5/12/25: Trump surrenders to China, habeas corpus now under threat

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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-- On the Show: — Donald Trump surrenders to China, slashing his own disastrous tariffs by over 100 points and demanding applause for undoing the mess he made — Fox News tries to sell Trump's fake China "deal" with glowing chyrons… until their own guest says there's no deal at all — Trump is gifted a 400 million dollar golden jet by Qatar while in office — and yes, he gets to keep it — Trump's press secretary melts down when asked whether it's a bribe, and claims Trump is still pushing a 10 percent tax on Americans — Trump is now actively exploring suspending habeas corpus, while Newark's mayor is arrested protesting ICE the same day — full-blown fascism is here — Senator John Barrasso dodges questions about habeas corpus and opens the door to civil war logic: "probably won't come to Congress" — Trump clearly has no idea what he's signing in a trade photo op and asks what the document is after picking up the pen — Trump's press secretary collapses under basic questions about the Library of Congress, D.E.I., and Trump's own luxury tariff plan — JD Vance begins walking back Trump's promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours — we're on day 107 -- On the Bonus Show: New poll shows Americans putting life plans on hold amid Trump-era economic anxiety, GOP escalates state attacks on trans rights, and white South Africans arrive in the U.S. under Trump's refugee program, much more... 🥦 Lumen lets you master your metabolism. GET 15% OFF at https://lumen.me/pakman 💼 Odoo: Try it completely FREE for 14 days (no credit card needed) at https://odoo.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 27% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.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	I hope everybody had a good weekend.
0:10.0	You might have noticed last night headlines about a trade deal with China.
0:14.6	The only problem is there is currently no deal.
0:18.5	And even Fox News is acknowledging this.
0:20.4	This is a really interesting story. I want to take
0:22.4	some time to dig into it at the start of the show. So Donald Trump is now temporarily undoing
0:29.6	some of his own economic disaster and he wants applause for it. It's the arsonist who says, I put out
0:35.7	a little bit of the fire that I started and you should
0:39.2	be cheering for me.
0:40.4	So let's discuss what took place.
0:41.8	Over the weekend, the US and China announced the 90 day pause on the trade war.
0:46.4	This is not a deal.
0:47.7	This is a delay on the Trump created trade war and have agreed during this period of time to slash tariffs by
0:57.7	a massive 115 combined points.
1:01.4	The US dropping duties on Chinese goods from up to 145% down to 30%.
1:08.2	China's retaliatory tariffs are falling from 125% to 10%.
1:13.2	Markets exploded on the news as of this moment as I'm recording this segment, the Dow Jones
1:19.5	Industrial average up about a thousand points.
1:22.3	And we knew this would happen because as soon as this announcement hit, the futures overnight popped.
1:29.0	Investors don't care who gets the credit.
1:32.1	They want the madness to stop.
1:33.7	And the idea that maybe we're getting closer to an off ramp here is exciting to those
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