The David Pakman Show

-- 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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-- On the Show

-- Donald Trump's war with Iran drives up oil prices while his administration controls Venezuelan oil sales, raising questions about whether the conflict increases the value of oil revenue tied to the U.S. government

-- Donald Trump attacks Gavin Newsom’s dyslexia on Truth Social in an attempt to portray him as unfit for office, even though medical experts say dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence or leadership ability

-- Senator Rick Scott publicly admits that prices will remain high after the Iran war drives up oil costs, undercutting Republican claims that their policies protect Americans from rising costs

-- Democrat Shawn Harris finishes first in a special election in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former Georgia district, ahead of Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller, forcing a runoff in a deeply conservative seat

-- Joe Rogan says supporters feel betrayed over Trump's war with Iran despite campaigning against endless wars, raising fears of a wider global conflict

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling speech filled with strange claims and contradictions while Republican leaders, including Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise, applaud him for nearly two minutes

-- Rand Paul criticizes Donald Trump’s Iran war on television, warning that the conflict is expensive, poorly justified, and could lead to political disaster in the 2026 elections

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- On the Bonus Show: Pete Hegseth holds a press conference on the Iran war, Democrats are planning to investigate corporate ties to Trump if they win back Congress, and much more...

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(00:00) Start(01:16) Trump Iran war oil profits question(07:05) Trump attacks Newsom dyslexia(12:26) Rick Scott says prices stay high(19:12) Democrat leads Greene district race(24:34) Rogan says supporters feel betrayed(34:31) Trump delivers rambling speech(44:12) Rand Paul criticizes Iran war(50:52) Friday Feedback segment  

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