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PodcastInside Trump's HeadOctober 21, 2026

I Know What Trump Will Do After Crushing Defeat

Wolff argues Trump will never concede a midterm loss, instead blaming allies and escalating attention-grabbing conflict regardless of the outcome.

  • Trump can't lose: Wolff argues Trump doesn't merely refuse to accept defeat—he lacks the psychological capacity to register it as a loss at all, citing bankruptcies and 2020 as precedent.
  • 2020 timeline recalled: Wolff says that by Friday after the 2020 election, aides told Trump directly the numbers were unrecoverable; Hope Hicks and others simply stopped showing up as Giuliani's circle moved in.

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