5/6/25: China isn't calling Trump, but the FCC wants to cancel CBS

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- China is ignoring Donald Trump on making a tariff deal, and we analyze the underlying economic asymmetry causing this -- Former Vice President Mike Pence comes out forcefully against Donald Trump's tariffs in the continued separation between Pence and Trump -- FCC Commissioner Brandon Carr says that suspending CBS's broadcast license for what Trump believes is bias would be an appropriate punishment in a chilling red alert moment -- A confused Donald Trump glitches badly when asked about reopening Alcatraz, making no sense whatsoever -- Fox News is increasingly shaken and unsure how to handle Donald Trump's collapsing poll numbers -- His own father's dementia appears to be a major factor in Donald Trump's obsession with passing cognitive tests -- Karoline Leavitt, Trump's White House Press Secretary, panics on Fox News as things simply aren't going well for her -- Elon Musk gives a final, humiliating interview to Fox News' Jesse Watters -- On the Bonus Show: Australia's fascinating election results, AI getting more powerful but the hallucinations remain, woman who hurled racist slur at child raises $600,000, much more... 😺 Smalls cat food: Use code PAKMAN for 50% off & free shipping at https://smalls.com 💵 Sponsored by Ridge Wallet: Get up to 30% OFF at https://ridge.com/pakman 😬 Remi mouth guards: Get up to 50% OFF with code PAKMAN at https://shopremi.com/pakman 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or visit https://ffrf.us/freedom 🖼️ Aura Frames: Use code PAKMAN for $35 OFF & free shipping at https://auraframes.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.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, everybody. Let's start today talking a little bit about China and really just some of the economic realities and asymmetries that are governing a lot of what we are seeing right now in this kind of alpha jockeying types of attempts
0:23.7	to push other countries to do what this administration wants. Remember when Trump told us that
0:30.5	China was begging for a trade deal? We were told that they're calling and they're texting and
0:36.3	they're sending telegrams and
0:37.9	they're lighting smoke signals in the sky to get back to the negotiating table.
0:43.6	They're desperate to make a deal, we were told.
0:47.2	They're crying, strong Chinese men sobbing like kids.
0:52.0	They're going to cave any day now, a bunch of Trump's allies were
0:55.9	swearing to us. And we've now learned that this really isn't true. Check out this clip from Scott
1:02.1	Besson. And then we'll talk about it. You're heavily involved here. You have said they need to
1:07.3	de-escalate and start that process for us to get going on trade talks.
1:11.8	Have they made any effort at this point?
1:13.9	I think we could see substantial progress in the coming weeks.
1:19.0	We'll see that as I think it's Steinslaw, that which is not sustainable, doesn't continue.
1:35.3	So 1455%, 125% tariff levels are the equivalent of an embargo. And we're reading every day what's happening with factories in China.
1:41.3	And from an academic point of view view I can tell you that the history of trade battles
1:49.4	we are the deficit country the surplus country always has the most to lose so they need they need
1:56.2	to make more gestures what is it that you're looking for and is that happening? Is there a negotiation
2:02.0	about the negotiation? Yeah, we'll see over over the coming weeks and it will see what
2:07.6	President Trump wants to accept. Right. I mean, have they offered anything on the fentanyl,
2:12.4	for instance, precursor ingredients? They are only what they have said publicly. So, and you know, I can tell you.
2:19.3	So not a phone call, not a meeting, not a, hey, we've got a new phone, who's this?
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