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The president is attempting to keep calm in front of the cameras, but behind the scenes he’s fuming.

Donald Trump is reportedly getting more and more fed up with his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein drama that has consumed headlines for weeks.

Trump is frustrated that the scandal has overshadowed his agenda and dominated the news, two people familiar with his thinking told The Washington Post in a Sunday report.

Nearly a dozen sources close to the situation spoke to the Post about the issue, painting a picture of an administration adrift, lacking a clear strategy and blindsided by the intensity of the backlash—particularly from Trump’s own base. Many officials had reportedly hoped that Americans would move on from the unreleased Epstein files, underestimating the sustained outrage.

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[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At this point I doubt MAGA crowd will draw the line at paedophilia. The only thing consistent in their belief is idol worship.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The MAGA crowd just wants to see prominent Dems thrown in prison.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

TBH it's kind of fucked up that it's taken this long for them to get riled up and for the media to really dig into this. I suspect some prominent republicans and donors are trying to engineer this as a means of replacing trump. I mean, we've known for a while now about Epstein's crimes. We've known about the girls who were trafficked, and for some time authorities have had the list of names. Obviously anyone who committed crimes against children should be prosecuted regardless of their political affiliation. This seems to be being used as a weapon against trump - fine, the fucker has it coming. It's still political skulduggery tho.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Vance has been more active lately. Coincidence?

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Can't broadcast his FUD agendas when people are asking real questions in the media. Keep it up.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

O come, holy aneurysm!

[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think that in a lot of ways, it’s less about the Epstein files, and more about how deeply complicit in the elite culture that he claimed to be in opposition against.

Epstein is just an acceptable outlet among his base to air their uncertainty and unease they’re feeling. Because his ties with Epstein have been well publicized and well known about for a while, but from a right wing populist perspective, that was kind of written off and discredited because it didn’t fit the feeling, the “vibe”, that he was upsetting and visibly angering elites and thus he must be acting against their interests in some meaningful way, now though, it’s very clear he’s cosying up to the tech elite and taking huge obvious bribes from other elite groups and actually gutting social programs they use everyday, rather than that just being a threat made by the “woke” media they don’t trust.

So suddenly the Epstein being associated with him is believable to right wing populists because of how visibly elite aligned he’s being from their perspective.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Toss all of the in the same prison, but Krasnov is first.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I somehow doubt he is enraged, but it would be extremely funny if we kept talking about Epstein files for the remaining three and a half year of his presidency.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I somehow doubt his presidency is going to last another three and a half years. I'd be surprised if he made it to the midterms.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

That is the wish but I won't count on it. This is a wet dream for billionaires come true, they have a "do whatever you want to so long as you appease" me free pass. I suppose it all depends on their estimates of how much beating the US can take before it collapses.

[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 94 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The news cycle usually does move on as quickly as Trump itches to rape a new child.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago

painting a picture of an administration adrift, lacking a clear strategy and blindsided by the intensity of the backlash

I read this same thing - almost word for word - at least a dozen times in Trumpworld I. It all still ended up with a coup attempt, corporate news still at the service of republiQans, and half the voters still complete fucking morons.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 72 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

What I don't get is why Trump even cares. Clearly his "Grab 'em by the pussy" remark is telling you all you need to know about him and just as clearly, MAGA doesn't care.

Maybe it just really is the fact that his supporters have hyped up all those who are on that list not just as rapists, which they seem to have no problem with, but as the demonspawn in flesh. So Trump isn't concerned that he may be labeled as rapist, as that label didn't stick before, but as incomprehensible evil, or Clinton for short.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is my concern once it officially comes out. Like every other silver bullet we've had, people will think this is what finally takes him down, but once he says "She told me she was 18!" they'll be all "That happens to me all the time too! Damn lying women!" and that will be the last we hear about it unless they use it against Democrats. I can't honestly believe anyone would be shocked his name was on the list.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"That happens to me all the time too! Damn lying women!"

— 43-year-old man still living at home

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Don’t most of us live at home?

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If he didn't want to be called out on all the raping of women and kids then he shouldn't have raped all those women and kids.

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[–] figjam@midwest.social 53 points 1 week ago

I guess he should go back in time and not fuck children then.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

Dude is acting guilty as hell. Of course I believe his victims. Far too many of them for it to be nothing.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Guys, this is bullshit. He may be slightly annoyed, but he is totally protected, he and his administration have zero concerns about any consequences. They are untouchable. Particularly so due to the fact that both parties and their wealthy benefactors are implicated.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Idk, pissing off conservatives did get him shot at

[–] Mcdolan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To add, I think opposition to raping children is a pillar propping up mega as a movement.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 46 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Good. Maybe he'll give himself a stroke or a heart attack.

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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 38 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Good. May he rage himself into a coronary.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

it was so avoidable, all he had to do is not rape children.

it isn't so hard, I never raped children and I aint even trying to avoid it. it's crazy how easy it is not to rape children.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Trump is the kind of person who doesn't take responsibility for his actions. I don't think it occurs to that sort of person that they could just not do the bad thing. They think they're a victim when punished for doing a bad thing. The idea of just not doing the bad thing never registers as an option.

[–] smokestack@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've coincidentally also never raped children, but seeing a child rapist become so incredibly successful, why wouldn't these MAGA retards start raping children? Maybe that's why they're not billionaires, because they don't rape children. It raises some interesting questions.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

i mean there's some correlation. not every child rapist becomes a billionaire, but if you're a billionaire chances are pretty high that you're a child rapist because good people don't become billionaires. the amount of lying, cheating, stealing and exploiting you need to do to become so rich that millionaires are poor by comparison, does make it likely that you're the kind of person who would rape a child.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is CRAZY! That the News is STILL covering this Non Story! Who CARES if Trump Raped Children? NOT his Followers or the MEdia!

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

So what if a few hundred kids got raped, aren't we gonna talk about these awesome tax breaks for billionaires? Trump is fighting for us!

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 1 week ago

Just make every question about the files.

Trump: We just passed another bill that'll be great for America.

Press: And how does that bill affect the Epstein files?

Trump: There was a mass shooter in New York.

Press: Do the Epstein files contain info about Epstein talking about mass shootings?

Trump: I'm flying to Russia to suck Putin's dick.

Press: Do the Epstein files indicate that he sucked Putin's dick with you?

[–] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Put the child rapist in prison. He deserves to never see the light of day.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean I'm glad that something is sticking in the news cycle...

Trump and the Republicans are ruining the economy while also exploding the deficit, kidnapping random people and smuggling them to random third countries. He's preparing to silence dissent toward him in the media, on the street. He's also set up and filling inhumane concentration camps. He's done very little this month to end wars as he promised he'd do in a day, and really just inflamed tensions with Iran with a unilateral strike.

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He thinks it will die down if he pardons the pedo pimp Maxwell? I wanna see him do it just to watch the fireworks

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (5 children)

"two people familiar with his thinking". What a farce. Is there any fact based news anymore?

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

He’s almost always in a “rage” of his own shit

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