7/16/25: Trump health goes viral over swollen ankles, top MAGA warns about 2026

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington correspondent, joins David to discuss his book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" -- Steve Bannon warns Republicans could lose 40 seats if Trump doesn't release the Epstein files, as MAGA allies rage over his DOJ closing the case -- Trump is seen with swollen ankles and possible IV bruises, fueling speculation about hidden health issues - - Trump dodges Epstein questions and downplays the scandal, raising suspicion with his dismissive and evasive responses -- A newly uncovered DOJ letter confirms the Trump administration had possession of Epstein-related documents -- Trump accuses Senator Adam Schiff of mortgage fraud and demands his arrest in a Truth Social tirade -- Trump stumbles through interviews, contradicts himself, lashes out, and gets defensive over Epstein, Putin, and Bongino amid mounting backlash -- Bill O'Reilly forgets key Epstein timeline facts on air, mirroring a broader right-wing narrative that falsely pins blame on Biden instead of Trump -- On the Bonus Show: Republicans now backing Ukraine, Josh Hawley tries to restore Medicaid funds he voted to cut, Mike Waltz blames Signalgate on Biden, and much more... 📜 Trust & Will: Save 10% on your estate planning at https://trustandwill.com/pakman 🥦 Lumen lets you master your metabolism. GET 15% OFF at https://lumen.me/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🌀 Hypnozio: Get 15% off with code PAKMAN15 at https://davidpakman.com/hypnozio 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 🌳 MyHeritage: Discover your family roots for FREE for 14 days at https://davidpakman.com/myheritage -- 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.
0:09.0	Glad you're with me today.
0:10.0	Did you see what a top MAGA said about Donald Trump's Republicans in 2026 if he doesn't
0:19.7	release the Epstein files, which supposedly both don't exist and do exist,
0:26.1	but were made by Obama and Clinton.
0:30.6	Steve Bannon says that Republicans will lose 40 seats in the House of Representatives if the Epstein files aren't released. And here is how
0:42.8	he said it at the recent Turning Point USA student something or other event. It's not about just
0:51.7	a pedophile ring and all that. This is about who governs us, right? And that's why it's not going to go away. For this to go away, can we blow the break, by the way? Can we blow the break, guys? For this to go away, you're going to lose 10% of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10% of the MAGA movement right now, we're going to lose 40 seats in 26.
1:12.7	We're going to lose the president. You don't even have to steal it, which you're going to try to do in 28,
1:16.9	because they're going to sit there and they go, they've disheartened the hardest core populist
1:21.3	nationals have always been who governs us.
1:24.7	The idea here is that there is a wing of MAGA that simply will not stand by this movement,
1:35.3	will not stand by Trump, will not stand by the MAGA elements of the Republican Party, will
1:40.5	not stand by their member of the House that represents them if, if the Epstein files
1:46.9	aren't released.
1:48.5	And in a way, it's kind of fascinating.
1:50.6	But the catalyst to all of this is that Trump's own justice department, Pam Bondi, for
1:56.2	example, Cash Patel, Dan Bongino are shutting down a lot of their very own conspiracy theories
2:03.6	about Jeffrey Epstein.
2:04.6	Trump's DOJ and FBI concluded that Epstein died by suicide.
2:09.6	There was no murder.
2:10.6	There's no client list to show you.
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