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drray23

(8,717 posts) Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:08 AM Jan 30

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Reducing everything Trump does to "It's to cover the Epstein files" [View all]

Is , I think, a mistake. We are way beyond manufacturing crises for distraction. Everything Trump does is to increase his power, or his wealth.

As a side effect it does distract from the Epstein files but that is not the main factor. He got that covered anyway by Bondi.

I fear people constantly repeating, its a distraction to everything Trump does are missing the big picture, namely marching towards a full fascist state and solidifying his dictatorship.

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Reducing everything Trump does to "It's to cover the Epstein files" [View all] drray23 Jan 30 OP

X1000 thank you yorkster Jan 30 #1

And when many of us were SCREAMING from the top of our lungs about PROJECT 2025? What happened? Moostache Jan 30 #25

you double down, on the patently absurd stopdiggin Jan 30 #31

Many things can be true at the same time. yorkster Jan 30 #37

K&R demmiblue Jan 30 #2

I believe the SCOTUS and much of congress are also complicit because even if they never touched an underage lindysalsagal Jan 30 #3

Ding Ding Ding! harumph Jan 30 #6

That's a broad brush EdmondDantes_ Jan 30 #21

Yes. I think all the men who profited in any w ay from their associations will have the guilt of their actions lindysalsagal Jan 31 #39

I think I'm gonna scream if I see one more post claiming some event is a distraction from the Epstein files. Ocelot II Jan 30 #4

+1 leftstreet Jan 30 #8

And his a$$ bdamomma Jan 30 #10

a combination of sad fixation - added to a generous helping of plain old lazy and sloppy intellect stopdiggin Jan 30 #32

Correct malaise Jan 30 #5

yeah. i think he thinks he has it good and buried. mopinko Jan 30 #7

DURec leftstreet Jan 30 #9

100% Agree Prairie Gates Jan 30 #11

You know it. Actually I think it could be backwards GusBob Jan 30 #12

You missed one motivator Fiendish Thingy Jan 30 #13

Exactly. llmart Jan 30 #15

We're not just marching towards fascism... llmart Jan 30 #14

Everything's at least a two-fer with this administration. Lars39 Jan 30 #16

K&R Solly Mack Jan 30 #17

Yes! Grumpy Old Guy Jan 30 #18

I agree PatSeg Jan 30 #19

Both can be true! PuraVidaDreamin Jan 30 #20

Agree orangecrush Jan 30 #22

Yep. We are well on the way to becoming a fascist oligarchy. n/t PatrickforB Jan 30 #23

Equivalent (roughly) of Hitler's unaliving GF's JCMach1 Jan 30 #24

I agree. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes shitty behavior is just shitty behavior. Tommy Carcetti Jan 30 #26

💯 Agreed Six117 Jan 30 #27

I agree. The Epstein distraction is just a side benefit like the frosting on the cake. KPN Jan 30 #28

Epstein is a symptom of the real problem .. haele Jan 31 #40

Yeah, and they actually believe they deserve their wealth and power as in they earned it because of their personal KPN Jan 31 #41

Agree. But I don't think he's the one with the big picture. betsuni Jan 30 #29

I honestly believe that the Epstein files are the distraction. Gaytano70 Jan 30 #30

For me, in it's simpliest form, every thing he does is about accumulating power. Ferrets are Cool Jan 30 #33

TRUMP WILL RUN Jimvanhise Jan 30 #34

bankruptcy Jvp Jan 30 #35

Russell Vought and the Heritage Foundation... returnee Jan 30 #36

I agree. Over-simplification only makes it harder to reach the results we want. snot Jan 30 #38

We're wasting a lot of energy gulliver Jan 31 #42