Why Thin-Skinned Trump Is Just Like a Teenage Girl: Welch | The Daily Beast Podcast

Описание: Jennifer Welch of the hit podcast ‘I’ve Had It’ joins Joanna Coles as the news cycle spins completely out of control—from Don Lemon’s arrest and what Welch calls a chilling test case for silencing independent journalists, to the sudden flood of Epstein files, DOJ lawfare, and Trump’s deep, decades-long vendetta against the press. Welch dissects the masculinity myth at the heart of MAGA, the submissive strongman worship that props it up, and the evangelical culture that looks away from abuse while preaching moral authority. Along the way, Welch connects grift, grievance, and repression into a single operating system powering Trumpism—and asks the question hanging over all of it: If this is Trump’s authoritarian testing phase, what comes next when the guardrails finally give?

00:00 – Trump Alone, Ego, and Late-Night Obsession
04:32 – Don Lemon Arrest & DOJ Escalation Against Independent Media
09:04 – Trump’s Longstanding War With Journalists
13:36 – MAGA Masculinity, Submission, and Performative Power
18:08 – Evangelicals, Sexual Repression, and the Trump Cult Dynamic
22:44 – Epstein, Moral Hypocrisy, and Institutional Cover-Ups
27:16 – Voter Suppression Fears, ICE, and Authoritarian Election Tactics
31:48 – Autocracy, Incompetence, and the “Flood the Zone” Strategy
36:20 – Trump’s Health, Mortality, and Power Succession Anxiety
40:52 – Trump at Night, Delusions, and Authoritarian Decay

📖 Title: Why Thin-Skinned Trump Is Just Like a Teenage Girl: Welch
👂 Podcast: The Daily Beast Podcast
📺 Episode: 646
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: January 26, 2026
👨‍💼 Guest: Jennifer Welch
🎙️ Host: Joanna Coles

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