
FILED AWAY!
Democrats are attempting to pour fuel on MAGA’s Epstein files dumpster fire. It hardly needs their help.
- President Donald Trump has survived so many insane scandals — from impeachments to a criminal conviction over sending hush money to a porn star — that it’s easy to think he’s untouchable. But there are signs that the political crisis now engulfing his White House may be different. That’s because, for once, it’s not angsty Democrats who are furious at him — it’s his own base. Even MAGA stalwarts like Steve Bannon and Alex Jones are up in arms.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi ignited a civil war in Trump’s Department of Justice after she promised, and then publicly failed, to release new info about Epstein, the child sex predator who killed himself in prison six years ago. The flip-flop enraged Trump’s supporters, who have feasted on a steady diet of Epstein conspiracy theories for years. “Never before has Trump faced public criticism from people who have real influence with his base,” noted Crooked’s own Dan Pfeiffer. “This is a completely new dynamic that could sow distrust among his previously loyal supporters.”
- Democrats are trying to make the most of it. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) plan on introducing legislation that would force the Trump administration to release more Epstein files. Republicans have the votes to block this symbolic effort — but will then have to answer to their own voters about why they did. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee has set up a bot to run the X account “Has Trump released the Epstein files?” Every day, the account simply posts: “No.”
- You know an issue is catching fire when even Elmo starts dunking on Trump about it. The beloved Sesame Street puppet’s X account was hacked last night, and posted, among other things: “RELEASE THE FILES @realDonaldTrump CHILD F*****.” I would expect this from maybe Oscar the Grouch… Settle down Elmo!
The MAGAworld meltdown keeps growing more intense. Trump has only himself to blame.
- Trump’s attempts to change the subject have proved futile. “We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening … and ‘selfish people are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies,” Trump ranted on Truth Social over the weekend. He doesn’t want people to “waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about.”
- Many in Trump’s base seem to have just figured out that he was close friends with Epstein for years — a fact that raises nagging questions about whether Trump might be attempting a coverup to protect himself. Elon Musk, Trump’s former “first buddy,” has publicly insisted that Trump is hiding the Epstein files because he’s in them.
- To take the temperature of Trump’s base on this issue, just check out the simmering outrage on Truth Social — a far-right cesspool that’s home to the staunchest Trump loyalists on the internet. “This is going to cost you so many supporters. I being one of them. I have been to multiple rallies and even was there on J6,” one user replied to Trump. “It appears you or a loved one was in on it and you want this to go away.”
- Bannon and far-right dingbat Laura Loomer are both calling for Trump to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Epstein files and release more documents. Right-wing commentator Megyn Kelly retweeted a post calling for Bondi to be fired and “EVERYTHING” to be released.
Trump seems shocked that, for once, his own supporters are insisting that he keep his word on something. As The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait wrote, he must’ve “assumed that his promises to release Epstein’s records would go the same way all his other promises had: straight into the memory hole.”
Want More?
NEWS NEWS NEWS
As a special offer, What A Day readers get 15% off your first order. Head to armra.com/WAD or enter code WAD at checkout.