I Know Who's Really Influencing Trump's War: Wolff

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

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Go to https://zbiotics.com/BEAST and use BEAST at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics #ad Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles break down the chaos surrounding Trump’s war with Iran, a conflict where even top officials, allies, and the media seem unable to explain what the strategy actually is. They unpack Trump’s obsession with “winning,” the backlash building inside MAGA world, and why rising gas prices could quickly turn the political tide at home. Wolff argues the real key to understanding Trump may not be in the Pentagon or the intelligence briefings—but inside the mind of Jared Kushner, the one person he believes truly understands Trump’s thinking and the potential Gulf money and postwar deals at stake. They also dive into the uneasy body language of figures like Marco Rubio and JD Vance, the confusion among world leaders, and the political stakes back home—from the Texas Senate battle to a stunning Kristi Noem hearing that may have been the final straw for Trump to fire her as DHS Secretary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's not a paragraph, a briefing paragraph that could describe his strategy or his goals.
0:08.0	And he has consulted with nobody. Nobody knows what is going on. I think Jared Kushner knows what's going on.
0:15.0	I think he is probably the only person Trump listens to because he has a credibility derived from having gotten
0:27.0	$2 billion out of the Persian Gulf. In any way when you look at what Trump does, why he does
0:34.7	what he does, it is always smart to look at what he can get out of it. What is the personal
0:41.8	advantage to Donald Trump? Michael.
0:49.1	Joanna. Michael, I can't take it anymore. I really can't take it anymore. It is pouring with rain here.
0:55.9	It has been the longest winter in living memory in New York.
1:00.8	Every damn day, there's snow or rain or ice.
1:04.7	The sun seems to have disappeared.
1:07.4	We're at war.
1:09.8	I hear on social media that it's going to be an early spring, however.
1:14.2	Oh, please God.
1:15.4	I just need something.
1:17.6	If you trust social media, which clearly we should not.
1:22.2	Is it AI slop saying it's going to be an early spring?
1:25.5	I don't know who it is.
1:27.2	It's like last night and this morning everything bad came together.
1:32.4	The Knicks lose.
1:33.4	We're at war pouring with rain, which is terrible for the hair.
1:38.1	And I've had lots of comments about my hair recently saying that it's in my eyes, which
1:42.1	it is.
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