Trump Lets Slip What's Got Under His Skin: Wolff | Inside Trump's Head

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Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to examine why Donald Trump’s very public irritation may reveal more than any document dump. As the Epstein files unleash a rolling wave of headlines, Wolff argues the real story is not what’s newly uncovered but how the sprawling release has diffused attention away from Trump and onto a widening cast of peripheral figures—a dynamic he says Trump has repeatedly relied on to survive past crises. Drawing on Wolff’s firsthand encounters with Jeffrey Epstein and his introduction of Steve Bannon into Epstein’s orbit after Bannon’s White House exit, the conversation traces how resentment, rivalry, and obsession with Trump bound those men together, even as Trump now casts himself as the victim of a conspiracy involving journalists and old adversaries.

00:00 - Trump Raging On Air Force One
03:37 - Epstein’s Expanding Fallout Circle
06:54 - Epstein’s Behavior And Strange Contradictions
10:03 - Trump’s “Exoneration” Claim Examined
11:32 - Melania Questions And Press Avoidance
14:58 - Why The Lawsuit Gets Under Trump’s Skin
18:21 - Steve Bannon’s Epstein Connections
22:02 - Guilt By Association Debate Intensifies
25:44 - Trump’s Fear Of What Could Surface
29:31 - Inside Trump’s Pattern Of Personal Grievance
33:05 - Media Strategy And Selective Outrage
36:42 - The Politics Of Distraction And Denial
40:11 - How Trump Rewrites Narratives In Real Time
44:18 - What This Episode Reveals About Trump’s Mindset

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📖 Title: Trump Lets Slip What's Got Under His Skin: Wolff
👂 Podcast: Inside Trump's Head
📺 Episode: 75
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: February 17, 2026
🎙️ Hosts: Joanna Coles, Michael Wolff

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