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David Pakman

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Senator Raphael Warnock, Democrat from Georgia, joins us to discuss the Trump administration's Venezuela operation and the stakes for U.S. credibility abroad -- Trump tells NBC that U.S. oil companies could rebuild Venezuela's oil infrastructure and then be reimbursed by the U.S. government, shifting taxpayer risk to protect corporate profits -- Donald Trump and allies including Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller float military action against Iran, Cuba, Colombia, and Greenland after campaigning on "no new wars" -- Legal experts discuss whether Trump's extrajudicial kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro could trigger universal jurisdiction and expose Trump to detention risk if he travels abroad -- Fox hosts struggle to reconcile Donald Trump calling foreign military action "not war" while framing domestic drug trafficking as "war," highlighting contradictions even in friendly media coverage -- Donald Trump posts false claims about the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule and promotes misinformation about vaccines and acetaminophen -- María Corina Machado flatters Trump and floats sharing a Nobel Peace Prize with him as Sean Hannity presses for loyalty -- Gavin Newsom publicly mocks Mike Johnson's U-Haul-based claims about California, cites recent population growth and wage and tax-burden arguments -- Volodymyr Zelensky highlights the inconsistency of Trump targeting Nicolás Maduro while avoiding any comparable action toward Vladimir Putin -- On the Bonus Show: Colombia and Mexico brace for Donald Trump's next moves as flu activity surges in the U.S. and overwhelms communities across the country 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/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 (00:00) Start (01:18) Trump's Venezuela oil plan sticks taxpayers with risk (07:34) "No new wars" to invasion talk: Iran, Cuba, more (19:31) Legal fallout: Maduro kidnapping, travel detention risk (25:13) Fox struggles: "not war" abroad, "war" on drugs at home (31:43) Trump pushes vaccine schedule lies (40:24) Sen. Warnock explains Venezuela raid, credibility stakes (53:59) Machado flatters Trump, floats shared Nobel Peace Prize (58:53) Newsom mocks Johnson's U-Haul dig at California (1:04:18) Zelensky flags Putin double standard in Trump's targeting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We will start today with a bombshell that should really make you angry, which is the floating openly
0:05.6	of a plan where oil companies will rebuild Venezuela's infrastructure, take the profits,
0:11.7	and then get reimbursed by you, the taxpayer, corporate welfare, dressed up as America
0:18.1	first. And we saw this scam before. We will then look at how
0:23.2	Trump is playing his own base, the so-called anti-war president, now openly, along with his
0:29.7	allies saying, we might go into Iran, we might go into Cuba, we might go into Colombia, even
0:35.7	Greenland might be taken by force. No new wars didn't last
0:39.9	very long. And we're also going to get into something you don't often see, which is Fox News host genuinely
0:45.3	confused about why is Trump doing this? And they are struggling to defend what is quite frankly
0:51.7	indefensible. And vaccines and Tylenol, the administration again going anti-science.
1:00.0	Oh, and Gavin Newsome humiliates Maga Mike Johnson and raises some really interesting points
1:06.9	about California and its population.
1:09.8	All of it and more today.
1:11.5	The scam and the grift are growing and I'm going to have to pay for it and you are going
1:24.6	to have to pay for it.
1:25.8	Let me explain what is going on. Donald Trump said
1:28.2	to NBC News something that really should stop you cold, but it should also infuriate the MAGAs.
1:36.2	Trump says American oil companies might spend billions of dollars rebuilding Venezuela's oil infrastructure
1:43.2	and then isn't this convenient?
1:46.0	They could get reimbursed by the U.S. government, meaning your tax dollars.
1:52.0	Big oil spends money.
1:53.9	Big oil takes the profits.
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