Drawn to President Trump for his pledge to take down the political elite, some of his young constituents say he has failed them.
āNot to be trusted.ā A ābetrayal.ā
This is how some young people on the right have characterized President Trump and his administrationās response to the Justice Departmentās latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files. For them, the Epstein story is something of a full-circle moment in their political lives ā a reason they cast their ballots for Mr. Trump in 2024 that has calcified into anger and disillusionment.
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[T]hey say their faith in Mr. Trump has diminished in recent weeks as they have observed the administrationās response to the Epstein scandal. For his part, Mr. Schwemmer thinks the president has demonstrated a ālack of seriousnessā and a pattern of āobfuscationā as communications related to Mr. Epstein have revealed a globe-spanning web of ties to powerful figures in politics, finance, professional sports and the arts. Included in the recently disclosed files are the names of six current administration officials, Mr. Trumpās among them.
They knew exactly what they were voting for.
They voted for a hateful, stupid, vicious, narcissistic, bigoted thug
I donāt believe for a second that they genuinely have any regrets, and I believe that theyād vote for him again if they can (assuming that 'Murica ever has another electionā¦)
You know how, if you fall for one scam, they trade/sell your info to other scammers because they know youāre likely to fall for something else as well? Thatās how I feel about these people: they may (eventually) leave the trump train, but theyāll be ripe pickings for someone else.
Theyāll vote for the next republican, and the one after that, because theyāre in a cult, and those republicans promises to hurt the people that the cult fear and hate
Itās disgusting, but itās in their nature