In short
The episode argues that Donald Trump is “melting down” because MAGA supporters won’t drop the demand to release Jeffrey Epstein-related files, and that Trump’s own involvement is blocking transparency. It centers on Trump’s Truth Social post attacking “Epstein files” and claiming they’re tied to Hillary Clinton, Obama, Comey, and Brennan, while citing Pam Bondi (as AG) allegedly looking into the matter.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are clearly identified in the transcript. Mentions include public figures: Elon Musk, Laura Loomer, Dan Bongino, Kash Patel, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Alex Jones, Benny Johnson, Ron Filipkowski, and Sen. John Ossoff.
Key claims
Epstein files won’t be released because Trump is on the Epstein files; MAGA is turning on Trump; Elon Musk and others demand release; DOJ memo/transparency failures anger Bondi critics.
Notable examples
Elon Musk “release the files as promised”; Alex Jones calls it a “mega massive crisis” and references Streisand effect; Ron Filipkowski cites ~40,000 negative Truth Social replies; Sen. Ossoff contrasts promises to end wars and release files with Trump’s alleged Epstein connections.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's MAGA Supporters Meltdown
0:06 to 0:24
Explore the backlash from MAGA supporters regarding Trump's response to the Epstein files.
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Trump's MAGA Supporters Meltdown
0:34 to 2:15
Explore the backlash from MAGA supporters regarding Trump's response to the Epstein files.
“His MAGA supporters have finally found an issue.”
Conflicting Messages on Epstein Files
2:18 to 4:33
Discussion on the contradictions surrounding the Epstein files and Trump's involvement.
“exist, according to Pam Bondi, after she said the client list was on her desk, or is it files prepared by Hillary and Obama and Comey and Brennan, because those two things are in contradiction with oneself.”
Tucker Carlson and MAGA Dilemma
4:39 to 7:28
Tucker Carlson's commentary on the Epstein situation and its impact on MAGA supporters.
“I don't care if there's 15 AGs appointed by Trump.”
Public Reaction to Trump's Epstein Posts
9:34 to 12:40
Examine the negative feedback Trump receives from his supporters regarding Epstein.
“40 ,000 replies, 99 % negative towards Trump.”
Transcript
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0:33There is MAGA meltdown for the convicted felon Donald Trump. His MAGA supporters have finally found an issue. They can't rubber stamp on his behalf and he can't stand it. That's the Epstein files. And because he's a little cornered, caged animal right now, because he is guilty as sin of all of these things going on with Jeffrey Epstein, in my opinion, here's the post he made on Truth Social. I'm not going to read the whole thing because it's nonsensical and unhinged, but the highlights are what's going on with my boys and in some case gals. Why would you say that? We're on Team MAGA, and I don't like what's happening.
1:21We have a perfect all caps administration. The talk of the world and selfish people are trying to hurt it. All over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein. For years it's Epstein, over and over. Why are you giving publicity to files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the losers and criminals of the Biden administration who conned the world with Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. He's unhinged. Let Pam Bondi do her job. She's great. And then it says that's what she is looking into as AG and much more. One year ago, our country was dead. Now it's the hottest country anywhere in the world.
2:06Let's keep it that way and not waste time and energy, those two are capped, on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about. Okay, so here we go. So is it, we don't have any files on Jeffrey Epstein, they don't exist, according to Pam Bondi, after she said the client list was on her desk, or is it files prepared by Hillary and Obama and Comey and Brennan, because those two things are in contradiction with oneself. So this, he thought, I mean, because Trump is a dipshit, he thought that this would make everybody shut up and leave him alone. But oh no, starting with Elon Musk. So Elon posts, seriously, he said Epstein a half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein.
3:04Just release the files as promised. That's according to Elon Musk. And this is just beyond the pale of MAGA idiocy. Nobody can put together the dots. He was arrested under, Epstein was arrested under trap. He died in prison under Trump. Ghislaine Maxwell was prosecuted. She's in jail during her trial. Trump's names are all over the call logs and the flight logs. Nobody seems to know about that. And now he wants everybody just to shut up about it, even though that's all he talked about during the campaign was releasing these files. So then we've got Laura Loomer. And Laura Loomer, Scoop, FBI Director Cash, and D.
3:50Bongino are livid with AG Pan Bondi over her DOJ memo and the lack of transparency from her office regarding Jeffrey Epstein. Sources tell me Dan Bongino is taking the day off today from his job as Deputy Director of the FBI, and there's now speculation on whether or not he will return to his job at the FBI over his disgust with Bondi's lack of transparency and handling of the Epstein files. Pam Bondi has brought total embarrassment to President Trump, J.D. Vance, Dan Bongino, and Cash Patel. I'm told Cash and Bongino are furious with Bondi and the blowback she has caused them over her lack of transparency.
4:33Okay, I just want to set this straight for all the people in the back. I don't care if there's 15 AGs appointed by Trump. None of them will release the Epstein files because Trump is on the Epstein files. And over the weekend, you hear Bongino's going to quit. Bongino was fired. Bongino's back in the fold. It's impossible to know how a conspiracy theorist like Dan Bongino hasn't put two and two together. It's beyond me. I do not understand it. So then here comes Tucker Carlson. He has to put his voice in the mix. I knew that. But the fact that the U.S. government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said case closed, shut up, conspiracy theorist, was too much for me.
5:29And I don't think the rest of us should be satisfied with that. And by the way, let me just. OK, so in reference to the Epstein files, Tucker Carlson's out riling everybody up. At the same conference, Laura Ingram from Fox News asked the crowd, how do you feel about the handling of the file? Are you satisfied? And everybody said no, like clapping, screaming. I mean, the MAGA base is in a complete freefall. Alex Jones, who last week was crying about the Epstein files. Now, mind you, he defamed parents of the Sandy Hook children that were murdered because he said it was fake and they did not really have their children murdered.
6:18They were making it all up. And he owes over a billion dollars. He's lost his company ever. But that's not today's discussion. Here's Alex Jones on the situation. This is the big story. And this has put the Trump administration into a mega massive crisis. And Trump at press conferences and the rest of it saying don't ask questions, triggers the ultimate Streisand effect and is insane. So I don't know where in the world they're coming up with that plan. Okay, the Streisand effect is apparently Barbara Streisand tried to remove her Malibu house from a map or something. But here's the fundamental point.
6:56He and his followers and Tucker Carlson and all the MAGA base, they're not letting this go. And for the first time in Trump's presidency, 1.0 or 2.0, he's not able to say what you see with your eyes and hear with your ears. It's not true. So everybody quit talking about Epstein. Well, he expected these MAGA morons to fall right in line. He didn't realize they were going to keep coming because dear leader has a huge problem. As Alex Jones put it, a massive crisis. Then we go to Benny Johnson, fresh off his visit to Alligator Alcatraz, where he purchased merch, which is deplorable. This is what he has to say about it.
7:41Admitting that the Epstein files are real and have been written and that you've read them and you don't like their contents and they were written by your enemies doesn't make the most compelling case as far as I'm concerned. Holy moly.
8:09I'm sorry. I just can't quit laughing because he's pointing out the obvious that I guess you have to point to MAGA people, that you can't say they don't exist and they're created by Hillary and Obama and your enemies list. Politics right now is so hard to sift through and find out what to focus on and what's important because it's like a rapid fire of different things happening every day. And that is why I so enjoy the NPR Politics Podcast. Every day, the NPR Politics Podcast team will focus on one thing and boil it down to 15 minutes or less. Think of it as your political multivitamin. This is super important because you can get Meyer down in so many different things.
8:56And this focuses on one so that you can really understand it. So please listen to the NPR Politics Podcast only from NPR wherever you get your podcasts. Do you ever look at political headlines and go, huh? Well, that's exactly why the NPR Politics Podcast exists. We're experts, not just on politics, but in making politics make sense. Every episode, we decode everything that happened in Washington and help you figure out what it all means. Give politics a chance with the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. and then moving on after we have benny johnson's meltdown everybody i don't know why they can't connect the dots but here's a post from ron philipkowski who i absolutely love he says just checked back in with his post on epstate i've been on truth social since day one and never seen anything like this.
9:5740 ,000 replies, 99 % negative towards Trump. The comments are just brutal. This isn't going away. So what that means is Trump posts this, make it go away. Nobody cares. We're not looking about Epstein. Quit talking about it. 40 ,000 people who usually love and like and tell, oh, sir, you're so great. They're now saying, no, we want accountability. So a few of these slides from Truth Social, the responses that Trump is getting, and it says, you are losing too many in your base. Mr. President, you did make the promise, just saying. Curtis Jackson says, more gaslighting. I thought you were above this.
10:43That really sends me into orbit. You thought Trump was above gaslighting. Like what hole have you dug yourself out of? And then to just put it all in perspective and say it in the most succinct way, we have from Georgia Senator John Ossoff. President Trump promised to end the wars.
11:08He promised to release the Epstein files.
11:15did did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with jeffrey epstein was going to release the epstein files
11:35i couldn't have said it better myself that is exactly the point the reason the Epstein files have not been released is because of Donald Trump's involvement with Epstein. And what really kills me about all this, of course, everybody on planet earth is against sex trafficking. But what about the children that the lack of USAID food have died in the world's poorest country? What about them? What about the people that are being sent to concentration camps? What about the little girl with cancer that can't get treatment because she is in a detention center and going to be deported. Like, where is your empathy for that?
12:13I'm glad to know you still have empathy about child pedophilia, but there are a lot more things that damage children than just pedophilia. And in the words of Senator Ossoff, why did you think that you could elect somebody that palled around with Epstein that has sexual abuse claims for decades AIDS and think this was going to fix the problem. I don't get it. Please like this video. Please subscribe to our channel.
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