The David Pakman Show

-- On the Show

-- Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Iran as a strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan energy facility sends global gas and oil prices surging

-- FBI Director Kash Patel struggles through congressional questioning about firing Iran counterintelligence experts and basic voter fraud investigations,

-- Donald Trump confuses economic data and makes a bizarre Pearl Harbor remark to a Japanese leader while misrepresenting the economic fallout from his Iran conflict

-- Donald Trump faces rising political danger as surging oil, diesel, and fertilizer prices drive inflation across farming, transportation, and food costs that could define his presidency

-- Republican donors and party figures quietly organize around Marco Rubio for 2028 as Donald Trump tests support between Rubio and JD Vance

-- A Pennsylvania voter who supported Donald Trump three times now angrily denounces him over rising costs, signaling potential cracks in Trump’s loyal voter base

-- A longtime conservative influencer who once backed Donald Trump declares that MAGA is dead and says she no longer recognizes the president

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: The staggering costs of the war in Iran, and much more...
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(00:00) Start(01:22) Trump Iran strike spikes energy(09:02) Kash Patel grilled in Congress(17:31) Trump Pearl Harbor economic confusion(25:07) Rising fuel costs threaten economy(32:36) GOP donors shift toward Rubio(38:39) Trump voter turns against him(45:31) Conservative influencer says MAGA dead(51:06) Friday Feedback segment  

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-- On the Show

-- JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, joins us in person to discuss immigration enforcement fears in Chicago, regulating crypto and prediction markets, and what agenda Democrats should pursue ahead of 2028

-- Jerome Powell warns the United States economy faces rising inflation risks, weak private sector job growth, and tariff-driven pressure, as Donald Trump’s policies strain the labor market

-- Maria Bartiromo and other Fox hosts react nervously to hotter-than-expected inflation data and warn Americans that prices could worsen in the coming months

-- Donald Trump posts a confusing threat about the South Pars gas field in Iran that reveals panic over escalating conflict and the economic fallout of the war

-- Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend Operation Epic Fury and gives evasive answers when pressed about NATO coordination and the administration’s war strategy

-- Markwayne Mullin, Trump's choice to replace Kristi Noem at DHS, refuses to say he would follow the law over the president when questioned by Maggie Hassan about illegal orders

-- JD Vance delivers a speech to a quiet crowd and tells Americans struggling with gas prices that people overseas are suffering even more

-- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argues the Trump administration’s shifting explanations for war with Iran contradict earlier claims about destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities

-- On the Bonus Show: Labor rights leader Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse, Joe Kent is under FBI investigation after resigning in protest over the Iran war, a judge implies he'll stop construction of Trump's ballroom, and much more...
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(00:00) Start(01:37) Powell warns of economic risks(08:23) Fox reacts to inflation report(16:20) Trump threat about Iran gas field(22:21) Leavitt struggles defending war plan(29:29) Mullin questioned on illegal orders(36:10) JB Pritzker interview(45:49) Vance comments on gas prices(52:42) Ocasio-Cortez questions Iran war claims  

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-- On the Show

-- Americans react to rising grocery and gas prices, describing $150 for basics and saying they ignore political messaging and focus on what they pay every week

-- Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche face a House Oversight subpoena over their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, signaling aggressive Democratic investigations if they win power

-- Donald Trump delivers a series of erratic and controversial remarks on war, luxury spending, and foreign leaders

-- Donald Trump appears to confuse basic facts about who is president, prompting mockery and a viral response from Gavin Newsom

-- Donald Trump makes statements in the Oval Office about Cuba, markets, war, and social issues

-- Speculation grows about Donald Trump quitting if Republicans lose midterms, but his personality makes him more likely to stay in office

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Donald Trump’s Iran war and links it to rising gas prices

-- Donald Trump makes incorrect claims about NATO powers, struggles in exchanges with reporters, and faces pushback

-- Viral footage of Donald Trump’s discolored hand fuels speculation about his health and spreads rapidly across social media

-- On the Bonus Show: David discusses his trip to Chicago, and much more...
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(00:00) Start(01:23) Voters feel rising costs(06:11) Bondi subpoena Epstein probe(14:27) Trump erratic public remarks(24:05) Trump confuses president identity(28:21) Trump controversial Oval Office remarks(36:18) Trump quitting speculation grows(41:17) Greene criticizes Trump Iran war(47:03) Trump NATO claims pushback(58:04) Trump hand health speculation  

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-- On the Show

-- Donald Trump damages Republican prospects in the 2026 midterms as betting markets shift to a 50/50 chance of Democrats winning control of the Senate

-- Megyn Kelly and Mark Levin publicly feud with personal insults on social media while Donald Trump intervenes to defend Mark Levin, exposing growing conflict inside the MAGA movement

-- Karoline Leavitt struggles to answer basic questions from reporters about the Iran conflict, troop deployments, and allied military support

-- Donald Trump posts a lengthy late-night rant attacking the Supreme Court over a tariff ruling while repeating claims about the 2020 election and accusing the court of political bias

-- JD Vance claims rising gas prices in 2026 are the fault of Joe Biden, even as prices surge after Donald Trump’s Iran war and instability in global oil markets

-- Donald Trump boasts on Truth Social that media figures who criticized him have lost influence, signaling pressure on journalists and media organizations that challenge him

-- Stephen Cheung attacks Gavin Newsom with personal insults after Gavin Newsom posts a clip from our interview with him in which he criticizes Stephen Miller

-- Tim Dillon criticizes Donald Trump and warns that the Iran conflict and economic conditions could push the country toward a wider crisis

-- On the Bonus Show: Tucker Carlson says he is under investigation, rumors spread about Netanyahu being replaced by a body double, and much more...

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(00:00) Start(01:38) GOP Senate outlook collapses(07:44) Kelly Levin MAGA feud(17:21) Leavitt struggles on Iran questions(25:13) Trump attacks Supreme Court ruling(31:12) Vance blames Biden for gas(37:50) Trump boasts about media critics(42:46) Cheung attacks Newsom over interview(49:11) Tim Dillon criticizes Trump 

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-- On the Show

-- New GDP data shows the U.S. economy slows sharply to 0.7 percent growth as Donald Trump faces rising oil prices, weakening job numbers, and economic uncertainty

-- Donald Trump claims the United States has already defeated Iran while missiles continue flying, the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, and global oil markets surge past $100 per barrel

-- Donald Trump lashes out at reporters, dodges questions about sending troops to the Middle East, and struggles to explain his strategy as the war with Iran intensifies

-- Karoline Leavitt defends Donald Trump’s policies on Fox News but pivots to culture war talking points like transgender athletes while avoiding questions about the administration’s broader agenda

-- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent abruptly leaves a live interview after being summoned by Donald Trump to the White House Situation Room and returns hours later visibly shaken

-- Karoline Leavitt claims Donald Trump is responsibly releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve even though the move closely mirrors a similar action taken earlier by Joe Biden

-- Donald Trump struggles to answer basic questions about the length of the Iran war, the meaning of unconditional surrender, and his energy price predictions as the conflict escalates

-- Donald Trump tells Jake Paul the United States attacked Iran first because Iran was about to attack, while the interview veers into bizarre stories and product promotion

-- On the Bonus Show: The State Department slashes the fee to renounce US citizenship to $450, Republicans plan to disrupt Congress to pass the SAVE Act, Missouri changes state law to allow pregnant women to get divorces more easily, and much more...

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(00:00) Start(01:23) U.S. economy slows sharply(08:41) Trump claims Iran defeated(18:13) Trump dodges reporters’ questions(26:14) Leavitt pivots to culture war(36:32) Bessent leaves interview shaken(41:58) Leavitt defends oil reserve release(49:21) Trump struggles on war questions(56:57) Trump tells Jake Paul attack  

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