Vanity Fair: 'Epstein's Ghost' Haunts Trump's Every Move, Despite a Lack of Evidence

Newsbusters ^ | February 15, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

A ghost story falls in the category of fantasy. And former ABC reporter Tara Palmeri's Halloween-in-February hot take in Vanity Fair on Thursday, "Epstein’s Ghost Is Calling All the Shots in Trump’s White House," certainly falls within the realm of fantasy. She updates Banquo's ghost to the 21st century and engages in the fantasy that Epstein's ghost is somehow haunting Trump's every move.

Since no incriminating facts in the Epstein files could be found about Trump, Palmeri performs the pretense of somehow channeling the president's soul and concluding that his every waking (and sleeping) moment is being haunted by Epstein's ghost. So let us now join Palmeri with a few laughable excerpts from Vanity Fair's Fantasyland:

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[PJ-Comix]

Another sign of Liberal DESPERATION. Making up ghost stories.

[EvilCapitalist]

Horse Hockey.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Vanity Fair is owned by a media conglomerate that owns about 30 other publications and puts out the same liberal slop in each one. And they all focus on politics no matter what they allegedly are supposed to be about. No one reads any of them anymore.

[kvanbrunt2]

True this is BS but these files should have been released last year. now they just trickle out during mid-term election season. Which means you will get more ghost articles and fake stuff. Ideal time to release these in hind sight would have been during his tariff wars.

[Frank Drebin]

The only haunting going on is in the brains of leftists by Trump, 24/7, 365...rent damn free.

[shelterguy]

“””True this is BS but these files should have been released last year.””

The democrats demanded Trump release them.

They didn’t demand Biden release them.

Figure it out from there.

[libertylover]

In their dreams.

[Beowulf9]

Sounds to me like the ghost-of-no-facts-about-Epstein’s-ghost-and-Trump is haunting Tara Palmeri over there at Vanity Fair.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Libtards losing their minds. 😏

[delchiante]

Steele Dossidiots will never ever be satisfied with anything to do with Trump.

Some have figured that out.

Some haven’t

[Hot Tabasco]

'Epstein's Ghost' Haunts Trump's Every Move, Despite a Lack of Evidence

Only because the media wants to keep it page one.

[Seruzawa]

Naw. It’s just the usual leftist lies. They lie even when it’s better to tell the truth. It is pathological

[VeniVidiVici]

The Democrats are going full-bore, instructing their minions to post in all social media “Epstein” and “pedophilee” non-stop.

Spamming is everywhere.

[libstripper]

Oh, LOL!!!! With all the differrent people listed in the Epstein files, I’m feelinG left outand branded as a permanent nobody.

[Beowulf9]

Meanwhile, the TRUTH is “PERFECT Border, Lowest Crime in 125 years, the Mass Removal of Stone Cold Criminals, the 50,000 DOW, the 7,000 S&P (Both Highest Ever!), Least Number of Murders since 1900, Venezuela, “Midnight Hammer,” Soleimani DEAD, al-Baghdadi DEAD, Lowest Inflation in YEARS (1.2% for last three months!), the Rebuilding of our Military, Eight War Stoppages”.

[dware]

Morons can’t even get it right when they get their way. No one cares Trump is in the documents. We’ve known this for years now. Trump is going to lose the movement because no one is being arrested/charged, which means we absolutely do have a 2 tier justice system in America.

[SunkenCiv]

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[rktman]

SMDH! Guess they needed all this time to remove the real pedo proof eh?

[shelterguy]

“””Trump is going to lose the movement because no one is being arrested/charged, which means we absolutely do have a 2 tier justice system in America”””

Trump arrested Epstein and Maxwell when he was in charge.

Who did the democrats arrest when they were in charge?

[SaxxonWoods]

The vast majority of names on that famous list never sexually preyed on children. They just went to parties where Epstein showed up

The “List” is out.

Where Are The Victims?