12/10/25: Trump melts down as Dems win big
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
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🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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-- On the Show
-- Ramesh Ponnuru, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a longtime writer and editor at National Review, joins us to discuss Trump's takeover of the Republican Party and the future of the conservative movement
-- Eileen Higgins wins the Miami mayoral race by nineteen points as Democrats gain ground in multiple statewide and local contests
-- Donald Trump claims prices are falling, makes false economic statements, targets elected officials, and tells supporters they should have fewer basic items
-- Donald Trump insists the economy deserves an A plus, repeats false claims about the 2020 election, contradicts himself on foreign policy, and attacks reporters when challenged
-- Donald Trump posts a long late-night rant declaring himself the hardest-working president, denies cognitive decline, and suggests criticism of his health is treasonous
-- Donald Trump comments on Karoline Leavitt's appearance during a rally while glitching in other moments and rambling about unrelated topics
-- Jessica Tarlov confronts Fox hosts about Republicans halting economic reports as she argues Trump caused rising costs while Biden left office with three percent inflation
-- On the Bonus Show: Instacart is using AI-enabled pricing, Australia's youth social media ban takes effect, a House panel ends the Trump boat strike probe, and much more...
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(07:29) Trump false economic claims
(22:16) Trump praises economy, lies
(30:59) Trump late-night rant
(37:03) Ramesh Ponnuru interview
(59:09) Trump on Karoline Leavitt
(1:04:02) Tarlov on economic reports
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Democrats have taken Miami for the first time in almost 30 years. |
| 0:05.1 | They have also flipped some other Republican strongholds. |
| 0:09.0 | And it has all sent MAGA and Trump into yet another meltdown. |
| 0:13.5 | It's not only Miami, it's other parts of Florida. |
| 0:16.8 | It's Georgia. |
| 0:18.1 | And Republicans are losing races in places that they were really supposed to win by 20 points. |
| 0:23.6 | It's a warning for 2026. |
| 0:26.0 | They seem to know it. |
| 0:27.5 | Then Trump goes to Pennsylvania and gives what was billed as a major economic speech and |
| 0:33.1 | destroys the entire point of the rally within just seconds of starting it by saying everything's |
| 0:40.8 | fine. |
| 0:41.3 | Prices are down. |
| 0:42.4 | Everything's good. |
| 0:43.6 | The crowd didn't buy it. |
| 0:45.0 | Nobody buys it. |
| 0:45.9 | And that was just the first 30 seconds. |
| 0:47.5 | We then have Donald Trump lying to female reporters grading the economy plus, and getting angry when the female reporters |
| 0:57.9 | say, wait a second, sir, is what you just said true? Also, what is going on with Caroline Leavitt |
| 1:06.8 | and her machine gun lips? Not my term, to be clear, we will also speak to the thinking person's |
| 1:15.3 | conservative, Ramesh Panuru. |
| 1:18.6 | I've been looking forward to speaking with them for a while. |
| 1:22.0 | What a program today. |
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