Did they think it would all just go away?

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

News, Politics

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Members of Congress say partially unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files reveal concealed names, very young victims, and possible contradictions involving Donald Trump’s past claims -- Senator Chris Van Hollen confronts Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Lutnick admits he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island after previously saying he cut ties -- Karoline Leavitt says the White House is moving on from Jeffrey Epstein questions, defends Howard Lutnick, and declines to rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell -- Donald Trump says he cut hundreds of thousands of jobs, raises tariffs over personal disputes, and claims the economy and affordability are strong -- Prediction markets assign elevated odds that Donald Trump leaves office early amid political and health uncertainty -- Jessica Tarlov says Donald Trump faces an Epstein files problem, and Greg Gutfeld pivots to attacking the Clintons instead of addressing the claims -- A Rasmussen poll shows more voters say Joe Biden did a better job as president than Donald Trump, signaling weakness with independents -- Megyn Kelly criticizes Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance as anti-American, even though Spanish speakers and Puerto Ricans are part of the United States -- On the Bonus Show: More stories from David’s trip to Portugal, updates on the abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, New York officials re-raise the LGBTQ flag at Stonewall after Trump took it down, and much more... -- 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(01:30) Lawmakers Allege Hidden Epstein Details(07:39) Lutnick Admits Epstein Island Visit(19:37) White House Moves On Epstein(26:33) Trump Brags Jobs Tariffs Economy(36:36) Markets Predict Early Trump Exit(43:16) Fox Panel Deflects Epstein Issue(49:56) Poll Shows Biden Rated Higher(56:02) Megyn Kelly Slams Bad Bunny Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Major new Epstein files developments today, the White House is straight up trying to shut
1:02.4	down questions.
1:03.3	They say they've moved on from the topic.
1:05.8	That sounds pretty authoritarian to me.
1:07.8	We also have new confrontations involving people tied to the files and lawmakers
1:13.7	now reviewing unredacted documents and saying what they are finding in there is way worse than
1:19.8	what we were told. We're also going to look at Trump bragging about cutting hundreds of thousands
1:25.3	of jobs, not exactly something to brag about unless you are
1:29.0	suffering from MAGA brain rot and casually admitting that the tariff policy is based on who
1:35.4	is annoying him personally.
1:37.8	We also have brutal new polling for Trump and therefore Republicans now just nine months
1:43.3	from these midterm elections.
1:45.4	And Megan Kelly has a full blown cultural meltdown over Spanish.
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