7/11/25: Elon is scaring Trump, top exec nukes Trump to Lara's face

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- David hosts a Substack Live with Jessica Craven -- Trump is panicking that Elon Musk's potential third party and Epstein-related conspiracy bait could splinter his MAGA base -- Rand Paul reveals that JD Vance nearly broke with Trump over pork barrel spending, exposing cracks in MAGA's supposed unity -- Despite all the tough talk, Trump is deporting far fewer immigrants than Obama did—and he's furious his own promises are collapsing -- A top Ford executive embarrasses Lara Trump by calmly explaining that Trump's tariffs and deregulation are actually killing American jobs -- The Friday Feedback segment -- On the Bonus Show: Trump visits Texas flood site, Andrew Schulz turns on Trump, Newsmax host says Trump's uncorruptible, and much more... 🪙 InvestingPro: Get 50% off + extra 15% off your subscription at https://davidpakman.com/invest ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 💻 Sponsored by Aura: Try it free for 2 weeks! See if your data is safe at https://aura.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 👍 Save 20% on LUCY nicotine gum by using code PAKMAN at https://lucy.co 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com/ -- 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.
0:09.0	A lot of the recent conflicts between egomaniacal billionaires are now coming to a head.
0:16.5	And if I had to handicap it right now, I think Elon Musk is out on top of Donald Trump here.
0:22.4	Let me tell you what's going on.
0:24.2	There's a really interesting piece in the bulwark by interestingly written by Bill Crystal
0:29.1	called The Enemy of My Enemy is My Elon.
0:34.5	Not a phrase I would typically say on this show, interesting piece from Bill Crystal, but the
0:40.0	piece points out that Donald Trump's sort of shift recently from insulting Elon to saying he's
0:46.8	dangerous really seems like a signal that Trump is terrified.
0:51.1	And there are two reasons.
0:53.3	Number one, Elon Musk's third party,
0:55.8	the America party. And number two, what Elon Musk knows about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein,
1:01.9	even though that I don't think is what you think. So let me lay it out. The America party.
1:06.8	If Elon Musk is serious about this third party, the America party, it's a big if he might not really be serious about it.
1:13.0	It could do real damage to Donald Trump's coalition in November of 2026, which is now just 16 months away.
1:19.2	The Epstein stuff is less about, oh, Elon knows the truth about Trump and Epstein's debauchery.
1:27.4	It's more about if Elon can convince
1:30.8	MAGA people that Trump is now covering up the Epstein stuff. They spent years saying Trump's going
1:38.6	to uncover it. Trump's going to disclose it. Trump's going to expose it. And if Elon can convince MAGA people, Trump's part of the cover up now.
1:48.2	He could potentially get MAGA people to abandon Donald Trump.
1:52.6	And that's how his third party might be useful, which is, hey, I have something for you to
1:57.7	abandon Trump to.
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