But anyways, old people be knowin'. huh robbie smith robbie smith this where's robbie from do we know i do not all right robbie if you're here yeah i do this but it's uh serious i have this one friend she goes i hate it when you wear the hat i kind of like my hat do you guys like it or no Tell me if you like it. I'll put it on. If not, I won't. But anyways, where are we sending them? We have an email. There's a show email, Nikki, right?
That people go to. Is it public now? Do we have it?
I can put it up, but it is the Don Lemon show at gmail.com. But I will put that in the chat as well.
So there's your answer. It's the Don Lemon show at gmail.com. How about that? So no hat, no hat. Love the hat. Okay, I love it. If you guys like the hat, tell me. If you don't, then I won't. So anyway, good morning, everybody. I'm so glad that you're here. Thank you. I'm so proud of the Lemon Nation. You know, I try to give you some mental health days. A lot of folks, especially out here in these streaming streets, they will... post a lot of stuff over the weekends. And sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, because what I'm trying to do is give you a break because I believe that mental health is extremely important. And I'm trying to give you a break from the madness that is out there because, you know, as I always say, you can be informed without being inundated.
So if there are things that I think that you need to know, if it's really big news, then of course I will bring it to you. You guys know that. So this is the thing. All right. Wear the hat on Friday, they said. All right. Maybe I'll wear the hat a little bit before we get to the news. So, you know, so I try to give you that little bit of mental health break. And yeah, as I said, of course, I will bring you stuff when it is urgent on the weekends. I did not. Well, we talked about, you know, on Friday, Donald Trump came away on with nothing. This whole summit. I told you it was a distraction. I told you it was B.S., That he's doing this because he's got Epstein derangement syndrome. He's really concerned about the headlines at Epstein.
And so he's trying whatever he can. And the media is falling for it. They're covering this. And everybody knew. I mean, you guys knew, didn't you? You're not crazy.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What sponsorships and opening remarks set the tone for today's show?
0:19–15:20
2
How did Don Lemon critique Trump's Alaska summit and Kremlin optics?
15:20–22:58
3
What evidence surfaced about masked federal officers detaining a delivery driver in D.C.?
22:58–46:34
4
Why are locals and journalists alarmed by unidentified, masked agents patrolling Washington neighborhoods?
46:34–1:05:54
5
How could these federal takedowns trigger concerns about the Second Amendment and potential violence?
1:05:54–1:26:02
Speakers
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