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by MARK POWELL
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Donald Trump has had enough of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal – and he wants everyone in his corner to move on. Or else they’re not in his corner anymore.
The Epstein suicide. The so-called Epstein client list. An alleged Epstein cover-up. The many tentacles springing from this messy matter keep hanging around like a party guest who doesn’t take subtle hints. On Wednesday, Trump became the host who finally said, “it’s time for you to go home.” And he did it in a typically brusque Trump style.
The post on his Truth Social account started routinely enough.
“The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again!”
After a lengthy rehashing of the discredited accusations of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Trump got down to the business at hand.
“Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my past supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote. “All these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking about our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!”
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Unlike most rants, what separated this one from the pack was that Trump was talking about his own base of support.
“I don’t want their support anymore?” one incredulous South Carolina GOP political strategist told us. “He must want to deal with a Democrat majority in Congress instead. Can he say, ‘Speaker Hakeem Jeffries?’”
There is a certain degree of truth in Trump’s assertions. Democrats weren’t the least bit troubled about the intricacies of Epstein’s pandering to the sexual fetishes of the rich and famous when Joe Biden was president. Now, they are suddenly hellbent on getting to the bottom of the matter.
The difference is this line of attack against Trump has cross-spectrum appeal – which is why it has resonated more than anything else the minority party has attempted to pin on the administration over the last six months.
“(Democrats) keep floundering from issue to issue and stunt to stunt, desperate to find something, anything that will slay the Trump dragon,” one national operative told us. “For instance, there were the anti-Ice arrest protests. That went nowhere. Then there were the pointless ‘No King’ rallies that made big headlines and then were forgotten the next day. There were record-setting floor speeches in the House and Senate by Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker that were forgotten before they were even over. Now it’s the summer season when news is slow in D.C., so the Dems are filling it with this. And it, too, shall pass, and they’ll move on to something else in a few weeks.”
Will the MAGA base move on, though?
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RELATED | MAGA MALAISE
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Unfortunately for Trump, the issue likely preventing this scandal from damaging his administration further is also working against him.
Americans are facing unrelenting inflation, staggering summertime power bills and sky-high housing prices driven by interest rates that are still uncomfortably elevated for many would-be buyers. That makes this scandal – and any scandal – a low priority for many Americans.
“When I’ve got to pay 10 bucks for a hotdog, I’ve got bigger things to worry about than Jeffrey Epstein,” one Midlands resident said.
What’s remarkable about Trump’s blowup, though – and what distinguishes it from his many previous harangues – is that it was directed at the hardcore MAGA base, the very voters who have been his political lifeblood. While the number of MAGA adherents passionately demanding answers to all things Epstein-related is relatively small, they took the presidential scolding as a slap in the face.
Whether Trump and his scorned supporters can reconcile remains to be seen. Yet the president’s outburst made it abundantly clear (once again) that the Epstein affair is under his skin in a big way.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
J. Mark Powell is an award-winning former TV journalist, government communications veteran, and a political consultant. He is also an author and an avid Civil War enthusiast. Got a tip or a story idea for Mark? Email him at mark@fitsnews.com.
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7 comments
Headache that won’t go away? Imagine how Epstein’s victim’s felt.
Great job voting for Epstein’s best buddy though.
Joe Biden?
““When I’ve got to pay 10 bucks for a hotdog, I’ve got bigger things to worry about than Jeffrey Epstein,” one Midlands resident said.”
The biggest thing to worry about is a president who claims his uncle taught the Unabomber (he didn’t), doesn’t remember he appointed Jerome Powell, wishes Jizzlaine Maxwell well,etc. Yet there is never any worry about his mental acuity from this blahg.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
“There is a certain degree of truth in Trump’s assertions. Democrats weren’t the least bit troubled about the intricacies of Epstein’s pandering to the sexual fetishes of the rich and famous when Joe Biden was president. Now, they are suddenly hellbent on getting to the bottom of the matter.”
Potential conspirator in a pedophilia ring is an obnoxious blowhard who gets indicted every week for something.
Potential conspirator in a pedophilia ring is the elected President of the United States.
It is perplexing how you do not see the difference there. Especially when all he has to do is release the file and we can all see if his name is or is not there.
Trump doesn’t need his supporters anymore and he knows it. He has attained the second of two terms that he can have, in the highest office in the land. He simply does not need them any longer and he has no trouble expressing how he, and every politician, truly feels about the sheep they call voters. He wants the Epstein saga to go away. Epstein, and Ghislane, ran their little pleasure palace for Mossad so Israel could control our judges, finance, legal, entertainment, and more. Think about it. You are a powerful or otherwise notable person in any of the aforementioned endeavors. You meet these nice people who set you up to enjoy forbidden pleasures, whatever ones you might want; whether underage girls or boys, sheep, goats, or maybe an overage bedridden patient from a nursing home. You get your jollies and sometime later, learn there is video of you indulging in your forbidden pleasure. To keep these videos out of public view, all you have to do, is any and every thing our good friend Israel needs you to do for its greater good. You will need to stay politically viable so you can do the things required of you, otherwise those videos might accidentally get leaked out.
Trump doesn’t want this Epstein thing to go any deeper and whether we all admit it or not; most of us know why.
“I don’t care about you, I just want your vote.” Donald Trump, June 9, 2024.
What do MAGA voters not understand about Trump? He is as transparent as glass. He has no loyalty to anyone but himself. Everything he does is to enrich himself or obtain revenge on his enemies. He has no moral center. He is immoral, unethical, greedy, and a pathological liar, and he is proud of it. He has disdain for our military, and he couldn’t care less how many Americans suffer if he benefits. He and his inner circle think all Americans are suckers to be played for money and power; it’s just a game to them.
And if you think that there are no Epstein files and that Trump’s name is not all over them, you are truly a fool.
Damn – Get over it ! Trump is Pres till term ends and there’s not a darn thing that can be done about it .
Trump supporters are rock solid and don’t give a damn .
Crazy way to run the USA