6/9/25: Trump deploys troops to LA, threatens arrests, authoritarian meltdown begins
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show:
— Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joins David to discuss the blatant increase in authoritarianism and the flouting of the rule of law under Donald Trump, and just as importantly, what the average person can do about it
— Trump deploys National Guard troops to Los Angeles without state approval, threatens to arrest Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass, and declares protests a “rebellion”
— Trump’s sick authoritarian power trip continues with threats of sending Marines into LA, pushing closer to martial law as he cheers on the chaos
— The Trump police state is no longer theoretical: ICE raids, media crackdowns, and threats of force against protesters are happening now
— Speaker of the House MAGA Mike Johnson refuses to rule out using active-duty Marines on U.S. streets, brushing off legal restrictions as “not heavy handed”
— Trump spirals into an overnight meltdown on Truth Social, demanding arrests, praising raids, and pushing for troops in LA
— Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explodes in a Fox News meltdown, celebrating the suspension of an ABC reporter who mildly criticized Trump and spouting shaky math about the deficit
— Trump falls on the stairs of Air Force One and suddenly it’s no big deal—because the rules don’t apply to him
-- On the Bonus Show: Producer Pat's trip to Colombia, Dave Portnoy lashes out at employee over Jew jokes, and much more...
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, we start with a very, very disturbing situation today. |
| 0:14.1 | We have crossed a line. |
| 0:16.2 | The president of the United States has deployed troops to Los Angeles and has threatened to arrest |
| 0:22.4 | elected officials who won't obey him, including California governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles |
| 0:30.1 | Mayor Karen Bass. |
| 0:32.2 | 2,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to Los Angeles without a request from the state, which |
| 0:39.3 | is critical in understanding the illegality of this, without local coordination over the |
| 0:45.3 | explicit objections of Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass. |
| 0:51.1 | Trump then went a step further threatening to arrest both of them. |
| 0:56.3 | This is happening. |
| 0:57.9 | What Donald Trump has effectively done here is to federalize the California National |
| 1:03.0 | Guard under the pretense pretense of saying there is lawlessness happening that needs |
| 1:08.7 | to be quelled. |
| 1:09.7 | This is because protests have erupted in response |
| 1:12.2 | to mass ice raids across the city. Now, of course, you all know my positions on these raids |
| 1:19.5 | that have swept up in this particular instance in Los Angeles area over 100 people, including |
| 1:26.1 | children. You know my position on property damage and violence at protests. |
| 1:31.5 | I'm against it. |
| 1:33.2 | But what we have here is classic authoritarian strong man tactics where we have seen masked |
| 1:41.3 | federal agents, even though Trump says, oh, you should, nobody should be wearing masks. |
| 1:45.9 | Well, except for the federal agents, I guess, storming workplaces and courthouses and dragging people |
| 1:53.0 | away. |
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