Jeffrey Epstein, MAGA
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President Donald Trump disowned his supporters who have called for the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, chiding them Wednesday as "weaklings" who "bought into this bulls---." Trump called the issue 'a big hoax' and 'perpetrated by the Democrats'.
President Trump expressed bewilderment at interest in the Jeffrey Epstein case as MAGA voices press for the full release of more files.
MAGA-friendly media has been torn over how to respond to a base that wants more on the Epstein files and a president who wants it to move on.
MAGA-friendly TV channel Newsmax is throwing shade at Fox News for tiptoeing around the controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Anchor Rob Schmitt suggested that Fox News hosts are “terrified” to cover MAGA’s uproar over the Trump administration’s decision not to release any more information on the late convicted sex offender.
President Donald Trump is now comparing the Jeffrey Epstein files to the Russia investigation and other past inquiries that disrupted his first term. But unlike Trump-Russia, many of the president’s supporters are deeply invested in what happened with Epstein.
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.
For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.
Right-wing influencers now have to choose between authenticity to their brand, and their loyalty to Trump.