Lemon LIVE at 5 | Trump v. Zelensky: Oval Office Showdown! - August 18th, 2025
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And we also have a friend of the show who's coming back. Hopefully the new guest will be a friend of the show as well. But here's what I want to ask you guys about. Did you watch the mess in the Oval Office with Donald Trump today and Vladimir Zelensky? Not Vladimir Zelensky's fault. We're going to show you, we're going to compare and contrast to then and now. That was then, this is now. So we'll compare and contrast to see how he was treated. And if you think Donald Trump was a little nutty, J.D. Vance, remember last time J.D. Vance I can't even say that. I was just going to say he should have just been over and whatever, Donald Trump, who's just glazing him so much. So we'll discuss that. But let me tell you what happened in the Oval Office.
And then we're going to talk about what's going on in the media, what's happening with MSNBC. We're getting a name change. You saw that we discussed it a little bit earlier today on the program. And then what is happening with the media beyond that. And then we're going to talk about Gavin Newsom. how everyone right now appears to be in love with Gavin Newsom's social media team. Now, what do you think? Do you like him? Do you think it's too much? Do you think it's just enough? Are you digging what Gavin Newsom's social team is doing? Because he seems to be fighting Donald Trump the way that Donald Trump, the way that people should go after him. That's what he appears to be doing. So let me tell you what's happening, and then we're going to get to our very special guest.
Okay, so just this evening, or this afternoon, President Trump, hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, joined by a rare gathering of European leaders, all pressing for progress in ending the war in Russia. Zelensky in a black suit rather than his usual military fatigues, which we'll talk about because that was an issue last time and they did address it this time as well. He arrived with the backing of Germany's Chancellor, Friedrich Merz. france's emmanuel macron britain's kier starmer italy's georgia georgia maloney finland's alexander stubb they traveled urgently to washington to present a united european front to resist growing pressure for ukraine to make territorial concessions i feel like this should this should have been the first meeting and then
The Putin meeting should have been after that. And the Oval Office's tone was dramatically different from Zelensky's tense February visit when he was berated on camera by Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. This time, Trump welcomed him warmly, made lighthearted jokes about his attire, and praised him as a partner.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:17–7:11
2
How did today’s Trump–Zelensky Oval Office meeting differ from their earlier confrontation?
7:11–17:39
3
What concrete security guarantees did Trump and Zelensky discuss (and what was missing)?
17:39–22:10
4
How did ongoing Russian missile strikes shape the stakes of the meeting?
22:10–23:42
5
Who is Dr. Nola Haynes and what context does she provide about U.S. foreign policy with Ukraine?
23:42–30:11
6
Why do experts say Putin must be part of any credible Ukraine peace deal?
30:11–1:00:38