5/1/25: Trump will blame recession on Biden, Fox hosts forced to admit fiasco

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Chris Cillizza, political commentator on Substack and YouTube, formerly of CNN, joins David to discuss his transition to independent media, Trump's polling and second term outlook, and much more -- Donald Trump publicly abandons any responsibility for economic policy and blames Joe Biden for the Q1 2025 GDP contraction -- Donald Trump admits that, if the US formally enters a recession after the second quarter of 2025, he will blame former President Joe Biden -- During a cabinet meeting, Trump officials compete to suck up to Trump in a disgusting display of pathetic loyalty -- The Fox News vs Trump civil war continues to grow as Trump adviser Stephen Miller tells Fox News that they need to fire their pollster -- A disoriented Donald Trump can't understand what he's asked during a NewsNation town hall, and RFK Jr tells more medical lies -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, holds another pathetic "new media" briefing with a panel of sycophants -- On the Bonus Show: Senate rejects bipartisan measure to undo Trump's tariffs, US and Ukraine sign critical minerals deal, young men are already souring on Trump, much more... ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman ☕ Beam's Dream hot cocoa: Use code PAKMAN for 40% OFF at https://shopbeam.com/pakman 🖼️ Aura Frames: Use code PAKMAN for $35 OFF & free shipping at https://auraframes.com/pakman -- 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	Welcome to the show, everybody.
0:08.7	Well, it only took a matter of hours after we learned that the economy contracted shrinkage
0:15.6	in Q1 of 2025 for Donald Trump to flee all responsibility, blame the entire thing on Biden, and also
0:24.7	even pre-blame a potentially forthcoming recession on the former president.
0:30.8	Is anybody surprised?
0:31.8	No.
0:32.8	Is he going to get away with it?
0:34.1	Well, that's the question.
0:35.1	Let's talk about it.
0:36.1	Donald Trump is running away
0:37.6	from responsibility for creating the economic mess in which we now find ourselves. And he's not even
0:44.1	done creating it yet. Take a look at this post that he made on Troth Central, where he said, quote,
0:51.5	this is Biden's stock market, not Trump's. I didn't take over until
0:57.0	January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in and companies are starting to move into the
1:04.1	USA in record numbers. None of this is true. Our country will boom, but we will have, but we have to get rid of the Biden overhang.
1:14.7	This will take a while has nothing to do with tariffs, only that he left us with bad numbers,
1:22.0	but when the boom begins, it will be like no other.
1:25.7	Be patient.
1:27.2	Let me translate that for you in Trump speak.
1:30.6	If the economy tanks, it's Biden's fault. If the stock market is down, it's Biden's fault.
1:37.6	If Q1 GDP is down, it's Biden's fault, even though Biden was only president for 20 days
1:44.1	out of the three months
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