Pentagon runs out of cash, Trump runs out of excuses

-- On the Show:

-- Pat Ford, producer of The David Pakman Show, fills in for David

-- Donald Trump hosts Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, avoids war timeline questions, and invents the phrase "kill them like they're candy"

-- Steve Scalise cites Olive Garden's promotional pass rules for unlimited pasta to advocate for strict voter identification laws

-- Donald Trump posts to Truth Social about travel to Lebanon while defending Benjamin Netanyahu from arrest warrants

-- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asks Congress for emergency defense funding as military conflict costs exhaust reserves

-- Darline Graham Nordone, Lindsey Graham's sister, is running for a full Senate term with an endorsement from Donald Trump

-- Laura Ingraham warns that the war in Iran threatens Republicans' chances in the upcoming midterm elections

-- On the Bonus Show: A MAGA golfer threatens to get Trump involved in a penalty decision, Trump is sitting on a massive midterm war chest, and much more...

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(00:00) Trump avoids Iran war questions

(17:14) Congressman says ID is required to buy pasta

(25:31) Trump's latest social media tirade

(33:26) Hegseth asks for more Iran war money

(40:45) Lindsey Graham's sister wants a full Senate term

(47:18) Laura Ingraham wants Trump out of Iran

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