They can't keep their lies straight

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

Politics, News

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Pat Ford, producer of the David Pakman Show, fills in for David -- In an interview with Maria Bartiromo, Donald Trump gives a series of inconsistent answers on war with Iran, midterms, and energy policy -- Karoline Leavitt claims gas prices are falling, promotes misleading figures, and deflects criticism during a press conference -- JD Vance faces a weak event turnout at a TPUSA event while Erika Kirk cancels her appearance citing serious threats and backlash -- Dr. Mehmet Oz says on Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast that the President suggested diet soda could kill cancer cells -- Donald Trump supporters continue to react negatively to an AI-generated image he posted depicting himself as Jesus -- New data shows consumer sentiment hits a record low under Donald Trump as inflation rises and economic confidence drops -- Donald Trump records sharply negative approval on tax policy as voters react to higher costs and all-around frustration with him -- On the Bonus Show: Democrats file impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth, Virginia joins the popular vote interstate compact, Meta faces blowback over facial recognition glasses, 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 🧠 Try Brain.fm totally free for a month at https://brain.fm/pakman 🔊 Blinkist: Read a nonfiction book in just 15 minutes! Try it FREE at https://blinkist.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) Trump discusses Iran war in Bartiromo interview (14:52) Karoline Leavitt spins gas prices to say they are falling (25:07) JD Vance speaks at Turning Point USA event (37:08) Dr Oz says Trump thought diet soda kills cancer cells (45:11) Trump supporters express anger with him over Jesus image (51:03) Consumer sentiment reaches record low (55:27) Poll shows declining approval for Trump tax policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the David Pacman Show. I'm Pat Ford, producer for the David Packman Show.
0:11.5	Filling in today for David, he is coming back from Argentina from his trip and probably figured that it would be really difficult to film a show while on the plane.
0:22.0	He would be certainly disturbing the people around him at the very least.
0:25.3	So I'm here filling in for David today.
0:27.9	We have an excellent show coming up.
0:29.4	We're going to be talking about Trump's interview on Maria Bartaromo's show yesterday.
0:33.6	We're going to be covering J.D. Vance showing up for a TPUSA events that apparently no one wanted to go to.
0:40.2	Also, Caroline Levitt did a press briefing yesterday. We have Dr. Oz saying that Trump believes that diet soda kills cancer cells.
0:47.8	So much coming up on the show today. I'm so happy that you're here with me.
0:51.9	Let's start by talking about this interview that Trump did on
0:54.6	Maria Bartaromo's show yesterday. So Trump went on Maria Barteromo's Fox Business Show, and he actually
1:01.6	does that quite a lot. He's really a regular on her program. He goes on there all the time. But this one
1:06.8	was different, we were led to believe, because before the interview aired, after it was filmed,
1:11.0	but before it aired, Maria Bartaromo put out this teaser suggesting that the war in Iran was
1:16.4	coming to an end. She says in the teaser that Trump talked about the war in the past tense,
1:21.9	and she asked him during the interview, is it over? To which apparently Trump responds, it's over.
1:27.0	Here is Maria Barbaromo saying
1:28.6	that this is exactly what took place during the interview that she did with Trump the other day.
1:33.1	I just left the president. It was a great interview. He said a lot about the economy, about the
1:39.3	Iran war, about NATO. One thing that I'll leave you with, I said to him, Mr. President,
1:44.0	you keep talking about the war like was, was, was. I said, is it over? He said, it's over. Join the whole interview tomorrow. Mornings with Maria, Fox Business 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern. I'll see you then.
1:55.7	Well, that sounds good to me. I obviously never wanted the war to start in the first place, but the next best thing is for it to end right now, right?
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