Trump Press Secy disaster, Medicaid portals shut down
The David Pakman Show - January 29, 2025
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Trump commits FIRST CRIME, INSTANTLY backfires!
In her first press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump’s Medicaid funding freeze as temporary and aligned with his agenda. However, the Constitution and the Impoundment Control Act bar presidents from withholding congressionally approved funds. Supreme Court precedent reaffirms this, and a judge has temporarily blocked the freeze. This could very well be the first crime committed by Trump during his second administration.
Trump's Press Secy DISASTROUS 1st press conference
Karoline Leavitt promised to always tell the truth to the American people, before immediately lying by claiming that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, despite being in the Constitution. Anti-immigration arguments against it lack any legal basis. Most of her remarks were misleading, but on a positive note, she correctly confirmed that FAA-approved drones flying over New Jersey in recent weeks were not a threat.
From yesterday’s show:
Elon Musk KICKED OUT of Trump White House, moved across the street
Elon Musk's alliance with Trump is unraveling as he's been denied a White House office and sidelined to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. His constant presence and solo nature clashed with Trump's team, leading to his exclusion from the West Wing. The fallout underscores the fragile and transactional nature of their relationship, putting the future of DOGE in doubt.
From yesterday’s show:
Fox News prepares audience for HIGHER PRICES under Trump
Fox News is shifting its narrative to justify higher prices under Trump, suggesting the U.S. could produce its own coffee. However, coffee cultivation in the US is limited to Hawaii and Puerto Rico, with high labor and land costs making large-scale production impractical. Replacing imports would require massive land use and drive up prices, with coffee at a café potentially costing up to $15 per cup.
More on the show:
-- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's new Press Secretary, holds her first press briefing and it is an unmitigated disaster
-- Donald Trump pulls funding for and thus shuts down Medicaid portals in all fifty US states, creating total chaos until a judge steps in
-- A man voted for Donald Trump in November, and is now panicking as his own wife has been deported
-- Former Vice President Mike Pence publishes an attack video against Donald Trump, pointing out Trump's hypocrisy in past statements about his now-nominee to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr
-- Donald Trump's initial approval rating is lower than any President since World War II
-- Republican Senators are demanding the Jeffrey Epstein files, even if Donald Trump does not want them released
-- On the Bonus Show: Americans sour on Trump's early moves, Greenlanders reject idea of joining the US, Google Maps will change "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America"
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