7/28/25: Trump European humiliation as Epstein scandal blows wide open

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- David hosts a Substack Live with Heather Cox Richardson -- Donald Trump faces mounting fallout from the Epstein files as comparisons to Watergate raise questions about his legacy -- Donald Trump delivers a rambling and incoherent rant about windmills and whales during a global press appearance -- Tulsi Gabbard lashes out after her attempt to reframe Russiagate with declassified documents fails to gain traction -- Donald Trump fumbles basic questions and dodges Epstein inquiries in what might be his most disastrous press conference yet -- Donald Trump appears unwell and rants about nuclear dust while dodging questions on Gaza and free speech -- Senator Markwayne Mullin is fact-checked live by Jake Tapper after falsely blaming Obama for Epstein's 2008 plea deal -- Benny Johnson's explosive subscriber growth on YouTube raises major red flags about possible artificial inflation strategies -- On the Bonus Show: Trump caught cheating at golf, Pete Hegseth ordered to stop lie-detecting staff, Lauren Boebert defends her son over child abuse allegations, and much more... 🌀 Hypnozio: Get 15% off with code PAKMAN15 at https://davidpakman.com/hypnozio ⚠️ 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 -- 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, everybody. We start today thinking back to Watergate. Let me explain. As Donald Trump's second
0:14.1	term now is really getting swallowed up by the growing scandal around the Epstein files.
0:19.8	It is really time to ask a serious question.
0:23.7	Is this the thing that finally breaks Trump?
0:26.8	Now, not his presidency.
0:28.6	I'm not pretending Trump's going to be kicked out depending on what's in the Epstein files,
0:33.4	but does this break Trump's legacy and does this break the future of MAGA?
0:38.9	I'm always honest when Frank with my audience, this scandal is not going to end Donald Trump's term.
0:45.8	There is not a realistic path to removing Trump, really no matter what is in those files.
0:51.1	But it is sort of seeming like the Epstein files could end up really
0:56.8	defining how history remembers Donald Trump. And if we look at past scandals, the parallels really
1:03.7	feel familiar. We have new polling out. Trump's approval ratings down to 37 and the drop is
1:10.7	significantly driven by independence
1:12.8	and even by some Republicans who increasingly believe Donald Trump is indeed covering
1:18.0	something up with regard to Epstein.
1:20.7	And so Trump was already an unpopular president, but he's getting more and more toxic
1:25.0	as a result of this.
1:26.4	And what's fueling it as often is the case is Trump's response, the White House's response,
1:32.2	the leaked reports of DOJ meetings with Gillesne Maxwell and the frantic deflect deflections
1:38.4	and the perception that not only is Trump covering something up, he's willing potentially
1:43.4	to hand out a pardon to Gleine Maxwell to try to keep covering something up, he's willing potentially to hand out a pardon to
1:44.9	Jelaine Maxwell to try to keep covering it up.
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