This Is How Idiot Trump Is Being Played by China | Inside Trump’s Head
Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles take a closer look at Donald Trump’s encounter with Xi Jinping and what China may have learned from a president they see as unusually susceptible to flattery, especially when it comes to the delicate question of Taiwan. They also dissect Melania Trump’s new women’s network, the growing role of billionaires around the White House, and the extraordinary rise of Kimberly Guilfoyle from Fox News to ambassador to Greece, including the business and personal relationships now surrounding her diplomatic role. Then, the conversation turns to Trump’s escalating fight with the press and the uncertain future of CNN as its ownership changes hands, before Wolff and Coles weigh in on the memoirs of Bob Chapek and Ari Emanuel and what they reveal about a rapidly changing media and entertainment industry.
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00:00 – How Xi Is Playing Trump
08:00 – The China Visit And Trump’s Showmanship
12:30 – Trump’s Lack Of Preparation
17:00 – China’s Taiwan Strategy
24:00 – Trump, Melania And The State Dinner
28:30 – Tech Billionaires At Trump’s White House
34:00 – Melania’s Elusive Female Network
39:00 – Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise To Power
44:30 – Guilfoyle’s Diplomatic Controversies
49:00 – CNN’s Ongoing Fight With Trump
53:30 – What Happens To CNN Under New Ownership
58:00 – Bob Chapek And Hollywood’s CEO Culture
1:03:00 – Ari Emanuel’s Hollywood Empire
1:08:00 – Fire And Fury’s Movie Future
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📖 Title: This Is How Idiot Trump Is Being Played by China
👂 Podcast: Inside Trump’s Head
📺 Episode: 170
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: September 26, 2026
🎙️ Hosts: Joanna Coles, Michael Wolff
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@samanthabrantley9465
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
I love that Michael is also wearing black and white.
@jimbyrne1844
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
As brilliant as this podcast is, nothing… absolutely nothing beats Michael making Joanna crack up and the sound of her hooting with delight!
@clairemarymcnaughton5214
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Dramatizations of all of Michael Wolff's books on Trump would be absolutely fantastic.
@Tom_S_Paine
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
A tech bro goes to the WH to make sure another bro doesn’t get the government contract he has promised his board he will get them.
@andreasiben8507
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
I’m in Europe I’m so hooked and I spread the word everywhere… Your Saturday conversation was over the top. Bravo, bravo, warmest, Andrea Siben.your daggers out, in the most brilliant of commentary!
@Tom_S_Paine
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Taiwan ran off with China’s gold, jewels, art, heritage. China won’t be bombing them for fear of destroying ancient artifacts. Taiwan may have all this stuff waiting in warehouses to blow it up in case China attacks them. China is in a quandary. I think a lot of it is in western private homes. But China knows where it all is.
Perhaps they are waiting for a more forgetful, less nationalist generation of Taiwanese to rise to power, and then they offer them power and wealth in the mainland, in exchange for a new museum for the loot.
@dianebellora1993
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
I do not understand Joann'a appreciation/obession with Melania.
@Vic-n3h9h
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
The thing is they're allowing him to continue though he is obviously insane.
@alextgt1184
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Joanna, I love the Melania bow! Very chic, but too small. It needs to slap the side of your head when you move.
@pegdusza1111
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
45 won’t be around to set up a counter WH.
@BernieMcGrath-p7m
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Imperia is probably just another Trump grift.
@mikaelswede2
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
If U.S. is so focused on not letting China bypass U.S. as a world power
Why alienate its allies???
@AnnaYvette
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Joanna, why don’t you push back when Michael says he “actually likes Steve Bannon” ????? Michael LIKES Steve Bannon? As if Steve Bannon isn’t responsible for so many awful things happening in this country???
@PaulW-r8r
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
😂 “It’s all about nuances (Taiwan)” – oh dear, nuance isn’t really Trump’s thing.
@royfitz-u9g
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
I have been struggling to think who Kimberley G reminds me of for quite sometime and today it came to me, my daughter has a Jack Skelington cup. Now if there was no handle and it had hair I think it might be it. I think it's the shape of the head/face. I think she might be proof that Trump has actually told the truth once. He said he had to get her away from his son so he made her ambassador to Greece. In normal times that would have been seen as a provocative act by a foreign government. I feel sorry for Greece bearing in mind she has made enough mistakes and faux pas for the Orange Turd to feel justified.
@dannyarias6024
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Johanna looking stunning!
@jimimarlatt7086
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Joanna looks lovely as usual, in spite of the bow! At least it is not as ridiculously giant as that of Melania! 👏👍😃🥰♥️
@cecilia7259
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
I enjoyed this podcast
@jilldaltonnyc7545
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Trump is a Russian asset.
@zeddy_me
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Is Trump a leader or a piece of putty? Should the President of the United States be a leader or a piece of putty?
@IainMartin-s3g
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Everything DJT does benefits Putin, so why do Americans enable this, America has been defeated by a single person. Why is one person allowed to decide this? If this is possible then AI will be able to reduce humanity to bugs. Welcome to a new species, Homo Stupidensis. Great show you and Michael deliver.
@aminaadamu9342
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
For KG the best was certainly yet to come. The best grift was yet to come. Heaven help us all.
@macphotophile
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
One of my favorite journalists has been taken hostage by a large white bow. 🥲
@AgadorSpartacus100
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Guillfoyle is a total nutter.
She would be sectioned and locked up in the uk.
@MarneyII
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Joanna THE BOW!
@jimimarlatt7086
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Is Michael implying that Kimberly was flying commando?! 🤔😳😲🫣🤨😂
@arvidbeuchert4012
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
trumpf rival or post acting president after term ? he s been there done that last break.running so called shadow president from mara lardo.
@notreallydavid
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
'excerPPPt' – ouch!
@rubechenique
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Hello from Mexico
@stuartsherwood2904
September 27, 2026 at 3:18 pm
I see it now. Trump, like a boxer who stages and promotes his own fights, is absolutely dependent on the press because they are the only people who are willing to get in the ring with him. It’s all theatre and sport. And as for the CNN ban, there’s a dimension of the spurned admirer. Collins isn’t interested and he’s breaking the furniture.