Global humiliation spreads like wildfire as dementia goes mainstream

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump immigration enforcement detains five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos outside his Minnesota home, exposing how mass deportation policy now targets children instead of violent criminals -- Donald Trump abruptly abandons threatened tariffs on Europe after markets panic, reinforcing the pattern of reckless bluster followed by retreat that destabilizes global trade -- Donald Trump fails to explain his Greenland claims as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte publicly contradicts him, revealing the policy was never real -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt spirals while attempting to praise Donald Trump, offering empty assertions instead of factual defenses -- The White House denies obvious verbal mistakes by Donald Trump, escalating concern that aides are covering for visible cognitive decline -- Democratic lawmakers publicly raise alarms about Donald Trump's mental fitness, pushing cognitive decline into mainstream political scrutiny -- California Governor Gavin Newsom mocks Donald Trump as boring and mentally diminished, striking at his ego and credibility -- Donald Trump unravels in a friendly interview with Maria Bartiromo, exposing confusion on policy, markets, NATO, and Greenland in real time -- On the Bonus Show: US has net negative migration for the first time in 50 years, Gavin Newsom denied entry at a Davos event, a jury acquits a former Uvalde school officer, and much more... 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 💻 Sponsored by Private Internet Access: 83% OFF + 4 months free at https://www.piavpn.com/DavidP -- 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 (01:28) Trump immigration detains child (07:06) Trump tariff threat collapses (12:30) Trump Greenland lie exposed (20:01) Leavitt flails defending Trump (24:40) White House covers Trump gaffes (30:05) Democrats question Trump fitness (36:26) Newsom mocks Trump decline (44:19) Trump unravels on Bartiromo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	ICE has hit a new low as federal agents detained a five year old in Minnesota.
0:08.7	School officials say that the kid was used as bait to lure people out of a home.
0:14.9	Is this what deporting only dangerous criminals has turned into?
0:20.0	We are going to break down exactly what happened and
0:22.7	why everybody in this country should be outraged.
0:25.9	Plus, Trump chickens out on his own tariffs after hyping them for months.
0:30.0	He backs down after allies and Republicans and the stock market freaked out.
0:35.1	And Greenland, it's not happening, my friends.
0:37.7	There's no plan.
0:38.5	There's no details.
0:39.5	And NATO says it didn't even come up during their meeting with Trump.
0:43.4	Then Caroline Levitt has a historic meltdown and historic, I would even say, trying to clean
0:48.7	up Donald Trump's cognitive mess and dementia has gone mainstream. AOC and other members of the House straight up saying something's wrong with his brain.
0:59.0	Gavin Newsome going not only there but at Trump's ego saying Trump's Davos speech was boring and insignificant.
1:07.0	It was.
1:08.0	And so we are covering all of it today as global shame and humiliation rain down upon the
1:14.2	United States.
1:15.2	And that sounds pretty bad.
1:17.0	But we'll have some positive stuff as well.
1:18.9	Glad you're with us.
1:20.1	Let's do a show today.
1:24.3	I was five years old when I came to the United States from Argentina.
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