LEMON DROP | Dear White People, WTF?!
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How did Don and Mike open the conversation and set the episode’s tone?
Here we go. Hello, Mike Nellis. It's Don Lemon here with Mr. Mike Nellis. Mike, I mean, look at you. New year, new you, new studio, fancy setup. What's going on?
I mean, so thanks to all our paid subscribers, we were able to buy the studio space. And so it's 550 steps from the front door of my house. It's super nice. I'm still getting my lay of the land. Like the lights are here and the camera and all that. And now I have to really up my skincare game because, you know, you set it off screen, but the iPhone filter was doing a lot of work there for me.
iPhones are amazing, sir. Let's see. Are you looking into the camera? Yes? No? Maybe so?
Yeah, looking into the camera right now. I have a screen behind me where I can see your face.
Okay. Now you're looking in the camera. Look in the camera, not at me.
Okay.
There you go. See, I can see the difference. I can tell.
See, this is to our friends.
You're giving me live tips. I fucking love this. So, look, you know who needs live tips? This freaking Trump administration, what is going on? So now it is it was Venezuela, obviously, you know, Maduro's here. He's got another court date, but it's not for a while. And his wife. And then now we've got Greenland. And although I do, I believe these things are reversible. I think it's frustrating still in the least. Do you think it is reversible? What do you think is happening here?
Yeah, well, I think that they don't have a coherent foreign policy and really know what they're doing. And Venezuela is the perfect example of that because they immediately abandoned their talking points. Like they removed Maduro and attacked Venezuela, which is an act of war. And I have no sympathy for Maduro. He's a piece of shit and a dictator and has abused his own people and killed his own people. But. removing him was not in our best interest. They never explained it, but they spent the last couple of months making it about drugs. They created a fake term called narco-terrorists so they could justify blowing up boats in the Caribbean. And then the minute they actually do it, they don't remove the regime that's in power.
They literally kept the same regime. Basically, everybody's in charge except for Maduro now. And they're cracking down on their people and they're arresting journalists and they're breaking up peaceful protests and sending out gangs into the streets. But the good news is, big oil is going to get the payday that they were promised in the Trump administration. And on top of that, now they're being aggressive towards Greenland again. Marco Rubio saying we're going to buy it. Donald Trump saying we might use the military to take it. Denmark had to issue a warning saying don't attack a NATO country, don't attack a NATO ally. I'm wondering what Europe's going to do if Article 5 is triggered against one of their own, from one of their own.
That's never happened before. Like, I just, it's a... It's a mess. And if you're a Trump supporter, if you're a regular person, you're like, what the hell are we doing? This was the no new wars guy. This was the America first guy. And there's nothing American about this at all.
Why do Don and Mike argue Trump's Greenland and Venezuela talk reveals entitlement in foreign policy?
Okay. I got to ask you, and this is very blunt. What's wrong with your people? What's wrong with your people?
My people? Yeah. I could spend all day talking about what's wrong with my people.
No, I'm serious. Like, you know, it's part of the same attitude where you think, I'm going to come over, we're going to discover America, even though it's already here, and we're just going to take it. You mean white people? Yes.
I thought you meant Democrats. No, what the fuck is wrong? We've talked about this before. I'm Italian, so I'm barely white.
But still, like what? What is happening? I mean, the nerve. Can you imagine Barack Obama doing this?
Oh, my God, we need to power and federal that guy and get him out of the White House. He's not worthy of being. I mean, come on.
I will say with Obama, though, like some of the challenge that we're in right now is we gave so much power to the executive. after 9-11 under George W. Bush for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How did Don and Mike open the conversation and set the episode’s tone?
0:13–2:50
2
Why do Don and Mike argue Trump's Greenland and Venezuela talk reveals entitlement in foreign policy?
2:50–10:42
3
How do the hosts link executive power expansion to recent US foreign interventions?
10:42–29:35
4
How do Don and Mike assess Republican isolation and damaged alliances?
29:35–33:08
5
Why do the guests believe 2026 could favor Democrats and which races are in play?
33:08–35:57
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