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This Is Why the World is Humiliating Trump: Wolff | Inside Trump’s Head

The Daily Beast | June 21, 2026



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

#trump #news #podcast

📖 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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This post currently has 49 comments.

  1. @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

  2. @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.

  3. @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.

  4. @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.

  5. @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.

  6. @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.

  7. @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!!

  8. @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.

  9. @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.

  10. @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! 🙄

  11. @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.

  12. @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 .

  13. @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!!!

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