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Haunted by Epstein, Trump spirals further out of control
His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure and a worsening mental state
By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published July 17, 2025 9:05AM (EDT)
(Salon) A perverted man from the grave is haunting Donald Trump. While its just the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein, he is in a very real sense Jacob Marley to Trumps Ebenezer Scrooge. I guess Christmas in July is a real thing.
This week, the Justice Departments failure to release the Epstein files, as many pundits have gleefully noted, has led to the largest division yet in Trumps MAGA minions. In a Wednesday morning Truth Social post, Trump admitted as much and declared those who are concerned about the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, are his PAST supporters and I dont want their support anymore! Maybe he isnt running for a third term after all.
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In a rare appearance on the White Houses South Lawn on Tuesday, Trump issued a rambling statement in an attempt to defend Attorney General Pam Bondis lack of action on the Epstein files. He stressed her credibility, but he sounded as if he were stringing together random sentences culled from private briefings, without any concern or knowledge that they made sense.
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People, people I gotta tell you, I see a lot of glum, glum faces now. Please dont be disconsolate. This is this is politics at its finest, we were told in the movie Wag the Dog. Thats also what were often told about the new Trump administration by the administration. If Trumps first term was a Mike Judge movie Idiocracy then the current reality show Trump is orchestrating in the White House is much more like Barry Levisons Wag the Dog. ....................(more)
https://www.salon.com/2025/07/17/haunted-by-epstein-trump-spirals-further-out-of-control/

sop
(15,247 posts)Soon he'll be rolling two tiny metal balls around in his hand as he speaks.
Aristus
(70,426 posts)at one point in the past. That was the very subject of Barney Greenwald's closing monologue. Trump has never served anyone but himself.
Diamond_Dog
(37,674 posts)We are hearing that THIS is the worst thing EVER! He is having a meltdown! THIS is what will finally bring him down! Been hearing this for ten years now.
malaise
(286,878 posts)Effer is afraid truth will out
Justice matters.
(8,655 posts)To grab her by the kitty.
malaise
(286,878 posts)Rec
Torchlight
(5,162 posts)They'll have had all weekend to hammer out the one-liner responses and spin, and then we'll see how effective or not the response is and if his flock bows their heads in obeisance or not. In the meantime, they're reacting to a narrative rather than creating their own...and it's getting away from them.
Kid Berwyn
(21,388 posts)Considering the situation, its a good thing.
From the great read at Salon in the OP:
You dont have to be a genius to see something isnt adding up here, former Trump administration staffer Miles Taylor explained to me. Hes not making this go away by his denials. Not this time.
Irish_Dem
(72,560 posts)Auggie
(32,428 posts)for past, present and future crimes.
With the money he's already stolen t**** can easily pay off his civil trials and rot away in luxury in one of several Gulf States without a US extradition treaty.