Crisis After Crisis: Trump in 2026
The Mary Trump Podcast
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Mary Trump joins Norm Ornstein on DSR’s “Word’s Matter” with David Rothkopf. They discuss the significance of Donald Trump’s spiraling presidency as scandals mount and failures pile up. Critics say his regime is unraveling—raising urgent questions about the future of democracy.
David Rothkopf is an American foreign policy, national security and political affairs analyst and commentator. He is the founder and CEO of TRG Media and The Rothkopf Group, a columnist for The Daily Beast and a former member of the USA Today Board of Contributors.
He is the author of ten books including Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear, and most recently, Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump. He is also the podcast host of Deep State Radio.
Norman Jay Ornstein is an American political scientist and an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C. conservative think tank.
He is the co-author, with Thomas E. Mann, of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.
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| 0:00.0 | I think 2026 has been the worst year of Donald Trump's president sees by a lot. |
| 0:11.4 | Every single day he tries to do something and every single day it blows up in his face. |
| 0:26.5 | Welcome to the Mary Trump podcast. Let's dive it. |
| 0:35.2 | I got a chance to join my friends David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein over at their podcast, Words Matter. |
| 0:41.8 | We covered everything that's going on currently in the Middle East, America and Israel's War of Choice Against Iran, and where it's all going to lead. |
| 0:46.2 | Luckily, these two are hysterical, so it is not all grim, but a lot of it is. |
| 0:52.4 | Anyway, it was a fascinating conversation. Check it up. |
| 0:57.2 | Hello, and welcome to DSR's Words Matter. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined this weekend every week |
| 1:02.5 | by our friend, mentor, Leading Light, Norm, Ornstein. How are you doing, Norm? |
| 1:11.1 | About as well as usual, although... |
| 1:14.1 | I'm sorry. |
| 1:14.8 | I'm sorry to hear that. |
| 1:16.3 | Well, as we were saying a little bit ago, we're all mourning the departure of Christy |
| 1:22.7 | Gnome. |
| 1:23.9 | Well, let's get to... |
| 1:24.9 | I don't want to leave our guest out of this, so please allow me to introduce |
| 1:29.3 | our guest and our friend, Mary Trump, who is the Empress and CEO of Mary Trump Global |
| 1:37.6 | Worldwide Media, noted author, and Bon Vivant. How are you doing today, Mary? |
| 1:48.1 | Empress and Bon Vivant. How could I not be doing well despite the tragedy, the tragic |
| 1:55.4 | news about Christy Nob? Yeah, well, the tragic news. For those of you who have not heard, |
| 2:00.6 | and I'm sure that's zero among our readers, |
| 2:03.8 | Christy Nome was apparently let go from her job as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. |
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