As public anger over the Epstein files grows, Trump’s arsenal of deflections from deepfakes of Obama’s arrest to resurrecting Russia conspiracies lays bare a presidency in panic.

For a man who built his political brand on the promise of exposing the “dirty secrets" of America’s elite, US President Donald Trump’s recent behaviour around the Epstein files is nothing short of spectacular hypocrisy. Once hailed by his MAGA base as the leader who would “drain the swamp," Trump now seems more determined than ever to keep the swamp water murky. While House Democrats twice attempted to force the release of all DOJ documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case, Trump’s Republican allies shut them down. Not once, twice.

The Epstein saga has haunted America’s political elite for years, but it’s Trump who now finds himself ensnared in its most volatile chapter. After Attorney General Pam Bondi declared there would be no further prosecutions, no “client list" and no more documents released, the backlash wasn’t led by Democrats, it erupted from Trump’s own base.

Prominent MAGA influencers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Elon Musk, demanded transparency. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime accomplice, even reportedly offered to testify before Congress.

Instead of action, Trump asked his “boys and gals" to leave Bondi alone and called the........

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