Donald Trump is increasingly frustrated with how his administration’s handling of the furor around the Jeffrey Epstein files has dominated the news and overshadowed his agenda, said two people familiar with his thinking.

His exasperation follows weeks of missteps and no clear strategy among top officials who underestimated the outrage, especially from the president’s base, and hoped the country would forget about the unreleased Epstein files and move on, according to nearly a dozen people close to the situation, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose internal deliberations.

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    2 days ago

    I burst out laughing on that line. It just so… ridiculous. Like 7th grade gossip

    Did you hear that Barak and Jeffrey hung out recently?! I bet they had pizza! Ewww, gross! Now they both have cooties!