LEMON DROP | Donald Trump's Indefensible Response to Rob Reiner's Death
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How did Don Lemon and Michael Cohen introduce the episode and set the agenda?
I'm now for the Lemon Cohen report. Joining Don Lemon is none other than Mr. Michael Cohen or Michael Cohen joining Don Lemon or Don Lemon joining Michael Cohen. Michael, we have a lot to talk about. I've been under the weather, sorry, and traveling.
But, um, you know, first we missed you yesterday at the Dan Abrams mediate, um, function. It was quite the, it was quite the foray of individuals from, uh, both sides. I spent some time with Jessica Tarlov. I spoke with Scott Jennings, um, Megan Kelly was there. I have no regard for her, so I didn't even say hi. Mika was there, of course, with Joe Scarborough, Caitlin Collins, a lot of folks, Dino Badala. It was a very interesting, well-attended event. I thought you would be there being a New York City guy yourself.
Yeah, I would have been there. But one, I've been under the weather. And two, there was a leak in the radiator in my apartment that was leaking into my neighbor downstairs. Whoa, that's a nice insurance claim. Yeah, I know. We had to get a plumber to come out and I wanted to make sure that I had to be here. And I feel horrible for missing it, but sounds like it was a lot of fun. It was.
It was quite the interesting thing. Let me just begin by saying to people, please don't forget, if you like Don Lemon, I know many don't. So if you like Michael Cohen, smash the hearts over there and make sure that at the very top in that chyron, if you subscribe to me, please subscribe to Don and vice versa, because that's the whole goal here to keep building the community. Don, go ahead.
So I was just saying, uh, I'm sorry I missed it, but there are some folks that I would rather not, you know, hang out with some folks you mentioned, but whatever, it doesn't matter. So I think I would have had a good time. So, um, Michael, what do you want to talk about first? I was, um, I shouldn't have said that I was surprised, but I kind of was with Donald Trump's response to the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, really the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife. And I just thought that maybe somehow he would do the right thing, but yet and still he couldn't find it in himself. It was vile.
When I saw the post, My first reaction was that this cannot be real.
Same.
And so I went on to my computer and I started to look for others who are acknowledging its authenticity. ABC, NBC, MS Now. I saw it in New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal. The shock was felt around the world. I cannot begin. I then went to the Truth Social site, and I could not believe when I punched in his name onto it that I was able to find it so quickly to validate its authenticity. I then decided I wanted to see something interesting, Don. I wanted to see what the MAGA supporters, what those individuals who follow Trump on Truth Social had to say. Because I certainly remember, Don, when Charlie Kirk was assassinated. When Donald Trump was shot at, not once, but potentially twice.
Things that you and I said here to this audience, to audiences everywhere on all platforms. that this sort of behavior is unacceptable. It's not tolerated. And most importantly, it needs to be condemned in its most fervent of way. But that's not what we got from... The president of the United States, when he put this out, by the way, there was no knowledge at that time released to the public that it was the son who had potentially committed the double homicide.
No, it was out there when he made that statement. It was out there. People magazine had reported it exclusively that it was the sun. And I think TMZ as well. But other folks were waiting for some other confirmation. But it was out there that it was a sun and regardless. So. The thing that the you know, he got so bent out of shape and a lot of the folks on the mega side about about Charlie Kirk and how people responded to Charlie Kirk. I didn't see anyone who matters taking glee in Charlie Kirk's death. I saw the exact opposite. I saw people being compassionate about it and empathetic about it. And then, you know, later saying, I don't agree.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How did Don Lemon and Michael Cohen introduce the episode and set the agenda?
0:13–8:36
2
What initial reactions did they have to Rob Reiner and his wife's death and Trump’s response?
8:36–12:04
3
How did Don and Michael verify and react to Trump’s Truth Social post?
12:04–18:32
4
Why do they say Trump’s message crossed a line compared with other public condolences?
18:32–26:04
5
How did the hosts discuss the impact on the Reiner family and surviving children?
26:04–26:24
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