Trump and Melania’s Weird Bedroom Secrets Exposed

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🗓️ 20 June 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Joanna Coles and Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty unpack a remarkable week inside Donald Trump's White House, from explosive new reporting on his late-night routines and the startling revelations in Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's forthcoming book to questions about Melania Trump's absence, mysterious health concerns, and what these private details reveal about the presidency. They also examine the backlash over Trump's botched Reflecting Pool renovation, the sharp contrast between the Obama Presidential Center opening and Trump's own political spectacle, growing signs that world leaders and even Republicans are beginning to push back, and why the cracks in Trump's carefully cultivated image may be getting harder to hide. Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/DAILYBEAST ! #honeylovepod #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	We know that they have different bedrooms.
0:33.6	And it's totally weirdly that Donald Trump actually gave Marmia the better bedroom.
0:38.9	But then it's what happens inside his bedroom.
0:42.0	He insists on having carpet in the bathroom.
0:45.5	Carpet in the bathroom.
0:46.9	Carpet.
0:47.6	The domestic staff have to deal with the fact the carpet is wet.
0:52.1	That's not the only problem they have to deal with. The other problem is in his
0:57.7	bedroom and in his bedroom they have to clean up because he leaves discarded detritus from his fast food
1:06.9	habit on the floor. It includes what sounds like candy wrappers. It includes fast food wrappers.
1:14.0	I mean, it sounds pretty awful.
1:18.8	I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast. We're recording on Juneteenth, a point
1:24.3	when we're supposed to be reflecting and yet we can't reflect from the reflecting pool
1:28.5	because it's covered in algae.
1:31.2	It's covered in algae.
1:32.3	We'll be getting to that with our executive editor, Hugh Docherty,
1:36.1	plus the delicious new book out by Donald Trump,
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