Insurrection act threat made by Trump as he falls asleep again

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. military troops against Minneapolis residents protesting federal immigration enforcement after an ICE agent killed Renee Good -- Senate Republicans claim they will block Donald Trump from seizing Greenland by force while avoiding direct accountability for enabling his broader foreign policy extremism -- Donald Trump appears confused and lethargic at a public event as he fixates on milk, struggles to answer basic questions, and defers repeatedly to Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Donald Trump suffers a forty-two point collapse in Gen Z approval as young voters turn sharply against his leadership on the economy, climate, and reproductive rights -- Trump surrogates including Pam Bondi lash out on television and fire federal prosecutors as protests intensify after ICE kills Renee Good in Minneapolis -- Donald Trump and his administration promote austerity diets and reduced consumption while refusing to address corporate price gouging, housing costs, and stagnant wages -- Trump adviser Peter Navarro falsely blames undocumented immigrants for nationwide rent increases using fabricated numbers and nonsensical economic math -- Representative Lisa McClain defends her husband's purchase of private xAI shares before a Pentagon contract announcement -- On the Bonus Show: Tensions escalate between Trump and Iran, the US to suspend visas from 75 countries, Rep. Moulton introduces a bill to defund ICE, and much more... ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 20% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.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 (01:22) Trump threatens Insurrection Act (08:34) Senate GOP on Greenland & Trump (16:34) Trump appears confused, unfocused (25:09) Gen Z approval collapses (32:54) Trump surrogates lash out (39:48) Trump promotes austerity messaging (47:11) Navarro blames immigrants falsely (54:44) Lisa McClain defends stock purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Was this the point all along?
0:02.6	Donald Trump is now openly threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military
0:09.1	against American citizens who are protesting ISIS actions in Minneapolis.
0:14.1	We are going to walk through what's happening on the ground, why this is textbook authoritarian
0:19.5	playbook, and how this could be used as a really a pretext to
0:23.6	crack down on dissent and even interfere with the election.
0:26.7	We will then hear from some Republicans who are saying we will not allow Trump to take
0:32.2	Greenland by force period.
0:34.7	Is it real resistance or some kind of calculated PR thing and then during a milk event
0:40.3	milk what are you talking about yes during a milk event Trump falls asleep and cannot answer basic
0:47.6	questions we also have new polling about Gen Z with regard to Republicans and MAGA I'll preview that they have completely turned on MAGA.
0:57.8	And we have prosecutors getting fired, jaw dropping insider trading allegations and a Trump
1:05.3	advisor spreading one of the most pathetic economic lies I've heard this year.
1:10.7	We're only 15 days in, but it's still one of the worst this year.
1:13.6	All of it and more today.
1:19.6	You will remember where you were when you heard that Donald Trump was starting to move towards invoking
1:29.7	the Insurrection Act. Was this what it was about all along? I know many of you listen to the
1:36.9	show on the treadmill or on your commute to or from work wherever you are. If this is the direction
1:44.1	we are going as we approach November
1:46.1	of 2026, I can only assume you will remember where you were when you first heard it. So let me tell
1:51.4	you what's going on. Donald Trump has now threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act specifically
1:56.4	to deploy American troops against protesters in Minneapolis.
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