This Is Why the World is Humiliating Trump: Wolff
6/21/202658 min
Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles examine why Donald Trump may have stumbled into a new political reality as European leaders stop trying to placate him and begin pushing back instead. They unpack JD Vance's increasingly complicated role in the White House, whether he's positioning himself as Trump's heir or setting himself up to take the blame, and what his new book reveals about ambition, faith, and political reinvention. They also break down Trump's latest clash with Giorgia Meloni, the arrival of the lavish Qatari jet, the strange psychology behind Trump's obsession with status, and why even something as trivial as a chair at the G7 becomes a window into his mindset. Plus, they explore what Trump's reaction to the Obama Library opening says about the rival world he still can't escape, and why vulgarity—not ideology—may be the key to understanding his enduring appeal.
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First 90 secondsMichael Wolff· Host0:00
Up until quite recently, European leaders especially would go that extra mile not to be bothered by this, to contain themselves, to hold their own irritation. I think that's changed, and I think we're seeing this change right now. I think what we're seeing is an understanding that, that, that when Trump comes after you and when you respond with some backbone, you are the contrast gainer. So the value is now in standing up to Trump- Mm-hmm ... dismissing Trump, uh, being, um, uh, and taking advantage of his ridiculous meandering free associations.
Joanna Coles· Host0:45
[upbeat music] Michael.
Michael Wolff· Host0:50
Joanna, how's the weather in Cannes?
Joanna Coles· Host0:53
The weather in Cannes, well, I just got here about an hour ago. It's supposed to be the hottest June on record in the South of France. I am here for the Creative Advertising Festival, uh, which I come to every year. Michael, you have been here many years running.
Michael Wolff· Host1:12
A, a, a m- a miserable event, yes.
Joanna Coles· Host1:15
I- i- it's ... Is it a miserable event? I mean, let's- It is a miserable event, filled with miserable people, with, um, uh, often drunken miserable people, a terrible combination.
Michael Wolff· Host1:27
Um, with- [laughs]