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The economic collapse that is dragging Trump

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December 16, 2025

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December 16, 2025

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Summary

-- On the Show

-- Donald Trump highlights November job gains while burying October losses as unemployment rises to its highest level in more than four years

-- Donald Trump prepares to remove FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino after their leadership failures create political embarrassment

-- Donald Trump mocks filmmaker Rob Reiner after his violent death by blaming criticism of Trump rather than behaving like a president

-- Donald Trump defends his remarks about Rob Reiner, shifts blame for mass violence, and contradicts himself on policy

-- Republican officials publicly rebuke Donald Trump for mocking Rob Reiner, signaling a weakening hold over his own party

-- Donald Trump faces demands to disclose medical and financial records after suing the Pulitzer Prize Board and triggering legal discovery

-- Trump advisers reveal basic economic ignorance as Kevin Hassett struggles to explain why 25 percent GDP growth is impossible

-- Dr. Mike dismantles Daniel Amen's brain scan claims by explaining why SPECT imaging cannot diagnose cognition or justify supplement sales

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump declares fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, Trump sues the BBC for $10 billion over an edited January 6 speech, Erika Kirk meets with Candace Owens amid conspiracy claims, and much more...

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(00:00) Start (01:47) Trump job numbers spin (09:24) FBI leadership shakeup (19:03) Trump mocks Rob Reiner (26:51) Trump defends Reiner remarks (34:27) Republicans rebuke Trump (39:53) Trump records disclosure pressure (46:23) Advisers expose economic ignorance (53:23) Dr. Mike debunks brain scans

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11/24/25: MAGA civil war explodes as economic cracks widen

11/25/25: Job losses crack as Trump needs 2 more weeks on healthcare

11/26/25: Leaked call exposes Trump as approval craters, Republicans raise alarm

12/1/25: War crimes begin as demands for Trump's MRI explode

12/2/25: Panic in Tennessee election as Trump spends night posting

12/3/25: GOP failure in TN as Trump sleeps through the whole thing

12/4/25: Another jobs fiasco as 2028 secret plan exposed

12/5/25: Presidency coming apart as economy becomes a nightmare

12/8/25: Pipe bomber, pardons, and a President in decline

12/9/25: Data blackout as MAGA civil war explodes

12/10/25: Trump melts down as Dems win big

12/11/25: Tanker seized by antiwar president as jobs problem grows

12/12/25: Crowds vanishing and prices rising as Trump has terrible week

12/15/25: A dark weekend as reality collides with denial

The economic collapse that is dragging Trump

Trump confidant caught spilling the beans

Trump throws away his presidency and MAGAs cheer

Is Trump's $1776 a bonus or a bribe?

Trump burying the Epstein files with pathetic redactions

Epstein files detonate as damage control launches

Epstein docs accuse Trump as economy in holding pattern

They're quickly losing control of their own lies

Ukraine Russia talks go wrong as Trump decline unavoidable

Another war is starting and Trump's confused about it

Desperation peaks as 2026 isn't looking so good

2026 is already insane

A blockbuster shakeup to the world order

And now the scamming of Americans begins

Trump seizes Russian tanker as impeachment calls grow

ICE murder terrifies country as Trump defends, Natl Guard prepared

Summary