President Trump is a master at partisan name-calling.
It doesn't mean Trump isn't guilty. It simply introduces questions about those that want Trump to keep
his campaign promise regarding this Epstein material.
"... troublemakers and radical left lunatics" U.S. President Trump as reported by FOX News
BUT !!
Is Trump correct?
If taking that position earns Trump's scorn, then Trump scorns his own base.
Trump meets toughest opponent: his own base
Jul 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy
An aggressive pressure campaign forced President Trump to flinch on the Jeffrey Epstein case — exposing a rare moment of weakness inflicted not by his enemies, but by his most loyal supporters.
Why it matters: Forget resistance mounted by Democrats, moderate Republicans or even the courts. The most destabilizing opposition of Trump's second term has come from within: an online MAGA army known for its extreme devotion.
Think criticism against Trump is mostly partisan, despite this Epstein backlash from MAGA? Then how do you explain the following, from
Al Jazeera ?
Trump’s big beautiful police state is here
The unprecedented expansion of the immigration enforcement budget will pave the way for more policing and repression in the US.
Belén Fernández / Al Jazeera columnist / Published On 20 Jul 202520 Jul 2025
Law enforcement officers stand guard as protesters attempt to block US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel from leaving a court building in Chicago, Illinois on June 16, 2025 [Dylan Martinez/Reuters]
On July 4, United States President Donald Trump
signed into law his so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill”, which will reduce taxes for the rich, punish the poor, and otherwise propel American plutocracy to ever more noxious heights.
Just days earlier, Trump’s Vice President JD Vance took to X to underline the key component of the legislation: “Everything else — the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy — is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.”
The unprecedented expansion of the immigration enforcement budget will pave the way for more policing and repression.
www.aljazeera.com