The economic meltdown is gaining momentum

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Iran as a strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan energy facility sends global gas and oil prices surging -- FBI Director Kash Patel struggles through congressional questioning about firing Iran counterintelligence experts and basic voter fraud investigations, -- Donald Trump confuses economic data and makes a bizarre Pearl Harbor remark to a Japanese leader while misrepresenting the economic fallout from his Iran conflict -- Donald Trump faces rising political danger as surging oil, diesel, and fertilizer prices drive inflation across farming, transportation, and food costs that could define his presidency -- Republican donors and party figures quietly organize around Marco Rubio for 2028 as Donald Trump tests support between Rubio and JD Vance -- A Pennsylvania voter who supported Donald Trump three times now angrily denounces him over rising costs, signaling potential cracks in Trump’s loyal voter base -- A longtime conservative influencer who once backed Donald Trump declares that MAGA is dead and says she no longer recognizes the president -- The Friday Feedback segment -- On the Bonus Show: The staggering costs of the war in Iran, and much more... 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code DAVID for $30 off & free croissants FOR LIFE at https://wildgrain.com/david -- 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 Iran strike spikes energy(09:02) Kash Patel grilled in Congress(17:31) Trump Pearl Harbor economic confusion(25:07) Rising fuel costs threaten economy(32:36) GOP donors shift toward Rubio(38:39) Trump voter turns against him(45:31) Conservative influencer says MAGA dead(51:06) Friday Feedback segment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are now looking at what some experts are calling the Armageddon scenario for global energy.
0:06.5	This is after missile strikes hit a facility that supplies about a fifth of the world's gas.
0:12.5	This is of course directly tied to the optional escalation happening under Donald Trump
0:17.1	in Iran.
0:18.3	Prices are spiking.
0:19.2	We've seen shortages start. And this is going to ripple
0:22.6	through the economy in a way that will affect every single one of us. Now, we're also going to look
0:26.5	at a moment where Donald Trump said something so bizarre to the Japanese prime minister about
0:31.4	Pearl Harbor that everyone looked stunned and the dementia question came up again.
0:38.2	At the same time, Trump seems to be realizing that the situation is likely to get much
0:42.8	worse, especially as far as gas, oil, diesel, and even fertilizer prices are concerned.
0:49.8	And behind the scenes, there is an important shift where top Republican donors are moving away
0:56.0	from J.D. Vance and towards Marco Rubio in thinking about 2028.
1:02.6	This says a lot about how they see Trump's power significantly diminished.
1:08.9	We'll also hear from some voters who voted for Trump not once,
1:12.4	not twice, but three times, but they are sick of him.
1:22.4	How quickly things change. We are now crossing into the consideration of a worst case global crisis scenario
1:30.3	that experts have been warning about for years. This is optional. It's happening because
1:36.3	Donald Trump has pushed the Iran situation and thus the energy situation to the brink. And
1:42.3	the word Armageddon is now regularly being used.
1:46.6	This is not a phrase that activists came up with.
1:50.0	This was not MSNBC or some random socialist commentator.
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