The reason I ask is because, we have a government in the USA, who has demonstrated time and time again about how little accountability and responsibility matters to them. We have a “president” who is a convicted felon, has been impeached twice and obviously isn’t serving any level of sentencing whatsoever because we live in a world like that for some reason.
So why should anyone give a shit whether or not the Epstein files are released? I mean it is obvious that Trump has associated with him, it is no doubt that there are other high profile associates too, who are making their actions about how they’re handling this more apparent that their words ever could.
But the point I’m getting to is - why does this shit matter to an administration and particularly Trump when he’s about dodged everything you can throw at him? If he’s apparently immune, his voterbase doesn’t care and there is no sense of honor or anything through this administration. Wouldn’t these files mean next to nothing to him?
The Epstein files are the last symbol of hope for many people. I think your assessment on their potential impact is probably right. However, some people give MAGA followers enough credit to believe that some of them might turn on Trump if a ‘smoking gun’ such as the Files were to surface. After all, ‘protect the children’ has been a perennial, if disingenuous, rallying cry for the right since the dawn of politics.
The fact is that the US is dealing with two major problems: The first will be solved when the orange dotard finally kicks the bucket. The second is much trickier: 75M people wanted what the shithead was selling. They will still be around when Trump is gone. Believing that MAGA cares about underage sex trafficking is the same as believing MAGA followers possess some humanity and can be redeemed after their leader is dead.
No, I disagree.
The last beacon of hope is what will come out of the Luigi case. The conservatives are already on the march over Kirk. What will come of Luigi, whether they kill him too or imprison for life, will determine how the public will react.
The Republican Party has made it abundantly known how little they give a shit about children. They weaponize them when they want laws passed, but immediately discard them when said laws do pass. They weaponize them again when they want to make a point about how much they care about the sanctity and sacredness of american values, but stop caring about them again when children get shot up in schools.
So, the whole Epstein bullshit is nothing.
What is the 75 million figure?
Trump votes in 2024.
75 million voted for Kamala. 77 million voted for Trump.
And even then, that’s 75 million who preferred Trump to what the opposition had/didn’t have. So I won’t be so pessimistic about it.