Economic update, habeas corpus collapse, a new Golden Dome

The David Pakman Show - May 21, 2025

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Trump FURIOUS at being asked ACTUAL QUESTIONS

Donald Trump continues to avoid serious policy questions, offering exaggerated or false claims instead of direct answers. When asked if his tax bill would cause people to lose health insurance, he pivoted to vague promises about drug prices. He also bizarrely claimed food assistance cuts would lead to more food. Surrounded by sycophantic praise and dodging accountability, Trump’s behavior underscores the authoritarian instinct to reject real scrutiny.

Karoline Leavitt LIES to little kids, DISGUSTING

At a White House “take your kid to work day,” Karoline Leavitt answered kids’ questions with misleading or false claims. She downplayed Trump’s mass firings, falsely called him a devout Christian, and avoided serious answers on climate change. Her most honest moment was admitting Trump might consider himself his favorite president. Even with children, the dishonesty was constant and blatant.

From yesterday’s show:

TRUMP KISS OF DEATH: Romanian Trump CRUSHED

George Simion, Romania’s far-right nationalist often compared to Donald Trump, was recently defeated in a dramatic presidential election reversal. Though the original election was last year, credible evidence of Russian interference led to a redo, and voters overwhelmingly chose centrist candidate Nicușor Dan. Simion’s defeat mirrors a growing global trend, with Trump-style candidates losing around the world.

From yesterday’s show:

Trump’s tax plan EXPOSED: Rich get richer

The Trump tax plan would extend the 2017 tax cuts, keeping the top income tax rate at 37% and offering major benefits to businesses and high earners. Middle-class relief is modest and temporary, including a short-term boost to the child tax credit and standard deduction. A key debate centers on raising the SALT deduction cap, which would mostly benefit wealthy taxpayers in high-tax states.

More on the show:

— Where the economy stands after four months of Trump: unemployment steady, GDP dips, inflation down, consumer confidence collapsing

— Trump unveils a fantasy “golden dome” missile defense shield, falsely claims it’s already funded, and confuses reporters with rants about vaults and Russia

— Kristi Noem embarrassingly fails a basic civics test on habeas corpus, illustrating why the Trump movement is so dangerous to constitutional rights

— Republican Congressman Thomas Massie turns on Trump over the tax bill’s $20 trillion price tag — and Trump demands Massie be voted out

— Elon Musk says he’ll scale back future political spending after Trump’s failures, and insists media falsely portrayed him as a Nazi

— Elizabeth Warren obliterates IRS nominee Billy Long for not knowing if the president can unilaterally revoke nonprofit status

-- On the Bonus Show: Sources contradict Qatar plan "gift" narrative, Justice Dept opens inquiry into Andrew Cuomo, controversy explodes over Jake Tapper's book about Joe Biden's decline, much more...

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