Lemon LIVE at 5 | Who Is This Week's SOUR LEMON?! - February 28th, 2025
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What was Don Lemon’s reaction to the chaotic White House meeting with Zelensky, Trump and J.D. Vance?
I really like that music a lot. I know a lot of people make fun of it, especially the social media kids, I call them guys. They're like, there's your boomer music. Don's coming on. Here comes the boomer. Good evening, everyone. It's Friday and it's my birthday Friday, by the way. Check this out. You know, I told you this morning, if you listen, the only way I get my salt now is with a salt rim. That is a margarita. So cheers to you. Cheers to me, to the week. Happy Friday. This is Lemon Live at 5. So glad that you're here. We're going to have a really good show today. I think you guys are going to love the person that we have, love the conversation that we have. But man, did y'all see that shit show at the White House today?
What the hell was that? I mean, seriously. Thank you, Candace Camden. Thank you, Mari. What was that? I was embarrassed. All right. And I know people are going to go, oh, my gosh, I was embarrassed to be an American. I was embarrassed by the folks who are supposed to be the leaders of our country. And why was why was J.D. Vance even there? Like who asked him? Wasn't he sitting in like Elon Musk's seat or something? We are mad as hell. Don, I love you. Calm us down. We are mad as hell. I'm mad too. But we're going to work through this, and we're going to make you smile. Dina Shepard, yes, it was embarrassing. So like I said, it was an absolute shit show. There's no other way to put it. In case you missed it, Donald Trump, J.D.
Vance, I don't know where J.D. Vance has been. I've forgotten that he was even part of this, put on perhaps the single most disgraceful performance to ever take place in the Oval Office. It was breathtaking. No other way, no other word to describe it. Breathtaking. I think embarrassing is it. I had like secondhand embarrassment for them. And I actually thought Zelensky handled himself very well under the circumstances. He, you know, you know, he's a comedian, right? So he just sort of sat there and let them have it. By the way, hold on. Let me put this over. I have just in case you guys haven't noticed because the microphone's in the way. I have a jar of lemon heads here every day. enough if you haven't seen it.
And then this is my lucky bamboo that just came, was just delivered for my birthday. And that's from my in-laws. So thank you, Dick and Joanne. Thanks, mom and dad. I appreciate that. Okay. So another way to describe it, they made clear that America no longer leads the free world. We now stand with Russia. We are with Putin. and all the other autocrats all around the world. It was sickening, and it was only one of the many absolutely deplorable things to come out of MAGA, the MAGA world this week. There's been a lot. I've been watching. I've been in touch with the MAGA world a lot this week, more than usual, because of all of the Megyn Kelly trolls and just everything that's been going on. I've had sort of a...
personal connection to them this week in a way that i would much rather not have but you know hey it is what it is as they say but uh guess what as i tell you every friday there are moments like this that you can laugh at or you can cry at and on this show we choose to laugh especially on a friday i'm going to give you something to laugh at and just like the person in the in the chat who said don we are freaked out we're upset make us laugh make us smile so pour yourself a drink I like that sound. I know I'm having one. And I'd like you to meet the co-host for the evening, the Sour Lemon special, Mr. Drumroll, Jay Jordan. Hello. Thank you for having me, Don. A phenomenal stand-up comedian, a former writer for Jon Stewart, and an X-Men super fan.
Thank you, sir. How are you doing? Thank you for being here. Listen, we need some sort of superheroes right now because shit is off the rails. What is going on? Like... I was amazed at how calm Zelensky stayed because my blood is a little too hot for two people to talk to me that way in public. I would have had to leave, maybe take a minute. It was terrible. Yeah. Oh, they say I would have to, you know what, be out.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What was Don Lemon’s reaction to the chaotic White House meeting with Zelensky, Trump and J.D. Vance?
0:13–5:43
2
How did the hosts break down J.D. Vance’s role and the Oval Office exchange with Zelensky?
5:43–9:45
3
Why are the Epstein flight logs and Pam Bondi’s promise causing controversy among MAGA and media circles?
9:45–51:29
4
Who wins the first-round poll: JD Vance, Pam Bondi, or Eric Adams?
51:29–52:43
5
Why did Donald Trump and the administration get involved with Andrew Tate’s release?
52:43–55:55
6
What changes at MSNBC triggered Rachel Maddow’s on-air response about layoffs?
55:55–1:00:11
7
How did the final Sour Lemon poll conclude and who was crowned this week’s Sour Lemon?
1:00:11–1:44:20
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