-- On the Show: -- Donald Trump gushes over Egypt’s brutal dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for “low crime,” praising a regime known for torture and sham elections -- Trump gets caught on a hot mic chatting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto about his sons, bragging about “unlimited cash,” and fumbling through awkward foreign exchanges -- Trump urges Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a foreign speech, exposing his authoritarian mindset and confusion about his own presidency -- Trump rambles through praise for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni while drenched in sweat, leaving world leaders visibly uncomfortable -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio flatters Trump but not enough, forcing an instant correction as Trump demands ever-greater praise in a display of insecurity and control -- Trump openly admits he values Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for her loyalty and looks, revealing his transactional and sexist view of those around him -- Vice President JD Vance dodges questions about bribery and collapses under George Stephanopoulos’s pressure, exposing his evasive playbook and fragile composure -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suddenly sounds coherent while discussing legislation and inflation, leaving even her critics wondering if she’s glitching or changing course -- Trump’s latest “exceptional health” update hides a series of worrying issues after another visit to Walter Reed, sparking doubts about transparency -- Vivek Ramaswamy faces backlash from his own right-wing base over his Hindu faith, showing how his extremist rhetoric has turned against him -- On the Bonus Show: News outlets object to new Pentagon reporting rules, the Trump administration considers selling student loan debt to private investors, airports refuse to air Kristi Noem's partisan message to travelers, and much more... 👩❤️👨 Try the Paired App FREE for 7 days and get 25% OFF at https://paired.com/pakman 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code PAKMAN for $30 off & free croissants FOR LIFE at https://wildgrain.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/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) Trump praises Egypt’s dictator el-Sisi (06:24) Trump caught on hot mic Indonesia (12:13) Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu (21:07) Trump praises Orbán and Meloni leaders (26:59) Trump criticizes Rubio flattery insufficiency (29:58) Trump values Leavitt for loyalty, looks (35:30) JD Vance dodges bribery questions (42:16) MTG sounds coherent discussing legislation (50:40) Trump health update sparks transparency doubts (58:49) Ramaswamy criticized for Hindu faith
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Well, in the midst of the good news about hostages being released in Israel and Gaza, Donald Trump's latest trip abroad went exactly how you would expect a complete and total humiliation. He praised dictators. He sweated and babbled through speeches. He managed to insult entire countries and their leaders.
And the America first guy is now spending more time drooling over authoritarian leaders and begging for their approval than actually maintaining relationships with our Democratic allies. So we're going to look at Donald Trump's hot mic disaster with the Indonesian president. We'll look at his praise for Egypt's brutal regime.
We're going to look at all of it, including his call for Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned Marco Rubio humiliated himself and Marjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly making a little bit of sense. We're going to look at that as well. Interestingly, Vivek Ramaswamy is quickly finding out what happens when the far right purity tests are applied to him.
And JD Vance was kicked off of a show by George Stephanopoulos after endlessly refusing to answer simple questions. All of that and more. So great to have you here. We start today with not much of a shock. Donald Trump praising yet another dictator. He loves dictators. He's impressed at how dictators just do what they want.
And, you know, George W. Bush once said this would be a lot easier if I were a dictator. But even George W. Bush did not attempt to become one and he didn't flatter dictators around the world. Bush was terrible. Don't go in there, David. Are you saying Bush was good? But Bush at least respected some basics about what the United States of America is supposed to be.
Here is Donald Trump and Sharm El Sheikh Egypt on this completely harebrained, dilapidated and disastrous Middle East tour, saying, look at how great Egypt is doing. They have no crime here.
There's a lot of respect and I think you'll see some tremendous progress both in the Middle This country is doing very well. It has good leadership. It's about leadership. And it's really nice when you say, how is your crime situation? And they're like, don't even know what you're talking about. What do you mean crime? We don't have crime. Because if he has crime, he puts it out very quickly.
Some people think that's not nice, but I think it's great.
Some people think that brutal authoritarianism, it's not so nice, but I think it's absolutely great. And Trump continuing to wax poetic about brutal authoritarianism.
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