At a White House Cabinet meeting last week, President Trump tried to declare the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein finished just one day after his Justice Department issued a memo waving the scandal away. His bid to control the narrative immediately backfired, drawing even more attention to the episode.
Unable to quash the controversy through dismissal or fresh conspiracy theories, Trump switched strategies. Late Tuesday he told reporters that only “bad people” wanted the story to linger—a swipe that implicitly included many conservative allies. By Wednesday morning he went further, publicly rebuking followers who still demand the Epstein files.
In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump labeled the Epstein furor a “SCAM” and a “Hoax” orchestrated by Democrats. He mocked former supporters as “weaklings” who “bought into this bulls—,” sprinkled in references to Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton and the Russia investigation, praised his own greatness, and wrapped up with: “I don’t want their support anymore!”
Hours later the president repeated the theme, branding critics “stupid” and “foolish” Republicans. History suggests this brow‑beating will not end the discussion inside MAGA circles—and may deepen the rift.
If the Epstein affair is truly a Democratic fabrication, why did top members of Trump’s own administration—Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Don Bongino—take it seriously? Are they “stupid,” too? And if Democrats invented the files, wouldn’t they have released them, including anything damaging to Trump? The simpler explanation may be that the documents exist—and that what they contain is politically perilous for the president himself.
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