This Is Why the World is Humiliating Trump: Wolff | Inside Trump’s Head
Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles examine why Donald Trump may have stumbled into a new political reality as European leaders stop trying to placate him and begin pushing back instead. They unpack JD Vance’s increasingly complicated role in the White House, whether he’s positioning himself as Trump’s heir or setting himself up to take the blame, and what his new book reveals about ambition, faith, and political reinvention. They also break down Trump’s latest clash with Giorgia Meloni, the arrival of the lavish Qatari jet, the strange psychology behind Trump’s obsession with status, and why even something as trivial as a chair at the G7 becomes a window into his mindset. Plus, they explore what Trump’s reaction to the Obama Library opening says about the rival world he still can’t escape, and why vulgarity—not ideology—may be the key to understanding his enduring appeal.
00:00 – Europe Starts Standing Up To Trump
05:05 – JD Vance’s Iran Gamble And Trump’s Blame Game
10:02 – Giorgia Meloni Breaks With Trump
15:02 – G7 Awkward Moments And Trump’s Need For Status
20:25 – Pete Hegseth’s Vaccine Politics
25:01 – JD Vance’s New Book And Political Reinvention
30:04 – Why Trump’s Voters Ignore His Scandals
35:06 – Trump’s Taste, Gold Décor, And Anti-Elite Appeal
39:57 – Obama Library Envy And Trump’s Outsider Mindset
44:27 – Trump’s Michelle Obama Obsession Explained
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📖 Title: This Is Why the World is Humiliating Trump: Wolff
👂 Podcast: Inside Trump’s Head
📺 Episode: 128
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: June 20, 2026
🎙️ Hosts: Joanna Coles, Michael Wolff
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@KaroKaffe
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
the flu vaccine doesn't prevent you from getting the flu, but it makes the symptoms much easier and the mortality is lower.
Michael, i expected better from you
@kennethharris2215
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Some of these episode titles are a tad oversold; i.e. “Trump and Melanie’s Bedroom Secret’s” turns out to be Trump is a pig and has bathroom carpeted.
@johncennamo9084
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Whew. More tediously snobbish and petty than usual
@ilovecatvideos1851
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
MICHAEL it is best not to minimize that flu outbreak!!About the flu: Flu season is OVER. There are almost NO cases of flu in the community. The fact that there is a localized outbreak of this size is EXTREMELY significant and underlines the importance of vaccination of people in close quarters like in the military. It affects readiness and one person has died. Like Covid influenza can affect the heart muscle…and those muscle aches are the viral invasion of skeletal muscle. Rest is necessary during the phase of fever to 104 and muscle aches.
Antiviral medications are helpful but not miraculous. They do not prevent contagiousness or complications like brain inflammation, etc and bacterial infections.
They have reinstated the vaccine mandate—vaccines MARKEDLY decrease the severity of illness and prevent hospitalization.
@BRIDGETBANNON-v6n
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
"Your body, your faith and your convictions are non negotiable" unless any of those are not in alignment with Trump view of the world.
@patmeyer7862
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Seems like they are handling the flu as something to dismiss! My husband had very close friends who are younger than than Michel who died from the flu!
@Beth-y2n
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Thank you, Joanna for being so pleasant and happy
@pj1471
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
UK politics is not Michael’s strong suit. Starmer is in trouble for his decision making on UK matters not on Trump. He is really upset about having to go to France even though he is not there yet. Hopefully his mood is better after it is over.
@JaneWest-x4t
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
I care, and I think most people who don’t care are ignorant of what is going on. My daughter, for instance, simply doesn’t have time to keep up with the news, other than the basics.
@cfordphd
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Michael, you are so right about Wolffer wine. Overpriced and mediocre.
@bennybaker4926
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
In the military one wears the uniform of the day. one ties one tie a dertain way. One wears one's cover a certain way. One gets inocculated for diseases one could get overseas. It's the damned military, folks. One doesn't have the same latitudes as a civilian for crying out loud.
@VikingDrummerRob
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Didn't trans people in the army get fired because "they purposfully neglected to keep themselves combat ready", when the trump administration was asked about current soldiers going through hormonal treatment? Not taking a flu-vaccine and being out of commission because of said flu would class as a similar action then no? Fire them as well.
@KEGovernance
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Joanna, Ditch the seminar and get thee to HellFest in
Clisson this weekend!
@kostilyenko6228
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
"Tosca isn't for everybody"…
@Fuzz-b3j
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Chicago O'Hare is indeed one of the worst airports in the world, I have never had a flight depart from there on time.
@PatriciaRooney-d9t
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
My thinking about Vance is that he received poor Spiritual guidance…he does not speak or act like a fully formed or informed Catholic.
@assplundah
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
“Merikkka” has no idea how much damage this regime has done to its legitimacy amongst the rest of us in the world! We will NEVER forget nor forgive this!!
@markbrainard5250
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Roughly 30% of any country is narcissistic and uneducated by reason of the condition. It’s just, other countries know this and don’t elect one of them president!
@boitobenborbatocch
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Michael Wolff: Platner bad, Epstein ok!
@have-a-think
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
"It's a prop." 👏👏👏
@have-a-think
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Yes, the architecture of the Obama Library is reminiscent of those crops of tall, concrete apartment buildings that still intrude into the landscape former Soviet countries.
@Pmoraesgarcia
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Please consider Brasilian president LULA, who is clearly confronting the insane psycho Donald – who is trying to PROTECT thr criminal Bolsonaros, rascals financed by the international drug Mafia. But Trump, thre STUPIDEST creature EVER BORN, is easily fooled – or pretends to be.
@ursulablythe1464
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Michael can be so miserable towards Joanna. He tries to get the dig in towards Joanna. Michael thinks he’s 100% right! Hence his egotistic approach to everything, especially as he thinks he’s better than Joanna, which he’s not! 🙄
@suziehuening2359
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Why is Michael always so grumpy?
@WilliamBurnett-s3r
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
That plane with all those bathrooms….. They will be useful with all the sh!t flying around in it!!
@nikihartney5257
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Michael I liked it that you kinda warmed up in the end. I like you, even if you grate others…😂🇬🇧.
Great podcast 👏
@goneg8or
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
I saw Hillbilly Elegy for sale online for $1.62. Is that too much? Should I wait for the price to drop?
@katmurphy6634
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
So I wonder, did Vance actually help his family? Or leave them in poverty?
@ursulablythe1464
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Everyone knows Trump is MAD 🙄
@TheReasonableSkeptic-ii4te
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
My county converted its public hockey rink into a temporary morgue to store deceased covid patients. Quite a few.
@markbrainard5250
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
When you’re under contract with the government, as is a service member, your health belongs to them. At least that’s what they told me when I was in, in the seventies!
@genieford2047
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Michael, your contrariness is leaking out. These soldiers live in very close quarters with each other. They have much more opportunity to share germs
@carrow1057
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Transparent in his perfidy? He denied he slept with Stormy, he lied about every single rape and sexual assault, he refused, lied about releasing his taxes, he his lying and hiding the Epstein Files. Michael you are not at all correct here.
@jaccexx7565
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
US is global laughinh stock under Trump. He will be all alone sooner than later
@RikRok-y6w
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Love Joanna but I'm tired of listening to Micheal interrupt you mid sentence and his snob attitude. Time to move on Micheal.
@djsdebdjs
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Johanna pronounces “slavish” correctly. The back and forth starting at 13:51 was interesting.
@carrow1057
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
You are missing the key thing with JD Vance. He is a Thiel plant. And we cant ignore the secret society of Thiel that surfaced this week Dialog.
@have-a-think
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
I believe that trump hates JD Vance at this point, fueled by this thought in trump's head: How dare Vance write more books than I?
@markspence3750
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
I think the song Michael is thinking of is "I'll be working my way back to you babe." LOL
@angelofinaldi5918
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Being Neapolitan……in ..1956…we had a very popular song titled " tu vuo fa l ' Americano'
* you wished you were american
It sang ..the USA "..s…wonders
2026…..i should be doing a hip hop..version ..same title..
And Signore Wolf can co write the lyrical content
With Signora Meloni .
@nigelpatrickwinfield4859
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Joanna you mentioned Fran Leibowitz; you should have her as a guest. She's always good value and has the best opinions on Trump.
@have-a-think
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Is Hegseth in rehab?
@rickfrye6869
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Flu is not ‘normal’ if a large group of healthy people have had flu vaccines yearly!!!
Micheal I love you but you are NOT always correct 🙃☺️🙃 Julie
@aural_angst
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
50:00 – JD wrote the book to advertise himself for 2028, without raising the ire of Trump. He yelled at Zelensky for being ungrateful. Never forget.
@NatRew-d2c
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Its so interesting so many Euro politicians think they can handle Trump despite all the previous failures.
@Mac16111
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
It is not not not an explanation to say that this or that is just the way he is. All behavior, all meandering and free association are meaningful.
@markbrainard5250
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
If every relationship of Trump is equivocal what does that say about his long-term relationship with Epstein?
@drSamovar
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
WHY WOULD YOU HESITATE TO DIS GRAHAM PLATNER???…….HE HAS 100 TIMES MORE INTEGRITY THAN YOUR BLOATED OVER-POSTURED WANKER CANKER!!!!…..AND I L I K E YOU, BUT DAMN, DUDE……STEP UP!!!
@david-ow3nv
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Stop with the Cans BS & get on with the POTUS Trump clown.