President Donald Trump skipped town on Friday to head to Scotland, leaving the firestorm surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him. But as the week has proven, the crisis is not going anywhere anytime soon.

Trump 1.0 might have ignored reporters and stomped across the South Lawn to Marine One before getting out of dodge. This time around, insiders say the president feels like he is at the peak of his powers. A visitor to the Oval Office told The Telegraph how Mr Trump was in fine form on Thursday.

Donald Trump's hardcore base is showing major cracks under the strain of his latest crisis — and interviews with his MAGA fans show it. The New York Times spoke to six people who voted for Trump in last year’s election — and found they were far from delighted with the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.