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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | MAGA's Racism Is On Full Display!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Let's talk about Jeremy Carl, Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations, a role that would oversee U.S. policy toward the United Nations and its agencies. Carl, a former Trump administration official and current senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, is facing intense scrutiny over past statements and writings that promote white supremacist, racist, antisemitic, and homophobic views. Don unpacks what Carl has said, why it matters, and what this nomination signals about the direction of U.S. diplomacy if confirmed. This isn’t just about one appointment, it’s about who speaks for America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Just an indication where we are right now as it relates to the people who are in Donald Trump's cabinet and how far we've come with the we've gone with the

0:22.5

racist bigoted members of his cabinet or just people who are unqualified and one of those is that

0:29.2

who's been nominated for a very significant position his name is Jeremy Carl and he had to face

0:35.3

a Senate foreign relations committee last week because he has been nominated

0:40.3

to serve in the cabinet for as the Assistant Secretary of State for international organizations.

0:48.3

And according to reports, that role involves managing relationships and policies toward the United Nations and its agencies. And that means that this person would have to deal with very diverse people.

0:59.0

And does that even matter? It does matter somewhat.

1:03.0

But this is the kind of person, the kind of people.

1:06.0

He is indicative of the kind of people that this administration is putting into leadership roles.

1:12.6

Jeremy Carl is a bigot, is a racist. And if you don't believe me, then I will let you

1:21.7

listen to what he said during this hearing, which were questions about some of the comments that he's

1:29.4

made publicly, some of them on social media that he has erased. But I will start, this one is

1:35.8

with Senator Chris Murphy, and he's questioning him about his racist comments in the past. Here

1:42.0

it is.

1:44.0

One of the things you have said is that anti-white

1:46.4

discrimination is the most pervasive and politically salient form of racism today. So do you continue

1:55.8

to believe that anti-white discrimination is more salient than the discrimination faced today by blacks,

2:07.6

Latinos, Muslims, or other American groups.

2:12.6

Well, Senator, thank you for that question. And thank you also for giving me an opportunity to speak at a little bit of length. I haven't necessarily had much opportunity to respond.

2:24.0

I'm going to have at least one more question. So just so you know, he does that with every single question, every time he's questioned about something, he doesn't answer. And then he says the same thing over and maybe to eat up time, the person's time so

2:35.5

that they run, he runs out the clock, but keep going. For you. So I'll give you a minute or two to

2:40.9

respond. Yes. So thanks to the great work of my friend Harmeet Dillon at, as the Assistant Attorney

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