Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
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President Donald Trump is accusing some of his onetime supporters of being “weaklings” who are falling prey to Democratic “bullshit” about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — concluding that he no longer wants their support.
Donald Trump is once again angry, but this time his ire is directed at a new audience: his own MAGA supporters.
Trump lashed out at his MAGA base on Wednesday over their meltdown to the Justice Department’s memo that concluded that Epstein had no “client list” of high-profile public figures involved in the scandal. He said in his Truth Social post that he no longer wanted the support of those who cared about the case.
"For the past few days, supporters of Donald Trump have had their spears trained on one another in the aftermath of the Trump administration's conclusion 'that there is no there there' on the so-called Jeffrey Epstein client list.
The rhetoric marks a dramatic escalation for the Republican president, who has broken with some of his most loyal backers on issues in the past, but never with such fervor.
Trump lashed out at those of his MAGA base who are furious with the Justice Department’s refusal to release any more documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling them “stupid.
The White House is being backed into a corner as talk around the Jeffrey Epstein files continue to stir up mixed feelings from President Trump’s MAGA base. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez and Julie Tsirkin report the latest.
On this morning’s Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Dasha Burns talk about President Donald Trump’s frustrations over the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein saga, how seriously to take the special counsel rumors and what Dasha learned about Don Jr.