The president is attempting to keep calm in front of the cameras, but behind the scenes he’s fuming.
Donald Trump is reportedly getting more and more fed up with his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein drama that has consumed headlines for weeks.
Trump is frustrated that the scandal has overshadowed his agenda and dominated the news, two people familiar with his thinking told The Washington Post in a Sunday report.
Nearly a dozen sources close to the situation spoke to the Post about the issue, painting a picture of an administration adrift, lacking a clear strategy and blindsided by the intensity of the backlash—particularly from Trump’s own base. Many officials had reportedly hoped that Americans would move on from the unreleased Epstein files, underestimating the sustained outrage.
With the possible exception of the judiciary system, literally all of that has been true for a long time now.
Even in cases where the rich can’t just pay someone off (rare), In the cases where the rich are actually charged (also rare) if the ‘punishment’ is a fine, it’s not really going to inconvenience a rich person. Typically the types of crime the wealthy get away with (Wage Theft, Corporate malfeasance etc) are punished by fines. This is by design.
There are numerous ways the being poor is criminalized, perhaps the worst example are ‘vagrancy’ laws, where being poor and/or unemployed is literally a crime.
“Non-White” people (with the exception of Asian people) are incarcerated at a much higher rate than white people.
Trump supports genocide, Harris supported genocide, Biden supported genocide, Hillary supported genocide, Obama, Bush Jr, Bill Clinton, Bush Sr, Regan…
The wealth gap has been widening since before I was born, and I’m 51 years old.
We never got rid of slavery. The 13th didn’t eliminate slavery. I would even count Wage Slavery as a type of slavery.
Trump isn’t some radical departure from ‘American’ values. Trump is American values turned up to 11.
I would like to think that the Trump administration will wake people up to the fact that the vision of America we were fed as children is a lie. We NEVER treated all people as if they were created equal. As long as Capitalism rules the day the Rich will always be the ruling class. There will always be different rules for them. The workers will always be exploited to make them rich.
The truth is so many people refuse to question the propaganda, that it will take a miracle to wake people up. So many people think if only we had elected the right people things would be different. It’s not who we elect, it’s the whole damn system that needs to change.