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2026 is already insane

2026 is already insane

The David Pakman Show

January 2, 202654m 6s

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Show Notes


-- On the Show


-- Donald Trump faces a hard power cutoff in the 2026 midterms where losing the House would effectively halt his legislative agenda and severely weaken his leverage


-- The United States dollar suffers its largest annual decline in nearly a decade due to Donald Trump's tariffs, attacks on Federal Reserve independence, and destabilizing foreign policy


-- Corporate bankruptcies hit a 15-year high as Donald Trump's tariffs raise costs, squeeze margins, and push construction, manufacturing, and consumer businesses into collapse


-- Gen Z men rapidly turn against Donald Trump as new polling shows collapsing approval driven by economic frustration and disillusionment with culture war politics


-- Donald Trump remains in office despite actions that would remove leaders in functioning democracies, exposing institutional failures


-- AI-generated impersonation scams are eroding trust and preparing the ground for large-scale election disinformation


-- The Friday Feedback segment


-- On the Bonus Show: The 10 most outrageous things Trump did in 2025, and much more...


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(00:00) Start (01:29) Trump's 2026 power stakes (06:51) Dollar collapse under Trump (14:15) Corporate bankruptcies surge (18:19) Gen Z abandons Trump (24:18) Democracy fails to check Trump (32:02) AI impersonation attacks (39:17) Friday Feedback

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