Things get really interesting when an expert lays out the remaining few defenses Trump has on the Epstein matter. Right now, he’s trying to obfuscate, that is, hide, behind a couple of options, and he’s running out. There’s nothing much left he could do, to wit, from AlterNet:
After a tumultuous 24 hours, one analyst is now observing that President Donald Trump must cling to one of three main defenses in response to the Wall Street Journal’s recent bombshell report delving into his close friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In the report, Trump is alleged to have written a racy birthday message to Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 (three years before his first conviction). The message alludes to the two having “certain things in common” and calls Epstein a “pal” with whom he may share “a wonderful secret.” Trump responded to the story, saying that he planned to sue the Journal, its parent company Newscorp and owner Rupert Murdoch.
Okay. That’s not going to work. It says without “saying it out loud” that he’s worried about what people think of him, and he’s trying to redirect their attention so they don’t actually know what he’s done … except the WSJ printed it, and one would think the WSJ doesn’t publish anything that’s fake. When they printed it, they have it from a reputable source. They could have seen the greeting tRump actually wrote.
The Bulwark editor Jonathan V. Last wrote Friday that none of Trump’s go-to responses to the Epstein story hold water upon close inspection. He pointed out that Trump has “three possible defenses,” which are “the letter doesn’t exist,” “the letter is a fake” and “the letter doesn’t mean anything.” In his analysis, Last debunked each argument one by one. “Until yesterday, Trump had held to #1, insisting that he barely knew Epstein. The Journal story makes that inoperable, so he’s moved on to #2,” Last wrote.
He went on to explain that because the Journal’s report relies on “too many sources” and “too much evidence,” Trump’s claim that the Journal fabricated the letter “won’t hold.” In the article, the Journal reported that the letter Trump wrote to Epstein was part of a compilation of messages that Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell (who is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence) assembled as a birthday gift. Last observed that this means that either every letter sent to Epstein was forged, or that Trump’s was the only faked message among many, before opining: “Dog won’t hunt.”
Yes, Mr. Last is correct. He has said it the best of all I’ve seen. It’s simple and factual. He really did break down Agent Orange’s defense options. El Presidente Imbécil needs to be shown for what he really is, and this Epstein thing is finally doing it. Maybe, just maybe, MAGA will actually see it (again, since they backpedaled over the WSJ article, get stuffed Steve Bannon) for more than a week. I kinda doubt it since they’ve done this turnabout, but even a few is better than nothing.
Ultimately, Last concluded that the only remaining defense Trump has left is that the letter doesn’t mean anything significant. And he acknowledged that while he’s unsure whether this defense will succeed, he also noted that Trump altering his initial claim “rather than telling the whole truth is a problem.” And he pointed out one more inconvenience: “This story comes from a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper.”
Thank you, sir. I’m going to watch and see how this works. The first two have happened. Will the third? All of us will have to wait and see. I hope the Mango Mandarin Messiah gets there. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens after the third choice, and where he’ll try to go from there. I’ll be eagerly hoping for the blowup and the aftermath. I hope you will too.
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Trump’s using up his magical three wishes, as revealed and to some as predictably expected. He possibly was granted these fanciable wishes only after he started doing a type of sordid dirty at a particular convicted genie’s island of ‘one thousand and one sleazy stays’. His magic carpet ride is fast running out of bluff and bluster, whilst concurrently showing how he’s just full of piss and poison.
Well said! And “sleazy stays” lolol Thanks for the comment!