The Daily Blast: Trump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Epstein Lie as Musk Goes for Jugular

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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President Trump just offered some bizarre new ramblings about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. But he undermined himself: He claimed to know about elite Democrats and liberals who had visited Epstein. But that just raises the question that won’t go away: If this is what the Epstein files would reveal, then why isn’t Trump ordering their release? Every time Trump says such things, he wrecks his own Big Lie: That the Epstein scandal is a Democratic hoax that actually implicates Democrats even as he won’t release the files. Meanwhile, Elon Musk just endorsed the idea that Trump might try to pardon Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for exoneration. Musk knows Trump’s machinations here are a major point of weakness. We talked to Jennifer Rubin, editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, who has a good new piece laying out why Trump should be panicking over this scandal. We discuss the absurdity of Trump’s biggest Epstein deceptions, why they’re unsustainable for Trump, and why it all underscores the urgency of a Democratic victory in 2026. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:26.5	Speaking to reporters from abroad, President Trump rambled at his greatest length yet about the
1:32.3	Jeffrey Epstein scandal. But his argument actually undermined itself. He claimed to know about
1:38.5	elite Democrats and liberals who had gone to visit Epstein. But all that does is raise the question that won't go away.
1:46.5	If this is what the Epstein files would actually reveal, then why isn't Donald Trump ordering
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