Lemon LIVE at 5 | Donald Trump Is Scrambling For Damage Control!

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Tonight we’re diving into Donald Trump’s attempt to take back the narrative around ICE in Minneapolis, and it’s clear he’s scrambling and in full damage-control mode. After the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents sparked widespread protests and bipartisan backlash, the White House has begun shifting its tone, reshuffling leadership, and trying to tamp down outrage. This episode is sponsored by BiOptimizers. Go to https://bioptimizers.com/donlemon and use my exclusive code DON15 to get up to 35% off select Magnesium Breakthrough ritual bundles through January 31st. And don’t worry—you can still use my code DON15 for 15% off your purchase in the coming months. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon This episode is sponsored by Incogni. Go to https://incogni.com/donlemon and use code donlemon for 60% off. Incogni HELPS wipe yourself from the Internet — they can’t harm you if they can’t find you. Click the link below to claim your 60% off and get your personal data off the market! Erase yourself from the internet This episode is brought to you by Lean. Let's get you started with 20% off and free rush shipping so you can add LEAN to you healthy diet and exercise plan. Visit https://TAKELEAN.com and enter LEMON for your discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	you're live done oh i didn't hear the music come on, the open? Yeah, I heard it. I did not hear anything. And I didn't. Did you guys see I'm sitting here looking going, wait, what is going on? As my grandma would say, what are you doing? Where are you going looking wise and otherwise? So, hey, everybody. Welcome to the Don Lemon Show. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. Just real
0:40.5	quickly, Andy, let's take the folks to Clive, Iowa. I just want to show you. You can see the
0:45.1	folks there in Clive, Iowa. They are waiting for President Donald Trump to come up. And the reason
0:51.8	that we, I wouldn't usually show you a Trump rally, but considering what's
0:56.9	happening in the world, we're going to be trying to figure out, we're going to be monitoring
1:00.4	what he is saying at this point in Iowa.
1:04.2	We want to know what he is saying, especially considering that he came out today and said
1:08.4	something extremely interesting as it relates to
1:11.5	the Second Amendment. And people are trying to figure out like what is going on because it
1:16.6	appears like the Republicans are now backtracking on the Second Amendment. And so I look, I've been all,
1:25.6	you guys know how I thought about this since yesterday.
1:29.6	I just, I don't, I just cannot understand for the life of me how anyone can look at the video
1:36.3	and know about the, just the history and the resume and the, and the story of this man of Alex
1:45.8	Pretti and how you can say something negative about it.
1:49.2	People like Megan Kelly saying, I don't feel sorry for him.
1:53.1	I don't understand how you can do that because there's really no other explanation.
1:58.4	None of what they're saying is true about this man.
2:03.8	So again, I would not normally do this to you because I hated it when we just sort of had the Trump rally up there,
2:07.9	but I want to hear his excuse or excuses for how his administration and the people who are in
2:17.0	charge of the border, who in charge of the
2:20.1	Justice Department, what they're saying. Does he condone it? Are people going to be with him?
2:28.9	He's in Iowa now saying that he is the best poll numbers ever, and that's not true. He doesn't have the best poll numbers ever.
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