meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Daily Beast Podcast

Lame Duck Trump Can't Deny Epstein Shockers: Wolff

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

News

4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Michael Wolff joins Daily Beast Executive Editor Hugh Dougherty to unpack a new Wall Street Journal report that could spell real trouble for Donald Trump: a 2003 birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alongside a nude sketch. Wolff clarifies Trump's deep and well documented relationship with Jeffrey Epstein—and why MAGA media, led by Bannon and Tucker Carlson, won’t let it go. As Trump scrambles to distract with bizarre stunts and conspiracy bait, even his allies are rattled. This time, Wolff warns, denial might not save him. Wolff, who’s chronicled Trump’s rise in four bestsellers, describes a man entering his “lame duck phase,” besieged by rivals and a serious newly revealed medical condition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Mm, picnic. What does one take to a picnic? Crisps, dips, sausage rolls. No, come on, think outside the box.

0:11.2

Mm, napkins? What are you, the mum? No, something a bit more exciting. Something like, I'll have those red scratch cards, please.

0:23.5

Add some play with National Lottery Scratch Cards.

0:27.2

Search Dream big, play small, rules and procedures apply.

0:29.1

Players must be 18 or over.

0:32.2

He's annoyed that people, his people, are the ones really meeting the drum on this issue. And I think he's a little

0:40.1

afraid. Welcome to the Daily Beast podcast. I'm Hugh Docherty. I'm keeping the chair warm for

0:48.5

Joanna Coles while she enjoys some very well-deserved rest and relaxation. And just to answer some questions that have popped up in the comments,

0:57.0

who is this guy and what's with his accent?

0:59.2

It's horrible, looking at you, Lex Chess, 6453.

1:03.2

I'm the executive editor of The Daily Beast,

1:05.7

and I come to New York by way of Fleet Street,

1:08.5

and originally and proudly, I'm from Scotland.

1:11.3

There's going to be far more interesting things to comment on than my accent today because

1:15.6

we are talking in a time of incredible crisis for Donald Trump, a crisis that has first

1:22.2

of all been caused by the Jeffrey Epstein files and Trump's fracturing relationship with his base.

1:27.3

Just in the last few days,

1:28.5

he has called his MAGA supporters stupid weaklings and accused him of buying into bullshit.

1:34.3

But on top of that, his doctors have admitted that he has a geriatric health condition,

1:39.7

I'll just remind you, his 79, called Chronic Vainous Insufficiency.

1:45.5

So at a time like this, who better to turn to than Michael Wolfe,

1:50.1

the bestselling author of four books on Donald Trump,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Beast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Beast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.