Trump says Epstein scandal has goosed his approval rating

Donald Trump was clearly frazzled by the press digging into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein The president uncharacteristically dug in his heels on a topic that managed to stick around Trump was forced to address the story over and over again as he tried to make new headlines because his base refused to move on This week Trump called for the release of grand jury transcripts from Epstein s event and threatened to sue conservative media kingpin Rupert Murdoch over a Wall Street Journal analysis that revealed a birthday note sent to the late sex trafficker by the president A new post on Truth Social is a return-to-form for Trump who appears ready to move past the Epstein hoax by making up stories about how much everyone likes him Related Trump fires Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey which sure looks desperate Trump reported on Sunday that his poll numbers have skyrocketed since the Department of Justice faceplanted with a memo about Epstein s matter files My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party and MAGA have gone up significantly since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and just plain troublemakers They have hit and in various polls and are all Republican Party records he wrote The General Voting process numbers are my highest EVER People like Strong Borders and all of the several other things I have done GOD BLESS AMERICA MAGA Newest polls that included Democrats and Republicans have discovered that Trump s approval rating is abysmal A majority of Americans feel that the United States is not better off than it was at the start of Trump s term six months ago And Trump s MAGA base must be less enthusiastic than it was before the Epstein story sent his followers and Trump briefly into a spiral Read more about this topic Pelosi calls Epstein argument a distraction Neo-Nazi podcaster Fuentes calls MAGA a scam following Epstein cover-up Haunted by Epstein Trump spirals further out of control The post Trump says Epstein shame has goosed his approval rating appeared first on Salon com