“Honestly, I’m talking about Epstein for the time being,” Kirk said on the podcast a few days later. “I will trust my friends in government, I will trust my friends in government to do what needs to be done, solve, and Ball is in their hands.”
As Wired reported earlier this week, the magazine’s loyalty is not only Epstein, but also angry at the promise of other losses. But Trump advisers told me that the clumsy launch of Epstein’s material dates back to February, when the White House filled conservative influencer binders with materials that were mostly already public information about shameful financiers and rechargeable sex traffickers.
Even some key podcast brothers who have added the handling of the Epstein case to their growing regrets as they helped push Trump to the top in 2024. To express his dissatisfaction, podcast and comedian Andrew Schulz, who is popular among young people, shared an explosive wired report screenshot on Instagram about modifications to Epstein’s original prison video.
The more time the more the stubborn men in traditional magazine bases seep out.
The first Trump adviser said Epstein toothpaste cannot be put back into the test tube, which is particularly ironic as Trump has reserved the highest federal law enforcement position among Epstein Truthmen. After Trump’s 2024 campaign leaned on and inspired, Maga Base won the road to victory, so eager employees decided to arm conservative influencers to conservative influencers, which may be just the latest mistake.
Even Trump seems to be confused about what to do next. This could mark a turning point in the president’s relationship with the base, who seemed to shout out Margo World in a truth society post on Wednesday: “[The Democrats’] The president wrote on his social media site: “The new scam we will always call the Jeffrey Epstein scam, and my past supporters have bought this “nonsense”, hooks, threads and pendants.”
The White House did not return a request for comment, including whether the president believes anyone who doubts Epstein is no longer Marg.
Trump has many variables and unknowns left in his second semester. But, given his most dedicated supporters and the particular enthusiasm and significance of this issue in many conservative ecosystems, it seems to be a moment that marks a unique era.
After Epstein and the subsequent uprising, it was called Trump 2.0 and AE.
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