HOT TOPICS | The Pope Dies, Hegseth's Incompetence & Chaos at the Pentagon - April 21st, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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This morning, the Vatican confirmed the death of Pope Francis—just one day after a high-profile visit from Vice President J.D. Vance. The Pope has been fairly critical of the Trump administration’s policies on immigration, poverty, and human rights. Meanwhile, back home, things aren’t exactly calm: Pete Hegseth is under fire again for sharing sensitive military info in yet another unsecured Signal chat—this time with his family. The Pentagon is reportedly in chaos, morale is tanking, and Hegseth’s leadership is being called everything but competent. Don breaks down the optics, the fallout, and the increasingly dystopian state of governance. Tune in, Lemon Nation—because even satire couldn’t write this mess. This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY. COM/lemon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.4	Welcome to Hot Topics on the Don Lemon Show.
0:50.4	So glad that you're here.
0:51.6	I guess I can say happy Monday.
0:54.1	I guess it's happy Monday.
0:57.2	Well, it is, I guess, except the markets are cratering. The Pentagon is in chaos. The Pope has
1:02.6	died after J.D. Vance visits him hours after a visit from the vice president. Are you tired of winning yet?
1:10.7	Are we tired of winning yet? So yes. Anyways, I just
1:15.2	want to give you guys to show you what's happening in the markets right now because again,
1:19.9	we start off the week with the Dow down. The Dow is now at 38472 and it's down almost
1:26.8	670 by 679,000 okay 669 excuse me 6169 so there we go we start the week off
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