Spineless GOP Are Finally Turning Against Trump

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🗓️ 7 June 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles dissect the growing backlash against Donald Trump's inner circle, from Stephen Miller's escalating deportation agenda to the stunning appointment of Bill Pulte to oversee America's intelligence apparatus. They explore why Republican senators are suddenly questioning the loyalty-first culture that has defined Trump's administration, examine the political fallout from Todd Blanche's rise at the Justice Department, and reveal why even some of Trump's allies are struggling to defend his latest moves. The conversation then shifts overseas as Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump face protests in Albania over their luxury island development, before turning to the Democratic Party's identity crisis through the controversy surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner and the rise of unconventional political figures. Along the way, Wolff and Coles debate war, authenticity in politics, Kamala Harris's failed campaign, and why the conflict in Ukraine may ultimately overshadow Trump's place in history. Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/DAILYBEAST to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Almost each and every one of the senior Trump appointments, almost everybody in the, in the Senate,
0:08.8	especially Republican senators, has had to reevaluate the votes that they had to reluctantly take
0:19.3	responsibility for putting these lackeys incompetence and completely unfit
0:25.9	people in the jobs.
0:27.3	And this has become a separate political issue for Trump.
0:31.4	Among the central issues facing the Trump White House, the economy, the war, health care is this new issue of lackeys and
0:42.4	incompetence that surround him.
0:48.2	Michael.
0:49.5	Joanna.
0:51.0	Michael, you've got army fatigues on.
0:53.2	I feel like you're about to go down and take up arms in
0:56.4	Cuba. You know, when I just saw myself, I thought, oh my God, I look like a New York Times
1:03.1	reporter or a 60 Minutes reporter getting ready to go into a war zone. The last thing I want to
1:09.2	look like. But here I am.
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1:57.3	that's going on within CBS, that these people, that the people who now run CBS have chosen to basically throw that out.
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