Lemon LIVE at 5 | Commander In Cosplay: Trump to Patrol DC Streets? - August 21st, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, Trump says he’ll be “joining” police and troops in the streets of D.C. because nothing screams strength like a bizarre cosplay photo op. It’s authoritarian theater at its finest, and we’ll be breaking down exactly what this stunt means and why he’s so desperate to play soldier-in-chief. Joining Don are our very own Lemon Legends, weighing in on the spectacle, the spin, and the reality behind Trump’s latest strongman cosplay. This episode is brought to you by Ollie. Head to Ollie.com/LEMON, tell them all about your dog, and use code LEMON to get 60% off your Welcome Kit when you subscribe today! They offer a Happiness Guarantee on the first box, so if you’re not completely satisfied, you’ll get your money back This episode is brought to you by Beam. Visit shopbeam.com/lemon and use code LEMON at checkout to get our exclusive discount of UP TO 40% off. This episode is sponsored by Mint Mobile. Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at https://MINTMOBILE.com/DONLEMON. This episode is sponsored by 120 Life. Go to https://120life.com and use the code, “D-O-N ” to save 20% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:05.0	Like, what is that?
0:07.2	How did you do that?
0:09.0	And can we use your camera instead?
0:14.2	Ask more of your phone.
0:16.9	Google Pixel 10.
0:37.2	Thank you. Google Pixel 10. Hello, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5.
0:40.8	Happy that you are here. I've been spending time in the green room a little bit with the legends who are on this evening.
0:48.1	And we're going to get to the legends in just a little bit.
0:50.3	Thank you for all of your well wishes. I got a little sleep.
0:57.2	But still, so I did this.
1:00.5	Maybe they should sponsor the program.
1:02.6	I did a little NyQuil.
1:05.5	I should take some of this now, but then I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep.
1:10.1	And then just in case for tonight, I have that little Theraflu.
1:11.8	So we'll see what's going on. Oh, by the way,
1:20.5	for those of you who were asking, I did the test, no COVID. Thank goodness. Thank goodness,
1:26.0	no COVID. So I'll test again tomorrow to see. But I haven't been this under the weather in a long time. And it's weird for it to happen in summer, but I think that I've just been running around. I work every day. And on the weekends, I do stuff like I sit here and I do paperwork. Then I just roam around, like trying to catch up with the people that I didn't, that I neglect during the week. So too much. I'm so glad it's not
1:45.6	COVID yet. So, I mean, well, I think by the time I had these sort of symptoms, it would be
1:51.2	detectable. So thank you so much. And then I also have this little Schweps gingeroo.
2:03.5	Welcome to the program.
2:06.8	So I heard that with, thank you guys, thanks for sending me the vibes.
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