HOT TOPICS | The American Dream is Gone, This is the American Nightmare! - February 13th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

The United States is no longer a land of opportunity—it’s a playground for oligarchs. While millions struggle to afford basic necessities like healthcare, housing, and food, the ultra-wealthy and those in power continue to prioritize tax cuts for the elite. The American Dream has been replaced by an American Nightmare. We'll take a deep dive into how unchecked corporate influence and extreme wealth hoarding have eroded the foundations of democracy and economic stability. We’ll also examine how some MAGA voters—who once believed Trump’s policies would help them—are now realizing the harsh reality of his economic agenda. Is this their FAFO moment? And what are the updates with Wendy Williams? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.3	Thank you. Good morning.
0:47.3	Welcome in to Hot Topics, 10 a.m.
0:51.1	Live here, 10 a.m. Eastern in New York City.
0:52.7	So glad that you could be here with us. Hey, we're living in a nightmare.
1:00.7	I hate to like come on and stream with you live to tell you otherwise. But we are living in a nightmare.
1:09.0	The nightmare started in 2016 or 2017 in January. And then we have been
1:20.0	basically living in it since, although it subsided in 2021 when Joe Biden took office.
1:28.5	And then now we're back in that nightmare,
1:30.4	and it seems like the nightmare is getting worse.
1:32.4	We thought, you know, the thing where you, like,
1:34.2	run away from the bad guy or the killer in the dream.
1:39.7	And then you're like, oh, I got away.
1:41.1	And then you turn her and you're like,
1:41.8	oh, there he is.
1:44.1	And you have to start running again.
1:49.7	That's where we're in.
1:51.1	We're in a nightmare.
1:53.4	Hello, Samar, C.
1:54.4	Good morning, Dawn.
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