Posted on 07/26/2025 6:18:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
July 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's super powers as a public figure have long included the ability to redirect, evade and deny.
But the Republican's well-worn methods of changing the subject when a tough topic stings politically are not working as his White House fends off persistent unrest from his usually loyal base about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
Trump has scolded reporters, claimed ignorance and offered distractions in an effort to quash questions about Epstein and the suspicions still swirling around the disgraced financier's case years after his 2019 death in prison. The demand for answers has only grown.
"For a president and an administration that's very good at controlling a narrative, this is one that's been harder," said Republican strategist Erin Maguire, a former Trump campaign spokeswoman.
Unlike political crises that dogged Trump's first term, including two impeachments and a probe into alleged campaign collusion with Russia, the people propelling the push for more transparency on Epstein have largely been his supporters, not his political foes.
Trump has fed his base with conspiracy theories for years, including the false "birther" claim that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Trump's advisers fanned conspiracies about Epstein, too, only to declare them moot upon entering office.
That has not gone over well with the president's right-leaning base, which has long believed the government was covering up Epstein's ties to the rich and powerful.
"Donald Trump's been running a Ponzi scheme based on propaganda for the better part of a decade and it's finally catching up to him," said Geoff Duncan, a Republican former lieutenant...
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What Epstein uproar?
al-Reuters is having a fevered dream of Trump going down.
So hilarious to see the media fall for this over and over again.
“”””What Epstein uproar?”””””
It is humorous watching the “news” people try to turn it into the new RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA
Projection. Dems are the ones deflecting from the lurid backgrounds of the illegal aliens, the fact that there is no sign economic collapse due to tariffs and more and more good news is coming from Trump’s actions such as ending DEI and college anti-semitism.
They want something, anything, desperately, to let them say bad things about Trump.
Trump needs to clean up the 17/18 IC agencies.
Hard to know with certainty, but I think Trump is currently running simultaneous strategies on multiple fronts. And, to me, it feels like each is intended to fool and distract the Democrats and that all of Trump’s strategies will coalesce into one big beautiful picture will tells the world exactly what the Democrats are really like.
The libs are like a synchronized school of small fish. 100% of them have latched onto the Epstein thing with identical talking points.
This dog won’t hunt and is barking up the wrong tree.
Nuttin’ there.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-inside-scoop-on-jeffrey-epstein-b0da1cbe
“But the Republican’s well-worn methods of changing the subject when a tough topic stings politically are not working as his White House fends off persistent unrest from his usually loyal base about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.”
LOL- “persistent unrest” from us??? These dopes think we are really dumb...
I agree with the Trump-hating media, so I’m done with Trump because of Epstein.
(isn’t that’s what the Left wants me to do?)
Roto routers pumping crap out on us by the tanker truck load.
PROFESSIONAL ANALISTS.
the author of this crap is still butthurt about Trump mocking his mask
They are quoting Geoff Duncan. That shows you how much Reuters actually knows about the story.
More crap.
Reuters is a major leftist mouthpiece.
Releasing a bogus article like this just shows how desperate the Soro/Socialists are.
more fiction from reuters
“Hard to know with certainty, but I think Trump is currently running simultaneous strategies on multiple fronts.”
I agree with you. That is exactly what is happening.
Jeff Mason is fake news. Has been for a long time.
We are disappointed by the Epstein story
We are enraged by the Obama-led Russia hoax story.
Hopefully this clears things up
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