Trump seizes Russian tanker as impeachment calls grow
The David Pakman Show
David Pakman
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
-- On the Show
-- A United States Coast Guard team seizes a Russian-flagged oil tanker under Trump's orders, sparking escalation fears and suspicion of a choreographed standoff
-- Trump warns Republicans about impeachment as Democrats argue his Venezuela raid violates congressional war powers and international law
-- In a chaotic speech for House Republicans, Trump rambles, fixates on grievances, and dances, fueling fresh concern about his cognitive and physical state
-- Trump floats canceling elections, repeats election denial on January 6, and tests authoritarian rhetoric in plain sight
-- The "Trump is a puppet" theory gets tested: Trump is neither mastermind nor puppet, but the permission structure that enables the administration's worst actors
-- Megyn Kelly criticizes Fox News regime change cheerleading on Venezuela and warns about American troops being sent into another quagmire
-- Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Donald Trump over Venezuela and the economy, accidentally delivering a left-coded critique of corporate-driven regime change
-- Nancy Mace admits Republicans have not delivered results and signals mounting fear of a 2026 midterm backlash
-- On the Bonus Show: we break down the chaos at CBS News, why Gavin Newsom is suddenly looking like the 2028 frontrunner, and how Pete Hegseth's moves in the military are raising alarms about religious freedom
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(00:00) Start
(01:18) Coast Guard seizes Russian tanker
(05:45) Impeachment warnings after Venezuela raid
(15:03) Trump rambles, gripes, dances onstage
(23:06) Trump floats canceling future elections
(29:25) Puppet theory: Trump is an enabler, not puppet
(36:15) Megyn Kelly slams Fox cheerleading
(45:23) MTG accidentally nails regime change critique
(53:42) Nancy Mace signals 2026 backlash fear
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump has ordered the seizure of a Russian oil tanker in the North Atlantic, a U.S. |
| 0:05.9 | boarding party on a Russian flagged ship with Russian naval assets reportedly nearby. |
| 0:11.8 | And the question is, is this the brink of a global disaster? |
| 0:15.0 | Or is this a carefully staged show to help both Trump and Putin? |
| 0:20.1 | I will discuss. After Trump's illegal raid in Venezuela and |
| 0:23.9 | the capture of Nicolas Maduro impeachment talk is now going completely mainstream. Trump knows it. |
| 0:28.8 | And he is saying they will impeach me if we lose the House. And meanwhile, Trump met with House |
| 0:34.0 | Republicans spent 90 minutes ranting, dancing, literally dancing, and bragging |
| 0:40.2 | about cognitive tests and also goes somewhere really dark, which is floating the idea |
| 0:47.4 | of canceling the 2026 election. |
| 0:50.6 | Testing the idea out loud. |
| 0:52.7 | Plus, Megan Kelly turns on Fox News over Venezuela and says, |
| 0:58.8 | this is the propaganda I was expected to deliver when I worked there. We've got Marjorie |
| 1:04.7 | Taylor Green and Nancy Mace also saying things aren't looking good for Republicans. All of that |
| 1:09.9 | and more today. |
| 1:17.9 | We have a truly bizarre and potentially world-altering situation today. There are confirmed reports |
| 1:25.3 | that the U.S. Coast Guard under direct orders from the Trump |
| 1:28.7 | administration has successfully boarded and seized the marinara. |
| 1:34.9 | That's M-A-R-I-N-E-R-A, a now recently Russian-flagged oil tanker. |
| 1:42.9 | Now on the surface, this looks like this kind of high seas |
| 1:45.5 | brinkmanship that can lead to World War III. You've got a U.S. boarding party on a Russian |
| 1:51.5 | vessel while a Russian naval ship and a nuclear submarine are lurking miles away in the foggy |
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