4/11/25: Experts worry Trump is insane, Fox realizes tariffs hurt people

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Economic experts worry that Donald Trump has gone "insane" in the wake of the tariff stock market fiasco -- Donald Trump seems confused between "political asylum" and "insane asylums" -- Tulsi Gabbard claimed to live in Texas, but voted in Hawaii, raising major red flags -- Donald Trump's Truth Social rant leaves his own allies speechless -- Fox News admits that Trump's tariffs directly hurt businesses -- A desperate Maria Bartiromo asks "why are we doing this?" about Trump's economic fiasco -- Left wing purity tests represent a fight for status, and they're counterproductive -- MAGA hero Russell Brand is charged with a number of sexual assault crimes -- This week's Friday Feedback -- On the Bonus Show: Marjorie Taylor Greene suspected of insider trading, Trump admin considering paying Greenlanders $10,000, and much more... 👍 Save 20% on LUCY nicotine gum by using code PAKMAN at https://lucy.co 😺 Smalls cat food: Use code PAKMAN for 50% off & free shipping at https://smalls.com 🥦 Lumen lets you master your metabolism. GET 15% OFF at https://lumen.me/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 20% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.com/pakman 👩‍❤️‍👨 Try the Paired App FREE for 7 days and get 25% OFF at https://paired.com/pakman 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, welcome, everybody.
0:08.5	If you thought the English language couldn't take any more abuse after watching Donald
0:13.9	Trump's latest public appearance, just you wait.
0:17.8	This week, a flood of Wall Street analysts and institutional fund managers basically
0:25.0	said out loud what many of us have been wondering about for years. Donald Trump might not
0:31.0	just be wrong on this whole tariff thing. He might be mentally unwell. Not my words. Okay? This is a direct quote from financial research firm FS Insights whose founder Tom Lee said that
0:45.1	there are fund managers now fearing that the president is quote insane.
0:51.3	Check this out.
0:52.1	Quote, in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers and their
0:57.1	concern is that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology.
1:03.5	And some even fear that this may not even be ideology.
1:08.0	A few have quietly wondered if the president might be insane.
1:14.5	This is not just snark.
1:17.0	This is people whose job is to make money under any administration and they are publicly
1:24.4	sounding the alarm because Trump's latest economic decisions make zero
1:29.7	sense unless you're either deliberately trying to destroy market confidence.
1:34.2	You've lost touch with reality or it's an insider trading pump and dump scheme, the
1:40.0	likes of which Senator Adam Schiff wants to investigate.
1:43.7	Trump dropped new tariffs on China,
1:45.5	125 percent, because why not? China fired back with their own tariffs. And then in classic Trump
1:52.5	fashion, as we talked about yesterday, he abruptly reverses course and pauses most tariffs,
1:57.8	except on China, announcing a flat 10 percent baseline tariff instead, but it's paused.
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