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It finally happened. The MAGA base is split over its support of Donald Trump. No, it’s not over his budget that rips health care from millions. It’s not because ICE is being slathered with $170 billion to become his private police force. And it’s not over FEMA’s awful response to the Texas floods that have left 129 dead and 160 missing.
It’s because Trump won’t fulfill a promise that his most devoted followers have been waiting for with baited breath: releasing the Epstein client list. And now Attorney General Pam Bondi says there really isn’t a list, except for the fact that she told Fox News months ago that it was sitting on her desk.
Far-right influencers like Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, and Matt Walsh are in a tizzy. Elon Musk has been tweeting about the Epstein betrayal for days. Trump tried to tamp down the furor with a Truth Social post defending Bondi, blaming Obama and Hillary Clinton (because, why not?), and ordering people to stop caring about Epstein — but for once, it didn’t work. Trump got ratioed on his own social network.
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So why is this a big deal? Lincoln Square Founding Editor Lisa Senecal and Executive Editor Susan J. Demas discuss how central QAnon is to MAGA: the conspiracy theory that America (and the world) is run by a gang of liberal pedophiles and Trump would finally put a (violent) end to the deep state.
For MAGA, the Epstein List is their Roman Empire. And Trump suddenly commanding his base to just move on is not exactly going well. Now he’s trying anything to distract people, like posting that his old nemesis, comedian Rosie O’Donnell, should maybe be deported for being mean to him. But of course, Trump is also testing the waters, to see how far he can push the idea of exiling his political enemies.
But Wait, There’s More
You’re not going to want to miss a Very Special Epstein Edition of Strategy Session at 5 p.m. Tuesday. You know you want to hear what Rick Wilson has to say about trouble in MAGA paradise.
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