Epstein and MAGA

 I don't know what to think about the current MAGA/Epstein news.

First of all - Epstein was pretty nasty, child sexual abuse is horrifying, and the powerful people around Epstein all look pretty damn ugly. It seems hard to believe they didn't know what was going on, if not participated in it themselves.

I, too, find it hard to believe he committed suicide. There's too much incentive for one (or more) of those powerful people to try to silence him. 

But... 

It's not like we have actual evidence, and we have enough conspiracy theories going around. If it was a murder, if powerful people silenced him and tried hiding a client list, they were clearly too powerful for justice to be done.

And as time grew on, it became clear that the issue was being used to manipulate gullible people.

By which I mean - I am absolutely sure that there were people on Epstein's list from both political parties. There's also plenty of red flags indicating Trump could be one of them, though again I've refrained from acting as though it's fact. Anyone who wants to know why can easily find the pictures of Trump and Epstein, or find the quote where Epstein claimed he was Trump's "closest friend".

Which means I figured anyone sincerely upset about Epstein would have known that there was no way in hell Trump cared about or would follow through on any promises of releasing a client list or evidence about Epstein's death.

I thought that the easily manipulated fools would probably continue to be manipulated, and support Trump regardless. And the ones who understood Epstein pimped out vulnerable children to corrupt and powerful men knew that list of men probably included Trump, and others in his circle of friends.

So I will admit I was not expecting this issue to cause such problems in MAGA land.

Did they honestly not expect this? How could it come as a surprise? The indicators were all out there, easy to find...

Hell, that's just one small part of why Trump is so unfit for office. 

I almost want to say 'we told you so', but I just don't see the point in it. It's too late. Those suckers voted that PoS into office, and we're barely halfway into his first year.

I don't like feeling defeated or hopeless, but damn.... this all would have been so much easier if people had done some basic research.