What Being Mocked Really Does to Trump: Wolff
The Daily Beast Podcast
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | And then, of course, there are the dancing videos of Maduro that everybody said actually triggered Trump. |
| 0:07.0 | Trump personalizes these things. |
| 0:09.0 | It only really works for him if he personalizes it. |
| 0:12.0 | I need an enemy, and the enemy is not an abstraction. |
| 0:16.0 | It's a person. In this case, it was Maduro. |
| 0:19.0 | Remember, they offered him all kinds of stuff. |
| 0:21.6 | You know, we'll set you up anywhere you want. |
| 0:24.6 | You know, a luxurious retirement. |
| 0:27.6 | And he said, completely rejected that and then danced in a mocking fashion. |
| 0:35.6 | It pierces Trump directly when you mock him. |
| 0:43.7 | Michael. |
| 0:45.2 | Joanna. |
| 0:46.0 | So we're back in the studio. |
| 0:47.7 | This is our first in-person podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | We've got so much to discuss. |
| 0:53.6 | It feels like we've been away forever. |
| 0:56.1 | This was a long holiday. Well, a lot happened in the holiday, too. My four-year-old kept saying, |
| 1:00.5 | I want to go back to school. Really? Yeah. Well, but that seems unlikely because Mr. Swanky Pants, |
| 1:07.5 | you and your wife, have a very nice piece about you in the New York Times today. |
| 1:11.9 | So what a lovely home you have. |
| 1:14.6 | And talking about how Victoria... |
| 1:15.6 | Particularly about my wife. I'm the bit player in this. |
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