Trump in Dire Straits: His Supporters No Longer Believe Him About Epstein

The aftermath of the Epstein case is testing US President Donald Trump’s authority over his most loyal and radical supporters, many of whom have now openly rebelled against him.

After years of spreading conspiracy theories for his political gain, President Trump has now become entangled in the thorniest conspiracy theory of them all.

For more than a week, his MAGA movement has been roiled by anger over things he and his Attorney General Pam Bondi have said and done—or rather, said and failed to do-regarding the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump continues to urge his supporters to abandon their obsession with the disgraced financier and proven sex offender. But many of his supporters refuse to accept the anticlimactic conclusion reached by the Justice Department a week ago: that the secret files contained nothing.

Last weekend, a turbulent group of conspiracy theorists, incited for years by Trump, openly rebelled.

The aftermath is testing the president’s hold on his most loyal supporters—people who have consistently stood by him and believed they would finally learn more about the Epstein case through him.