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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,371 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 02:08 PM 2 hrs ago

'It's perpetuated this news cycle': Frustration mounts in Trump's orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents

When the Justice Department released a first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday that included photographs of former President Bill Clinton, White House officials raced to amplify the importance of the new documents.

But days later, amid a second trove that contains several references to President Donald Trump, the White House is pushing a different view: Don’t believe everything you see.

Trump officials on Tuesday downplayed the latest disclosure of more than 30,000 files related to Epstein, dismissing the significance of the materials and suggesting that some that mentioned Trump were unverified or even outright fabricated. Even as the rest of Washington pored over records showing Trump repeatedly flew on Epstein’s plane, White House aides sought to highlight other matters the president is more eager to talk about.

The messaging shift — the latest in a largely unsuccessful effort by the administration to seize control of the story — has spawned frustration in Trump’s orbit and parts of the White House, where some saw the scrambled response over the last few days as just the latest stumble in a year of Epstein-related blunders and baffling communications mishaps.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/perpetuated-news-cycle-frustration-mounts-090058923.html

Pay no attention to the perv behind the curtain.

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'It's perpetuated this news cycle': Frustration mounts in Trump's orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago OP
They're finally figuring out that pathological narcissists with escalating FTD can't reliably be controlled AZJonnie 2 hrs ago #1
People in his circle are delusional if they think this is a news cycle management issue. RockRaven 2 hrs ago #2
Past time to throw ALL of the pedos FalloutShelter 1 hr ago #3

AZJonnie

(2,701 posts)
1. They're finally figuring out that pathological narcissists with escalating FTD can't reliably be controlled
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 02:16 PM
2 hrs ago

nor be depended on for consistent messaging?

Took ya long enough, assholes!

RockRaven

(18,626 posts)
2. People in his circle are delusional if they think this is a news cycle management issue.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 02:19 PM
2 hrs ago

Well, they are delusional about many things.

But particularly about the idea that Epstein files are something to be weathered and moved on from to the next news of the day tomorrow. That was never how the Epstein files releases were ever gonna go.

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