Why Trump Can't Escape Epstein Forever: Wolff Inside Trump's Head

[Uncle Joe]

Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to unpack one of the most confounding political inversions of the Trump era: the moment when lying stopped being a liability and became a source of power. Wolff argues that while past presidents were undone by exposed falsehoods, Trump’s credibility has never been weaker—and yet it has only strengthened him. Together, they examine how shamelessness, repetition, and brute insistence on an alternate reality have replaced truth as a governing tool, leaving institutions, media, and public protest strangely inert. From the collapse of shared reality to the media’s inability to name what’s happening in plain language, this episode digs into why transparent lies no longer undermine authority—and what it means when reality itself stops working as a check on power.

00:00 - Venezuela, Epstein, and a Trump Crisis
03:30 - Are We Slipping Into Autocracy?
07:00 - Stephen Miller’s Rise and Dark Ideology
10:30 - Trump, Force Politics, and Dangerous Parallels
14:00 - ICE Shooting, Lies, and the Credibility Collapse
17:30 - Media Normalizes Trump’s Venezuela Invasion
21:00 - RFK Jr., Miller, and the Madness Inside Power
26:56 - Politics as a Job for Life
27:29 - Why MAGA Likes Seth Moulton
29:02 - Why Politicians Fail to Sound Human
31:07 - The Mark Kelly Blowback Explained
33:36 - Trump’s Performative Overreaction
35:34 - Should Politics Stay Out of High School?
38:08 - Why Epstein Never Goes Away
41:13 - Venezuela as Trump’s Ultimate Distraction
42:05 - The Greenland Illusion Explained
47:27 - The Trump-ification of the Smithsonian
48:48 - Why There’s No Real Resistance
49:57 - How Bad Is It for America, Really?