Why Megalomaniac Trump Is Wrecking Kennedy Center

Why Megalomaniac Trump Is Wrecking Kennedy Center

Author: The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles February 6, 2026 Duration: 57:05
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles as Trump aids declare the White House an “Epstein-free zone” where his name cannot be spoken. Wolff reveals how Trump’s go-to tactic of personal attacks and distraction still works just enough to avoid answering the one question he can’t touch, why the Epstein revelations are quietly reshuffling internal crises, and how figures from Deepak Chopra to Peter Mandelson to Silicon Valley’s self-styled gurus keep orbiting the same corrupt universe. Then comes Trump’s most compulsive, self-destructive obsession yet: his push to rebrand the Kennedy Center, justified by his own near-assassination fantasy and driven by a need to overwrite history with his name—even as artists flee, audiences vanish, and the politics make no sense. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Inside Trump's Head
Podcast Episodes
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Duration: 38:12
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Trump’s Dark Plan to Remain President After 2028 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:28
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Duration: 50:13
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Duration: 43:35
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Duration: 51:57
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Duration: 46:54
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Duration: 41:05
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Duration: 51:51
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Duration: 41:01
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