Why SCOTUS Approves of Calling Trump a Sex Abuser

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🗓️ 30 June 2026

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David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles as the Supreme Court delivers a series of stunning rulings that pierce Donald Trump’s carefully constructed “Golden Dome,” leaving him facing fresh legal humiliation in the E. Jean Carroll case while battles over presidential power, voting rights, and the future of the Federal Reserve intensify. From Natalie Harp’s role as Trump’s “human printer” to empty crowds at Trump’s much-hyped National Mall state fair, David and Joanna unpack a presidency increasingly insulated from reality as new reporting exposes White House rivalries, family business dealings, and growing fears of political accountability. They dive into the political fallout of mass deportations, the corruption questions surrounding Kazakhstan mining deals, and the Democratic Party’s fight over whether to prioritize affordability or accountability, all while asking what America’s founding ideals mean on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a case where E. Jean Carroll had to go before a jury and prove that he had sexually
0:06.3	violated her in a dressing room at Berkdorf Goodman with his fingers. It was quite detailed.
0:14.0	But here was a jury finding the president sexually violated somebody. It's now gone to the Supreme
0:19.7	Court. And so it now stands. This is a matter of law.
0:23.8	Donald Trump is a sex abuser. Donald Trump lives on the planet Trump, apart from the world,
0:30.8	a delusional, demented, declining figure who is making everybody's life worse except for his friends and his cronies.
0:41.1	And the rest of us are figuring out now, what do we do about that?
0:47.0	I'm Joanna Coles. This is The Daily Beast podcast. It's Monday, so it's David Rothkoff,
0:52.2	and we have so much to discuss the empty lawns at the Great State Fair.
0:58.3	We have the breaking Supreme Court decisions which impact everybody from Lisa Cook to E. Jean Carroll.
1:06.2	We have Trump's crazy truth socials, just raging at everything, including Maggie Haberman and Jonathan
1:13.5	Swan's new book, Regime Change, which I'm sure you, like me, are reading. And, well, the war in Iran,
1:22.0	is that still happening? Yes, no, are they playing the markets on it? And what is this deal with Kazakhstan,
1:30.1	a critical mineral deal that the Trump kids and the Lutnik kids are also getting in on? We're going
1:37.1	to get into all of it. But just before we go into the Rothkopf zone, the reason we can bring you
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2:14.2	hugely appreciated. So let's get into it with David Rothkopf, the Daily Beast's very
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