He is absolutely flailing. His handling of this issue is so theatrical, so heavy-handed, and so puerile, that he’s keeping the story alive, and even his staunchest allies feel like that PR guy for Saddam Hussein, the one who was telling the press the war was going great as missiles were raining down directly behind him.
ThisOneGoesElven on
Because he raped girls with Epstein, right? That’s the thrust of the piece?
(reads article) Oh. It’s about strategy and not child raping.
> The worst part is the hypocrisy
HeartOn_SoulAceUp on
National guard movements, blown up cigarette boats, and the like, have apparently NOT successfully distracted the public from this, despite the best efforts of the White House.
Imho, these things were purposeful distractions from the non–release of the Epstein files.
edit, the non release
OldSchoolBubba on
Wow. The internet is filling up with Epstein stories again right after the government is opening back up.
We’re all witnessing Trump’s failing economy and increasingly diminished capacity where he acts like he’s in control when he most certainly isn’t.
It’s a damn shame GOP is finally admitting Trump is deeply involved with Epstein in sexually abusing Young Girls just so they can justify joining the growing movement to get rid of that guy.
reddittorbrigade on
It is very clear that Trump and Epstein did rape those innocent kids.
Very unfortunate that Trump will never pay for all of his crimes including raping those innocent kids.
Shame on ALL of you Pedophile or Trump voters!
Scullyitzme on
The craziest part is…in about 3 days this will be out of the spotlight and (and I cannot stress this enough) NOTHING will happen
ioncloud9 on
Question! Why weren’t these files released to the public BEFORE the election? You’d think it would be information the voters needed to know. Whether or not a presidential candidate was a confirmed child rapist.
ORIGIN8889 on
Loving every minute of it. Hope this completely destroys him.
brickout on
Insane calling raping and trafficking children a “fiasco”. Fuck the media.
Enough_Ice_775 on
Fiasco??? A nation wide coverup and corruption! Throw them all into a pit and seal it up
^ “Another Trump guest was Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire accused of raping numerous underage girls. “That was one of his best buddies,” Houraney told the Times. “He threw a party one night just because of Epstein.
He said, ‘The other guys aren’t coming, but I don’t care because Jeff’s coming.’” ”
. . .
Trump deny or can’t hide anymore. Keep the pressure up.
Jagermonsta on
It’s only a fiasco if anyone holds him accountable. MAGA is already getting their deflection talking points lined up. The usual Clinton, Trump was deep cover, democrats lie variety.
midniteslayr on
Annnd … just like that, we’re no longer upset that Democrats opened up the government without any protections for our exploding healthcare costs.
But yay for us to confirm that the giant orange kid diddler is in fact a giant orange kid diddler.
Doscida on
Arrests arrests arrests. Get everyone complicit in a cell already.
bailaoban on
To be fair, who would have guessed being best friends with the world’s most notorious child sex traffickers would be a political liability?
ThisAd7070 on
Do you find the collar getting tighter Donnie..?
gayintheusa47 on
Yet again, I would like to remind everyone that this was NOT a drag queen.
But maybe Anita Recount is… I mean, look at the amount of makeup she wears!
BarCompetitive7220 on
Reminder: it was his own team that said they would release the files as red-meat to his MAGITES and then attempted a bait / switch.
mapoftasmania on
As did the cost of living crisis.
He lied about releasing the files, he lied about fixing inflation.
How so many people can’t see him for what he is just astounds me. I have always seen right through him. I guess there’s a reason some people are so susceptible to grifters.
flightlesshacksaw on
Maybe it was always less about any evidence against him and more about how Epstein absolutely clowns on him throughout.
e9tjqh on
Trump voters are the dumbest people to ever walk this planet.
RiverAppropriate2802 on
Can someone please answer this for me – if Trump is in these files and there is evidence of any wrongdoing, why hasn’t he been arrested? Is there some legal reason? Or just loyalty to him?? And why is there even a single person opposed to releasing them?
Ryan_e3p on
Funnily enough, the entire thing would be a dead issue, left only for the occasional Lisa Simpson-on-a-stage meme being posted, but Trump decided he wanted to campaign on releasing the files, bringing the topic once again back into the public spotlight, only this time lighting a fire that voters on both sides could agree on.
Then came the charades and lies. The meetings in Feb where “Phase 1” binders were given out. Then the administration saying they are “on a desk”, then saying they are fake, then saying that Obama somehow made them, then saying they are real and will be released, then saying they are fake again, then they exist, then they don’t exist, then releasing a known child-rapist and co-conspirator out of the prison she was in and granting her work leave privileges after striking a super-secret totally-not-legal backroom deal, then that Democrats time traveled back to 2002 to add his name to them so that when he won his second non-concurrent White House bid that they could use it against him, then Mike Johnson claiming he knew about it since he was a super-secret FBI informant, then more denying it ever happened, calling it a hoax, then his press secretary saying the released files are true, etc. etc.
It’s all nonsense. But yeah, the entire thing would be a non-issue had Trump decided to not talk about it. He manufactured the outrage that he knew would lead to this, but he did it anyway because his narcissism and need to be talked about overpowered any sense of self-preservation.
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He is absolutely flailing. His handling of this issue is so theatrical, so heavy-handed, and so puerile, that he’s keeping the story alive, and even his staunchest allies feel like that PR guy for Saddam Hussein, the one who was telling the press the war was going great as missiles were raining down directly behind him.
Because he raped girls with Epstein, right? That’s the thrust of the piece?
(reads article) Oh. It’s about strategy and not child raping.
> The worst part is the hypocrisy
National guard movements, blown up cigarette boats, and the like, have apparently NOT successfully distracted the public from this, despite the best efforts of the White House.
Imho, these things were purposeful distractions from the non–release of the Epstein files.
edit, the non release
Wow. The internet is filling up with Epstein stories again right after the government is opening back up.
We’re all witnessing Trump’s failing economy and increasingly diminished capacity where he acts like he’s in control when he most certainly isn’t.
It’s a damn shame GOP is finally admitting Trump is deeply involved with Epstein in sexually abusing Young Girls just so they can justify joining the growing movement to get rid of that guy.
It is very clear that Trump and Epstein did rape those innocent kids.
Very unfortunate that Trump will never pay for all of his crimes including raping those innocent kids.
Shame on ALL of you Pedophile or Trump voters!
The craziest part is…in about 3 days this will be out of the spotlight and (and I cannot stress this enough) NOTHING will happen
Question! Why weren’t these files released to the public BEFORE the election? You’d think it would be information the voters needed to know. Whether or not a presidential candidate was a confirmed child rapist.
Loving every minute of it. Hope this completely destroys him.
Insane calling raping and trafficking children a “fiasco”. Fuck the media.
Fiasco??? A nation wide coverup and corruption! Throw them all into a pit and seal it up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/6/1578544/-The-Untold-Story-of-Trump-Model-Management-A-Daily-Kos-Exclusive-Part-1
^ So many horrors some of us have known for years.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/trump-files-donalds-creepy-poolside-parties-florida/
^ “Another Trump guest was Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire accused of raping numerous underage girls. “That was one of his best buddies,” Houraney told the Times. “He threw a party one night just because of Epstein.
He said, ‘The other guys aren’t coming, but I don’t care because Jeff’s coming.’” ”
. . .
Trump deny or can’t hide anymore. Keep the pressure up.
It’s only a fiasco if anyone holds him accountable. MAGA is already getting their deflection talking points lined up. The usual Clinton, Trump was deep cover, democrats lie variety.
Annnd … just like that, we’re no longer upset that Democrats opened up the government without any protections for our exploding healthcare costs.
But yay for us to confirm that the giant orange kid diddler is in fact a giant orange kid diddler.
Arrests arrests arrests. Get everyone complicit in a cell already.
To be fair, who would have guessed being best friends with the world’s most notorious child sex traffickers would be a political liability?
Do you find the collar getting tighter Donnie..?
Yet again, I would like to remind everyone that this was NOT a drag queen.
But maybe Anita Recount is… I mean, look at the amount of makeup she wears!
Reminder: it was his own team that said they would release the files as red-meat to his MAGITES and then attempted a bait / switch.
As did the cost of living crisis.
He lied about releasing the files, he lied about fixing inflation.
How so many people can’t see him for what he is just astounds me. I have always seen right through him. I guess there’s a reason some people are so susceptible to grifters.
Maybe it was always less about any evidence against him and more about how Epstein absolutely clowns on him throughout.
Trump voters are the dumbest people to ever walk this planet.
Can someone please answer this for me – if Trump is in these files and there is evidence of any wrongdoing, why hasn’t he been arrested? Is there some legal reason? Or just loyalty to him?? And why is there even a single person opposed to releasing them?
Funnily enough, the entire thing would be a dead issue, left only for the occasional Lisa Simpson-on-a-stage meme being posted, but Trump decided he wanted to campaign on releasing the files, bringing the topic once again back into the public spotlight, only this time lighting a fire that voters on both sides could agree on.
Then came the charades and lies. The meetings in Feb where “Phase 1” binders were given out. Then the administration saying they are “on a desk”, then saying they are fake, then saying that Obama somehow made them, then saying they are real and will be released, then saying they are fake again, then they exist, then they don’t exist, then releasing a known child-rapist and co-conspirator out of the prison she was in and granting her work leave privileges after striking a super-secret totally-not-legal backroom deal, then that Democrats time traveled back to 2002 to add his name to them so that when he won his second non-concurrent White House bid that they could use it against him, then Mike Johnson claiming he knew about it since he was a super-secret FBI informant, then more denying it ever happened, calling it a hoax, then his press secretary saying the released files are true, etc. etc.
It’s all nonsense. But yeah, the entire thing would be a non-issue had Trump decided to not talk about it. He manufactured the outrage that he knew would lead to this, but he did it anyway because his narcissism and need to be talked about overpowered any sense of self-preservation.
Remember when QAnon went crazy over [a pedophile ring run out of a pizzeria basement? There was not even a basement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory)
The US President raping kids is a “fiasco” now?
NOTHING becomes a political fiasco for him and thats the problem. EVERYTHING will be accepted.