There’s an old French saying, “plus ca change, plus c’est pareil.” That means, “the more things change the more they are the same.” The video that you’re about to see is a series of clips from years back but it’s making the rounds because when you go to 2:29 in, Cher talks about the “young chicks and getting younger” that Donald Trump bragged about being in his orbit. When Cher made that comment, she may or may not have been aware of Trump’s connections with Jeffrey Epstein. This is a long video but it’s interesting how Trump lashed back at Cher, talking about her “dying” career, her “expiration date” and so forth. His words about her only underscore her words about him, that he’s a liar and an idiot.
Personally, I don’t remember a time when Cher was down and out or that Las Vegas was the elephant’s graveyard, although Elvis did seem to go there to die. That much is true.
Cher is yet another Hollywood icon that I met. Yes, indeed. I met her shortly after I moved to Los Angeles in 1978 because I happened to share an apartment in North Hollywood, in a building which was owned and managed by Cher’s grandmother, Betty Stricker. Betty liked me and she asked me if I wanted to go with her to see Cher at the Universal Ampitheater. So of course there was only one answer to that question.
The show was terrific and we went to a *party* backstage and I put the emphasis on it because no alcohol was served. Cher doesn’t drink and that’s certainly her prerogative but I found it odd that she didn’t serve a few beers or a little wine to her guests. Ergo, it was truly one of the most boring *parties* I had ever been to in my entire life, let alone in Hollywood. A party without alcohol isn’t a party, it’s a meeting. Or maybe I’m a degenerate.
It was interesting, however, talking to Betty about Cher’s career. Sonny Bono wrote, “I got you babe,” in Betty’s garage. There are a lot of start up bands in garages all over America but few turn into an act like Sonny & Cher became back in the day. Betty said that she didn’t see it coming. Cher also starred in a movie called Chastity in 1969 and another one called Good Times with Sonny in 1967. They were both complete bombs. It wasn’t time for Cher to bloom on the silver screen. That wouldn’t happen until 1983 when she did Silkwood.
In all events, kudos to Cher for using a toilet emoji to represent Donald Trump. It is an apt metaphor. And expect a lot more clips about Trump’s “young chicks” and all that to surface as this Epstein saga goes into yet another chapter. Trump is panicking.
As I sat back and watched Donald Trump taking questions from the Oval, I didn’t just hear the words—I watched his face. When asked about the Epstein scandal, he snapped. Called it a hoax. Called it “bullshit” again. But I know that look. Behind the bravado, I saw fear. Not the kind you can fake—the kind that leaks through clenched jaws and darting eyes. He’s panicking. And then came J.D. Vance, pretending nothing is happening. Denying any dinner or meeting at his residence, denying any coordination around Epstein and Maxwell.
My sources tell me that due to the mounting media scrutiny—especially after we broke the story—the original dinner was scrapped and moved off the books. Instead, quiet meetings were held at the White House, and high-level conversations took place behind closed doors. But here’s the part the media missed while chasing what we already exposed: Dan Bongino the one man in Trump’s inner circle who has refused to play along with the Epstein cover-up, was never going to attend. And that was a major point of discussion in those meetings. The tension between Bongino and Trump’s loyalists—especially Bondi—is real. And Trump knows it. They’re trying to hold the narrative together, but Bongino is the crack they can’t control.
Bongino, I’m told, is not playing ball. He’s defiant. He’s seen the files, read the transcripts, and knows the truth about Epstein. The documents. The flight logs. The dirty connections. And he wants no part of the cover-up Trump is orchestrating now. That’s why there’s tension inside the walls of Trump’s DOJ. And that’s why, according to my sources, part of these conversations were spent trying to broker peace between Bongino and Bondi— Kash Patel was acting as Bongino’s proxy. Think about that.
Patel acting as Bongino’s proxy is only one of the weirdnesses that have become normalized in this surreal Trump 2.0 world that we live in. Viewpoints vary but nobody believes that the Epstein matter will simply be dropped. That ship has sailed. Whatever happens next, Deep State conspiracy, you name it, is in the making but the matter is far from being over. To Donald’s infinite dismay.
Bravo, Cher. Bravo.
x2 ‘thumbs up’ affirmations are mine by honest mistake. Was trying to get the ‘reply’ bit to work. Sorry. Anyway, is this Cher video spray above, a mockup? Original clip has something to do with the Witches Of Eastwick, perhaps.
TY Cher. That description is right up there with the rancid stuffed wiener, perfect. And you look great, babe!
Any time anyone says something he doesn’t like, Cheeto fires back with a tired refrain containing words like failing, has been, and no talent. The truth is, Cher is a glamorous, beautiful, intelligent, and successful woman he could never have, NEVER! I’m sure that causes a little shrinkage in his mushroom.