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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Trump Meets with Putin to Discuss Ukraine -- Are We The Bad Guys Now?

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

Society & Culture, News

3.8659 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

This week Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the conflict in Ukraine. But Ukraine was not even given a seat at the negotiation table. After Trump's claims that Zelensky is a dictator (a term he has never used for Putin), many are wondering...are we the bad guys now? Is America no longer a force for good on the global stage? Tune in for Don's take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:08.0

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0:12.0

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0:15.0

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0:17.0

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0:24.3

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0:28.1

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0:33.5

I need to ask you a difficult and deeply unsettling question.

0:35.7

Are we the bad guys now?

0:38.3

Have we become the villains? Is America no longer a force for good on the global stage?

0:41.3

I repeat, are we the bad guys now?

0:44.3

Why am I asking you this?

0:47.3

Let me explain.

0:49.3

For three years now, the United States has stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ukraine,

0:55.0

declaring unwavering support for a sovereign nation,

0:58.1

fighting for its very survival against an unprovoked and illegal Russian invasion.

1:02.8

We sent aid, we sent weapons, we put blue and yellow flags in our front yards.

1:08.1

Remember, we said, we stand with Ukraine.

1:12.4

Well, this week, Donald Trump made it clear that that solidarity, it's over. Let me read to you what he posted on social media.

1:19.6

Think of it. A modestly successful comedian, Vladimir Zelensky, talked the United States of America

1:25.2

into spending $350 billion to go into a war that couldn't be

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