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Yes he did, and he definitely wants to. Now… where are the Epstein files?
I hate to say it bud, but just like everything else he has ever done, it will be swept under the rug. People will stop worrying about it. He’ll pardon anyone involved if it ever even comes close to coming out.
All this bullshit about, “he said he’d release the Epstein files!!”
That isn’t what I remember.
What I remember is them asking about declassifying this and that, “yes, yeah, absolutely”. When asked about the Epstein files, “yes. Well, maybe not so much that one. I don’t want innocent people caught up in that.”
I’m paraphrasing and doing my best to quote, but every article I read fails to mention that. I can’t even find it when I search for it.
It was clear from before the election that he would keep those covered up.
When he said that, people cared for about ten seconds. When he sent his people to overthrow the government, his base cared for about 10 seconds and then blamed “ainteefuh”.
When he pardoned all of those “ainteefuh”, no one batted an eye. Even people who looked me in the eyes and swore that it mattered. “He’s gonna do it on a case by case basis.” They said. “He won’t just pardon them all, it would send a terrible message.”
One week later, “Well, they were political prisoners. It wasn’t as bad as the news made it look.”
FUCK Donald Trump. He can do anything he wants to do. The rest of us need to just bend over. That is reality now.
I’m sorry.
We’ll see how it goes in 2028. I ain’t got high hopes. I wish I could have high hopes. Reality has shown me that my high hopes are silly.
Sorry to be all doom and gloom. You can tell me all day that the sky is neon pink, but I can see with my own eyes that it’s still blue.
Agreed on all counts :( I just don’t want all this to distract from the topic that might take him down, one way or another. The Epstein files make him afraid. He’ll make mistakes. That’s what we need.