Wounded Trump Goes Fire and Fury After SCOTUS Humiliation

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 theatrical fury with which the president has responded to a tariff smackdown from his Supreme Court—likely just to be the opening scene in a new anti-establishment ‘act’ from the White House. So is Trump seeking to govern as a president, a performer, or something much closer to a monarch? Here on Substack, we’re highlighting the five points that are lighting the president’s latest *

five-alarm fire.

o No justice, no peace: The president has taken the Supreme Court’s ruling on his tariffs as a personal affront—and one that warrants a dramatic response. The only way he knows how to move forward from a setback is by raising the stakes. Calling the justices out as “unpatriotic” and “fools” is unprecedented, but also textbook Trump—he can craft a good and vivid call-out. But let’s be clear: This is a new and dangerous escalation of his war on the judicial branch.