HOT TOPICS | Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates - June 17th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The Israel-Iran conflict is spiraling, and fast. After days of strikes and mounting civilian casualties, tensions in the region are hitting a boiling point. And now, Donald Trump is inserting himself into the chaos, publicly urging people to “immediately evacuate Tehran.” (Helpful? Not really. Alarming? Absolutely.) As the possibility of U.S. involvement grows, we’re asking the real questions: Is this how World War III starts? What’s actually happening on the ground? And how much of this is driven by Trump’s need for distraction after his humiliating parade flop? Join us for a live breakdown of the facts, the fallout, and the frightening implications of one man’s foreign policy by ego. This episode is brought to you by MSI United States. Every woman deserves a choice. Rush your donation today to MSIUNITEDSTATES.ORG, or text "LEMON" to 511 511. Text Fees may apply. This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY. COM/lemon This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/donlemon and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Hot Topics. Welcome to the Don Lemon Show. We're so glad that you're here. We have a very serious show for you. Not quite as playful morning as we do sometimes here because of the news and we've got to get to it. Have you ever, there are moments in history when it feels like everything is speeding up. Nothing happens and then everything happens. When the headlines all blur together,
0:41.5	the danger becomes something that you can feel in your chest. And this is one of those moments.
0:47.3	Last night, we're at dinner and got the word. Many of us, the escalation that was happening in Iran and also in Israel. Overnight Israeli war planes launched one of the largest
0:53.3	coordinated air campaigns in the region's history,
0:56.2	more than 200 fighter jets, precision strikes, and a clear message.
1:01.3	This was not symbolic.
1:03.0	This was strategic and it was personal, okay?
1:05.4	Targets deep inside Iran were hit.
1:07.5	Air defense facilities, drone factories, military command sites. In response, Iran launched
1:13.9	dozens of drones and missiles towards the U.S. and Israeli positions in Iraq and Nogolan Heights.
1:19.7	And here is where it gets even more volatile, okay, because the president of the United States,
1:25.2	Donald Trump, left that G summit in Quebec
1:28.7	abruptly after clashing with world leaders on Israel and Iran. He stood on the tarmac and he
1:33.5	warned civilians in Tehran to evacuate. He said, leave the city. And that was the president of
1:38.7	United States, not a UN, not in any UN address, not through diplomatic channels on camera, off script, issuing what sounded
1:45.5	more like a battlefield threat than a call for peace.
1:50.7	Meanwhile, in Israel, the Iron Dome lit up the sky overnight, intercepting more than 40
1:55.3	incoming projectiles, according to IDF officials.
1:58.3	Sirens wailed all across Tel Aviv and Haifa.
2:00.9	Families in Israel, many still grieving from the horrors of October 7.
2:04.6	They took cover in bomb shelters.
2:06.5	For them, this is an abstract.
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