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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:45 PM Monday

The Epstein Swamp Trump Is Caught In

If ever a politician shared in a debacle of his own making, it is Donald Trump. The man who managed to escape time after time, has landed in a quagmire and may not walk away unscathed.

In the past, Trump’s followers turned a blind eye just as he predicted they would if he shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue. They overlooked his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying federal records to cover up paying off a porn star. They gave him a pass when boxes of stolen records were found stacked in his bathroom. They disregarded his earlier boasts of sexual assault, ignored his having to pay off those he defrauded at Trump University. Instead they lined up to enrich him buying Trump hats, T-shirts, sneakers, mugs, Bibles and perfume.

What has proven difficult to sidestep are the Jeffrey Epstein files, details about Epstein’s sex trafficking crimes, a supposed “client list” and conjecture surrounding the death of the disgraced financier. While on the campaign trail in 2024, Trump vowed to release the Epstein files. His call was echoed by others: J. D. Vance and Don Trump Jr. as well as “manosphere” podcasters like Joe Rogan, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and Dan Bongino.

Trump had a lengthy history with Jeffrey Epstein. He once told New York Magazine he’d known Epstein for 15 years, calling him “a terrific guy” and “a lot of fun to be with.” Trump said they both shared a love for beautiful women; in Epstein’s case “some of them on the younger side.” For his part, Epstein claimed he and Trump were “best friends for ten years.”

https://www.postalley.org/2025/07/21/the-epstein-swamp-trump-is-caught-in/

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The Epstein Swamp Trump Is Caught In (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
Between Musk and Murdoch, who's doing more damage? FakeNoose Monday #1

FakeNoose

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1. Between Musk and Murdoch, who's doing more damage?
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:59 PM
Monday

Quote from the OP....

Fallout over the Epstein scandal continues to gather momentum. It was only just starting back in May when Elon Musk broke with Trump. Since then, Musk has flooded his social media with posts trolling the administration’s handling of the Epstein files. In several recent postings he openly accused the president of a cover-up. Obviously, Musk has no qualms about squeezing Trump’s pressure point. There’s an odd poetic justice to finding Trump engulfed in a scandal he’s been unable to shake.


Now Chump is suing Rupert Murdock for $10 BILLION !
Murdoch has no reason stick up for Chump any more. Chump doesn't have a friend left.
And we're all laughing at him just like he deserves. This will all be over soon.

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