12/11/25: Tanker seized by antiwar president as jobs problem grows
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show
-- Donald Trump orders a military-style seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker in international waters while offering no credible legal basis for the action
-- Jerome Powell warns that job losses are mounting and inflation is rising due to Donald Trump's tariffs and reduced economic data
-- A major measles outbreak worsens in South Carolina as anti-vaccine sentiment fueled by Donald Trump's administration drives down immunization rates
-- Donald Trump delivers confused remarks at a public event, invents achievements, and shows little understanding of the policies being discussed
-- Donald Trump promotes a million dollar "Gold Card" that he claims grants a direct path to citizenship while ICE targets lawful immigrants following the rules
-- Donald Trump visibly shows yellowing skin, bruises, swelling, and repeated bandaging as the White House refuses to explain his declining physical condition
-- Donald Trump turns the White House East Wing into an unusable construction pit after firing the lead architect and demanding an unrealistic ninety thousand square foot ballroom
-- Donald Trump strengthens his control over government institutions while losing popularity by making elections and public opinion less relevant
-- On the Bonus Show: A bidding war is underway over Warner Bros, the Senate will vote on two healthcare proposals, Trump wants tourists to disclose five years of social media activity, and much more…
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(19:07) Measles outbreak worsens in South Carolina
(25:26) Trump gives confused public remarks
(36:30) Promotes million-dollar "Gold Card"
(43:24) Trump's health visibly deteriorates
(50:09) East Wing construction chaos
(55:45) Consolidates control over government
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The man who calls himself the anti-war president just sent American troops to seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. |
| 0:08.0 | We're talking about helicopters and ropes and tactical teams and the whole thing. |
| 0:13.0 | And when reporters asked what happens to the oil in the tanker, Trump says, I think we keep it. |
| 0:19.0 | I don't know if this is foreign policy or simply piracy. |
| 0:22.6 | We'll talk about it. |
| 0:23.6 | We will then get to the economy where the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, drops a brutal warning |
| 0:28.6 | and says he believes not only is inflation going to be trending up, but that the terrible |
| 0:33.6 | jobs numbers we've been seeing may actually be better than the truth. |
| 0:39.8 | In other words, that the real job situation may be even worse. |
| 0:44.2 | And meanwhile, the Fed is making decisions about interest rates with most of the data missing |
| 0:48.0 | because the Trump administration has canceled or delayed yet. |
| 0:51.8 | We will also talk about measles. |
| 0:53.4 | This is not an episode from 1925. |
| 0:56.4 | This is an episode from 2025. |
| 0:58.7 | The measles circumstances and outbreaks are exploding under Donald Trump. |
| 1:03.7 | Anti-vax nonsense from RFK Jr. is part of it. |
| 1:07.2 | And we are also going to talk about whether authoritarian's need to be popular or whether the whole |
| 1:13.9 | point of being an authoritarian is that you no longer need the people on your side. |
| 1:18.6 | Plus, new photos of Trump once again show how bruised, bandaged and yellow he is. |
| 1:27.4 | And legacy in corporate media is barely interested in the story. |
| 1:33.2 | Also now that we've demolished part of the White House, is there a plan to rebuild and to put |
| 1:39.0 | it back together? |
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