10/14/25: Embarrassing Middle East trip as MTG does a 180
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show:
-- Donald Trump gushes over Egypt’s brutal dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for “low crime,” praising a regime known for torture and sham elections
-- Trump gets caught on a hot mic chatting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto about his sons, bragging about “unlimited cash,” and fumbling through awkward foreign exchanges
-- Trump urges Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a foreign speech, exposing his authoritarian mindset and confusion about his own presidency
-- Trump rambles through praise for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni while drenched in sweat, leaving world leaders visibly uncomfortable
-- Secretary of State Marco Rubio flatters Trump but not enough, forcing an instant correction as Trump demands ever-greater praise in a display of insecurity and control
-- Trump openly admits he values Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for her loyalty and looks, revealing his transactional and sexist view of those around him
-- Vice President JD Vance dodges questions about bribery and collapses under George Stephanopoulos’s pressure, exposing his evasive playbook and fragile composure
-- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suddenly sounds coherent while discussing legislation and inflation, leaving even her critics wondering if she’s glitching or changing course
-- Trump’s latest “exceptional health” update hides a series of worrying issues after another visit to Walter Reed, sparking doubts about transparency
-- Vivek Ramaswamy faces backlash from his own right-wing base over his Hindu faith, showing how his extremist rhetoric has turned against him
-- On the Bonus Show: News outlets object to new Pentagon reporting rules, the Trump administration considers selling student loan debt to private investors, airports refuse to air Kristi Noem's partisan message to travelers, and much more...
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(12:13) Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu
(21:07) Trump praises Orbán and Meloni leaders
(26:59) Trump criticizes Rubio flattery insufficiency
(29:58) Trump values Leavitt for loyalty, looks
(35:30) JD Vance dodges bribery questions
(42:16) MTG sounds coherent discussing legislation
(50:40) Trump health update sparks transparency doubts
(58:49) Ramaswamy criticized for Hindu faith
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| 0:00.0 | Well, in the midst of the good news about hostages being released in Israel and Gaza, Donald |
| 0:06.3 | Trump's latest trip abroad went exactly how you would expect a complete and total humiliation. |
| 0:13.0 | He praised dictators. |
| 0:14.7 | He sweated and babbled through speeches. |
| 0:17.4 | He managed to insult entire countries and their leaders. |
| 0:22.0 | And the America first guy is now spending more time drooling over authoritarian leaders and |
| 0:28.3 | begging for their approval than actually maintaining relationships with our democratic allies. |
| 0:34.1 | So we're going to look at Donald Trump's hot mic disaster with the Indonesian president. |
| 0:37.6 | We'll look at his praise for Egypt's brutal regime. We're going to look at all of it, including |
| 0:43.6 | his call for Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned. Marco Rubio humiliated himself. And Marjorie |
| 0:50.5 | Taylor Green is suddenly making a little bit of sense. We're going to look at that as well. |
| 0:55.7 | Interestingly, Vivek Ramoswamy is quickly finding out what happens when the far right |
| 1:00.6 | purity tests are applied to him and J.D. Vance was kicked off of a show by George |
| 1:07.3 | Stephanopoulos after endlessly refusing to answer simple questions, all of that and more. |
| 1:14.7 | So great to have you here. |
| 1:19.7 | We start today with not much of a shock. |
| 1:26.6 | Donald Trump praising yet another dictator. |
| 1:30.5 | He loves dictators. |
| 1:32.4 | He's impressed at how dictators just do what they want. |
| 1:37.1 | And you know, George W. Bush once said, this would be a lot easier if I were a dictator. |
| 1:42.7 | But even George W. Bush did not attempt to become |
| 1:46.7 | one. And he didn't flatter dictators around the world. Bush was terrible. Don't go in there, |
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