The firings have started and the embarrassment is growing

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Donald Trump removes Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security after a series of public embarrassments, then assigns her a vague new envoy role to disguise the firing -- The real political divide in the United States is between powerful elites and ordinary Americans rather than traditional partisan conflicts -- Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer faces an investigation after reports that taxpayer funds were used for a birthday celebration disguised as an official Department of Labor event -- Prosecutors investigate former Customs and Border Protection commander Gregory Bovino over video showing him throwing a chemical gas canister at protesters during a federal operation in Minneapolis -- Rising oil prices following the Iran conflict trigger internal panic in the Trump White House as officials scramble to respond to the political fallout from higher gasoline costs -- Larry Kudlow publicly argues that Donald Trump ended a war by starting one, highlighting the administration’s attempt to reframe military escalation as peacekeeping -- Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Megyn Kelly that Donald Trump has said he does not expect to go to heaven and is near the end of his life -- On the Bonus Show: Trump suggests regime change in Cuba is next, a Fox & Friends host blames Americans trapped in the Middle East, Kristi Noem speaks immediately after get fired, and much more... 🌍 Haven Social: Check out their Kickstarter at https://davidpakman.com/havensocial 🥄 Use code PAKMAN for $5 off Magic Spoon at https://magicspoon.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/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(01:54) Trump fires Kristi Noem(06:57) Elites versus ordinary Americans divide(15:59) Labor Secretary birthday funds scandal(21:29) Border official criminal investigation(28:55) White House panic over gas prices(36:01) Kudlow claims war ends war(42:58) Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump mortality(49:06) Friday Feedback segment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	Donald Trump's first major firing of the second term is Christy Noem.
0:34.6	She will no longer be a secretary of Homeland Security, replacing her with
0:37.7	Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, who once challenged people testifying before a Senate committee
0:44.1	to a fight, a physical fight, Trump pretending that she's not really fired. He's moving her to
0:49.8	a new position, but the new position is so stupid that everybody can tell she has been fired.
0:55.8	We will talk about what I believe is the one issue that really unites Americans.
0:59.5	It's not the culture war crap you see on cable news.
1:03.0	I will tell you what that issue is and what the real divide is in the United States right now.
1:09.9	We also will talk about a senior Trump border official
1:12.9	under criminal investigation after disturbing videos have surfaced of him and his henchmen during
1:19.5	these operations. I guess we're going to call them in Minneapolis. We will discuss a corruption
1:25.2	scandal involving Trump's labor secretary.
1:28.3	Let me give you a hint.
1:30.2	Your tax money paid for her birthday party.
1:33.3	And we're also going to look at the bizarre argument now being pushed by Trump allies
1:37.3	that starting a war is actually ending a war.
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