As Maga Revolt Over Epstein Files Intensifies, Is The Trump Administration Under Threat?
/ Jul 21, 2025, 08:07PM IST
Can Donald Trump…survive the Epstein storm?...In the last two weeks…the US President…has had…quite a few meltdowns…over the backlash….his administration has faced…over the Epstein sex scandal…Trump…has been frothing at the mouth…ever since the Justice Department…released a memo…on the convicted sex offender and paedophile…Jeffrey Epstein…Why?...Because…the US President is struggling to come to terms with the fact…that his own hardcore supporters…have been venting their frustration…over his government's handling of the case…They're demanding…that the Epstein Files….be made public…and the powerful men…who were allegedly part of …Epstein's dark world… of paedophilia and sexual crimes…against underage girls…be named…shamed…and brought to justice…
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