Entangled in the Epstein affair, Trump creates a diversion by attacking Obama
As revelations about his closeness to Jeffrey Epstein multiply, Donald Trump is trying to "divert attention" by attacking Barack Obama, notes the American press, which also sees his repeated attacks on former presidents as a "historical anomaly."
“I don’t really follow any of this very closely. It’s kind of a witch hunt, a continuation of the witch hunt,” Donald Trump said Tuesday, July 22, from the Oval Office, where he was answering questions from reporters alongside Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The American president was referring to the Epstein affair, named after the American businessman indicted for sex trafficking of minors and who killed himself in prison in 2019. In recent weeks, the press has multiplied revelations about the friendly relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump.
Yet last week, The Wall Street Journal claimed that in 2003 Donald Trump had signed a particularly “salacious” letter for the businessman’s birthday. This revelation had shaken his MAGA base, which criticizes Trump for not releasing FBI documents about the Epstein affair , as he had promised to do. Then, on Tuesday, July 22, CNN published photos and videos attesting to Epstein’s presence at his wedding in 1993.
Faced with these new revelations, Donald Trump finds himself increasingly cornered. So, as usual, the American president is counterattacking. “The witch hunt you should be talking about is the one where they
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