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The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

News, Politics

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Alex Wagner, MSNBC host and journalist, joins us on Substack Live to discuss Trump’s Iran strategy, Pete Hegseth, and the upcoming elections -- Donald Trump struggles to answer basic press questions about the Iran war, giving incoherent responses and denying knowledge of major events -- Donald Trump attacks reporter Liz Landers with personal insults after she challenges his election claims with facts, including statements from his own former attorney general -- Donald Trump delivers a rambling and erratic rally speech in Kentucky, featuring fabricated numbers and awkward moments -- Donald Trump contradicts himself about the Iran conflict, makes inaccurate claims about prices and oil, and awkwardly attempts to leave an event mid-conversation -- Steve Bannon publicly questions the Iran war and warns that the conflict is not resonating with the MAGA base that Donald Trump built -- Newsmax interviews with Donald Trump rally attendees in Kentucky produce confused and incoherent answers from supporters about current events -- On the Bonus Show: Cornyn flips on the filibuster to court Trump's endorsement, every Democrat but Fetterman wants an investigation into the Iran school massacre, Iran's soccer team will not play in the World Cup, and much more... 🔊 Blinkist: Read a nonfiction book in just 15 minutes! Try it FREE at https://blinkist.com/pakman 😁 Zippix Toothpicks: Code PAKMAN10 saves you 10% at https://zippixtoothpicks.com ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman 👂 MDHearing: Use code PAKMAN to get a pair for just $297 at https://shopmdhearing.com/ 🌍 Haven Social: Check out their Kickstarter at https://davidpakman.com/havensocial -- 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(00:58) Trump struggles on Iran questions(06:18) Trump attacks reporter Liz Landers(10:32) Rambling Kentucky rally speech(24:36) Trump contradicts himself live(29:42) Steve Bannon questions Iran war(37:34) Alex Wagner Substack Live(1:02:20) Trump supporter interviews go wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.0	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.0	I think they're better than us.
0:08.0	Who do you think you are?
0:09.0	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.0	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.0	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:20.0	The spin around the Iran war is very quickly falling apart because prices are going up.
0:25.6	The public case for the war is getting weaker.
0:28.6	And even people inside Donald Trump's own movement are starting to show cracks and they want out.
0:33.6	We're going to look at the growing economic fallout, the political fallout, and we've got a Republican senator admitting prices are going to stay up for a while, which
0:42.1	is not what people were promised. We also are going to get into some completely unraveling media
0:47.2	appearances, basic questions that this administration is unwilling or unable to answer.
0:53.5	And we're also going to hear from Steve Bannon,
0:55.5	now signaling that the war is not landing well with MAGA, which is a much bigger problem for
1:02.2	Trumpism itself. This is all getting harder and harder to defend. Costs are getting harder to hide
1:09.5	and Republicans are admitting it.
1:11.6	I've been doing this a long time, and I don't know that I have ever experienced or seen a 24-hour
1:24.6	period so disastrous for a single administration combining everything from economics
1:31.6	mistakes to foreign policy mistakes, military mistakes, and simple PR mistakes with regard to how
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