Political Beatdown Full Episode - 1/2/2026

Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas break down Donald Trump’s catastrophic Friday as he desperately shouts out to the world that he’s not sick and falling apart and he rushes to a warehouse to shop for marble and onyx as he threatens war with Iran. All that and more on a new episode of Political Beatdown. Subscribe to Michael Cohen's YouTube channel for daily episodes! https://www.youtube.com/@TheMichaelCohenShow/featured Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalBeatdown Add the Mea Culpa podcast feed: https://linktr.ee/meaculpapod Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.7	Welcome to Political Beatdown.
1:04.8	I'm Ben Myceles, joined by Michael Cohen.
1:07.5	Cohen, let's get into it right away because you've known Donald Trump longer than
1:12.7	really just about anyone. And in your past life, you were there with him behind closed doors
1:19.2	and you got glimpses into what was going on that nobody else got to see on a day-to-day
1:26.3	basis, including, by the way, most of the people,
1:29.8	if not all of the people in this current regime. So there have been lots of reports,
1:36.2	including one recently by Wall Street Journal, about Donald Trump's deteriorating health.
1:41.2	The Wall Street Journal headline is a bit odd. It's like as Donald Trump ages,
1:45.8	he still has defiance. And I think the Wall Street Journal strategy as they cover this and Donald
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