The Melania Comparison Trump Won’t Like: Wolff

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles dive headfirst into the chaos consuming Donald Trump’s world—from the unraveling Iran conflict and Trump’s desperate declarations of “victory” to the political panic spreading from Washington to Westminster. Wolff compares Trump’s crumbling Middle East strategy to his increasingly performative marriage with Melania, while Coles unpacks how Jeffrey Epstein’s shadow is now destabilizing British politics and weakening Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The two also dissect Trump’s obsession with revenge, the bizarre loyalty he still commands inside the Republican Party, and the surreal spectacle of Usha Vance and Cheryl Hines starring in what may be the most uncomfortable political podcast ever created. Along the way: Rudy Giuliani’s tragic downfall, RFK Jr.’s increasingly strained marriage, Trump’s looming China trip, and the growing sense that the people orbiting Trump always end up paying the price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:04.4	Mom!
0:05.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:07.8	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:13.6	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.1	Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.6	So its phones down, forks up.
0:25.6	Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.
0:28.6	Some follow the noise.
0:32.6	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:35.6	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:39.3	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings, there's a money
0:44.6	side to every story.
0:46.5	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
0:50.9	Get the money side of the story.
0:53.0	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:57.5	Donald Trump's remarkable ability to deny reality. His entire life in persona is essentially
1:06.6	the sham. I compared this recently to his marriage. We all see the marriage, it's a terrible marriage, it doesn't exist.
1:13.4	She doesn't live with him.
1:14.8	She clearly disdains him.
1:16.9	And yet, there is the fiction that he is married to one of the most beautiful women in the world.
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