Every aspect of the story is slowly collapsing
The David Pakman Show - June 26, 2026
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United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz attempted to project absolute American dominance on TV despite mounting domestic political pushback over the Iran war. In reality, Iran has strong incentives to stall negotiations because the upcoming midterm elections and public rifts between Donald Trump and Republican senators are actively weakening the administration’s political leverage.
Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion over an edited documentary regarding his actions surrounding the Capitol riots. Because this defamation lawsuit made his personal conduct central to the case, the network’s legal team successfully requested broad access to his private records and communications from that day.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright dodged questions about falling gas prices by falsely claiming he has long been out of the forecasting business. This completely backtracks on his March promise that fuel costs would rapidly decline after the war.
Tucker Carlson quickly abandoned his temporary independent stance over the Iran war to position himself for a future conservative succession battle. By backing Vice President JD Vance, he demonstrated an intent to reshape the nationalist movement from within rather than actually breaking away from the political right.
CBS News has experienced a massive viewer collapse after network executive Bari Weiss shifted editorial priorities to favor the White House. Longtime audiences quickly abandoned the network following the abrupt firing of veteran journalist Scott Pelley.
Finally, the Trump administration is relying on increased immigration arrests and cultural lectures to distract the public from the president’s failures and plummeting approval ratings. Instead of offering material solutions for families facing high grocery and housing costs, Trump is resorting to symbolic spectacles like vanity projects and UFC fights on the White House lawn.
On today’s bonus show:
Trump has implemented more than half of Project 2025, the Great American State Fair is coming to DC, Jesse Watters plans on buying 100 acres of "prime Cuban coastline," and much more...
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This whole regime is a train wreck. I look forward to a more peaceful time, hopefully in the near future.
Trump uses a playbook, strategies. Deny, Delect, Accuse, Distract, Ignore, Bully, Lie... He mixes them up, cycles through them, just keeps talking and if he can survive another day, the news cycle changes and that particular crime of failure is now "Old news" and so does not get covered, especially if Trump has created a NEW crisis, crime, scandal... to distract the media which has the attention span of ... what were we talkng about?