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The Epstein scandal is engulfing Trump

The Epstein scandal is engulfing Trump

The president is desperately trying to distract his base. It isn’t working

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For the past decade, there has been nothing Donald Trump could do to alienate his base — and he knew it. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" Trump quipped back in 2016. "It's, like, incredible."

He's not bragging anymore.

It increasingly looks like the Epstein scandal might finally loosen …

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