The story of the remainder of 2026 is going to be the story of how Donald Trump reacts to all of his party and all of Washington start to distance themselves from him.

Nothing he's doing is working. All his old tricks. I'm going to bull-sh-sh-hue my way out of it. Nope, that's not going to work.

I'm going to distract them with something else. Nope, that's not going to work. I'm going to charm my way out of this. Nope, that's not going to work. I'm going to distract them with something else. Nope, that's not going to work.

I'm going to charm my way out of this. Nope, that's not going to work. He doesn't know what to do. And on top of it all, he's dying. He is old. He is infirm. He doesn't have what he used to. It would be poignant if the guy wasn't the world's biggest mother.

I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast. How much worse can it get? Who knows and who better to discuss it with than David Rothkopf? Who's been talking to people in the intelligence

communities, in the State Department, and in the Pentagon to find out what they think about what's happening

with the war. And of course, he's been talking to people about Trump's health. Do we think he's

dying? Well, let's get into it. But before we get into it, just a reminder to smash the

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let's get into it with David Rothkopf.

David Rothkopf, you like me, like the rest of the world, woke up yesterday morning to Easter Sunday, let us not forget.

Open the fucking straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell. Just watch.

Thoughts? Any thoughts, David? Any thoughts at all?

You know, here's this guy who periodically evangelical Christians come into his office

and they do the laying on of hands.

And they say, this is the most Christ-like man on earth.

And here he is on Easter morning, dropping F-bombs, threatening to drop other bombs.

The bombs he's threatening to drop would be war crimes.

It's like, you know, of all the things that's like newsworthy about this social media post,

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