Michael Tracey

And yet I'm still struggling to understand what the underlying accusation of wrongdoing is supposed to be above and beyond just how perhaps Reid Hoffman and or Musk or whomever might have misrepresented the relationship.

And yet I'm still struggling to understand what the underlying accusation of wrongdoing is supposed to be above and beyond just how perhaps Reid Hoffman and or Musk or whomever might have misrepresented the relationship.

Isn't there a fallacy of all this then?

Isn't there a fallacy of all this then?

Or another parallel is Hillary Clinton just came out this week and gave an interview on the BBC where she said, we, the Clintons, Bill and I, we had no real connections with Epstein, but Donald Trump...

Or another parallel is Hillary Clinton just came out this week and gave an interview on the BBC where she said, we, the Clintons, Bill and I, we had no real connections with Epstein, but Donald Trump...

we can just assume as unassailably true that he's in the process of orchestrating a coverup because he has something to hide.

we can just assume as unassailably true that he's in the process of orchestrating a coverup because he has something to hide.

And then on the other hand, Trump will toggle back and forth between Bill Clinton and Larry Summers and Reid Hoffman.

And then on the other hand, Trump will toggle back and forth between Bill Clinton and Larry Summers and Reid Hoffman.

They're the ones who are truly implicated by their association with Epstein.

They're the ones who are truly implicated by their association with Epstein.

I had nothing really to do with the guy.

I had nothing really to do with the guy.

And then the next day he'll say, oh, I'm a little upset or rueful that Bill Clinton's been dragged into this mess.

And then the next day he'll say, oh, I'm a little upset or rueful that Bill Clinton's been dragged into this mess.

And it just gets, you know,

And it just gets, you know,

framed around, organized around just like a partisan battering ram.

framed around, organized around just like a partisan battering ram.