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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | Make It Stop: Economic Chaos and Collective Stress - April 8th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

Society & Culture, News

3.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Tariffs, market crashes, economic whiplash—is anyone steering this thing? The stock market is spiraling, prices are climbing, and even the administration seems like it's just guessing at this point. We’re all feeling it: the stress, the confusion, the desperate urge for someone—anyone—to hit pause on the madness. Tonight, Don is joined by special guest David Pakman to unpack the chaos, make sense of the senseless, and ask the question on everyone’s mind: can we please make it stop? This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/donlemon and get on your way to being your best self. This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Whether you’ve always been secular or left religion behind, if you don’t want someone else dictating the trip for you, F-F-R-F has your back. Join us. Go to FFRF.US/Freedom or text the word, “FAMILY” to five eleven five eleven and become a member today. Text fees may apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.2

By the way, I get lots of feedback about that music. People love it and they said, why do you make fun of it?

1:00.9

I said, because my producers call it boomer music or my social producers. Good evening, everyone.

1:05.9

Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. So you guys may remember this morning, I question why the Dow was doing so well,

1:12.6

why days after this massive losses that it was so high in the green. And remember, I told

1:17.0

you, don't hold your breath that this wouldn't last? Well, I was 100% right. U.S. stocks crashed,

1:23.2

once again in the afternoon trading and ended sharply lower than where they started off,

1:29.0

the S&P 500 narrowly avoiding a bear market after the White House said it plans to move forward

1:34.4

with a threat to bring the overall tariff rate on China to 104%.

1:38.3

That tariff rate will go into effect at 1201.

1:42.2

I have a lot to tell you here.

1:44.1

But let's just say that the market crashed after that.

1:50.0

And so joining us now to discuss all of this,

1:52.9

the market crashing and everything is none other than Mr. David Packman.

1:58.5

He is someone that you recognize and you love. And by the way,

2:02.1

just so you know, I have his new book. We're going to talk about that. And it's called the Echo Machine.

2:06.4

It is fantastic. It's already on the bestseller list. David, welcome and congratulations.

2:11.0

We'll talk about your book in a bit. How you doing? Thank you. So good to see you as well.

2:15.5

So 104% tariffs on China. Here we are. We thought that

2:21.3

there would perhaps be a recovery Tuesday after a Black Monday. And now here we are. Do you know what's

2:27.7

going on in your journeys around these streaming streets? Well, it's nothing has been resolved in terms of being able to predict what's going to

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