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The Daily Beast Podcast

How Trump Aides Mock Him Behind His Back: Wolff

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

4.67.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to reveal how White House insiders are now dubbing the East Wing the “Epstein Ballroom.” From the persistent shadow of Jeffrey Epstein over Trump and Prince Andrew’s dramatic fall from royal privilege, to the explosive crypto pardons benefiting the Trump family, Wolff’s latest thorns to burrow into Trump’s side. They discuss Rupert Murdoch’s role, the birthday letter that exposed Trump’s connections, and the intricate web of influence stretching from Norfolk to Washington. With the latest Trump polls tanking and the government shutdown nearing a record, this episode captures the tangled, high-stakes universe of Trump’s presidency in real time.

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0:00.0

So I said, wait, the Epstein ballroom, that's what you're calling it?

0:07.9

And he was kind of sheepish at that moment.

0:13.0

But then he said, well, you know, it has come up more than a few times.

0:24.4

Michael.

0:25.7

Joanna.

0:26.9

So much to discuss, not least Prince Andrew, which I know we are going to come on and discuss.

0:35.0

So much for our political improvisation today.

0:38.9

But I have a good one.

0:40.2

I can't even hold my tongue here.

0:42.4

So I don't want me to talk over you because now I talk over you rather than you talk

0:46.4

over me.

0:47.3

Go on.

0:48.3

Go on.

0:48.6

So I had this conversation just the other day, the day before yesterday, so with somebody, a White House circle person, a person in the middle of all of this.

1:06.6

And we're just talking, I mean, this is a person I've gotten to know over quite a long period of time.

1:11.2

So we're quite friendly.

1:12.8

And it was just catching up.

1:15.2

And suddenly this person just sort of going over what is what's happening in his world, just to say, Trump world.

1:26.2

And he referred to something called

1:28.9

the Epstein Ballroom.

1:31.7

The Epstein. Without prompting for me.

1:34.3

So I said, wait, the Epstein ballroom.

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