Lemon LIVE at 5 | Commander In Cosplay: Trump to Patrol DC Streets? - August 21st, 2025
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. Happy that you are here. I've been spending time in the green room a little bit with the legends who are on this evening, and we're going to get to the legends in just a little bit. Thank you for all of your well wishes. I got a little sleep, but still. So I did this. Maybe they should sponsor the program. I did a little NyQuil. I should take some of this now, but then I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep. And then just in case for tonight, I have that little Theraflu. So we'll see what's going on. Oh, by the way, for those of you who were asking, I did the test. No COVID. Thank goodness. Thank goodness no COVID. So I'll test again tomorrow to see. But I haven't been this under the weather in a long time.
And it's weird for it to happen in summer, but I think that I've just been running around. I work every day and on the weekends I do stuff like I sit here and I do paperwork or then I just roam around like trying to catch up with the people that I didn't, that I neglect during the week. So too much. I'm so glad it's not COVID yet. So, I mean, well, I think by the time I had these sort of symptoms, it would be detectable. So thank you so much. Um, And then I also have this little Schweppes ginger. Welcome to the program. So I heard that with, thank you guys. Thanks for sending me the vibes. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Appreciate it. Let me know where you are. So do you guys see what's happening? In Washington, D.C., you know all the folks that we've been talking about, the people who are out on the streets, you've been seeing them arresting people, the ICE agents, you've been seeing them just... So they're combining this.
They're arresting citizens who they believe to be undocumented, and then they are harassing just everyday citizens. And the people of Washington, D.C. do not want these people on their streets. And I'm telling you, I'm concerned about when... Well, not if, when this becomes violent. Because the White House and the administration, they're touting it as if this is something good. That it's cool to have people out there occupying the streets. Members of the military, get this, sorry. Members of the military, my little inhaler, out on the streets against their own citizens as if it's a war zone. It's very dystopian. It's really, really, really odd. If you guys are there, if you're in the D.C. area and you're seeing some of this stuff, please.
Oh, you got muted, Don.
Looks like it's on StreamYard, too.
Is it on? I don't know why it does that. There we go. Sorry about that, people. Hold on. By the way, I'm so out of it from the cold medicine. I didn't even get on. I didn't even do my TikTok camera. I'm not muted anymore, right? Right. We got you. I hope it's the right microphone. Let me see. It is. So I think it may be the cable that I have on here as well. I have a is using the cable for something else. Anyway, enough of that. I'm so out of it from all the cold medicine. So anyways, bear with me. So if you're in the D.C. area and you're out there, you're witnessing this. Let us know. We want to know. We want to know what's going on and how you feel about this. D.C. is not happy. The residents are are up in arms. And so, again, I'm concerned about the possibility of violence.
I just want to show you some of the things that are happening there. This is ABC News has a thing because Donald Trump, you know, he's saying. He's happy about it. Yesterday, J.D. Vance, Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller decided to take a little walk over to Union Station or go over to Union Station just to visit some of the people and visit some of the members of the National Guard and the military folks and folks from all over the country that governors are sending. Don't ask me why. And So Donald Trump was on a thing today. And I'll play it for you in just a second. Trump says he will go out with police, military to patrol D.C. Thursday night as he pushes deployments in more cities. So do you remember when I said this is coming to a city near you, even as far back as Los Angeles, when they sent in the National Guard?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:17–6:33
2
Why is Don Lemon calling Trump’s plan to patrol D.C. an authoritarian ‘cosplay’ stunt?
6:33–14:55
3
What evidence is presented about federal agents, ICE and National Guard activity in Washington D.C.?
14:55–18:15
4
What did Trump say about joining police and the military to ‘make streets safe’?
18:15–27:20
5
How are D.C. residents and local businesses reacting to the increased law enforcement presence?
27:20–41:21
6
What frontline incidents and videos are shown to illustrate alleged abuses by unmarked or masked agents?
41:21–50:21
7
Who are the Lemon Legends and how do viewers from different cities describe the situation on the ground?
50:21–1:14:25
Speakers
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