Having covered several administrations, I know from my own experience that there’s one common complaint among White House reporters, no matter who is president: Lack of access. Why isn’t he more available? Why won’t he take our questions?

That’s not true of President Trump, though. He’ll stop and take questions anywhere, anytime, on any topic. Well, almost any topic.

As we discovered last week, he’ll take questions on any topic but one.

“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” Trump exploded to a reporter who asked about Epstein at a July 8 Cabinet meeting. “This guy’s been talked about for years. ... And people are still talking about this guy, this creep?”

Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein for a couple of reasons. For one, he’d rather brag about his “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” that recently passed. For another, he’d rather forget about a convicted sexual predator whom, years earlier, he once described to New York Magazine as a “terrific guy” and “a lot of fun to be with.”

But people are still talking about Epstein and, to Trump’s dismay, will continue talking about him. Trump’s problem is that it’s not Democrats who are talking about Epstein but his MAGA base,........

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