9/1/25: Trump European humiliation as Epstein scandal blows wide open (EPISODE FROM JULY 28, 2025)

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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LABOR DAY / CLASSIC EPISODE FROM JULY 28, 2025 -- 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... 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 🔊 Babbel language learning: Get up to 60% OFF at https://babbel.com/pakman-- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman -- 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	Hey, this is David Packman inviting you to enjoy a classic episode of the David Packman show
0:05.3	today.
0:06.0	We will return with new shows before you know it.
0:13.0	Welcome, everybody.
0:17.9	We start today thinking back to Watergate. Let me explain. As Donald Trump's second term now is really getting swallowed up by the growing scandal around the Epstein files, it is really time to ask a serious question. Is this the thing that finally breaks Trump? Now, not his presidency. I'm not pretending Trump's going to be
0:39.5	kicked out depending on what's in the Epstein files. But does this break Trump's legacy? And does this
0:45.6	break the future of MAGA? I'm always honest when Frank with my audience. This scandal is not
0:53.0	going to end Donald Trump's term. There is not a realistic
0:55.9	path to removing Trump, really no matter what is in those files. But it is sort of seeming like
1:03.8	the Epstein files could end up really defining how history remembers Donald Trump. And if we look at past
1:10.7	scandals, the parallels really feel
1:13.4	familiar. We have new polling out. Trump's approval ratings down to 37. And the drop is significantly
1:20.5	driven by independence and even by some Republicans who increasingly believe Donald Trump is
1:26.0	indeed covering something up with regard to
1:28.8	Epstein. And so Trump was already an unpopular president, but he's getting more and more toxic
1:34.2	as a result of this. And what's fueling it as often is the case is Trump's response, the White
1:40.1	House's response, the leaked reports of DOJ meetings with Gillesne Maxwell and the frantic
1:46.8	deflections and the perception that not only is Trump covering something up, he's willing
1:51.9	potentially to hand out a pardon to Jelaine Maxwell to try to keep covering it up.
1:57.4	So if we zoom out a little bit and look at the historical playbook, we of course look to Watergate,
2:05.0	the sort of gold standard of scandals.
2:08.0	And Nixon didn't fall because of the crime.
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