Epstein Files: Trump Desperate to Put 'America First' Genie Back in Bottle

They say dead men tell no tales. Not true in this case. Epstein continues looming large over Trump's second term, with The Epstein Files™ - and specifically the demand to publish them, combined with the efforts to selectively 'massage' and 'tailor' them - practically dictating the schedule and tempo of US domestic politics. Left and Right have come together to force their release, squeezing Trump in the middle, who wants everyone to forget all about them.

Most assume that that's because Trump himself is personally implicated in them. More likely, Israel is, so Trump wants to placate Israeli paranoia in order to focus on making 'big beautiful peace deals' and avoiding another smear campaign like Russiagate, and thus the political chaos of his first term. He thinks he's 'doing MAGA' the only way it can be done, but in the meantime his base is 'noticing' an awful lot and wants the US to completely decouple from Israel.

The divergence is becoming extreme. Can the center hold?