The David Pakman Show - Trump's new Press Secy EMBARRASSES herself in debut

Episode Date: October 17, 2026

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for calendar year 2025 for the Cadillac definition of luxury. Hey everybody. Welcome to the weekly roundup. Maybe you missed a few episodes or you want to relive the week's best highlights. We've got it all lined up right here. If you want to support independent media, keep the show viewer funded, join us. at join packman.com. Donald Trump's new press secretary held a press briefing today. It's been so long since we had transparent, substantive, productive briefings from this administration.

And it lasted 14 minutes. And she only called on three reporters. And it's pathetic. Her name is Katie Zachariah. And she, uh, I mean, listen, Breitbart Fox News and the Daily Mail got to ask questions. Start with the opening. She's reading from prepared remarks. She struggles to read the prepared remarks. We are so far it all fits if the glove fits, right? Good morning. Good morning. I am so honored to work for President Trump and the American people as a new White House press secretary. I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me, I have wanted to work for him for a very long time.

Right. I'm looking forward to working with each of you as well, especially as we are in the middle of the midterm blitz with energy and excitement, never seen before in the history of midterms, thanks to President Trump. You can see that this is going to be a tough one for her. Donald Trump's new White House press secretary is Katie Zachariah. And now there is a very basic question about her legal credentials. The whole thing was this is a very skilled attorney.

And we now are wondering, is she really an attorney? Because she has presented herself as somebody who did practice law. And now the questions are, where did you pass the bar? What state? Where? That's the question. And when Trump was asked about it and when Zachariah was asked about it just a few hours ago, they didn't name a single US state. She said something about China. Something about I moved to China. What does she say exactly? What state? What state did you pass the bar in? I moved to China. When I moved to China.

Where did you pass the bar exam? It looks like she says China again when asked. Wow. Folks, I don't think she's going to last very long. I don't, this is not looking good at all at all. When the question is, where did you pass the bar? And the answer starts with when I moved to China, that doesn't sound right. What does moving to China have to do with passing an American bar exam, which are administered

by the states? Watch what happens in this second video. A woman is punched in the face. There's a physical confrontation. And then Trump starts talking about the woman as a fat guy. And he urges a more aggressive response. They're just beating women at Trump rallies, guys. Take a look at this. And I know the video is chaotic. We'll do our best to interpret it. Columbus should not be in Columbus, Ohio. Here we go. Paid protest. The woman. woman's getting beaten now, hair pulled, bashed in the back of the head.

People are chants. Folks, this is the, a woman is getting and people going USA, USA, and then went just smashed in the back of the head. And it actually looks like that, does this police officer kicker? Look at this guy flying in. Let's watch him. In comes from the right. No, I guess I guess the guy tripped.

In this moment, the police officer did not kick the protester in the head. I take that back. Now, Donald Trump was supposedly in Ohio last night to promote Republican candidates. The Republican candidates in Ohio are terrible. There's some of the worst candidates. The Vake Ramoswamy, John Houston, Max Miller, just terrible, terrible candidates. And instead, Trump told us a story of examining another man's body. Take a listen to this.

He's speaking, by the way, about John Houston, one of the Republicans these there's. to support. And I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body because I didn't know he was a great and I looked and I watched up and down and I looked at his ass and I looked at all. Trump doesn't usually do this with other men, but with John Houston, he did an exam. He did an ass examination. I don't do this with men often is a remarkable way to start a sentence.

then going into the moaning section of the speech. Now, we've heard Trump doing his grunting before. Ha! Ha! Right. But this time he's moaning during his transgender weightlifting routine. What a crazy country, huh? And here he is moaning instead, and he says Melania doesn't like it when he moans. Adlerud. Ah. Like a billy goat. Do you hear that? Oh, my wife hates this. She said it's so damn unpresidential, but it's sort of cool. Should I finish it or not?

Thank you. So she's up and she's going for that final, that final push, she's going to do it, she's close. Oh, oh. Man, it's like a horse and a billy goat. That final, that final push, she's going to do it, she's close. Oh, no, Mom, I can't do it. Mom! And then the Billy goat.

A reporter spoke to Harris. And it gets even more embarrassing because, of course, everybody's recording. It's a public forum. Every reporter has a phone out and is recording. Harris decided the one particular reporter he doesn't like recording is illegal. And he even started saying, you are breaking the law. Oops, let's take a look at this. Sir. You do not have my permission to record. If you record, we will refer you to the prosecutor. Everyone in here is recording. But we will refer you to the prosecutor. She points out everyone's recording. What did you mean by that? Take her camera. You're going to have to take her camera.

She is violating the law. In fact, take her camera. She's violating the law. Oh boy. Get an officer in here. She's violating the law on two party, two party recording. Me and an officer. I thought that- You're not going to respect me. Excuse me. Isn't that just for telephone communications? I don't know the lot. It's recording. Video and audio and video have to have two-party approval in Maryland. If you're jumping out of your seat because you're like David, everything he's saying is wrong, we're going to analyze the substance of what he's claiming. Don't worry. Now they may not have to have it in Washington, D.C. They have to have it in Maryland.

She needs my approval to record. That's why when she- We're in public. That's- It makes no difference whatsoever. It makes all the difference. We are not in a- a public. We are not the government facility. You said that you supported the First Amendment. What does they say about that? All right, guys.

Congressman Harris, she's ruining all your chances to get an answer about anything. See y'all. Yeah. Good night. Thank her. Thank her profusely. Yeah. All right.

By the, I mean, I don't know that I've ever seen a snowflake as triggered as this. Donald Trump is now distancing himself from Kimberly Gilfoyle. Kimberly Gilfoyle is the disgraced former ambassador to Greece. But maybe just as importantly for Trump, the former fiancee of Trump's own son Donald Trump Jr. And it is an incredible contrast between what Donald Trump is claiming now and what he has said before about Kimberly Guilfoyle. According to Trump, Kimberly Gilfoyle was never part of his family. Someday a long time ago, she dated his son, but she doesn't really belong in any serious way in Trump's inner circle. And of course, we know all of this is

complete and total bullshit. But take a listen. Let's watch. No, she wasn't a member of my family. I guess dated my son a long time ago. I guess she dated him. I don't know. She was doing a good job. She went to Greece. She was doing a good job. But we didn't like what we were reading.

So what did you make about? There goes Trump. And he doesn't want to say anything more about it. Now, first of all, Kimberly Gilfoyle didn't, I guess, date my son a while ago. They were engaged. They were in a very public relationship for years. And Trump is now talking about her like, you know, she might have been at Mara Lago once. I just, I can't really remember.

I don't know. I guess they dated. This is her, his son's former fiance. Donald Trump made one of the most spectacularly hypocritical statements I think I've ever heard from him. And we're talking about Trump. Like, that's really saying something. It stunned the interviewer.

He was asked about Russian president Vladimir Putin. And he was asked, why do you disagree? agree with Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, not a Democrat, Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, who described Putin as a dictator. Now, this is a perfectly reasonable question. Putin's been in power more than two decades. His government imprisons political opponents. He's an authoritarian autocrat suppresses media, launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Why won't Trump call him a dictator? Trump's explanation, you've just got to hear this for yourself. inflation. You and Senator Sullivan, you see eye to eye on virtually everything, almost a 100% voting record that Senator Sullivan has with you. You don't see eye to eye on one issue in particular, Mr. President, and that is the issue of Russia and President Putin. Senator Sullivan is called President Putin, a dictator, an authoritarian, a mafia regime leader. He's against that diesel deal that you announced last week. Why, Mr. President, are you right? And Senator Sullivan is wrong on this. Well, look, I have to make deals with people.

So I don't go around calling them names. I'm a dealmaker. I've always been a very good dealmaker. I became very rich because of deals. So I don't go around mocking people. You know, part of the reason you have that war in the first place is Biden went around mocking Russia and mocking everybody else and didn't know what he was doing. That was a war that should have never started.

What is Trump talking about? He doesn't go around calling people names and mocking people? people, his entire political persona, his entire political career has been built around mocking people. Are you able to make everything about yourself, even the health problems of others? If so, you might be Donald Trump. Donald Trump was asked about the health of Pope Leo, who we found out has lung cancer and had a procedure to remove part of one lung.

And Donald Trump is asked about this. And you might think that when the president is discussing the Pope's cancer, the focus would be wishing him well and expressing concern and maybe saying something about the importance of recovery and medical treatment. And well, Trump barely says, yeah, I would like him to get well. But then he goes in a direction that is far more predictable for Trump, which is his brother is a big Trump guy. They've got MAGA all over their house.

It all becomes about personal loyalty. I want to see Pope Leo get well. I hear the prognosis for that type of a problem. It's a cancer. It's big stuff. Anytime you have cancer. But the prognosis seems to be good. I've watched.

And we just want to wish him our love and our best wishes. His brother's a friend of mine who's a great. He's a fantastic guy and his wife. You know, they're big Trump supporters. They have MAGA all over their house. And I can say that his brother loves him a lot, loves the Pope. a lot and that's good. That's good enough for me. But I just want to wish him well and get better fast. It's good enough for Trump to wish the Pope well because the Pope's brother and the Pope's

brother's wife are big MAGA. They've got MAGA all over their house. Trump has this idea, much like, I mean, listen, he's, this isn't only a Trump thing. Announcing that a company is going to build a factory is the only thing that matters. If they ever build it is irrelevant. And similarly, announcing that two countries have agreed to stop fighting and then announcing that one has broken the agreement without establishing whether there is an agreement and what violations took place is a whole other world for Donald Trump. And notice who Trump goes after here.

He goes after Ukraine. He goes after the country that was invaded by Russia. He goes after the country that is fighting a defensive war. Now, you can be fighting a defensive war and do things that are wrong. Of course, you're not automatically right about everything because you're the one who was invaded rather than the one doing the invading. But it does mean we should ask for some evidence. Take a listen. You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides say they have not agreed to that. Well, they agreed. You know why? Because I said you agree. That's why. They agreed because I said they agreed. And that thing has to get settled. That war is a disease.

Little Donnie, why won't you eat your carrots? Because I said so. I said you agree. That's the explanation. And the reporter is saying to Trump, neither of the parties involved agreed. And Trump's answers, I told them they agree. The legendary dealmaker Trump, who has spent years telling us nobody negotiates like him. Nobody understands deals like him. Nobody can bring world leaders together like him. And the secret technique is I told them they agree. Something very interesting just happened with one of Donald Trump's promises about sending everybody five grand if Republicans win. And someone is raising doubts about that's actually whether that's actually going to happen.

And it is not a Democrat who is doing it. It's not someone on MS now. It is not a Trump critic. Trump's own deputy White House press secretary, Taylor Rogers, was asked about those payments on Fox on not on Fox News on news on news max and she I am interpreting her as saying it's never going to happen now she says it a little bit differently take a listen to how she says it so the president is always looking for ways to put money back in the pockets of americans wallets and um you know we'll see if if that's a promise he delivers on hopefully in november we'll see if that's a promise he

delivers on hopefully in November hmm in a other words, it's never going to happen. You are the deputy White House press secretary. And your job is to communicate the administration's plans and explain what is Trump doing? And when somebody goes, what about the $5,000 checks? You go, well, we'll see if that's something he delivers on. Joe Rogan is now openly acknowledging some of the things Trump promised in 2024 during the campaign aren't happening. They weren't true. And what's interesting about this is Rogan was one of the most influential single people who helped Trump win that election. Rogan interviewed Trump just before the election for three hours, gave him access to a huge audience, and then said,

I do endorse, I'm voting for Trump. And now Rogan's looking around and realizing, damn, all that stuff I was promised we didn't get. Take a listen to this first clip. What Trump stood for, some of it turned out to not be real. Like one of them was the no wars. Well, look, we're at a war with Iran. So that wasn't real. The other thing was closing the border. That is real. But then with that, then you have the, you know, Tim Dillon had a great description of ice.

He said former backyard carnival wrestlers who took like a seven-week course. It's nuts to just get someone a $50,000 signing bonus. You train them for seven weeks and then give them guns and you have a militarized force running through the fucking city street. It's a pretty remarkable analysis. I mean, he's like, he's basically right.

And he's bringing up a lot of these different issues of how ICE is operating and pointing out this is, this is completely foobar. Reporter approaches a man at the Trump rally, asks a simple question. Why are you here? And the guy, the guy mentions Biden. Listen to this. So what brings you out here to support Trump today? Because I don't like Biden or the Democrats. I don't like Biden and the Democrats.

Democrats, that's a newer name that Trump has stuck really well. That's nice than what I normally call him. I usually call him dumbass crats. Really clever guy. I don't like Biden. You're at a rally before a midterm in which neither Biden nor Trump are on the ballot because you don't like Biden. Now, maybe if we sat down with this guy over a beer, he would have a, a,

more elaborate explanation that simply didn't make it into this clip. I don't know. We don't know. But what a remarkable answer to give at a Trump rally in October of 2026. Joe Biden has been out of office for almost two years. That'll wrap up our best of the week to make sure you get all of our content, including the bonus show and the commercial free episodes. Go to join pacman.com and sign up today. Thank you for listening. grocery delivery with PC Express Pass. Shop online and get the same low No Frills prices delivered. Get your first year of PC Express Pass for just $2.50 a month.

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