I Know Trump’s Favorite Dem Is 'Unfit' for Office

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🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Steve Schmidt returns to the Daily Beast Podcast with a blistering warning about Donald Trump’s unraveling grip on power, the Republican Party’s “Shakespearean” collapse into cowardice, and why he believes MAGA is heading toward a political wipeout. In a conversation that ricochets from the Epstein files to the future of American democracy, Schmidt tears into GOP leaders he says have “lashed themselves to the mast,” predicts a brutal reckoning in 2028, and unleashes a stunning critique of John Fetterman, calling the Pennsylvania senator unfit for office after his stroke and accusing Fox News of psychologically manipulating him in public. Schmidt also paints a deeply alarming picture of America’s standing abroad, arguing the U.S. is already losing a hidden war with Iran while Trump drifts toward another dangerous foreign adventure in Cuba, all as gas prices soar and public frustration boils over. Schmidt then turns his fire on Jeff Bezos and the billionaire class he says chose submission over resistance, framing this political era not just as a fight over power, but as a historic test of national character that future generations will study with disbelief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.0	I think he's on fifth for office.
0:26.6	John Fetterman had an incapacitating stroke.
0:30.7	And John Fetterman has obviously not recovered from that strip.
0:35.8	We see how adult he is in the simplicity of the response and the
0:44.0	engagements with his staff on questions, for example, about the murder of Regn, Renee Good, and Alex Preddy.
0:55.0	Almost the childlike, teenage-like sophistry.
1:00.0	The degree to which this man is publicly manipulated by Fox News.
1:05.0	You read all of the things that come out of Federman's mouth.
1:09.0	He's a very childlike view of the things that come out of Fetterman's mouth, the very childlike view of the world.
1:14.8	I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast. And today we are covering John Fetterman.
1:21.2	Is he actually fit for office? You'd be surprised what our guest on today's podcast thinks we cover Iran. What's
1:30.9	happened to the Strait of Hymuz, Jeff Bezos. What is he going to be actually remembered for?
1:37.0	Similarly, Marco Rubio and how are the plans going to celebrate Trump's 80th birthday?
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