Anything to stop talking about Epstein

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Meeting Vlad in Alaska? Anything to stop talking about Epstein
The Epstein files have been knocked off the front pages. But the stain continues to spread

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published August 22, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Donald Trump was already apoplectic. Must have been from that continual talk about Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeff Epstein and those pesky files. Gosh, they just won’t go away.

Trump continues to play his usual game, hustling and “trying to get over” like an aging White Super Fly — have you seen him dance? But even those who have loved Trump with the loyalty of a stray canine are now barking in disdain. Nothing he has done has kept his own followers from burning their MAGA hats. They wanted the Epstein files released and they wanted it yesterday. After all, Trump made that promise on the campaign trail.

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There are an extremely low number of prognosticators who can accurately predict the outcome of a WWE match, not knowing the participants or anything about the sport. The same can be said of political pundits and their ability to discern in advance what will unite the American electorate — even if they have years of experience doing it. Not many of us had “Jeffrey Epstein” or “Ghislaine Maxwell” on our bingo cards — to mix metaphors while gilding the lily. Certainly few professional pundits, unless they were buried in Adderall and main-lining caffeine and battery acid, would ever even picture it. But here we are: The one issue upon which a majority of Americans agree.

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Still, like an angry orangutan who’s housed in a glass cage at your local zoo, Trump has more feces to smear. He’s also trying to revise history at the Smithsonian to keep us talking and to make him happy. But still, that’s not enough to ease the spreading stain of Epstein. You need some real heavy duty bleach for that. ..................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/22/meeting-vlad-in-alaska-anything-to-stop-talking-about-epstein/