The David Pakman Show
10/20/25: No Kings protests rattle MAGA as US approaches failed state
20 Oct 2025
-- On the Show: -- Seven million people join nationwide No Kings protests as Donald Trump and MAGA figures panic over the growing anti-Trump movement -- Donald Trump posts AI videos showing planes dumping feces on Harry Sisson after millions protest him, revealing his anger and fear -- Republicans ignore years of warnings about climate, economy, healthcare, and democracy, leaving the country to face preventable crises -- Karoline Leavitt calls Democrats terrorists, illegal aliens, and criminals on Fox News, showcasing the GOP’s slide into open bigotry -- Donald Trump slurs words and sits down mid-event, raising new questions about his health and exposing media double standards -- America’s crumbling infrastructure, inequality, and decaying democracy are symptoms of state failure under Trump -- Katherine Boyle, a powerful venture capitalist tied to J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel, quietly builds MAGA influence through Silicon Valley -- Donald Trump rants aboard Air Force One declaring decisions “up to me,” insults reporters, and reveals ignorance about global events -- Donald Trump invents adoring supporters and imaginary black women in Chicago to cope with declining popularity and public rejection -- On the Bonus Show: Trump commutes the sentence of disgraced former Congressman George Santos, right-wing commentators react to No Kings 2, Benny Johnson suggests Obama and Hillary indictments are next, and much more... 🤢 Reliefband: Use code PAKMAN for 20% OFF and free shipping at https://reliefband.com 🌳 MyHeritage: Discover your family roots for FREE for 14 days at https://davidpakman.com/myheritage 💪 AG1 is offering you a FREE $76 GIFT when you sign up at https://drinkag1.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) Start (01:36) Seven million protest nationwide (07:02) Trump posts AI attack videos (13:23) GOP ignores looming crises (20:08) Leavitt calls Dems criminals (24:35) Trump slurs, sits mid-event (29:58) U.S. infrastructure and democracy falter (35:06) Boyle builds MAGA influence quietly (40:39) Trump rants on Air Force One (50:00) Trump invents imaginary supporters
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This weekend, 7 million Americans marched in over 2,700 cities under one banner. The banner is no Kings and it has shaken Trump and Maga to their core. It wasn't fringe. It wasn't violent. It was massive, peaceful and impossible to ignore, which is exactly why Maga tried to discredit it before it happened. Trump allies said no one would show up and it would be chaos.
And instead it was organized, united, and growing. The size alone was enough to rattle the right. What really broke Trump was the message, we don't like you. His ego runs on adoration, and this was a national, in-person rejection. How did he respond? By posting unhinged AI videos of himself bombing my friend Harry Sisson with feces, I'm not kidding, and crowning himself the king.
It was a meltdown. We are going to break it all down, including the scale and the impact of the protests, what happens next. Fox News calling Democrats terrorists, and also the quiet rise of MAGA power broker Catherine Boyle, I believe one of the most dangerous MAGAs you've probably never heard of. We're also going to look at some of the signs, unfortunately.
that the United States is sliding into failed state territory. This moment is really not about left versus right. This is about pushing back before power becomes permanent authoritarian power. The people sent a message, this country does not belong to kings, and that's where we will start. Well, listen, we didn't get 12 million.
We didn't see the 3.5% of the US population protest on Saturday at the second no Kings protests, but 7 million people did show up at more than 2700 protests across the country. Now the first no Kings had 5 million people. This one had 7 million people. The movement is building.
There was even a sign spotted in the crowd with my name on it, also mentioning a lot of our fellow creators, Midas Touch and Harry Sisson, Luke Beasley and others. And we know that this and the hundreds and thousands of other signs were effective because MAGA went crazy. crazy to slam the protest beforehand saying, no one's going to go. These are going to be destructive.
They're going to leave everything destroyed. It'll be the hardcore extreme left. And none of that happened. The protests were perfectly peaceful. The reaction from Trump and others after the fact confirms that they are running scared. Now you might say, David, what would they be scared of? They control everything. Trump is in power. He has no more races to run.
Well, they are scared of losing all ability to do anything if they lose the House in 2026. Trump understands that at this point, it is all about legacy. How will he be remembered? And if you get nothing done during the last two years of your presidency, it hits your legacy, which is something that terrifies him. They're also scared, by the way,
that if the protests grow and the next one is 8 million people and the next one is 10 million people, that the protests will have the power to shut down the economic and sociocultural centers of this country systems off of which they are making their money. It should also not be understated that the damage to Donald Trump's ego here is massive because at his core, Donald Trump wants to be liked.
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