11/21/25: Middle class collapsing as Trump threatens everyone

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- David shares a story about his recent medical procedure -- Nearly five years of rising prices leave middle-income families struggling while Donald Trump denies the crisis and his tariffs and policies worsen affordability for millions -- Gavin Newsom secures California's extra House seats by removing the Prop 50 trigger, outmaneuvering Texas Republicans who are now tied up in court -- Donald Trump prepares a revenge campaign after losing the fight to block the Epstein files, targeting Democrats while pretending he supported transparency -- Donald Trump calls Democrats traitors deserving execution for telling troops to refuse illegal orders while his allies excuse or minimize the threats -- Karoline Leavitt defends Donald Trump calling a reporter "piggy," dodging questions about extremist symbols, and insisting every presidential order is lawful -- A White House official who previously represented Andrew Tate pressured DHS to return seized devices to Tate during a trafficking investigation -- Donald Trump plans to sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia while the Trump Organization pursues a major business deal in a Saudi megaproject overseen by Mohammed bin Salman -- The Friday Feedback segment -- On the Bonus Show: A Fox poll finds Americans think Trump's economy is worse than Biden's, Benny Johnson says every personal problem is because of undocumented immigration, and much more... 📄 UPDF: Get 50% OFF the world's best AI PDF editor and converter at https://davidpakman.com/updf 🖼️ Aura Frames: Use code PAKMAN for $30 OFF & free shipping at https://auraframes.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow (00:00) Start (01:58) David colonoscopy story (09:22) Middle class affordability crisis (15:04) Newsom secures CA House seats (22:12) Trump revenge campaign plans (27:30) Trump calls Democrats traitors (34:50) Leavitt defends Trump remarks (42:16) Tate device pressure story (48:26) Trump-Saudi business deal (55:58) Friday Feedback segment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We will start today with the unbelievable tale of my first colonoscopy. It involves fentanyl,
0:06.9	Narcan, and such a perfect score that doctors said, sir, we've never seen anything like this
0:13.1	before. We will then more seriously dive into maybe the biggest political disaster for Trump so
0:18.5	far, not the tariffs per se, but the rapidly
0:21.7	crumbling middle class, the White House insists everything's great.
0:25.6	That didn't work very well as a strategy for Joe Biden, that's for sure.
0:29.7	We've also got Gavin Newsom pulling off what might be the quietest but most brutal political
0:35.5	checkmate of the year, really outmaneuvering Republicans
0:39.0	on the House seats.
0:40.8	And then it gets darker as Donald Trump is reportedly planning a revenge campaign over the Epstein
0:46.0	files.
0:46.8	Why would he do that if he wanted them released?
0:49.1	It doesn't really make sense, but we will look at it.
0:51.5	And Caroline Levitt is starting to struggle to figure out how to defend
0:56.7	all of it in public. And somehow that's not even the most corrupt story of the day. We're also going
1:02.0	to talk about Trump caught intervening with Andrew Tate. Yes, that Andrew Tate, the guy I sometimes
1:07.8	call Andrew Taint. And Trump is pushing an F-35 deal with Saudi Arabia
1:13.1	while his kids are negotiating lucrative business deals with the exact same regime.
1:20.1	Angry magas are back and trying to destroy the show, but we won't let them, but I'll go through
1:26.5	some of the email with you.
1:27.8	And of course, we are still raising money to feed hungry people up to Thanksgiving Day through
1:33.9	the charity, feeding America.
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