Why Creepy Trump Keeps Hiring Melania Look-alikes | The Daily Beast Podcast

Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to unpack Donald Trump’s ever-expanding harem of lookalike aides, surrogates, and “comfort blanket” women inside the presidential bubble. With Melania absent, Trump has surrounded himself with younger clones — from Natalie Harp, the so-called “human printer,” to bikini-clad attorney Alina Habba, to Melania doppelgänger Margo Martin. Wolff, an accomplished Trump biographer who has observed this dynamic firsthand in the West Wing and beyond, explains how Trump’s obsession with appearance, loyalty, and media control manifests in the women around him — many of whom are fighting viciously for his attention. Wolff also reveals how one of these Melania clones controls most of the information that reaches the president and why jurors in Trump’s criminal trial were “creeped out” by his Stepford-like entourage. Wolff explains how Trump’s fixation on TV-ready staff masks a deeper insecurity and clear isolation.

00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - West West Clones
03:33 - Hope Hicks's Hair
05:12 - Trump's "Comfort Blanket"
07:09 - Madeleine Westerhout's Gossip
07:50 - Juror 'Creeped Out" By Trump's Women
10:20 - Natalie Harp The Human Printer
15:10 - Melania Checked Out
16:34 - Alina Habba's Bikini
21:05 - Maro Martin The Doppelgänger
23:53 - Laura Loomer's Drive
26:52 - Susie Wiles's Grandma Vibes
29:24 - Do The Women Get Along?
30:28 - Where Are Jared & Ivanka?
32:35 - Wrap Up

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📺 Episode: 564
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: July 19, 2025
👨‍💼 Guest: Michael Wolff
🎙️ Host: Joanna Coles

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