HOT TOPICS | When Trump Sounds Like Bernie: Did MAGA Just Go Left? - May 12th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Trump is now calling for pharmaceutical price cuts and floating tax hikes on the rich, and suddenly long-held GOP talking points are… looking suspiciously like Democratic policies. So what’s happening here? Is this the dawn of Trumpian socialism? Or are Democratic ideas only “evil” until Trump decides to rebrand them as his own? Let's dive into the ideological blender that is MAGA in 2025. Do they have any real principles? Or is the platform now just “whatever Dear Leader said this morning on Truth Social”? It’s not left. It’s not right. It’s just chaos in a red hat. This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Go to FFRF.US/Freedom or text DON to 511 511 and become a member today. This episode of The Don Lemon Show is sponsored by 120 Life. Go to https://120life.com and use the code, “D-O-N ” to save 20% This episode is brought to you by Beam. Visit https://shopbeam.com/LEMON and use code LEMON to get our exclusive discount of up to 40% off. This episode of The Don Lemon Show is sponsored by Wild Alaskan. Go to wildalaskan.com/LEMON for $35 off your first box of premium, wild-caught seafood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good Monday morning, Lemon Nation.
0:17.0	Nikki, how you doing?
0:19.0	How was your mother's day?
0:20.0	How was your weekend?
0:25.1	It was lovely. It was lovely. Nice relaxing weekend. And to all the mothers out there,
0:31.0	happy Mother's Day. I hope you were able to get some relaxation time and have some time for you.
0:36.9	Yeah. Yeah, I reached out. Unfortunately, I couldn't spend time with my mom on Sunday,
0:38.6	but I gave her a call. I sent her on Sunday, but I gave her a call.
0:41.6	I sent her some flowers, and I gave her a call, and we chatted for almost an hour last night.
0:42.2	It was lovely.
0:45.1	I'm sure we have a lot of mothers in the chat.
0:46.2	I hope your children.
0:47.3	Send you flowers.
0:49.9	Cook to dinner, spend time with you.
0:53.9	And just to give everyone an update. Don's doing all right, and he will be back soon.
1:00.0	He just needed today.
1:02.1	So you have us today.
1:03.8	Yeah, for those of you who may have missed some of our shows last week, Don's sister sadly
1:08.2	passed away last Monday.
1:10.6	So he's just been dealing with that,
1:13.2	spending time with his mom, with the rest of his family, and he will be back soon.
1:18.9	Maybe as soon as 5 p.m. this evening for the live at 5. But likely tomorrow morning. We'll see.
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