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The Don Lemon Show

HOT TOPICS | Donald Trump's (Epstein Distraction) War in Iran Is Killing Americans!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This morning, we're breaking down the shocking escalation in the U.S.–Iran conflict, a situation that has rapidly spiraled into another war. After Donald Trump ordered coordinated strikes alongside Israel on Iranian targets, the conflict has widened, with Iran striking back at U.S. bases and the first American service members killed in the campaign. What does this mean legally and constitutionally for a sitting president to engage in major military action without clear congressional approval? How far could this go, and what are the risks of dragging the U.S. deeper into a broader Middle East war? And as this crisis dominates headlines, we have to ask, is this being used as a distraction from the things Trump doesn’t want you focusing on...like the Epstein Files? Don is joined by former White House national security official Olivia Troye, reporter Jasper Nathaniel, and New York Times congressional reporter Michael Gold to break it all down. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/donlemon This episode is brought to you by Shopify. See less carts go abandoned and more sales go with Shopify and their Shop Pay button.Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers. Go to bioptimizers.com/donlemon and use my exclusive code DON15 to get 15% off any order. Make 2026 the year you finally start sleeping great again. This episode is brought to you by 120Life. Go to https://120Life.com—and use code DON for 20% off. Try it risk-free for two weeks. If your blood pressure doesn’t come down, you get a full refund. Don’t wait until next month. Nothing to lose except higher blood pressure numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning, everyone.

0:17.0

Welcome to the Don Lemon Show.

0:20.0

It is bright and early, 10 a.m. Eastern time. Bright and early here.

0:24.7

And wow, I got to tell you, I hated this morning just waking up to just waking up to this news.

0:37.3

Because I tried to put it out of my head all weekend but it's I

0:40.1

mean it's very difficult when you think about what's happening um you know that we're possibly at war

0:47.0

now that we're possibly at war that we're at war I went to bed going okay this is not maybe I'm

0:52.1

dreaming I don't know I'm sure you guys felt the same way. But anyways, first order of business, hit the like, hit the thumbs up. Thank you for watching from Chicago. Thank you everybody for tuning in. Let me know where you're streaming from. This is going to be a serious show because we have serious stuff from an unsurious administration. So like and thumbs up. Thank you for joining.

1:11.2

It was a fantastic weekend.

1:12.5

Yes, it was my birthday weekend.

1:14.9

Yesterday, we will talk about all of that.

1:17.9

Went to the Image Awards.

1:19.3

We won all of our awards.

1:20.6

It was just a fantastic weekend.

1:24.6

But we have to deal with reality, Denver, Colorado, Detroit Detroit everyone who's in the house so are you

1:30.5

guys ready for this again like and thumbs up and let me know how you feel this morning

1:34.5

everyone as it relates to all this stuff that's going down because it's really really really

1:38.8

really really important so I just want to talk to you this morning because I woke up and the first thing that

1:46.7

I did was I picked up the phone, I grabbed my phone and I didn't, it wasn't like to check

1:52.0

social media.

1:53.0

It wasn't like to check mentions.

1:55.8

I just wanted to know one thing and like, are we really doing this?

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