Okay, a lot happened this week, but a lot of some things didn't happen.

I mean, Donald Trump is usually not shy about taking questions from the press.

We all know that.

He almost never gives them a straight answer, even a coherent answer these days.

But he can usually be relied on to say something, even if it's just some lie or deflection, meant to distract from whatever is being

asked. But over the last few days, Trump was surprisingly reluctant to weigh in on the biggest

story of the week.

Mr. President, on Jeffrey Epstein.

Thank you very much.

Mr. President, can you respond to these Epstein emails that are at least today?

Mr. President, any you respond to these Epstein emails that are you today? Mr. President, any comment on these Epstein emails, sir?

Now, over the past few days, and you've probably seen this, Donald Trump has done everything short

of breaking into a full-out sprint to avoid answering questions about the newly released

trove of emails from notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Emails that repeatedly refer

to Trump himself, some of which clearly imply that Trump may have known more about Epstein's crimes

than he has previously led on. Now, I will tell you that tonight, abort Air Force won on his way to

Palm Beach, Trump did answer questions about these emails, and we're going to get to that

in just a second. But those days of silence over the last week have created a very awkward situation for Trump's party

and for the MAGA movement. Because whenever Trump finds himself mired in scandal, his supporters

typically just kind of wait to see what he says. And then they follow his lead and repeat on what

he says or what he tells them to say on how they should respond. But when Trump did not respond,

when he said very little this week, it created a vacuum, a vacuum that Trump's followers

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