Because his base isn’t upset about those as much as they are about Epstein. He’s underwater in polling on all those other things now, but his core base wasn’t upset about it
Right wing media talked about Epstein a lot over the past many years. Claimed that Trump would give them all the truth. It became an ingrained belief. Then he abruptly and very suddenly contradicted all that at once and can’t keep to a consistent narrative
He also directly insult his base in the back and forth. Calling them “weaklings”, stupid, etc. for caring which he normally avoids doing. Normally he pretends to care about their concerns when coming up with a BS excuse
Because his base isn’t upset about those as much as they are about Epstein. He’s underwater in polling on all those other things now, but his core base wasn’t upset about it
Right wing media talked about Epstein a lot over the past many years. Claimed that Trump would give them all the truth. It became an ingrained belief. Then he abruptly and very suddenly contradicted all that at once and can’t keep to a consistent narrative
He also directly insult his base in the back and forth. Calling them “weaklings”, stupid, etc. for caring which he normally avoids doing. Normally he pretends to care about their concerns when coming up with a BS excuse
Its unbelievable that people have to learn this lesson multiple times. Trump eventually turns on everyone the moment it will benefit him to do so.
Well, in this case it’s the moment he panics, whether or not it’s beneficial.