Don Lemon Has 'President Musk' Propaganda Slapped Down to His Face: 'We Own the News Now'

Don Lemon has apparently been doing a 'man on the street' bit over on TikTok and ran into a little trouble when he went up against YouTube star and former professional soccer player Will John.

Lemon, as a puppet for the Democrat party, has been pushing the propaganda line that somehow Elon Musk is the acting president or president-elect right now.

"Who is the real president-elect, you think?" the former CNN anchor wondered aloud in his interaction with John.

"Donald Trump won, I believe," John replied.

Not content with a factually correct answer, Lemon regurgitated, "Democratic lawmakers in Washington are calling Elon Musk now, and they’re saying Donald Trump is the vice president or the head of communication."

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John, who is a successful social media influencer in his own right, boasting nearly one million followers on YouTube and an additional 300,000+ on TikTok, seemed unaware of the Democrat line of attack.

He essentially indicates that he doesn't have time to listen to the media's tall tales because he has a job and needs to earn a living. You know, like normal people.

Undaunted, Lemon eventually gets the soccer guru to find sources parroting the "President Musk" line. Sources such as Axios and the New York Times, far-left echo chambers not to be confused with actual journalism.

Lemon celebrates the move as a victory. John immediately torches him and the entire legacy media in one fell swoop.

@goluremi @Don Lemon asks Will John who the real President-elect is? 🇺🇸Trump or Elon? 🤔#cnn #news #trump #elonmusk #foxnews #for ♬ original sound - GOLUREMI

After Don insinuated that the sources for the "President Musk" propaganda were unimpeachable, John immediately fired back with: "I don't trust any of these."

All of the sources Lemon thought were ironclad got nuked immediately. The look on his face when John says this is, in a word, incredible.

John didn't let up.

"I don't trust any of these, okay? I don't trust any of these," he reiterated. "We’re the common man. We don’t trust any of these. No one trusts the government. No one trusts the common news. We don’t trust any of that anymore."

The irony here is that John is essentially repeating the phrase that Musk has championed on X - that YOU are the media now.

"Independent news, we are the ones that own the news now. People trust me," John added. "They don’t trust MSNBC because I care, and I’m actually one of them."

They didn't trust CNN and Lemon when he was still on the air, either.

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Watching Lemon get propaganda thrown back in his face with what amounts to "Look At Me. I'm The Captain Now" is pure gold.

President-elect Trump has dismissed attempts by the Democrats to get under his skin with the "President Musk" scare-mongering chatter.

“No, he’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you. And I’m safe, you know why? He can’t be—he wasn’t born in this country—HA HA!” Trump joked.

🚨 TRUMP: “No, Elon Musk is NOT going to be President, that I can tell you. And I’m safe, you know why? Because he can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country. HAHAHA! 🫵😹” lmao pic.twitter.com/dEdEJzwOEm
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) December 22, 2024

Lemon's foray into the world of social media influencers, meanwhile, has not gone very well. You may recall he kicked off his TikTok stint with a very serious discussion about Trump's cabinet picks, only to get bombarded by trolls who kept placing a turkey filter over his head.

I mean, go ahead and hang this picture in the Louvre.