President Donald Trump looks on as he exits Air Force One on his arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, January 31, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
President Donald Trump is on course to make things "even uglier" for the country, according to his one-time biographer, as he begins to once again absorb just how much the walls are closing in on him.
Michael Wolff is a longtime reporter and author, best known for books that used insider sources to chronicle the chaos inside the White House during Trump's first term. During the latest episode of his Daily Beast podcast, "Inside Trump's Head," he revealed that the president is feeling good about things this week, coming off the recent visit from the U.K. royals, but also noted that those good vibes are doomed to sour.
“I think he is probably feeling good about the King’s visit,” Wolff said. “I wonder if he knows how badly things are going for him, and I think that ... he is beginning to get an inkling of that. So then the question is: how does he respond? What does... he do?”
He continued: “We know he doesn’t course correct, so he doubles down,” Wolff added. “So, I think that things are about to get—if possible—even uglier.”
Wolff's comments come on the heels of reports that Trump's approval rating has hit historic lows, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll from Tuesday finding his rating at a dismal 34 percent. This represented a two-point fall from where the rating was earlier in April, with the ongoing war with Iran growing ever more unpopular and driving up the price of gasoline to thoroughly uncomfortable levels. As prices soar, he has also dug in on his massively unpopular vanity ballroom project, demanding that Congress allocate $400 million for it as more and more voters struggle to afford groceries and doctors' appointments.
During the same episode, Wolff noted that it is still looking very likely that FBI director Kash Patel will be fired soon, despite the temporary distraction of the WHCD shooting, as the heat is on for him to fire people while they can still be easily replaced.
"There's enormous pressure now within the White House and coming from the Congress to fire as many people now as possible because of the fear that the Senate might actually flip to the Democrats, which would mean that it would be very, very hard to get Cabinet-level positions confirmed," he explained.