The real King embarrasses fake king Trump

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Michael Wolff, journalist and author, joins us to discuss Trump's growing desperation over the failing Iran war and his collapsing approval numbers -- King Charles III tells Congress that power must be limited and NATO alliances must support Ukraine, contrasting Donald Trump’s positions -- Donald Trump struggles to read a speech next to King Charles III and delivers awkward lines while relying heavily on notes -- The Department of Justice indicts James Comey over a seashell photo reading 86 47 that Trump allies call a threat -- New evidence suggests the White House Correspondents’ Dinner suspect may not have fired shots, and the injury could be friendly fire -- Repeated incidents at Butler, a golf course, and the Washington Hilton show possible Secret Service security failures around Donald Trump -- Melania Trump appears uncomfortable as Donald Trump cuts in front of Queen Camilla and seeks attention during an event with the British royals -- Donald Trump posts to Truth Social at 4 a.m., warning Iran while sharing an image of himself with a rifle -- On the Bonus Show: Trump is turning the Washington DC reflecting pool blue, DHS staffers to start going unpaid again as partial shutdown continues, Australia moves to tax big tech to pay for newsrooms, and much more... 💳 PDS Debt: Get your free assessment & find the best option for you at https://pdsdebt.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get 27% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.com/pakman ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.com/pakman 🖼️ Aura Frames: Use code PAKMAN for $25 off Carver Mat frames at https://auraframes.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 (01:23) King Charles emphasizes NATO and Ukraine (11:25) Trump falters during speech with king (16:46) Comey indicted over seashell photo (24:31) Questions emerge in Correspondents' Dinner shooting (30:47) Secret Service lapses raise serious concerns (39:01) Michael Wolff interview (57:35) Melania appears uncomfortable at event (1:04:35) Trump posts about Iran overnight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	An actual king came to Washington, D.C., King Charles, and without ever saying Donald Trump's
0:06.0	name, dismantled Trumpism point by point by point, talking about limits of power, talking about
0:14.0	democracy, NATO alliances. We're going to look at it. At the same time, at another event,
0:19.3	Trump standing right next to King Charles, struggling
0:22.8	to read a speech, making bizarre jokes for which he wanted other people fired. And then it gets even
0:30.7	weirder as Trump's Justice Department indicts James Comey for seashells, a sandcastle I would understand, but seashells, come on.
0:41.5	Meanwhile, the official story of the White House Correspondence dinner shooting implodes as it appears
0:47.9	as though the shooter may not really have fired his gun at all or not as much as was originally claimed.
0:57.3	And then the bigger question is what the hell is going on with secret service?
1:03.2	And later, Melania looks like she absolutely is absolutely repelled by Donald Trump. And Trump's up at 4 a.m. threatening Iran.
1:14.6	We've got a show today.
1:20.6	Well, this was wild. King Charles came to the United States, went to Washington, spoke to Congress, and very calmly laid out a bunch of ideas that are completely counter to Trumpism.
1:37.3	He never says Trump's name during Trump's speech, not in the context, at least of these critiques.
1:42.7	But he didn't need to because when he talked about the Magna Carta, when he talked about
1:47.3	separation of powers, when he talked about NATO, we all understood that it was a criticism
1:54.4	of Donald Trump, the real king in a sense reprimanding the fake king, the wannabe king for his anti-democratic behavior.
2:03.6	Now, I don't know that I need to give this disclaimer, but as a sort of caveat, I think a lot of the people in my audience know that I am not a fan of royal families conceptually.
2:13.6	And I've talked about that for a long time.
2:16.6	That's not really what this is about. This is about
2:19.2	someone Trump sort of begrudgingly has to be kind of deferential to lay out a proverbial and literal
2:27.0	red carpet for comes in and in Trump's city for in a, goes directly after all of the ways in which Donald
2:38.1	Trump is failing to be at some core level, American failing to uphold American values and
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