Posted on 07/12/2025 9:48:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of Donald Trump’s popular campaign promises was to work on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, so we could see how many people still in power were clients of the infamous child trafficker. In a new mystifying message, Trump not only supported his attorney general in not releasing the files; he bashed his own base.
Voters love Trump for defying the Deep State, for promising to drain the swamp, for vowing to track down criminals — especially child abusers. He was elected on promises of enforcing the law against criminals. Now Attorney General Pam Bondi is claiming that the Epstein files are just a myth, even though she had previously claimed they were sitting on her desk (apparently Epstein’s guilty plea to child prostitution and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell’s 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with him to abuse minors were accidents). The truly shocking part is that Trump is backing Bondi. We saw this sort of debacle play out with Richard Nixon. Trump should not make the same mistake.
Furious MAGA voters expected Trump to ask Bondi to resign, or at least to rebuke her and remind her of his campaign promise—one that many voters were enthused about—because child exploitation by elites is a topic that riles most Americans, especially since many of the victims and elites in this case are still alive. Instead of reading the room, figuratively speaking, and sitting Bondi down for a talk, Trump posted a message on Truth Social that contradicts his former comments and has already garnered backlash, with both X and Truth Social exploding as Trump voters decried the message.
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A legitimate question.
The snarky tone, not so legitimate.
There is a distinction between lost support and weakened the support. The latter are people who still support Trump, but not so enthusiastically.
It's early to say if Trump has lost support. But from widespread comments, his support is clearly weakened among his base. Many supporters have expressed disappointment.
Whether some of that weakened support will later be lost, time will tell.
You can find plenty just on this thread.
I agree with Roger Stone’s take he gave at the TPUSA conference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2TOcEQ7ZM
So it was “VERY necessary” for you to launch a personal attack against someone instead of simply stating your point? Really?
FYI: This board specifically states that it expects posters “to use common courtesy when posting and refrain from posting personal attacks”.
I have no clue what spun you up but back off.
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