President's base is not being fooled by distractions this time, and MAGA crowd recognizes the peril he's in, writes

The Trump administration has been flailing as it struggles to contain the fallout from its handling of the so-called Epstein files. Is there a way out? Even on an overseas trip, President Donald Trump couldn’t escape persistent queries from the press about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump was taken aback by speculation that he was personally involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 jail cell death, author Michael Wolff said on the latest edition of. The biographer said the lingering controversy over Trump’s ties to Epstein resulted in the president having to deny culpability for his one-time friend’s demise.