HOT TOPICS | Trump's Meeting with Zelensky, An American Embarrassment! - March 3rd, 2025
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What was Don Lemon's initial reaction to the Oval Office exchange with Zelensky?
Good morning. We are live. Welcome to Hot Topics, 10 a.m. Eastern Time, New York City. I'm so glad that you're here. So thank you so much for joining the Don Lemon Show this morning. We have so much to discuss. And you know how, greetings, everyone. Everyone is saying greetings. I'd love to know where you guys are from, where you're streaming from, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Are you watching our stream from? So as usual, let us know. Here's the thing, though. You know how sometimes you're like, something will happen and you're like, okay, you know, all right, that made me feel a certain kind of way. And then, though, when you actually step back and you take a good long, like, look at what happened, you have some time to assess, you're like, wait, what the fuck just happened?
What was that? To a person. You know, it's not a big deal. And, you know, it was the other person's fault or whatever. What happened in the Oval Office last week was shameful. That is the most egregious thing. There have been many egregious things. I believe, though, it was the most egregious thing that I have seen. It's embarrassing. It's an American embarrassment. Or if you look at the two people, the two main people who are involved, it's American embarrassments. Plural. Two of them. As you guys know, I had a birthday weekend. I had some great time. But every single place I went from... The supermarket to, by the way, I saw leaving. I didn't run into her. I almost did. The governor of New York at my local supermarket.
Apparently she lives in the neighborhood. I didn't even know it. The supermarket folks said, oh, she's always in here with her husband. Okay. So anyways, I digress. Supermarket, the folks in the supermarket, the checkout people, our local, I went to the diner, as you know, this weekend, same thing. friends at a dinner party, everywhere. The subway, oh my gosh. I heard people listening to it either on social media or on clips on social media or live. It was embarrassing. It's like we have become an odd place that now somehow sides with With Russia, the former Soviet Union. We are now. We Russian assets. I don't know if that's too harsh. I don't know. It's just bizarre. How do you feel about it? By the way, make sure you hit the thumbs up.
Make sure you hit the likes. The membership link is in the top of the chat. The subscribe button is right at the bottom right end of your screen. It is free. You can and our memberships again at the top. If you hit the like the thumbs up button, it affects the algorithm and more people become aware of our conversation. So look, I am between like outrage and just like, huh. So I don't know if I need to be a preacher this morning. Thank you very much, Darlena Williams in the chat. That was an ambush. It was an ambush. And we are the only, I just, I'm gonna get into it. And I'm gonna show you in this, that this is not what you think it is on the surface. There is a history behind this. Because it's not just about, like, people say, oh, this is about the American people and spending money and, you know, he needs to be thankful.
There is a reason, a very big, strong, and as he would say, powerful reason that he is treating one of our allies like this. Someone whose country is under attack. There's a reason behind it. Have you guys figured it out? It could be payback. It could be revenge. Maybe he's never gotten over this. Remember, he wanted the, what was it, 11,380 votes or 780 votes or whatever it is that he wanted from Georgia? Well, he wanted something else and didn't get it. And that's why he is upset. And that's why he's acting like a child. And J.D. Vance, Really, J.D. Vance, have a seat, have several seats, but not in the Oval Office because you haven't been in there.
Why does Don call the Trump–Vance meeting an ambush and a political trap?
And all of a sudden, where did you come from? How did you show up? Like, wait, what? So now that we have had a chance to sit back and assess the situation, right, we have some distance, some perspective, distance behind us so we can have some perspective on what happened. Okay, so good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Don Lemon Show.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What was Don Lemon's initial reaction to the Oval Office exchange with Zelensky?
0:15–5:06
2
Why does Don call the Trump–Vance meeting an ambush and a political trap?
5:06–35:22
3
How did the Oval Office exchange between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky unfold on camera?
35:22–48:36
4
Is Trump defending Putin and blaming Democrats during the Oval Office exchange?
48:36–54:20
5
Why was Zelensky criticized for not wearing a suit and what does it symbolize?
54:20–1:03:43
6
How did the Oval Office meeting connect to Trump’s impeachment and the ‘Burisma’ narrative?
1:03:43–1:18:36
7
What actions and community responses are suggested to push back against this politics?
1:18:36–1:42:55
Speakers
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