Lemon LIVE at 5 | The Pope Is A BADA$$!

Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, set to begin at 5 PM Eastern time. However, Lemon expressed immediate skepticism, noting that Israel has shown 'very little regard for the Trump administration's diplomatic efforts in the past.' He highlighted that Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Israeli troops must remain in southern Lebanon, suggesting the deal was 'potentially falling apart' even as it was announced.

Trump's announcement of a 10-day ceasefire; Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on Israeli troops remaining in southern Lebanon.

Lemon strongly criticized Trump for misrepresenting Pope Francis's stance on nuclear weapons. Trump stated, 'it's very important that the pope understands Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.' Lemon clarified that the Pope advocates for peace and would oppose any nation having nuclear weapons, accusing Trump of 'lying his ass off' and fabricating the idea that the Pope wanted Iran to possess nuclear weapons.

Trump's statement about the Pope needing to understand Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon; Lemon's direct refutation and explanation of the Pope's actual stance.

Lemon asserted that the ongoing war with Iran is a 'problem of Donald Trump's own making,' initiated by him and his allies like Pete Hegseth and Benjamin Netanyahu. He pointed out the administration's inconsistent justifications for the conflict, which shifted from 'killing protesters' to 'having a nuclear weapon' to 'regime change' and 'striking Israel first,' none of which were presented clearly to the American people at the outset.

Lemon's claim that the war is 'Donald Trump's own making' and his listing of shifting excuses for the conflict.

Lemon highlighted the irony that the United States, under the Trump administration, has now become the entity blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He noted that after criticizing Iran for potentially impeding shipping, the U.S. is now actively preventing ships from passing, stating, 'We have become the blockers. We become the blockade. We have become the closers of the straight of our moves.'

Lemon's statement that 'we the United States, we are blocking the straight of Hamuz,' and 'We have become the blockers.'

Lemon reported on Tulsi Gabbard, as Director of National Intelligence, sending criminal referrals to the Justice Department to investigate a whistleblower and a former intelligence community watchdog involved in President Trump's first impeachment. He framed this as the administration 'continuing to go after Donald Trump's perceived political enemies' and a 'partisan political attempt' to undermine the will of the American people, warning of a 'chilling effect' on future whistleblowers.

Report of Tulsi Gabbard's criminal referrals for a whistleblower and former intelligence community watchdog involved in Trump's first impeachment.

Lemon analyzed Trump's consistent return to the 'nuclear weapon' narrative during press gaggles, regardless of the question. He suggested this was a deliberate media training strategy, where advisors, having conducted 'poll testing' and 'message testing,' determined that 'the nuclear weapon is the thing that is winning' and instructed Trump to 'always bring it back to the nuclear weapons.'

Lemon's explanation of Trump's consistent pivoting to 'nuclear weapons' and his theory that it's a media training strategy based on message testing.