Why Megalomaniac Trump Is Wrecking Kennedy Center | Inside Trump's Head

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. 00:00 — Kennedy Center Name Change Insanity 04:32 — Why Attacking Reporters Still Works for Trump 09:06 — Epstein Everywhere: Power, Silence, and Elite Complicity 14:04 — Peter Mandelson, Epstein Money, and a British Political Scandal 19:01 — Law Firms, Trump Pressure, and the Brad Karp Fallout 24:00 — Jackie Kennedy’s Warning and the Politics of Memorials 29:02 — From Rising Democrat to MAGA Ally: Tulsi Gabbard’s Reinvention 34:05 — Charisma, Syria, and the Making of a Trump Intelligence Pick 39:01 — Government of One: Trump’s Tantrums and Loyalist Survival 44:06 — It Ends in Tears: JD Vance, Rubio, and Trump World Futures 49:00 — Listener Reactions, Melinda Gates, and the Limerick Corne #trump #podcast #news 📖 Title: Why Megalomaniac Trump Is Wrecking Kennedy Center 👂 Podcast: Inside Trump's Head 📺 Episode: 70 🎧 Format: Full Podcast 📅 Date: February 5, 2026 🎙️ Hosts: Joanna Coles, Michael Wolff Subscribe to our new YouTube channel Obsessed: https://youtube.com/@TheObsessedChannel?sub_confirmation=1 Click here to become an official member of the Daily Beast's YouTube community: https://youtube.com/@thedailybeast/join Have a question or comment for us? Send us an email: [email protected] Subscribe to Obsessed: The Podcast wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/1456474041 Subscribe to The Daily Beast Podcast wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/1508202790 Subscribe to Inside Trump's Head wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/1767675909 The Daily Beast is committed to accurate, fair, independent, fast, and accountable journalism. We seek the truth and report it honestly, without fear or favor. We ground robust and provocative opinions in fact. Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheDailyBeast?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedailybeast Share this video on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thedailybeast.bsky.social Share this video on X: https://twitter.com/thedailybeast Share this video on Facebook: https://facebook.com/thedailybeast Visit our new Beauty website The Looker: https://thelooker.thedailybeast.com/