Originally published at: Trump Says Epstein ‘Stole’ Accuser Virginia Giuffre From Mar-a-Lago - TPM – Talking Points Memo
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Trump’s Epstein Story Keeps Changing Yesterday on Air Force One, returning from his trip to Scotland, President Donald Trump admitted that child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein “stole” accuser Virginia Giuffre from his employment at Mar-a-Lago.…
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We have indeed entered the age of Newspeak: war is peace, hate is love, … obliteration is flourishing.
ETA: forgot the cat
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Destroying things is easy. Building lasting institutions that benefit the country takes years. We’re in for a long span of chaos and dysfunctional government.
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There have been very few Morning Memos that don’t make me think, “we are heading into a dystopian hellscape!” But today’s, more than most, made me think, “we are smack dab in the middle of a dystopian hellscape!” Thanks, Sarah!
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So how does he plan to do that? I think I saw that he plans to use income sensitivity but he’s selling it as though the rapacious Richie Riches are Democrats when it’s far more likely that those people, particularly in red states, are Republicans.
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Trump will drive the world into flames I think. Dumb bastard is pissed off at India now, and threatening to apply 25% tariffs to their imports. He says the U.S. does damned little business with them because of onerous trade barriers. Just WTF? Does anyone brief him on actual facts? What fricking world does his staff permit him to live in? In 2024 India ranked 10th, in both our exports to them, and among nations we import from. Top ten in both categories. TOP. FRICKING. TEN.
“Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,” Trump wrote.
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Trump’s Epstein Story Keeps Changing
If you always tell the truth, you don’t have to remember what you said.
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Cat for the day: Bran watching a show about weasels. And boy, do we read a lot of stories about weasels on TPM.
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We know Hee Hawley will settle on sending the checks only to Red States.
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With the US government eviscerating NASA, the Australians should be able to poach the talent they need to work that out.
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Whether Trump is purposefully muddying the waters, engaging in misdirection, panicking, or simply unable to keep his own story straight is unclear.
“All of them, Katy.”
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And only to rural areas - no way the people in Jackson, MS or Birmingham, AL get any of that money.
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Hiring away a low level staff person has to be an odd issue to terminate a long standing relationship between billionaires. It is sort of like hiring away the coffee boy. How would he even know?
Donald Trump’s answers just keep bringing up more questions.
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Regarding Virginia Giuffre:
Trump, speaking of Jeffrey Epstein—
He stole her.
Now that’s some serious kiddie rape-r talk, right there.
(And mumm is the word from Republican elected officials?) This crisis seriously requires town halls in every district right now. Democrat and Republican. Whether the elected officials show or not.
Throw the bums out!
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Trump: Epstein didn’t just try to steal my stable. He attempted a full-blown raid on my empire of elegance. Took my top earners, but didn’t get my cane, velvet cape or golden Cadillac. More than betrayal, he tried to steal my brand
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