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The president is attempting to keep calm in front of the cameras, but behind the scenes he’s fuming.

Donald Trump is reportedly getting more and more fed up with his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein drama that has consumed headlines for weeks.

Trump is frustrated that the scandal has overshadowed his agenda and dominated the news, two people familiar with his thinking told The Washington Post in a Sunday report.

Nearly a dozen sources close to the situation spoke to the Post about the issue, painting a picture of an administration adrift, lacking a clear strategy and blindsided by the intensity of the backlash—particularly from Trump’s own base. Many officials had reportedly hoped that Americans would move on from the unreleased Epstein files, underestimating the sustained outrage.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

it was so avoidable, all he had to do is not rape children.

it isn't so hard, I never raped children and I aint even trying to avoid it. it's crazy how easy it is not to rape children.

[–] smokestack@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've coincidentally also never raped children, but seeing a child rapist become so incredibly successful, why wouldn't these MAGA retards start raping children? Maybe that's why they're not billionaires, because they don't rape children. It raises some interesting questions.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

i mean there's some correlation. not every child rapist becomes a billionaire, but if you're a billionaire chances are pretty high that you're a child rapist because good people don't become billionaires. the amount of lying, cheating, stealing and exploiting you need to do to become so rich that millionaires are poor by comparison, does make it likely that you're the kind of person who would rape a child.

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