Why Trump’s Appalling 9/11 Lie Is Just The Start | The Daily Beast Podcast
David Rothkopf joins Hugh Dougherty to confront Donald Trump’s latest attempt to make America’s darkest moments all about himself, from his grotesque rewriting of 9/11 to a Republican Party increasingly willing to lie, grovel, and look the other way to keep Trump in power. They take apart Trump’s bizarre “Trump-a-palooza,” the dysfunction and sycophancy consuming the White House, and the powerful forces already positioning themselves for the next chapter of the MAGA movement. Rothkopf connects Trump’s politics to the surging far right across Europe, Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine, and the possibility of another Russian intervention before the midterms. Meanwhile, Mark Carney’s rise as a symbol of resistance to Trump offers a striking glimpse at what American leadership used to look like. As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Rothkopf delivers a sobering warning: the danger isn’t simply Trump himself, but the movement, money, and ideology waiting to carry his legacy forward.
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00:00 – Trump’s Shocking 9/11 Lie
04:36 – Trump Steals Valor From 9/11 First Responders
09:23 – Trump Skips 9/11 to Celebrate Himself
14:10 – Trump-a-palooza, the Failing Republican Convention
18:08 – Melania, Natalie Harp and Trump’s Dysfunctional White House
22:40 – Trump’s Psyche Is Running the World
26:18 – Trump’s Far-Right Successors Are Already Waiting
30:14 – Trump’s Global Right-Wing Movement
34:40 – Putin, Trump and the Next Ukraine Deal
39:31 – Trump’s Campaign of Lies
44:02 – Trump Doesn’t Understand Trade
48:09 – The True Human Cost of 9/11
52:22 – The Lessons Trump and Bush Forgot
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📖 Title: Why Trump’s Appalling 9/11 Lie Is Just The Start
👂 Podcast: The Daily Beast Podcast
📺 Episode: 765
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: September 9, 2026
👨💼 Guest: David Rothkopf
🎙️ Host: Hugh Dougherty
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@TheDailyBeast
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
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@sylviasheilas8481
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Do you think republicans watch this?
@Mazakeen222
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
And everybody that still supports trump and elon after all that, can answer the question for themself, what they would have done in Germany 1933.
@Michael-w6k4c
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I agree with everything David says about Trump. However, I really think we need to look internally at ourselves and our country as a whole. Trump did not appear out of thin air. He is a product of Americans society and as such, we all share part of the blame for his rise to power. Something is seriously wrong with the American psyche. Trump is just one problem- endemic violence, low education standards, structural racism, structural debt that is destroying the currency etc. etc.
@WilliamKienzle-k1z
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
There is nothing about which Trump will not lie!
@quickstart-M51
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
At (41:38) David mentions Canadian geese. The proper name is Canada geese.
@merrihalma
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
David summed up the lessons from Trump & Bush in a meaningful way. 9/11 was a tragic loss for this country. I joined in the mourning the way I could. I remember after I watched the tradgey, taking my pre-schooler to his school, I went to a fast food joint to write (I'm a self-published author), to try to avoid the news. I objected to Bush's response to the terrorism. But I wanted to embrace those who lost loved ones. That was hard to do in Idaho. Recently, I've met a woman who had family who were there that day. I hoped her family survived. I think they did. She said it took a while to get a response to her. She had to go to work despite her concern for her family in New York. That would so difficult.
We need a president who has empathy and cares about others. And one who has the big picture in mind. We need someone like the Canadians prime minister.
@37BopCity
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Trump is actually the 911 of American democracy. When he decided to run for President, it was just like Bin Laden and the hijackers planning their deadly mission using aircraft. Trump's attack plan on America was to use himself just like those planes, supported by all the stupid people in America who are so easily lied to and will believe anything Trump tells them. Trump has hit the US Constitution, the US government, the US Supreme Court, the US Military, the US election system, and the US economy just like Bin Laden hitting the Twin Towers. Both had the same mission — Bring America down, and hurt it as much as possible. Trump wants to go even further and rebuild America in his own image just like his political idol and role model, Adolf Hitler, rebuilt Germany. Believe it.
@alessandraangeleri9299
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Talking of far right parties in European countries, I like to point out that in Italy we now have a new political movement called Futuro Nazionale, which is further right of Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia and whose leader is a retired army general, Roberto Vannacci. It aimes, among other delirious objectives, at remigration of all immigrants, be they legally or illegally in the country, and at the institution of a "mediterranean patriarchy", where women are subject to responsible men who "protect" them from the violence of other men! And the polls put Futuro Nazionale at 7-8%!!
@JudithCorso-p5r2o
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Michael likes accents
@pomme800
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Like a toddler dressing up as a superhero…but still and always a cowardly piece of sh*t. A President that corrupt, that mentally sick, A fascist , a racist with no respect for the law, expulsing American citizens violently, embezzling funds and you can‘t vote him out.???…definitely something wrong with your political system . What a sham of a democracy!
@angooredcow157
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Dying to hear about The Big Beautiful Obituary!
@sfite4good
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Don Old has no shame !!!! He is a coward who lied and cheated to avoid the draft and everyone knows this guy would never physically help in any disastor !!! The guy has never done a lick of real work in his life !!!! He is also completely uncharitable and devoid of empathy !!!!!
@jiartwork5880
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I can not beleive trump is now buying votes 5000 bucks thats nuts, if you have kids your kids will be paying that off when they are your age he could pay me enough to vote for him and he says he will gave you 5000 but then he not helpped you with cost of living giving you money will only stuff you the USA even more !!!!! do not vote for him he started a war hes rob you all blind come on wake up he knows he in trouble with mid trems so he buying votes
@JaneGagle-h2c
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
David’s personal remembrance of 9/11 really struck me. Brilliant analysis of its effects on our country and the world.
@katjapopken8855
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
David always getting to the point, it's a pleasure to listen to him.😊 even though the topic is serious. Thanks
@dummyemail8179
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Love Davids perspective on all of this
@TCSC47
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
There has been some speculation that Natalie and Trump have got up to some sort of sexual liaison . I think the $45,000 gift to Natalie proves this is a scurrilous suggestion and proves that notion wrong. He gave Stormy Daniels £130,000. That's what get for sex.
@christinestewart2504
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Trump continues to hit new LOWS… unbelievable
@IanStephenson-g1i
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Thank you David and Hugh.🎉🎉🎉
@stealthskilling330
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
The biggest lie was when he said "fellas, I can run myself." Clearly impossible given his medical history of bone spurs