How I Know Trump Can't Cope With the Truly Mortal Threat to His Presidency

Many of the Trump administration's current histrionics are intended to distract from the clamor for the release of documents related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Jan 16, 2026

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In the latest episode of the “Inside Trump’s Head” podcast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles discuss how a president, cornered by Epstein, ICE violence, collapsing polls and mounting legal exposure, responds the only way he knows how—by grabbing attention, and territory, at scale. From the “Foxification” of CBS News to Trump’s fixations on the world at large (Greenland) and at home (the elite cities he loves to demonize), this episode maps a presidency fueled by distraction and intimidation.

Wolff unpacks why President Trump’s pressure-point politics now extend from network newsrooms to foreign policy, why even loyal institutions are bending under threat and the nightmare Trump is trying to outrun—but can’t.

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