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The David Pakman Show · Wednesday · 1 hr 23 min

Surrender, betrayal, and the collapse of promises

-- On the Show: -- Gabriel Zucman, internationally renowned economist, joins us to discuss his new book "We Need to Tax Billionaires" and Proposition 40 in California, which would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires -- Senators votes to advance Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche despite acknowledging Trump intends to revive a $1.8 billion fund -- Rep. Max Miller defends himself during a CNN interview against abuse allegations by pointing to Trump's past survival of scandals -- Former loyal supporters such as MMA fighter Sean Strickland criticize Donald Trump for breaking his campaign commitment to avoid war -- Donald Trump expresses sympathy for accused abuser Max Miller and publicly attacks Jeanine Pirro for dropping the reflecting pool cases -- Donald Trump misquotes past gasoline prices, exaggerates stats about Venezuela, and rambles about recorded television options -- CNBC reports a drop in factory orders which contradicts Trump's claims that aggressive tariff policies would revitalize manufacturing -- On the Bonus Show: Results from Tuesday's primary elections, a Republican Congressman ends his reelection bid amid a misconduct scandal, Rubio leads Vance by 36 points in a 2028 straw poll, and much more... 💻 Sponsored by Private Internet Access: 83% OFF + 4 months free at https://www.piavpn.com/Pakman 🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or go to https://ffrf.us/david 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get up to 27% OFF at https://helixsleep.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Book: https://bit.ly/m/attention -- 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 (01:18) Todd Blanche is close to becoming AG (10:16) Max Miller responds to allegations (22:34) Former Trump supporters call out Trump (30:31) Trump attacks Jeanine Pirro again (39:33) Gabriel Zucman Interview (1:04:01) Trump rants about false gas prices (1:15:33) Factory orders drop under Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-- On the Show:

-- Gabriel Zucman, internationally renowned economist, joins us to discuss his new book "We Need to Tax Billionaires" and Proposition 40 in California, which would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires

-- Senators votes to advance Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche despite acknowledging Trump intends to revive a $1.8 billion fund

-- Rep. Max Miller defends himself during a CNN interview against abuse allegations by pointing to Trump's past survival of scandals

-- Former loyal supporters such as MMA fighter Sean Strickland criticize Donald Trump for breaking his campaign commitment to avoid war

-- Donald Trump expresses sympathy for accused abuser Max Miller and publicly attacks Jeanine Pirro for dropping the reflecting pool cases

-- Donald Trump misquotes past gasoline prices, exaggerates stats about Venezuela, and rambles about recorded television options

-- CNBC reports a drop in factory orders which contradicts Trump's claims that aggressive tariff policies would revitalize manufacturing

-- On the Bonus Show: Results from Tuesday's primary elections, a Republican Congressman ends his reelection bid amid a misconduct scandal, Rubio leads Vance by 36 points in a 2028 straw poll, and much more...

💻 Sponsored by Private Internet Access: 83% OFF + 4 months free at https://www.piavpn.com/Pakman


🔬 Freedom From Religion Foundation: Text DAVID to 511511 or go to https://ffrf.us/david 🛌 Helix Sleep mattresses: Get up to 27% OFF at https://helixsleep.com/pakman

🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman

-- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership

-- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com

-- Get David's Book: https://bit.ly/m/attention

-- 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

(01:18) Todd Blanche is close to becoming AG

(10:16) Max Miller responds to allegations

(22:34) Former Trump supporters call out Trump

(30:31) Trump attacks Jeanine Pirro again

(39:33) Gabriel Zucman Interview

(1:04:01) Trump rants about false gas prices

(1:15:33) Factory orders drop under Trump

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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