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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | The Clock Is Ticking on Trump's Iran Demands: What Happens Next?!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Tonight, we go live as the clock ticks down on Donald Trump’s 8PM deadline to Iran, a moment that could determine just how far this conflict escalates. Trump has threatened devastating strikes on Iranian infrastructure, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if his demands aren’t met. The rhetoric is extreme, the stakes are global, and even lawmakers and experts are warning this could cross dangerous legal and moral lines. So what actually happens when the deadline hits? Escalation, hesitation, or something even more unpredictable? And is anyone in a position to stop this before it spirals further out of control? This episode is brought to you by Shopify. See less carts go abandoned and more sales go with Shopify and their Shop Pay button.Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon This episode is sponsored by Sundays for Dogs. Make the switch to Sundays. Go right now to https://sundaysfordogs.com/DON50 and get 50% off your first order. Or, you can use code DON50 at checkout. This episode is brought to you by 120Life. Go to https://120Life.com—and use code DON for 20% off. Try it risk-free for two weeks. If your blood pressure doesn’t come down, you get a full refund. Don’t wait until next month. Nothing to lose except higher blood pressure numbers. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/donlemon NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 888-675-4090, for details about credit costs and terms. Or AmericanFinancing.net/Lemon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome everybody to Lemon Live at 5.

0:18.7

We appreciate you being here. And boy, look, hit the like and the thumbs

0:24.7

up as usual. I'll have to tell you this. But this is a very sobering day, I think, and an alarming day.

0:33.1

And I don't like to be an alarmist. I don't like to cause panic for no reason.

0:39.0

But since Easter Sunday, the tone in our conflict with Iran

0:42.5

has gotten very, very different.

0:44.9

So if you're not following the latest news,

0:46.6

I'm sure that you are if you're here.

0:48.3

You might have missed it though.

0:49.4

And I just want to tell you that yesterday,

0:50.7

Donald Trump issued an 8 p.m. deadline to Iran, which is three hours

0:55.5

from now, to Iran tonight, to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And as he said

1:02.9

in the tweet, Andy, if you have it, he said that he was going to really just annihilate the entire

1:09.6

country. He said he was gonna blow the entire country

1:12.6

to smithereens.

1:14.6

A whole civilization will die tonight,

1:18.6

never to be brought back again.

1:21.6

I don't want that to happen, but it probably will.

1:25.6

I want to bring in Tom Nichols' staff writer for the Atlantic

1:29.7

and just all around good guy and expert on all of this. Tom,

1:32.3

thank you for joining us.

1:33.2

I want to get your expertise on this.

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