'So desperate': Trump mocked over 'talking Epstein' to 'deflect from dismal jobs numbers'
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President Donald Trump inside the White House Oval Office on February 10, 2025 (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok/Flickr)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made note of Thursday’s dismal jobs report numbers. He also noted Trump’s apparent reaction to his brewing economic mid-term disaster — by complaining about Epstein.
“The confused and badly failing Democrat Party did nothing about Jeffrey Epstein while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love and heartfelt concern for his victims.”
Trump went on to label the massive Epstein scandal plaguing his administration as politics.
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“The now dying … Epstein case was only brought back to life by the Radical Left Democrats because they are doing so poorly, with the lowest poll numbers in the history of the Party (16 percent), while the Republicans are doing so well, among the highest approval numbers the Party has ever had!”
Newsom alluded to Trump’s long crusade to tamp down interest in the release of the full investigation files for his longtime friend sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
“How bad are today’s job numbers? Trump talking Epstein bad. Which reminds us, release the files!” Newsom posted on X.
Other social media users also noticed the president’s sudden about-face.
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“That jobs report bothered Trump so bad he's willingly ranting about Epstein," posted Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y) on X.
“This is how you know Epstein is a real issue for Trump. So desperate he's using it to deflect from dismal job numbers,” said an X user.
Other critics, including author Mike Rothschild said Trump’s post was “a final knife in the back for conspiracy theorists who believed he would reveal the truth about Epstein and bring down the international pedo elite rings. He got your votes, now he's done with you.”
Still other critics expressed confusion as to who was actually pushing the “Epstein scandal,” considering Trump and his advocates played up the importance of releasing the Epstein files throughout Trump’s campaign. “He ran on releasing them, so based on this, isn't he the one who brought them up?" posted another X user.