Donald Trump is having the worst week politically he's ever had. And it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. He’s finally paying a price in the polls over his cruel deportation agenda and his budget bill that’s going to send the country into recession while throwing millions off health care.
Inflation's already going up again, thanks to Trump's tariffs. And it sounds a lot like 2008 all over again, with folks missing car payments and struggling with mortgages.
But it’s his broken promise over releasing the Epstein files that’s finally causing Trump’s MAGA base to consider whether their deity is actually infallible. And Trump is desperate to change the subject, as Chicago radio host Edwin Eisendrath and Lincoln Square Executive Editor Susan J. Demas discuss.
Trump is doing anything to distract us, like that sickening video he posted of former President Obama getting arrested for “treason” in the Oval Office with some cheesy CGI. Edwin called the images of the nation’s first Black president being wrestled to the ground by the FBI and then sitting in prison in an orange jumpsuit a desperate plea to Trump's "most bigoted base.”
While Trump's minions may be busy trying to scrub his name from the Epstein docs, the world's burning. Ukraine's still getting brutally shelled by Putin and kids are starving in Gaza. So much for "peace on day one" like Trump promised. It’s more like a "piece for me on day one," as Edwin says, and dictators everywhere are seeing an "open for business" sign because the U.S. is now on their side.
Edwin will have another column for Lincoln Square this week, which you won’t want to miss. And subscribe to his Substack, It’s the democracy, stupid.
The Strategy Session | Trump's Epstein Distractions Aren't Working
Will the Epstein files be the beast that finally devours Donald Trump? It’s just growing and growing and growing without any sign of slowing down. Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson literally sent everyone home so they couldn’t vote on whether or not to release the files.
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