Letter to a Long-Lost MAGA Friend

Joe Trippi writes to one of his MAGA friends. Please pass it on to yours.

Dear Mike,

It’s been a long time. Too long, probably. I don’t expect a reply, and maybe you won’t even finish reading this. But something’s been eating at me, and I couldn’t stay silent anymore — not out of anger, but because I still care about you, even after everything.

I remember when we used to talk about this country — back when we believed in something, even if we couldn’t quite name it. We knew the system wasn’t working. We questioned how the economy served the rich. How the media had turned to entertainment instead of reporting. We agreed that too many in power would rather divide us than be held accountable.

That’s why, when Trump came along, I wasn’t surprised that you latched onto him. He sounded different. He felt like a middle finger to the whole rotten machine, as you called it.. You weren’t stupid — you were angry. I want you to know you had a right to be angry — we all did.

But here’s the part I hope you’ll hear: The corrupt played us again. Only this time for keeps.

Trump wasn’t the solution. He was just a different face on the same corrupt game. Maybe even worse — because he told you he was on your side while protecting the very corruption he claimed he’d destroy.

You remember Epstein, right? The monster with the private island and the black book full of billionaires, politicians, royals, and CEOs. The one who killed himself, so they say, in a jail cell with the cameras off and the guards asleep. That whole thing stinks to high heaven — and we both know it.

So why didn’t Trump ever blow the lid off it?

Why did he wish Ghislaine Maxwell "well"? Why is she pleading to work with Trump to “find the truth?” Why did he hang out with Epstein for years, praise him in interviews, and then go quiet when the world started asking real questions? Why didn’t he use his presidency to unseal every file, every name, every connection?

Because he can’t. Because he’s in them. Turns out he’s just like the rest of them — rich, powerful, and more interested in protecting his own secrets than exposing anyone else’s.

I know this isn’t what you want to hear. But the people who truly love this country don’t double down on a lie to save face. They face the truth, even when it burns.

You don’t owe Trump anything. He’s not your savior. He’s not your friend. He’s just another man who used your hope as a shield for his own corruption. And now, with everything coming out — leaks, documents, names — it’s clearer than ever that Trump doesn’t want the truth exposed. He wants it buried.

Corruption reeks in those files that Donald Trump is now working to make sure we never see.

So I’m writing you, not to argue, but to remind you: You were right about the corruption. But Donald Trump has shown clearly that he’s betrayed your faith in him to expose corruption because doing so would mean exposing his own involvement in something so depraved, so corrupt and so shameful that he knows even you would leave him. His years of friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the sex trafficking of minors and now he’s part of covering it up.

We can’t save this country by worshiping strongmen or political celebrities. We can only save it by telling the truth — even when it’s hard. Even when it costs us friends, or votes, or pride.

I hope one day we can talk again. Really talk. Because I miss the version of you who questioned everything — and if we are going to save our country we have to do it together and ask questions together. Starting with how do we fix this mess?

I hope this letter reopens the door that we closed on each other these past years.

With love and honesty,

Joe

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