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The Daily Beast Podcast

Truth of Trump’s Wild Sleepless Nights Exposed

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Joanna Coles and Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty dive into a jaw-dropping investigation revealing Donald Trump’s relentless late-night posting habits—hundreds of Truth Social rants fired off in the dead of night—raising urgent questions about sleep deprivation, decision-making, and what it means for a sitting president navigating war, plummeting polls, and mounting chaos inside his own administration. From the unraveling strategy in Iran and Pete Hegseth’s bruising congressional testimony, to a stunning Trump polling collapse so severe it “broke the chart,” and a live TV meltdown from Trump defender Scott Jennings, the conversation spirals through a presidency under visible strain, where erratic behavior, internal pressure, and political fallout are colliding in real time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.1

We discovered that there were only five days in April when the, when the president did not

1:18.3

post on truth social between 9pm and 6am. 80% of nights when he could be sleeping, he's posting.

1:26.2

He is so regularly posting at times like 2.45 a.m., which, you know, I think everybody knows

1:33.3

nothing good happens at 2.45 a.m. 1 a.m. 1230 a.m. There's no way that he's having any healthy sleep.

1:41.3

He's clearly sleep deprived. When did he catch up in the

1:44.8

sleep deprivation? We don't know. And we all know it's bad for your brain. I'm Joanna Coles. This

1:53.0

is the Daily Beast podcast. And what a week. We have an incredible story for you about how little

1:59.9

the president sleeps. Our correspondent Josh Fialo

2:03.9

has been tracking his truth social posts and it's very clear that the president is up

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