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“I Will Sue His Ass Off!” – President Trump Responds to Disgusting Hit Piece by Wall Street Journal – Will Sue WSJ, Newscorp, and Rupert Murdoch



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OOPS: Trump letter to Epstein ties him to a 'significant criminal conspiracy'
Trump letter to Epstein ties him to a 'significant criminal conspiracy'
Story by Tom Boggioni
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The public perception of Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who died while in custody, took another big hit on Thursday night after the Wall Street Journal reported on a "bawdy" letter" the president wrote to the accused pedophile years ago as part of a birthday celebration.

According to MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire, the repercussions over the bombshell report go beyond Trump being viewed with more suspicion by voters because it ties him to actual criminality.

After "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough laughed at MAGA influencers who have been calling on Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the Epstein files, only to freak out on the Wall Street Journal for their report, Willie Geist added, "He's so defensive about this and saying it should go away, it's a scam, it's a hoax. The very people who support him, but are so invested in the Epstein story are saying, why are you so anxious for this story to go away?"

"Yeah, I think this is one of those moments where two things are true at once," Lemire contributed. "Certainly, as just discussed, Trump has been very good at moving past a lot of scandals that would have doomed any other political candidate; Access Hollywood chief among them."

Related video: 'It's become a full blown scandal': Trump orders Epstein grand jury unsealed (MSNBC)

"It is not a surprise that he uses the quote in his words, 'locker room talk' sometimes, but this time the locker room talk would be attached to a significant criminal conspiracy," he elaborated. "And there's certainly no evidence of any crime committed by President Trump, no wrongdoing at all yet that is going to fuel questions of this unseemly relationship and that's part of it."

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'ABSOLUTE CLOWN SHOW': GOP strategist slams Trump for becoming 'the swamp' he once condemned
'Absolute clown show': GOP strategist slams Trump for becoming 'the swamp' he once condemned
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FILE PHOTO: U.S President Donald Trump looks on on the day he signs the HALT Fentanyl Act, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo© provided by AlterNet

2016 wasn't Donald Trump's first presidential campaign. Trump first ran for president with the Reform Party in 2000, and longtime ally Roger Stone served as his campaign director. The campaign never really caught fire, however, and Trump dropped out of the race by February of that year.

It was in 2016, however, that Trump first attracted a huge audience as a presidential candidate, igniting the MAGA movement with his promise to "drain the swamp" and liberate the United States from "the deep state." That messaging really resonated with his hardcore MAGA base, and he revisited it during his 2020 and 2024 campaigns.

But GOP strategist Matt Wylie, in an op-ed published by The State on July 18, argues that with the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, President Trump has "become the swamp" he once condemned.

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"For years," Wylie writes, "J.D. Vance, Kash Patel, Dan Bongino and an army of MAGA influencers pounded a conspiracy drum about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail awaiting trial.... They rallied MAGA's base around a foundational belief that America is ruled by a corrupt elite, and only Donald Trump could expose and destroy it. After all the hype, the Justice Department dropped a two-page memo on Sunday, July 6, claiming there's no Epstein 'client list' and no credible blackmail evidence, and officially ruled Epstein's death a suicide. This wasn't transparency. It was a calculated political maneuver."

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Wylie continues, "There was no deadline forcing the release, and the Trump Administration knew it was sitting on political dynamite. You don't pick a Sunday evening on a holiday weekend, when the nation is focused on devastating flooding in Texas, unless you're deliberately trying to bury a story and blunt the fallout."

The Trump Administration, Wylie laments, "completely miscalculated" and "failed to grasp just how upset and unrelenting a betrayed MAGA base can be."

"What an absolute clown show," Wylie laments. "Now, Trump is visibly flailing. The president looks uncomfortable as he cycles through desperate, contradictory defenses: calling the Epstein files a hoax, blaming Democrats for the controversy, even calling his supporters stupid and telling those focused on Epstein he doesn't want their support…. But one thing is crystal clear: Trump isn't draining the swamp anymore. Trump has now become the swamp."

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Matt Wylie's full op-ed for The State is available at this link (subscription required).

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FAR-RIGHT INFLUENCER DENOUNCES trump OVER EPSTEIN: "LIBERALS WERE RIGHT"
Far-right influencer denounces Trump over Epstein: "Liberals were right"
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Nick Fuentes, far right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.© Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News via AP, File

Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, who is no stranger to controversy, has turned on President Donald Trump after the latter attacked his own supporters for their continued interest in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email outside of normal business hours on Thursday evening.

Why It MattersEpstein, a sex offender, died in a New York City jail in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges. The disgraced financier had well-documented connections to powerful figures, and his death has long prompted numerous conspiracy theories.

Rumors of a "client list" have long circulated online, and during Trump's successful bid for reelection in 2024, he suggested that if voters returned him to the White House, he would release a list of individuals associated with Epstein.

Trump's FBI and Department of Justice last week released a memo that found "no incriminating 'client list'" in relation to Epstein, and Trump has urged his supporters to move on and celebrate the many wins he scored in the first six months of his second administration.

His supporters continued to call for the release of files related to the Epstein investigation, and then grew critical of how Trump and his administration have handled the issue. In a lengthy message posted on Truth Social earlier this week, Trump went on to hit back at MAGA voters, saying they have "bought into this ... hook, line, and sinker," calling them "weaklings," and then insisting, "I don't want their support anymore!"

Related video: 'It's become a full blown scandal': Trump orders Epstein grand jury unsealed (MSNBC)

What To KnowDuring Wednesday night's episode of the America First podcast, Fuentes responded to Trump's post, sharing a number of four-lettered words for the president, starting off with a strong: "F*** you. You suck."

"You are fat, you are a joke, you are stupid, you are not funny, you are not as smart as you think you are," Fuentes said, later adding, "This entire thing has been a scam."

"When we look back on the history of populism in America, we are going to look back on the MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history," Fuentes said. "And the liberals were right. The MAGA supporters were had. They were."

"When we look back in history, we will see Trump as a scam artist who served as a vehicle for this rather than the other way around. We were not the vehicle for Trump, Trump was the vehicle for all of us," Fuentes added.

Fuentes has faced backlash for multiple controversial comments, like when he said "your body, my choice" while celebrating Trump's 2024 victory on election night. His address leaked online shortly afterward amid the backlash.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has described Fuentes as a "white nationalist livestreamer who advocates pulling the Republican Party further to the extreme far-right" and an "admirer of fascists." He has made repeated antisemitic and racist remarks and has been banned from several social media platforms.

He was previously a supporter of Trump and was a vocal ally during the "Stop the Steal" movement following Trump's loss to Biden in 2020. He also famously dined with Trump and Kanye West in 2022 at Mar-a-Lago.

However, he ultimately did not endorse Trump in 2024 and criticized the MAGA movement as "a cult," saying the movement had "gone too far" and is "Frankenstein's monster" that has become "a problem."

What People Are SayingTrump on Wednesday in a Truth Social post: "The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steele Dossier, the lying 51 "Intelligence" Agents, the Laptop from Hell, which the Dems swore had come from Russia (No, it came from Hunter Biden's bathroom!), and even the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam itself, a totally fake and made up story used in order to hide Crooked Hillary Clinton's big loss in the 2016 Presidential Election, these Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at - It's all they have - They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates.

"Also, unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue. Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this "bull****," hook, line, and sinker. They haven't learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years. I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country's history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.

"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! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

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