-- On the Show: -- Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and social impact entrepreneur, joins David for a Substack Live to discuss what went wrong with Kamala Harris's 2024 campaign -- Donald Trump’s government shutdown leaves airports unmanned, flights delayed, and the FAA in crisis as air travel collapses under dangerous conditions -- Kevin Hassett admits soybean exports to China stop, silos overflow, and Trump’s trade war sparks panic inside his economic team -- Trump shocks reporters by floating clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, bragging about ending wars, and musing about using the Insurrection Act -- Karoline Leavitt clashes with reporters as she defends Trump with false claims, wild health care math, and attacks on Antifa funding -- Emmanuel Macron, Ilham Aliyev, and Edi Rama laugh after Trump confuses Albania, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, humiliating the U.S. on the world stage -- Trump concedes the shutdown is about killing Obamacare while ranting about Portland and insulting a judge he himself appointed -- Trump melts down over Bad Bunny, the NFL, water in Los Angeles, and the Insurrection Act during a chaotic Newsmax exchange -- On the Bonus Show: A judge who ruled against Trump has her house burn down, AOC tells supporters to “laugh at” Stephen Miller’s “insecure masculinity,” Trump announces a White House UFC event on his birthday, and much more… 🐟 Wild Alaskan Company: Get $35 OFF at https://wildalaskan.com/pakman ✉️ StartMail: Get 50% OFF for a year subscription at https://startmail.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 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) Intro (01:01) Shutdown wreaks havoc on air travel (06:23) Hassett deflects blame for trade chaos (13:59) Trump hints at Maxwell clemency, wars, Insurrection Act (22:32) Leavitt defends Trump with false claims (29:05) World leaders laugh at Trump gaffe (1:00:33) Mike Nellis Substack Live (1:06:53) Trump admits shutdown targets Obamacare (1:10:59) Trump rants on Bad Bunny, NFL, LA, Insurrection Act
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Air travel in the United States is turning into an absolute disaster. Flights delayed for hours, control towers going dark, airports shutting down, all thanks to the government shutdown of Donald Trump and the Republicans. We're going to look at how this chaos is breaking the system that keeps planes in the air.
Then Donald Trump's press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, melts down on camera and world leaders are laughing at this administration once again. And what about the podcast bros that helped elect him? They're suddenly pretending they were never really that into Donald Trump. Trump finally admits what the shutdown is really about.
We'll also hear from political strategist Mike Nellis about how do Democratic campaigns end up going wrong so often? It is worse than you think. Let's dove right in. Well, air travel is suddenly a disgusting mess under Donald Trump. And if you're wondering why, you don't really have to look very far. It's all around us. What's going on? We see the airports shutting down.
We're seeing the flights delayed for hours, unmanned air traffic control towers. And there is one orange man that we can thank for most of this. You know his name. The Trump government shutdown, which is now stretching into week two, has really broken the system that keeps planes in the air. Yesterday, the control tower at Burbank Airport in California just closed, not at 2 a.m. It just closed.
It wasn't because of weather, but it was because there were not enough staff and a pilot radioed in for clearance and got the response. The tower is closed due to staffing. So let let that sink in for a moment. important major U.S. airport. Great alternative, by the way, to flying into LAX. And it's just closed without air traffic control. Flights were still taking off.
Pilots just had to coordinate amongst themselves like it's some small, you know, little town strip or something like that in rural Nebraska. at Newark and in Denver, it really wasn't much better. The FAA was forced to issue ground delays. Every traveler's favorite, the ground delay basically telling planes don't take off until someone on the other end can handle you.
And the cause, again, is that air traffic controllers are working without pay. Some are calling out sick. Others are exhausted. Some are saying we're working 10 hour shifts here six days a week and I can't blame them. Who am I to say, no, they need to be there anyway.
As the transportation secretary, Duffy, admitted, these people are responsible for millions of lives while also wondering, how am I going to pay my mortgage this month? And of course, Sean Duffy, Trump's transportation secretary, is not taking responsibility. They're just blaming Democrats. That's that's the strategy.
Just just blame Democrats while the entire aviation system that he oversees is crumbling in real time. Now, then we go to something that's arguably even worse. The essential air service program. I don't know how many people are even familiar with this, but it's a great, important thing. It sort of keeps small towns and rural communities connected by air that runs out of money this week.
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