If Donald Trump calls someone personally, it must be a serious matter. This was the situation when he raised the phone at the beginning of this week and called Emma Tucker. The editor -in -chief of “Wall Street Journal” had a hot sensation in preparation about “indecent list”, which Trump was to write to his friend Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
Tucker could not be intimidated to Trump. On Thursday evening, “WSJ” published an article, but without a photo of the letter. “Let each day be a new wonderful secret” – he had, among others Write Trump to your friend. The letter also included a drawing of a naked woman with the signature “Donald” in the place of pubic hair. “Bombshell” [to określenie oznacza m.in. “gorący temat”]as the Americans say. However, this bomb is not so destructive primarily for the US President, only for Vance.
Retrospection: Less than two weeks ago, the American Department of Justice informed the public that in the case of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, however, does not exist and that further investigation was considered “unjustified”. This is a complete change in the position of the Pam Bondi Prosecutor General, who until recently on television claimed that the list was lying on her desk and is ready for inspection.
Burning magician hats
After the last statement of Bondi, there was something that observers considered unthinkable so far: Imploza of the “Make America Great Again” movement [MAGA]who so far supported Trump. The anger of Trump's most loyal supporters that the allegedly the biggest scandal in the history of the United States will not come out, however, grows with every hour.
Magician smoking films spread on the web, social media are full of hateful comments, and Republican politicians in Washington – although shyly and excessively carefully – try to show their voters: “Yes, yes, it is important. We treat it seriously.”
Whatever the president does, the Epstein scandal simply does not want to disappear. So far Donald Trump:
- released the prosecutor conducting the Epstein case,
- He published a ten -hour recording of Epstein's prison cell monitoring, which is to show that Epstein actually committed suicide and was not murdered – only that the recording lacks up to three minutes.
- During several speeches, he emphasized how “boring” is the Epstein case and that his supporters should rather focus on the numerous successes of the Republicans.
- He ordered the Prosecutor General Bondi to publish the part of the case file, with which the jury became familiar with the Epstein trial.
Nothing helped. The problem of Donald Trump is more sticky and persistent than everything he has dealt with so far.
What should Trump do?
According to a survey conducted by the University of Quinnipiac 63 percent American voters believe that Trump is not acting in this matter.
Investigative journalist Lindsay Beyerstein writes on X that a significant part of Trump's voters do not care about his foreign policy and tax reductions for the rich. They chose him in the hope that he would finally shed light on alleged conspiracies. “Trump is just treasoning with these loyal supporters,” she said.
The most powerful man in the world has his hands tied. Jeffrey Epstein, who once said that he was “Donald's closest friend”, who introduced Trump to his third wife Melania and who regularly organized crazy events for him in the 1990s and 2000, this long -dead Epstein simply does not want to be buried to Trump.
Voices demanding the appointment of a special investigator are getting louder. Ghislaine Maxwell may be in the center of interest, sentenced to Epstein's partner, sentenced to 20 years in prison. What does she know? What would you need to stop silence?
Each step can be the last for JD Vance
For Trump, the situation remains extremely uncomfortable, although it does not pose a political threat to him. His key financial act [tzw. wielka, piękna ustawa] She was accepted by the US Congress, and he no longer has to fight for re -election. However, the situation of his vice president JD Vance is completely different.
Vance once demanded that Epstein files be published in an uncensored form. Now this usually talked and like to publicize his opinions, the vice president suddenly fell silent. For many days he refused to comment on the Epstein scandal. It was only after the appearance of an article about the congratulatory letter of Trump in “Wall Street Journal” published a angry tweet: what is worth noting, hit the newspaper, not in Trump or those who are increasingly demanding the publication of files.
Vance knows perfectly well that he can't break with Trump or alienate the supporters of the magician who turn away from the president. He needs both Trump and the Magician movement, if he wants to have a chance to win in the presidential election in 2028. In the mining field of the Epstein scandal, each step can be his last. Paradoxically, it is Vance, who has not yet committed any offense in this unpleasant story, can become the last victim of Epstein.
