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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Donald Trump's Iran War Lies EXPOSED!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Don sits down with Steve Schmidt to break down the rapidly escalating situation surrounding the war with Iran and the political shockwaves now hitting Washington. This morning, Joe Kent resigned, reportedly over disagreements with the direction of the war. A MAGA-aligned hardliner stepping down over this conflict raises serious questions about just how far things have gone and how deep the fractures are becoming within Trump’s own circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now, are all the traitors present?

0:02.0

Let's get started, shall we?

0:04.0

From rags to riches.

0:06.0

I'm so sick of this.

0:07.0

Working like a dog and being treated worse.

0:09.0

Yorkshire to New York.

0:10.0

Or climbers, you and me.

0:12.0

A life dedicated to revenge.

0:14.0

Let's make this an occasion to remember.

0:17.0

A Woman of Substance on Channel 4.

0:19.0

Stream now.

0:20.0

A woman of Substance on Channel 4, stream now.

0:36.3

Steve, how big a deal is this that Joe Kent resigned?

0:37.7

I mean, he's a MAGA loyalist.

0:39.1

He has all the MAGA bona fides.

0:48.5

He's a political extremist who represents one half of this MAGA Civil War you see playing out,

0:53.7

most pronouncedly, I suppose, between Megan Kelly and Mark Levin. So he blamed the war on a conspiracy in essence that it's Israel who has caused Donald Trump to do this,

1:07.0

and he has resigned.

1:16.9

He was certainly somebody who was not fit for the job uh somebody who is you know by by any standard definition a crank good riddance to him being gone but i think the

1:26.7

division you're looking at is a real thing. Yeah, I'm wondering what is, let me just read from it. He's just, this is his letter of resignation. We saw, put the tweet up for me, guys. This is the tweet that he put out. And then I'll read from the letter of resignation. He said, after much reflection, I've decided to resign from my position as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center effective today. I cannot in good

1:48.0

conscious support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation. And it is clear

1:53.5

that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been,

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