How Trump's Rock-Bottom Will Only Get Worse: Wolff

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In their 100th episode Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles mark the milestone by diving into a presidency they describe as veering into chaos—where a muddled, potentially deepening war meets wildly inconsistent messaging, and figures like Pete Hegseth are pushed out front to sell narratives that don’t match reality. They unpack how Donald Trump’s solo decision-making has led to a costly, open-ended conflict now entangled in the Strait of Hormuz, while back in Washington RFK Jr.’s anti-vax messaging threatens to weigh Republicans down even further. Layered on top: a surreal showdown with the Pope, allies quietly breaking ranks, and Trump fixating on legacy projects as pressure mounts from every direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	He is at the nadir of his presidency.
0:03.0	Everything is going wrong.
0:05.0	His numbers are terrible.
0:07.0	All of his key policies have come back to bite him in the ass.
0:12.0	From tariffs to the cruelty of his immigration policies to the war,
0:18.0	there is nothing going right for him at this point.
0:22.6	The movement against Trump is so strong, so large,
0:28.6	and growing so quickly that it doesn't matter what he does.
0:32.6	He is going to be overwhelmed.
0:39.2	Michael. Michael.
0:40.3	Joanna.
0:41.4	This is our 100th episode.
0:45.2	We've survived the winter and now it's spring.
0:47.9	And now it's spring.
0:49.0	We could thank everybody for helping us get to 100.
0:55.9	But you're not going to.
0:57.4	No, no, I'm thrilled that we're at 100 episodes.
0:59.9	I'm just conscious.
1:00.6	The implication there seems to be we could thank you, but we're not going to.
1:04.3	No, no, I'm just concerned because the world is on fire this morning.
1:07.6	We've got the Pope, we've got Pete Heggs. We've got RFK facing a hearing. Every episode
1:12.8	that we start with, you say the world is on fire. Because it is. It is on fire. Keeps burning.
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