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Epstein on My Mind

July 15, 2025
Jeffrey EpsteinDonald TrumpEpstein FilesPam BondiMAGAKash PatelMar-a-LagoBill Barr
Epstein on My Mind

by Rob C.

Art by Nick Anderson - Raw Story

There’s a strange fracture forming in the MAGA movement. It’s not over policy, principles, or even Trump’s multiple indictments. No, the crack is coming from something even deeper: the Epstein files.

The very people who once cheered as Trump ranted about “draining the swamp” and locking up child traffickers are now looking around and noticing something a bit… off. They’re realizing that the files they were promised — the great reckoning, the list of pedophiles, the thunderous justice that was supposed to come raining down on the elites — is nowhere to be found.

Some MAGA diehards are so enraged over the Epstein file cover-up that they’re turning on Trump’s own loyalists. You’ve got Pam Bondi, Trump’s hand-picked Attorney General, getting torched in Telegram chats and MAGA forums — with some calling for her “head on a spike” for not releasing the files.

Meanwhile, Kash Patel, the FBI director Trump appointed in Trump 2.0, is out here playing spin doctor with Dan Bongino, the Dollar Store Alex Jones.
They’re flailing under the weight of their own propaganda, trying to convince the base that everything is still going according to plan… while the plan clearly involves no arrests, no justice, and no list.

And suddenly, some of them are starting to ask questions:
Why haven’t the Epstein client lists been released?
How did Jeffrey Epstein “kill himself” in a federal jail under strict supervision?
Who was running the government when that happened?

These are good questions. But unfortunately for them, the answers don’t point toward Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.

They point directly at their Orange Baby Jesus -Donald J. Trump.

Trump and Epstein: Not Just Acquaintances

Let’s start with what we know — and not from anonymous posts on 4chan, but from publicly available, on-the-record evidence.

In 2002, New York Magazine published a profile on Jeffrey Epstein. In it, Donald Trump had this to say:

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

That wasn’t some “taken out of context” moment. Trump was bragging. They were friends. They partied together. They were photographed together. Epstein was a guest at Mar-a-Lago, and Trump even reportedly co-hosted a private party with him in the early 2000s — 28 calendar models and just the two of them.

And when Trump was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at an Epstein-linked Manhattan apartment in the 1990s (a lawsuit that was later dropped after threats to the accuser), it barely made a ripple in the press. Because by then, Trump was already preparing his main defense strategy: projection.


The Beauty Pageant Owner Who Liked “Walking In”

In 1996, Donald Trump bought the Miss USA, Miss Universe, and Miss Teen USA pageants. This, in itself, should have raised some red flags.

It didn’t take long for the disturbing stories to surface.

In a 2005 interview on The Howard Stern Show, Trump described his “perk” as owner of the pageants:

“I’ll go backstage before a show, and everyone’s getting dressed… I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant. You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women, and so I sort of get away with things like that.”

That’s not a joke. That’s not innuendo. That’s the man who became president bragging about walking in on teenage girls while they changed clothes.

And then, of course, there’s his infamous comment about his daughter Ivanka. On The View in 2006:

“If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”

This is the man the MAGA base turned into a messiah figure — the guy they believed would save the children.

Let’s not forget the crown jewel of Trump’s grotesque commentary, the Access Hollywood tape, in which Bragatha Christy proudly admitted:

“You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab ‘em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
— Donald Trump, 2005, NBC Access Hollywood hot mic

And yet, we’re supposed to believe this man — this walking red flag in a red tie — is the guy who's going to uncover a secret global child trafficking ring?


The Man in Charge When Epstein Died

Let’s talk about the Epstein case itself.

Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges. On August 10, 2019, he was found dead in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York.

Who was President of the United States at the time?
Who was in charge of the Justice Department?
Who appointed Bill Barr, the man overseeing the Bureau of Prisons?

That would be Our Fondling Father - Donald J. Trump. Who BTW cheated on all three of his wives and paid off a pornstar and was convicted of 34 fellonies.

Somehow, under Trump’s watch:

  • Epstein’s cell cameras “malfunctioned”.

  • The guards fell asleep.

  • The logs were lost.

  • The autopsy was controversial.

  • And the story just… disappeared.

Yet the same people who scream about "The Deep State" and Hillary Clinton’s body count are completely unwilling to ask why Trump’s DOJ never released the files, never held anyone accountable, and let the whole case slip away like it never happened.


It’s Always Projection

The truth is, the MAGA movement was never about justice. It was about rage. And like any good demagogue, Trump directed that rage everywhere except at himself.

  • He told them Democrats were coming for their children.

  • He told them Hollywood was full of pedophiles (while attending parties with Epstein).

  • He told them the system was rigged — and then he used it to enrich himself, pardon his cronies, and silence critics.

This is what makes the Epstein narrative so dangerous for Trump’s movement. Because it forces them to confront the fact that their savior might actually be part of the very evil they claimed to be fighting.

He was the guy at the parties.
He did say those disgusting things.
He was in charge when Epstein died.

And now? He wants you to forget.
He wants you to keep screaming about Hillary’s emails and Hunter’s laptop while he quietly buries the truth under layers of projection and paranoia.


Final Thought: The Firestarter Wants to Lead the Investigation

Imagine this scenario:
You come home and your house is burning down. There’s one guy on the lawn holding a lighter, covered in soot, grinning. And he says:

“We need to get to the bottom of this fire.”

That’s Trump, and the MAGA movement was his useful idiots.
That’s the modern right wing in America — arsonists cosplaying as firefighters, just like Kristy Noem.

So if you're wondering why the Epstein files are still sealed…
You might want to ask the man who owned the building, attended the parties, bragged about his access to underage girls, and ran the government when the main witness mysteriously died.

You know his name.

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