Trump's Tesla infomercial implodes, Europe hits red states hard
The David Pakman Show - March 12, 2025
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Trump does DESPERATE Tesla infomercial, calls it "TESLER"
Donald Trump awkwardly promoted Tesla at the White House, despite previously bashing electric vehicles. He lavished praise on Elon Musk while struggling to understand Tesla’s technology and contradicting his past statements. The event felt like an infomercial, with Trump desperately trying to sell EVs to an audience that dislikes them.
Trump Press Secy BRUTALLY FACT-CHECKED in real time
Karoline Leavitt was fact-checked in real-time after falsely claiming tariffs are a tax cut rather than a tax on importers. She dismissed the correction, insisting she was right despite clear economic realities. The White House also downplayed the stock market’s decline, deflecting responsibility. The exchange highlighted the administration’s pattern of avoiding accountability and bashing reporters.
From yesterday’s show:
Elon Musk is destroying EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES
Elon Musk’s businesses are crumbling, with Tesla’s stock plunging, X in chaos, and SpaceX facing more failures. Once hailed as a genius, Musk’s decisions are now backfiring as Tesla’s market share shrinks and X struggles. Like Trump, Musk’s ego drove him to “fix” things but only made them worse and his once-mighty empire is now rapidly declining.
From yesterday’s show:
Bernie EXPOSES Trump & Musk's REAL PLAN
Bernie Sanders is warning that Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to sabotage Social Security to justify privatizing it. By underfunding and cutting staff, they can make the system dysfunctional, frustrating people enough to demand change. This fits a long-standing right-wing strategy: weaken public services, claim the government is failing, then push privatization for corporate profit.
More on the show:
-- No matter what MAGA tells you, not buying a Tesla is not "cancel culture," it's capitalism
-- Is Fox News starting to turn on Donald Trump?
-- MAGA is slowly shifting to "cutting Social Security is good"
-- An examination of how, in just 35 days, Donald Trump has taken the American economy from totally reasonable to being on the verge of a recession
-- Out of options, Republicans are changing the definition of inflation
-- Fox News host Laura Ingraham delivers a brutal impeachment warning to Donald Trump
-- On the Bonus Show: Inflation at 2.8% in February, Katie Porter running for California governor, Utah to ban fluoride in water system, and much more...
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