Why Trump 'Reamed Out' Hegseth For Parade Fiasco

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump biographer Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to discuss how the president's $45 million attempt at creating a "menacing" military parade backfired into a yawning, low-budget cosplay. The author of 'All or Nothing' reveals the real reason Trump was furious at the troops, what Pete Hegseth got wrong, and why the U.S. military has moved on while Trump is still stuck in 1965. Coles and Wolff explore how Israel's strike on Iran played out while Trump sat bored on a D.C. bleacher—and why the war made him look weak, used, and irrelevant.

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0:00.0	To mix a perfect mojito this summer, all you need is some ice, some rum, and then top up with zesty, refreshing, fever tree mojita mixer.
0:14.3	Finish with a splash of sunshine and some good friends and enjoy.
0:21.0	Mmm, maybe you don't need the sunshine.
0:24.6	Vivetri Mahita Mixer.
0:26.7	Mix with the best.
0:28.4	Please enjoy responsibly.
0:31.8	So fearful Donald Trump, the monster that we are all afraid of,
0:37.2	is a, to mix a metaphor, paper tiger.
0:43.9	I'm Joanna Coles, chief content officer of The Daily Beast, and you are listening to watching,
0:49.7	possibly ironing your clothes to, or walking your dog to the Daily Beast podcast. Regular viewers will
0:56.4	recognize that I am not in my usual habitat. Instead, I'm staying at the Carlton Hotel in the
1:02.3	south of France in Cannes for the Can Lion Creative Festival, which celebrates marketing, advertising
1:08.7	and creativity. So that's why I'm not in our usual studio,
1:12.7	but I am fixed on all things America, not least, of course, Donald Trump's birthday parade,
1:18.7	who better to unpack it with than our regular guest, who many of you love, and incredible
1:23.9	comments from our last podcast together, the man who lives in Donald Trump's head,
1:29.8	Michael Wolfe. Michael, let's waste no more time. Let's get into it.
1:36.1	Okay, Michael, so much to discuss, as always.
1:40.5	And you're in Cannes. I'm in Can.
1:47.8	Wish I were there. No, you don't wish you were here. I do.
1:52.0	I do. I have been many times and it's, you know, and it's the South of France. It's the South of France. Even
1:55.0	with people you detest, which are most of the people who go to
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