Trump Is Most 'Impotent' President In A Lifetime

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

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🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Daily Beast’s David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles to unpack the chaos behind Israel’s strike on Iran—and the confusion inside the the Trump administration's response. From Marco Rubio claiming America had nothing to do with Israel's attack, to Trump scrambling to take credit, Rothkopf lays out why nobody seems to know who approved what, or when. He explains why Trump’s “deal guy” approach to foreign policy has failed everywhere from Gaza to Ukraine, and why Trump’s inner circle of golf buddies and yes-men leaves America weaker and more isolated than ever. Rothkopf calls Trump “the most impotent president in living memory”—and warns that our enemies are laughing.

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1:21.4	I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast. Last night, the American Secretary of State,
1:27.6	Marco Rubio, said he didn't know anything about the Israel attacks on Iran. Overnight, Donald Trump said, maybe he did, especially as it looked like they'd worked,
1:33.1	and he was actually claiming credit for it.
1:35.6	Who best to unpack this situation for us than David Rothkopf?
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