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Inside Trump's Head

I Know Why Trump's War Is in Disarray: Wolff

Inside Trump's Head

The Daily Beast

News, Society & Culture

4.3696 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles discuss Trump’s war with Iran as it unfolds in real time—revealing a commander-in-chief who appears to be running a war the same way he runs a rally: by ad-libbing moment to moment. From the bizarre return of Trump’s old “fire and fury” threat to wildly shifting claims about victory, surrender, and bombing Iran “back into the Stone Age,” Wolff explains why insiders say there is no plan—only improvisation. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth struggles to explain a strategy that may not exist, Republicans panic over rising gas prices ahead of the midterms, and Trump himself seems thrilled by the spectacle of it all. As the rhetoric escalates and the goals of the war remain undefined, Wolff and Coles expose the chaos, contradictions, and political risks behind a conflict that could end tomorrow—or spiral somewhere no one in Washington can predict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What does fire and fury mean?

0:01.8

For the North Koreans, obviously it meant nothing.

0:04.8

And I suppose in this instance, it means more because he is dropping a lot of bombs.

0:11.4

But nevertheless, to what point and to what effect we don't know.

0:16.9

It's the cliffhanger.

0:17.9

And that also becomes something in his own mind as a point of pride.

0:25.1

No one knows what I'm going to do next.

0:27.2

So everyone is afraid of me.

0:29.2

So that gives me maximum leverage.

0:31.6

Having no plan becomes the plan.

0:38.3

Michael. How are you?

0:41.3

Joanna.

0:42.3

Okay, so you have to explain why you have a different backdrop?

0:46.3

Because I'm in a different place. I'm in London.

0:51.3

And I'm very curious to get the point of view from London.

0:57.2

But first, should we just...

0:59.0

And I see I'm using natural light, so I see the shadows are now crossing my face.

1:03.8

Yeah, the shadows are crossing your face, giving you an altogether otherworldly look, which you always have.

1:09.4

But it's slightly more sinister today.

1:12.5

Yeah, no.

1:13.1

It's...

1:13.7

On our thrice weekly trip inside Trump's head, what is going on with this sort of rolling

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