Trump Calls His Supporters “Stupid People” for Demanding Epstein Files

Revisions and Dissents... Gottfried, Paul Best Price: $29.00 Buy New $29.00 (as of 03:55 UTC - Details) President Donald Trump doesn’t want the support of anyone who continues demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. That appears to be the message he broadcast in a surprising Wednesday morning social-media diatribe, reinforced by comments he later made at the White House.

Trump characterized the recent flareup brought on by supporters who are angered over the Justice Department’s June 7 Epstein memo as a Democrat-induced “SCAM.” The memo concluded that Epstein killed himself, that there is no client list, and that no “credible evidence” that he blackmailed powerful people exists. The conclusions ignited a firestorm of backlash, most prevalent among his supporters.

Nevertheless, on Wednesday, after nine days of persistent criticism, the president accused  his “PAST” supporters of buying into “bullsh*t.” Then he broke up with them, saying:

Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!

“Stupid People”

Trump doubled down later in the day during a White House meeting with Bahrain’s prime minster and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. He referred to those demanding more information as “stupid people” doing the Democrats’ work. He lumped the Epstein “hoax” with the legitimate Russia collusion hoax and the Hunter Biden 51 intel agents propaganda saga.

Unclear Position

Why exactly the president claims this to be a hoax is unclear. Epstein was a convicted pedophile. When he died in jail, he was being held on allegations of sex trafficking.

Former Trump national security advisor General Michael Flynn published a social-media post on Wednesday addressed to the president. Flynn prefaced his message with the disclaimer that his criticism came from someone “with the utmost respect and deference to you for all you’ve withstood.” The he said the obvious: The Epstein saga is not a hoax. Echoing the main reason so many are demanding answers, Flynn said transparency was important in order for “a modicum of trust to be reestablished between our federal government and the people it is designed to serve.”

Flynn also pointed out the main reason so many people want answers:

It is NOT about Epstein or the left. It is about committing crimes against CHILDREN. If he were part of an intel operation known or run by our CIA (shame on them) and those responsible MUST be held accountable. If there is another country involved, then shame on them as well. If there are elites inside of our country that committed crimes against CHILDREN (shame on them) and they MUST be held ACCOUNTABLE.

He concluded by recommending that he gather his team and “figure out a way to move past this.”

Release the Files

Trump himself has said — on multiple occasions — that the Epstein files should be released. In June 2024, Fox & Friends host Rachel Campos-Duffy asked him if he would declassify the Epstein files. Trump said, “Yeah, I would. I guess I would,” he said. His response, however, also included some trepidation. He said afterward that he might not “because you don’t want to affect people’s lives if it’s phony stuff in there, because it’s a lot of phony stuff with that whole world.”

A few months later, however, in September 2024, podcaster Lex Fridman told Trump it was “very strange” that a list of “clients” who went to Epstein’s island wasn’t known, to which the president replied, “It probably will be [made public], by the way, probably,” adding, “I’d have no problem with it.”

High-ranking members of the Trump administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Attorney General Pam Bondi have also made public comments in support of releasing the files. Bondi told Fox News in March that a “truckload” of evidence from the Southern District of New York office had arrived at, presumably, main FBI headquarters, and “everything is going to come out to the public” because “the public has a right know.”

The video compilation contrasts the administration’s positions now versus not too long ago.

Why the Change?

Beyond Labels: A Docto... Salatin, Joel Best Price: $9.24 Buy New $17.60 (as of 02:01 UTC - Details) The administration has, obviously, changed its tune. And most critics suspect the story coming out now is nonsense. It not only contradicts public comments made by the very people who are now insisting there is nothing more to see, but piles of research put together by some of the most capable journalists and researchers.

The million-dollar question is: Why?

The Trump administration’s position is creating a rift and alienating supporters. It may even result in political fallout in the 2026 midterms. What forbidden information is worth all that?

Trump has proven incapable of making this story disappear. The administration’s brazen attempt to convince the public there is nothing to see in the Epstein files has only added more fuel to the fire. But, perhaps, it’s the vile acts at the center of the saga that keep this going. The public needs to know if powerful people are raping children and getting away with it. And if so, those people need to be brought to justice — no matter who they are.

This article was originally published on The New American.

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