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OPINION

The Pin Is Pulled

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The pin has been pulled — and suddenly the political hand-grenade that is the Jeffrey Epstein file dump is rolling directly back toward the Democrats, not the intended target. For years, they were utterly convinced they could use Jeffrey Epstein to destroy Donald Trump. They insisted Trump was secretly connected, complicit, or even accessory to Epsteins sickness.

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But now that the real records are hitting the light of day? It turns out Donald J. Trump was the only major figure who actually cut ties, took action, and spoke out. He didnt just distance himself he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after Epstein behaved inappropriately toward a young woman. A decisive, documented action. And he did it long before Epsteins crimes became a global scandal. In other words, the one man they wanted to portray as Epsteins closest ally actually threw him out of the building and shut the door behind him.

Meanwhile and this is where the grenade pin pops loose the newly revealed documents show a long list of Democrat power players who continued communicating with Epstein well after his 2008 conviction and who maintained cozy and strategic relationships that have nothing to do with innocent social interaction and everything to do with influence, fundraising, and elite protection networks. As Ed Morrissey notes in his HotAir analysis this week, the political class believed these files would detonate a mushroom cloud over Trump. Instead, Morrissey writes, this is a hand grenade, and Democrats are the ones likely to get blown up. They pulled the pin, but they were apparently too giddy and too blind to realize they were holding it.

Unlike the swarm of suddenly-silent elites pretending they barely knew Epstein, Trump openly acknowledged the relationship when asked years ago and openly condemned Epsteins behavior. He didnt bury it, deny it, or play dumb. He didnt spin convenient amnesia just because the cameras were rolling. He acted, and then he walked away. When Epsteins darkness came fully into the public eye, Trump had already separated. Meanwhile, others continued flying on his plane, attending his dinners, taking his meetings, and harvesting whatever benefits they thought he could provide.

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And thats the piece thats now proving politically fatal: Trump did not maintain contact after Epsteins conviction. Once Epstein was arrested, convicted, and registered as a sex offender, the relationship was over full stop. There was no quiet resumption, no secret favors, no whispered negotiations. Meanwhile, the Democrats continued the association even after everything was public. They werent distancing. They werent condemning. They were networking.

For nearly a decade, we were told Trump was at the center of some sinister trafficking universe. They tried desperately to wrap Epstein around Trumps neck like an anchor and drown his political future with it. Turns out the anchor chain leads straight into the offices, fundraisers, private jets, and donor lists of the Democratic Party. Turns out the so-called moral high-ground crowd the self-appointed guardians of social justice and defenders of women kept Epstein in their Rolodex while Trump threw him out the front door.

The hypocrisy is biblical in scale. The Democrats, in their arrogance, believed they could weaponize Epstein to brand Trump forever as unfit and irredeemable. Now the documentation shows they were the ones keeping the relationship alive. They werent horrified they were opportunistic. They werent disgusted they were engaged. And they werent exposing crimes they were covering social risk and preserving access.

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This isnt about blind loyalty to Trump or refusal to hold him accountable for anything real. If he or anyone else on the Right were legitimately guilty of enabling Epstein, that evidence should come to light. But so far, the record shows the opposite: in a moment where a decent person would sever ties, Trump did just that and the Democrats did not. The difference between banning someone from your property for preying on women versus continuing to meet with a convicted sex offender? Thats pretty stark. In fact, it may be the single most important political contrast of the current cycle.

And now the grenade they thought they could detonate in Trumps lap is exploding right in theirs. Because this time its not rumors, memes, smears, or campaign-season fabrications being exposed. Its emails. Calendars. Travel logs. Name after name. Invitation after invitation. Its not innuendo its receipts.

The political class that claimed moral superiority turned out to be the very group protecting and sustaining one of the most grotesque exploiters of modern history. The truth is now undeniable: Trump did the right thing. They did not.

And if you think the public outrage over Epstein died quietly, wait until Americans discover the full list of who kept visiting and why. Once the dust settles, voters will ask one simple question:

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If Donald Trump was supposedly the problem then why was he the only one who kicked Jeffrey Epstein out?

The pin is pulled.

The blast radius is expanding.

And Democrats have nowhere left to hide.

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