The Daily Blast: Trump Explodes in Angriest Epstein Tirade Yet as Allies Visibly Panic

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Anxiety is rising among President Trump’s staunchest allies that he’s politically lost his way. The New York Times reports that his advisers fear he’s alienating key voters in his own coalition. And CNN reports that some Republicans are openly warning the White House that the GOP is in trouble in the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Trump just erupted in a furious new tirade about the Jeffrey Epstein fiasco. In it, he ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Epstein’s ties to Democrats. Bondi immediately did his bidding. That Trump has now formally turned the Justice Department loose in this way shows his anger over Epstein has hit new highs. Some Republicans say all these things are related: Trump is so consumed with Epstein that he’s letting everything else go to hell. So we talked to analyst Michael Cohen, who has a good new piece on Trump’s doldrums on his Truth and Consequences Substack. He explains why Epstein is undoing Trump, how the MAGA coalition is fracturing, how deeper structural factors are working against him, and how it will all impact the midterms. Listen to this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.5	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
1:04.8	I'm your host, Greg Sargent. Anxiety is rising among President Trump's staunchest allies that he's politically lost his way.
1:19.6	Several new reports document that they fear the MAGA coalition is fragile, that Republicans are in political trouble in the midterms, and that Trump
1:28.7	isn't doing enough about any of it. Meanwhile, Trump just exploded in fury on truth social,
1:35.2	saying he is now calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties
1:40.5	with Democrats. Yet, as one Republican pointed out, it's Trump who is overly obsessed with
1:46.4	Epstein right now, and that's part of the GOP's political problem. It's clear that Trump and the
1:52.8	GOP are in very deep political trouble, but Trump doesn't seem to know it. That puts him in a moment of
1:58.8	extreme weakness. And yet, do Democrats know it? Are they
2:02.9	really set to capitalize on it? Today we're talking about all this with Michael Cohen, author of
2:08.1	the very good substack truth and consequences, who has new pieces out on Trump's unpopularity
2:13.3	and the GOP breakdown. Michael, good to have you on. Great, great to be here. Thanks for having me.
2:19.2	So we have a couple striking new reports out right now. Let's start with the one in the New York
2:23.4	Times. It reports that Trump allies fear that his populist message has become muddled because he's
2:29.9	spending his time courting wealthy donors, like on his ballroom, and demanding Nobel Peace Prizes
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