Megalomaniac Trump's "Main Character Syndrome" Will Ruin Us All
Here’s what you need to know about what’s moving the president—and the world.
No one knows why Donald Trump does what he does—and that often includes Donald Trump himself. The “Inside Trump’s Head” podcast, featuring Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles, offers unique insight into his whims, fears, lurches and constant efforts at distraction.
On the latest episode, Wolff and Coles address the “He Who Must Not Be Named” in Trump’s White House—yes, it’s Jeffrey Epstein. Wolff highlights Trump’s go-to tactic of personal attacks and distraction, which still work just enough to avoid answering the one question he can’t touch. But for how much longer? Here on Substack, we’re highlighting the five key points that are lighting the president’s latest five-alarm fire.
o It’s oh so quiet: The White House is today an “Epstein free zone,” where the topic is avoided at all costs, even as the “Epstein files” continue to dominate the news cycle. Keep it secret, keep it safe. Trump’s motivation—and inability to deal with the crisis—is to defensively maintain a narrative that has already been proven wholly false, even to his base; his overriding imperative is to evade any acknowledgment of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Thus, he further highlights the significance of that relationship.
