HOT TOPICS | Trump's Downward Spiral Over the Epstein Files - July 17th, 2025
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Oh, my God. Where is Don? Where is Don? Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics. Welcome to the program. Good morning to you. How is your day going, your morning going? And tell us where you are streaming from or watching our stream from. Let us know where you are. And I hope you have a cup of coffee and your morning is settling in. This is good. The coffee is good this morning. Where's my mug? I don't have my mug this morning. I need my mug from the merch store. Anyways, look, there is a lot of reporting and a lot going on as it relates to what's happening with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Let me just tell you, every day we try to figure out what we're going to do for you that is different, that is new, and the news just keeps coming by itself usually.
But the real thing is, and we can't keep saying the same thing every day, is that it isn't, I guess we could really if we really wanted to. but to try to distinguish one show from the other because this is really engulfing his presidency. I hate to agree with Laura Loomer where she said it's going to consume his presidency. That's what her fears are, so I don't agree with her on that. But is it consuming Donald Trump's presidency? Yes, it is. Sylvia Strong from Jacksonville, Florida. It is. Yes, it is. Mariah from Virginia Beach. Yes, it is. Yes, it is Southern California. Yes, it is Webb from Texas. Yes, it is Gail from New Jersey. Yes, it is Angel. 11-11. It is. It is consuming his presidency. And he's becoming more desperate and more desperate and more desperate.
And, you know, I sent you guys that thing from Two-Way this morning. If you can, right after the thing I sent you for David Rowe, there's a gentleman who comes on. He's holding his baby. If you can get that once we're able to download it. I just want you to hear what the Trump supporters are saying about Donald Trump's response. to this Epstein situation. And when I said to you yesterday or the day before, whenever it was, when I said, you know, does it sound a little bit different now? Like, is it ringing hollow? Some of the things that he used to be able to get away with and you would believe him, it sounded convincing. He would say it loud enough and with some passion and vigor and people would believe it.
And I said, I think it was yesterday and I said, you can understand why some of the folks who are the MAGA folks, why they would believe him because he was saying it with such conviction and often enough, and if you hear it often enough, you start to believe it, right?
How is the Epstein files scandal described and why is it ‘engulfing’ Trump’s presidency?
But for the MAGA faithful, for people who voted for Donald Trump every single time for re-election, the wheels are starting to come off for them. They're starting to become, I don't know, they're starting to question His authenticity, they're starting to become skeptical about what's real and what's not. This has really, really, really penetrated the armor of the MAGA movement and Donald Trump's connection with his supporters, with the base. This is the first time I believe someone said someone put a headline up that says Donald Trump at odds with his base again. He's not usually at odds with his base. He's usually pretty right on when it comes to what the base wants, what the base is thinking. Hi, Sebring, Florida.
Thank you for joining us, Bernadette. He's usually right on. And right now he is not, he is losing that support. So there is some bombshell reporting. There are a couple of different places that are reporting on the fallout from this. And it's not really, you can call it palace intrigue if you want, but what is going on behind the scenes? My thing is, is that you don't really, it doesn't take much to figure it out. You don't really even have to go behind the scenes to figure it out. All you have to do is look at what he's saying publicly. Look at how when he was with the crown prince from Bahrain, look at his body language. Look at his face. Look at the prime minister or the crown prince from Bahrain.
Look at his body language. Look at the folks in the meeting putting their heads down when he starts to talk about it.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:15–3:04
2
How is the Epstein files scandal described and why is it ‘engulfing’ Trump’s presidency?
3:04–28:44
3
Which MAGA figures are reacting to the Epstein files controversy and what are they saying?
28:44–37:09
4
What did the DOJ/FBI memo conclude about Epstein files and why do supporters call it ‘not good enough’?
37:09–1:00:33
5
Why are some Trump loyalists publicly questioning his handling of the Epstein issue?
1:00:33–1:04:16
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How did TV pundits and hosts (Two-Way, Morning Joe) frame the latest reporting on Epstein files?
1:04:16–1:10:55