Stupid Is As Stupid Does, and Trump's White House Is the Stupidest
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 unpack the Trump administration’s brazen willingness to lie in plain sight. As prosecutions stall, investigations fizzle, and reality itself seems negotiable, Wolff argues that the disorder may be the point—and that the risks are existential. Is this simply dysfunction, or is there a dangerous method behind the madness that we’re only just beginning to see? Here on Substack, we’re highlighting the five points that are lighting Trump’s latest five-alarm fire.
o Bumpy ride: This week’s debacle in El Paso, where DHS drone flights shut down the city’s airport, is a prime—and terrifying—example of the Trump administration’s “astounding incompetence.” So was its response—a brazen lie and attempt to blame drug cartels. The fact that the White House barely seemed to care that it was being caught out (let alone feel any shame) is a warning sign.
