The economic meltdown is gaining momentum

-- On the Show

-- Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Iran as a strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan energy facility sends global gas and oil prices surging

-- FBI Director Kash Patel struggles through congressional questioning about firing Iran counterintelligence experts and basic voter fraud investigations,

-- Donald Trump confuses economic data and makes a bizarre Pearl Harbor remark to a Japanese leader while misrepresenting the economic fallout from his Iran conflict

-- Donald Trump faces rising political danger as surging oil, diesel, and fertilizer prices drive inflation across farming, transportation, and food costs that could define his presidency

-- Republican donors and party figures quietly organize around Marco Rubio for 2028 as Donald Trump tests support between Rubio and JD Vance

-- A Pennsylvania voter who supported Donald Trump three times now angrily denounces him over rising costs, signaling potential cracks in Trump’s loyal voter base

-- A longtime conservative influencer who once backed Donald Trump declares that MAGA is dead and says she no longer recognizes the president

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow (00:00) Start(01:22) Trump Iran strike spikes energy(09:02) Kash Patel grilled in Congress
(17:31) Trump Pearl Harbor economic confusion
(25:07) Rising fuel costs threaten economy
(32:36) GOP donors shift toward Rubio
(38:39) Trump voter turns against him
(45:31) Conservative influencer says MAGA dead
(51:06) Friday Feedback segment  

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