Another war is starting and Trump's confused about it
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show
-- Donald Trump casually references a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela so incoherently that journalists and officials initially cannot tell whether the United States carried out an act of war or whether the president is confused
-- Donald Trump's long claim of an Epstein hoax collapses as documents, photos, statements, and flight records confirm his sustained proximity to Jeffrey Epstein and undermine the idea that Trump was unaware or uninvolved
-- Donald Trump launches a chaotic spree of false claims and incoherent statements about hostages, Putin, asylum, and foreign policy that expose his increasing detachment from reality
-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling press conference filled with lies, vague threats, and factual ignorance that leaves reporters stunned and forces aides and journalists to correct his statements in real time
-- Benjamin Netanyahu awards Donald Trump a symbolic prize that feeds Trump's obsession with validation and reinforces a pattern of foreign leaders flattering him to manage his ego rather than honor real achievements
-- Jessica Tarlov reminds Fox News viewers of Donald Trump's record of believing authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, puncturing the myth that Trump is tough or strategic with dictators
-- Donald Trump repeatedly claims he inherited a broken economy despite taking office amid falling inflation and strong employment, then blames Joe Biden
-- Donald Trump's elastic definition of ending wars collapses when applied consistently, revealing that by Trump's own standards Barack Obama would qualify as having ended far more conflicts
-- On the Bonus Show: Gen Z men drift away from Trump, Kennedy Center performers cancel events after Trump name change, Trump installs plaques in his White House "walk of fame," and much more...
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(14:26) Trump incoherent foreign policy spree
(23:17) Rambling press conference meltdown
(33:13) Netanyahu flatters Trump with prize
(39:06) Fox News truth moment
(46:22) Trump lies about economy
(52:26) Trump war claims fall apart
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The president appeared to casually announce American strikes inside of the country of Venezuela during a random radio interview, and for hours no one could tell whether it was the truth or whether Trump was simply confused. |
| 0:13.0 | Now, it was later confirmed and we will talk about it. |
| 0:16.0 | We will then talk about the Epstein hoax, which turns out to be a lie in reverse. The real hoax was pretending |
| 0:22.5 | that Trump had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein, despite years of documented ties and Trump's own |
| 0:28.2 | words. We're also going to break down maybe the most dishonest claim about Joe Biden's presidency, |
| 0:34.4 | which is that he handed over a mess to the current administration. |
| 0:38.3 | I will prove that he did not. |
| 0:40.3 | And then think about this. |
| 0:42.3 | Trump claims to have ended eight wars. |
| 0:44.3 | We'll examine the eight. |
| 0:46.3 | But by Trump standards, how many wars could Barack Obama claim to have ended? |
| 0:52.3 | I believe the number is 15. |
| 0:55.2 | We also have a horrible person giving another horrible person a prize. |
| 0:59.8 | This time it's Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving Trump the Israel prize. |
| 1:06.2 | What does it mean? |
| 1:07.3 | And is this just another manipulation of the orange president? And then a rare moment |
| 1:13.0 | of truth on Fox News and how their audience reacts to it. All of it and more on the second |
| 1:20.1 | to last show of 2025. Glad to have you with me. Did Donald Trump declare war and strike a country? |
| 1:34.5 | Or is he simply confused and have symptoms of the dementia that Dr. John Gartner spoke to us |
| 1:40.3 | about yesterday? |
| 1:41.3 | I don't know the answer. |
| 1:42.3 | Let me explain what's going on. |
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