His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure -- and a worsening mental state [View all]

Haunted by Epstein, Trump spirals further out of control
His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure — and a worsening mental state

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published July 17, 2025 9:05AM (EDT)


(Salon) A perverted man from the grave is haunting Donald Trump. While it’s just the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein, he is in a very real sense Jacob Marley to Trump’s Ebenezer Scrooge. I guess Christmas in July is a real thing.

This week, the Justice Department’s failure to release the Epstein files, as many pundits have gleefully noted, has led to the largest division yet in Trump’s MAGA minions. In a Wednesday morning Truth Social post, Trump admitted as much and declared those who are concerned about the “Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” are his “PAST” supporters and “I don’t want their support anymore!” Maybe he isn’t running for a third term after all.

....(snip)....

In a rare appearance on the White House’s South Lawn on Tuesday, Trump issued a rambling statement in an attempt to defend Attorney General Pam Bondi’s lack of action on the Epstein files. He stressed her credibility, but he sounded as if he were stringing together random sentences culled from private briefings, without any concern or knowledge that they made sense.

....(snip)....

“People, people I gotta tell you, I see a lot of glum, glum faces now. Please don’t be disconsolate. This is — this is politics at its finest,” we were told in the movie “Wag the Dog.” That’s also what we’re often told about the new Trump administration by the administration. If Trump’s first term was a Mike Judge movie – “Idiocracy” — then the current reality show Trump is orchestrating in the White House is much more like Barry Levison’s “Wag the Dog.” ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/17/haunted-by-epstein-trump-spirals-further-out-of-control/