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The Don Lemon Show

HOT TOPICS | WTF! Trump Administration's Epstein Meeting CANCELED! - August 7th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Well, well, well, the big Epstein strategy meeting hosted by JD Vance? Canceled. Yep, the same meeting CNN reported was set for last night to help Team Trump figure out how to contain the Epstein fallout. Now they’re claiming it was “never going to happen.” Sure. Let's unpack the chaos, the walk-backs, and what this says about just how panicked Trump World really is behind the scenes. Then we shift gears to take on the state of the media: How did we get to this point, and why are so many major outlets suddenly so eager to bend the knee to Trump? Where’s the spine? Where’s the journalism? Joining us to break it all down is Perry Bacon Jr. of The New Republic. Don’t miss this one! This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMON and use LEMON at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. This episode is brought to you by DeleteMe. Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you text DON to 64000. Message and data rates apply. This episode is sponsored by Wild Alaskan. Not all fish are the same! Get seafood you can trust. Go to https://wildalaskan.com/LEMON for $35 off your first box of premium, wild-caught seafood. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://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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Okay, so look, here's the breaking news.

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We told you about yesterday, and now, like, this news is, it is, I should say, developing.

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It's actually kind of surprising to me that they're continuing on with this farce. Okay. Right. Warren, Ohio.

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Who's here? Right. Detroit in the house, Tamara. Crystal and Cincinnati. You know what I'm talking about, right?

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Arizona's in the house as well I'm surprised

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that they are continuing on with this Wanda from Chicago with this farce Phoenix Arizona is in

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the house Cleveland is in the house cancicki Illinois I remember when I was oh my gosh when

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I worked in Chicago I'd have to say Kankakee, Illinois.

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So good morning from New Orleans, Louisiana. So let's, yeah, I'm just really surprised

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that this happened. And someone said, hi, I saw you with Ari and Molly on MSNBC yesterday. Thank you.

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