President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration’s handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, which Trump now calls a “Hoax.”

“Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this “bull——,” hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote Wednesday on his Truth Social site, using an expletive in his post. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.”

“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he went on.

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    Man, it would be incredible if Epstein and Trump’s inability to shut up about it is what brings this regime down.

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    Dude is freaking out because he’s finally being treated like any other politician, and his pathetic ego can’t handle it.

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      PLEASE let this be the beginning of the end. I’ve aged like 5 years in the last 6 months.

      Also for anyone seeing this comment, here is the testimony of Katie Johnson who claimed Trump raped her and other 13 year old girls multiple times. Fair warning: it goes into excruciating and brutal details:

      “Katie Johnson’s full testimony of 2/11/16”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

      Please save and spread.

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        Trump went on Howard Stern and boasted about barging into the dressing rooms at the Miss Teen USA pageant. He famously perved on his own daughter. This is nothing new

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          It’s nothing new to anyone not in the cult, but this could be the biggest chance of getting through to them. We need to get them to see the truth and use this tiny crack in their mental fortress to open it up: “well if he blatantly lied about this (based on all of this proof they’ve seen) what else has he been lying about?”

          I know that’s probably naive and overly hopeful, but I’m still doing my part.

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            I’ve been hoping for his people to see the light since 2015.

            They stuck with him when he admitted that Trump University was a scam…

            They stuck with him when Mexico didn’t pay for the Wall…

            They stuck with him when a million people died of Covid…

            I hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

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            You’re basically asking cultists to turn against their cult leader.

            I can’t recall too many times in history where that’s ever happened. Sadly.

            This isn’t a logic or reason thing with them, this is an identity thing.

            If they do that, they will lose their sense of identity, and that’s something people who have few other things going for them are unlikely to do.

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              We should make up some group that can absorb all the crazies from MAGA and give them a healthier outlet, like the equivalent of a methadone clinic.

              Maybe we can kill 2 birds with 1 stone and make this new outlet where they can place their identity push for economic reforms and equality, positioning the ultra elite as an evil cabal that rules the world. It just so happens that in this new conspiracy group that the conspiracy is mostly true.

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        let this be the beginning of the end

        Fascism doesn’t voluntarily give up power. There’s no way that scandal brings down the regime. They didn’t install tech bros as officers in the military because they intend to respect the will of the electorate.

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          I don’t mean the regime. I just mean Trump himself. It may actually be worse when someone more competent like JD Vance is in charge.

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    That’s generally what cult leaders do, they don’t bend to their followers, they beat them down as weak and fake believers until they fall back in line. And the ones who do get out immediately become the enemy and the devil in one.

    This is Jim Jones/David Koresh type shit

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      David koresh wasn’t in jim jones weight class. He was a pedo manipulator but those kids are dead because of the ATF and that piece of shit Janet Reno.

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        Watch koresh berate his followers for doubting him though, that’s the same type of manipulation even if they weren’t the same. Currently that dude who runs Twin flames is doing all that abusive “how dare you question me, your god” bullshit.

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      He needs to get the MAGA true believers to rat on any fake MAGA who changed their opinion so ice can deport them as a priority to Alligator Alcatraz for bullets and swamp burials

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      His supporters love abuse. They will change to fit his vision.

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        I don’t think it’s abuse they love exectly, it’s being told exactly what to think and how to act. It removes a huge amount of cognative load and uncertainty and leaves them feeling more sure of themselves.

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      It could create a situation where a supporter doesn’t want to be weak, so they completely shift their stance - almost denying their previous stance. I just threw some popcorn in the microwave for the upcoming show…

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      I keep reminding people that if he holds on to power past the end of his term, he won’t need votes to do it. So his supporters are no longer useful to him.

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      He doesn’t care. If he can’t get reelected he doesn’t really want another republican to get the office. That way he can always say " look how everything fell apart after me"

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    MAGAts are like children refusing to eat their veggies. They’re going to resist with this whole Epstein thing until their Daddy looks at them sternly and tells them to fall in line…or else.

    It’s performative noncompliance. At the end of the day, when the going gets tough, they’ll show their support for a felon rapist (pedo?), because that’s what they’ve always done, without fail.

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    I hope he’s so anxious about this that he never has a restful sleep again for the rest of his miserable life. Fucking worst human alive in the 21st century so far

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    Wait, wasn’t your whole political philosophy built around ignorance and spineless loyalty? If you train them to fall for scams and conspiracies don’t get shocked when they go for another conspiracy that you don’t like.

    …because I don’t want their support anymore!

    Damn, he’s gone “full Hitler in the bunker”. “Those damn traitors! They failed me!”

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      I’m guessing he has seen that enough on letters from companies and lawyers about his fuck ups and it makes him feel weak. So, he uses it when he wants someone else to feel weak.

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        It feels like a recent development too… But then I’m not on twitter or truth social so it could just be I didn’t notice until recently.

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    Thinking about how low these folks usually go, I’m wondering why they haven’t just worked up a fake hatchet job file selectively incriminating their enemies and exonerating themselves. It possibly wouldn’t matter if it were called into question by evidence of tampering. Their devotees are indoctrinated enough to swallow almost anything -especially if it reinforced their biases against people they’ve already been trained to hate. What fallout are they afraid of in releasing a doctored list? I’d wager this will be the eventual outcome. A fake file that most know to be fake, but will mollify his base.

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      I have a feeling that’s what the next move will be.

      He already told Pam Bondi to release “whatever she thinks is credible.”

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        Unfortunately Soros and Clinton were the only ones on the list. Weirdly, Trump and his biggest donors aren’t implicated.