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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  • Dragomus@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Every accusation is an admission…

    "As for Obama, Trump didn’t hold back, accusing the former president of turning a blind eye to Epstein’s behavior. “Obama might act all holier-than-thou now, but let’s not forget, he had Epstein at the White House. He had him over for parties, events – you name it. They probably even had pizza. Big, fancy pizza parties. And guess what? I wasn’t invited. But now, they want to throw the blame on me? Not happening. By the way, at least I never wore a tan suit at any events. Never.”

    • Butthurt for not being invited to fancy pizza parties.
    • Trump has held McDonald’s “parties” both in the White House and Air Force One.
    • Trump wore a blue suit to a funeral, stood out like a sore blue-orange thumb.
    • Trump invited insurrectionist and other felons to the white house.
    • What about the secret-documents-parties at Mar-a-lago that Trump organized?