The Monster They Created Is Now Attacking Them

The Political Cartoon above is by Rick McKee at Cagle.com.

MAGA world is very unhappy with the Trump administration right now and they have a right to be.

For the last 10 years, Trump and his minions have happily fed into the conspiracy theory about Epstein's files. They have agreed with MAGA world that Epstein had a list of people who attended his sex parties (many of them with underage girls).

The implication they gave was that the rumored list contained the names of well-known Democrats, and the MAGA cult salivated at the thought of the list being released. It obviously doesn't name any Democrats, or it would have been released by now. Trump doesn't avoid any opportunity to attack Democrats - who he recently said he hates.

If it had, most Democrats would have happily watched as the politicians twisted in the wind, and if any were still in office would have corrected that. While Republicans bend over backwards to cover for their politicians, Democrats don't.

Since Trump's return to office, MAGA has been demanding the release of the Epstein files (especially the list of clients), including members of the Trump administration. Just a few weeks ago, AG Pam Bondi teased the MAGA cult by saying the list was on her desk and would be released after she examined it,

But this last week, the Trump administration has changed its tune. Now Bondi says there is no list. MAGA world is not accepting that. They are demanding the list (and the whole of the Epstein files) be released.

There are only two possible reasons for not releasing a list. First, it really doesn't exist. If that's true, them Trump and his followers have been lying about it for the last 10 years (since Epstein was arrested during Trump's first term). They have been lying for political advantage.

Second, the list contains the names of Republicans - maybe even Trump himself (since he and Epstein were once good buddies, and there is testimony from girls at the parties that Trump was there).

The only way to clear this up is to release the entire Epstein file to the public. But it cannot contain any redactions. Any redactions would just cause the public duffer to continue - among those on both the right and the left.

I don't see a good way out of this mess for the Trump administration. But it is a mess of their own making. They created this monster and now its attacking them. That's what happens when you lie and try to play politics with the justice system.