<em>The New York Times </em>first reported last week that eight former Dalton students said the way Jeffrey Epstein interacted with teenage girls had stuck with them since high school. Last week, Epstein was charged with sex trafficking of minors.
The Impossible Deep State Memo Ignites America While the Greatest Diversion Aims Directly at Russia
America is currently unraveling a scandal whose magnitude we may not yet be able to comprehend. To call it merely a scandal would be to passively observe internal American turmoil, but instead we are facing an explosive situation that could potentially entangle the entire world, starting with a massive escalation of the war in Ukraine.
Trump may be about to reveal something very unpleasant — something he has been preparing us for with his chaotic, yet calculated messages. “Something significant about Russia,” he says. Considering he has already announced sanctions and new weapons for Ukraine, we can only speculate. Following the trend of his betrayal of his own campaign and voter base (especially through his attack on Iran), nothing would truly surprise us anymore — not even potentially outrageous ideas like sending “boots on the ground” to Ukraine.
But why the anxiety this very morning? Not without reason. America — or rather, American presidents — have a long history of creating cruel diversions when they find themselves in deep trouble. Bill Clinton, at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal (before he confessed to everything), created a diversion by launching an attack on a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan — resulting in the deaths of many children (as the factory was crucial for regional medical supplies). Ronald Reagan launched the invasion of Grenada shortly after the Beirut disaster, where 241 American marines died in a suicide bombing.
George H. W. Bush faced a sudden drop in approval ratings, so he invaded Panama. As for his son… After September 11, 2001, he attacked the entire country of Afghanistan, claiming the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was behind the attack on the U.S. Moreover, while the American public sought answers to that horrific event, he launched a catastrophic and brutal invasion of Iraq — a country that had absolutely nothing to do with the attack on New York.
Obama killed Osama bin Laden at the very moment his administration was facing the harshest political attacks. Republicans were keen on branding him as “weak and indecisive” — and soon after, the world’s most wanted man was “taken down” (supposedly dumped into the sea, sparking a new generation of conspiracy theories). Similarly, he launched attacks on Yemen. The brutal 2011 attack on Libya doesn’t even need mentioning. Biden carried out airstrikes in Syria, and Trump in his first term assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani while facing impeachment in Congress…
So, looking back, the modus operandi repeats itself. This “tactic” even has a name — “Wag the Dog.”
“Wag the Dog” is a political strategy in which a government, faced with a crisis or drop in popularity, deliberately creates an external crisis or military conflict to divert public and media attention from an uncomfortable issue (e.g., corruption, sex scandal, impeachment, economic downturn). The term became popular after the 1997 film Wag the Dog, in which a fictional U.S. president, facing a sex scandal right before elections, hires a team to fabricate a war in Albania — using media, actors, and staged footage to convince the public that the U.S. is fighting for freedom!
But as we can see, fiction and reality intertwine in American political history.
We might also say that the bigger the scandal, the bigger the diversion — and what Trump is facing now is so huge that it may require a serious escalation of the war in Ukraine, which just happens to be the most convenient location for such escalation.
What threatens Trump? His deceased “barely known” friend — Jeffrey Epstein.
Most of us know the Epstein story. A man who committed horrific crimes — a whole series of them — for which his name and face will be remembered under the category of “monsters.”
He was an American financier accused of years-long sexual abuse of underage girls, human trafficking, and running an elite prostitution network with elements of coercion and exploitation. As early as the late 2000s, he was charged with sexual relations with minors, but in 2008 he struck a controversial deal with Florida prosecutors that allowed him to avoid serious punishment — he served only 13 months in jail, with daily work-release privileges. That deal later sparked public outrage because it concealed the scale of his crimes and protected many powerful individuals associated with him.
In 2019, Epstein was arrested again on more serious federal charges: he was accused of creating and running a sex trafficking network involving underage girls, some as young as 14, who were brought to his private estates — including a private island — where they were sexually exploited, often in the presence of or even with participation from powerful guests. Prosecutors claimed Epstein recruited girls, paid them, and then forced them to recruit other minors. His death in jail in August 2019, officially ruled a suicide, only fueled conspiracy theories, as many believed his ties to the elite were too compromising for the truth to ever be revealed.
Moreover, news of Epstein’s suicide — just 36 days after entering prison — was seen by many as the ultimate insult. How could someone who knew so much be put in a position to allegedly take his own life? Many don’t buy that explanation and believe Epstein was murdered so his secrets would die with him.
But the Epstein scandal isn’t dormant — and current President Donald Trump could ultimately become its biggest victim. First of all, Trump has been recorded and photographed numerous times with Epstein and his partner (in both romance and crime), Ghislaine Maxwell. So his claim that he “barely knew” Epstein is another insult to the American public. The pair clearly socialized often, alongside “friends” like Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and other powerful names.
Ghislaine Maxwell was a key figure in the scandal — according to numerous victim testimonies and court documents, she played the role of recruiter, intermediary, and accomplice in Epstein’s systematic sexual abuse of minors.
Born in 1961 in London, Ghislaine was the youngest daughter of Robert Maxwell, a powerful and controversial British media tycoon, owner of the Daily Mirror tabloid. After Robert Maxwell died under suspicious circumstances in 1991 (he fell or jumped from his yacht “Lady Ghislaine,” named after her), Ghislaine moved to New York and entered elite social circles. There, in the mid-1990s, she met Jeffrey Epstein. Their relationship began romantically but evolved into a business partnership and, as we now know, a criminal alliance.
During trials and numerous testimonies, Maxwell was accused of recruiting underage girls, presenting Epstein’s world of wealth and power as glamorous before gradually leading them into sexual exploitation. She was a kind of “house manager” in Epstein’s residences — from his Manhattan mansion to his private Caribbean island — overseeing the girls and their “schedules.”
She was arrested in July 2020 after months in hiding and years of avoiding charges. At her trial in late 2021, Maxwell was found guilty on five of six charges, including trafficking minors and sexual exploitation. In June 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
To many victims, Maxwell was the “face of betrayal”: a woman who inspired trust, only to lure them into a web of abuse. Without her, Epstein’s system likely would not have functioned with such cold efficiency.
But the story goes deeper. There are many credible testimonies, indications, and journalistic investigations suggesting that Robert Maxwell — Ghislaine’s father — worked for Israeli Mossad or at least collaborated with Israeli intelligence. There’s no official confirmation from the Israeli government — which is expected in such intelligence matters.
Seymour Hersh, one of America’s most prominent investigative journalists, wrote in his book The Samson Option (1991) that Robert Maxwell served as a liaison between the Israeli government and Western entities and played a key role in transferring sensitive information.
British journalist Gordon Thomas, in his book Robert Maxwell: Israel’s Superspy, went even further, calling Maxwell a long-time Mossad agent who helped spy on the West, especially through the newspapers he controlled.
Additionally, Maxwell was reportedly involved in distributing a modified version of the PROMIS spyware, which Mossad allegedly used to spy on both allies and adversaries. Multiple sources claim Maxwell used his media network and reputation to sell the software to “trusted” nations, without disclosing that it contained an Israeli “backdoor” for espionage.
At Robert Maxwell’s funeral in Israel, then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, President Chaim Herzog, and the Mossad chief were all in attendance. His death was marked in Israel as the loss of “a true friend of the State of Israel” — highly unusual for a foreign media mogul…
So, we have a story that continues to expand.
What many casual observers may not know is that Jeffrey Epstein was not originally a figure of power and influence. In fact, his professional life began humbly for someone who would later become a symbol of the darkest secrets of the global elite. Despite never graduating from college, he landed a job teaching math and physics in the early 1970s at the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan — a position for which he was formally unqualified. This role gave him access to children of wealthy families, including the son of Alan Greenberg, president of the Bear Stearns investment bank.
Through these connections, Epstein transitioned into finance. He got a job at Bear Stearns advising wealthy clients — despite never having a formal broker license. He soon left and began cultivating an image as someone who managed money exclusively for the “ultra-wealthy.” But years later, it would emerge that his only truly known client was Leslie Wexner, founder of the Victoria’s Secret fashion empire, who gave Epstein extraordinary freedom — even control over assets and real estate.
Epstein’s true rise began when he met Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the aforementioned British media tycoon. Ghislaine was already part of international high society, with strong ties to the British establishment, Israel, and the U.S. According to many accounts, she was the one who introduced Epstein to the circles of power — from aristocrats and politicians to bankers, princes, and presidents.Without Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein likely would never have been taken seriously among the elite. His status as a “financial wizard” had no real foundation, but with Maxwell acting as a social catalyst and logistical accomplice, he succeeded in building a parallel world of fake sophistication and brutal exploitation. Their partnership — simultaneously personal, business-related, and criminal — proved to be a deadly combination of money, sex, blackmail, and power, from which many profited but few were held accountable.
When much of this came to light (and who knows how much still hasn’t?), Americans were horrified — and many suspected this was only the tip of the iceberg.
Trump knew well how deeply the public was disturbed by Epstein and the entire story of child exploitation by untouchable elites. That’s why, in his recent presidential campaign, he promised that if elected, he would fully expose the Epstein case and all its details — including the infamous “client list.”
A perfect plan — to win over as many voters as possible. Furthermore, by merely announcing that he would expose the horrific network, Trump cleverly removed himself from it and made people momentarily forget all those shared photos. Maybe they really just occasionally crossed paths at billionaire and business events?
Trump managed to distance himself and, in doing so, portrayed his political opponents (the Democratic Party) as the deviant characters who vacationed on Epstein’s private island. It worked. He won the election by a strong margin, aided by other promises Americans gladly believed (such as ending the “forever wars” and not starting new ones!).
But the reckoning has arrived. If he was truly sincere, where are the Epstein documents? Where is the client list? When, MAGA supporters wonder, will the “heads start to roll”? Because this isn’t one of those promises that people forget. The outside world may not realize just how deep an existential and moral crisis America is in. Many Americans — and we’re talking millions — believe their country is ruled not just by a selfish and ruthless elite, but by one that is deviant, morbid, monstrous, even “satanic.”
Even before the Epstein scandal, there were whispers of pedophile rings at the highest levels of political power. Are all the claims and rumors true? Of course not — but they spread easily, like a political wildfire. Likewise, claiming it’s all just “conspiracy theory imagination” is an extreme position — Epstein himself is (was) living proof that these things dohappen, likely on a scale far beyond such prominent figures.
Placed in a political context, this becomes an explosive force capable of reshaping America from within — in fact, it already is. Trump convinced a large swath of the public that he would be the one to shine a light on these stories. From a distance, that sounds nearly absurd — how could a billionaire known for womanizing be a “bringer of truth”? Paradoxically, it happened. Americans believed him. Of course, his voter base should not be underestimated. What they believed in — or hoped for — was that Trump would be a kind of messenger in revealing a horrifying reality. No one really saw him as a moralist or family man — let alone a saint.
Trump could get rid of his Attorney General Pam Bondi, say she “messed up,” that she misunderstood everything… but it’s already too late, and he knows it. That’s why he decided to go the other way—stand firmly in her defense.
Trump has openly defended Attorney General Pam Bondi. On the social media platform Truth Social, he stated that Bondi is doing a “FANTASTIC JOB” and criticized members of his own base who are attacking her over the conclusions in a memo claiming that there is no evidence Epstein had a “client list” or that he was murdered. In a statement full of frustration, Trump lashed out at the “selfish people” who, he claimed, are trying to harm his “perfectly aligned administration” over a man “who just won’t die”—referring to Epstein.
Behind the scenes, Trump has further reinforced his support for Bondi, calling prominent critics within the MAGA movement, including Charlie Kirk, to try to ease tensions. Although the administration is under increasing pressure over unfulfilled promises of transparency regarding Epstein—including Trump’s earlier announcements that he would release additional documents—the president is now, with visible fatigue, dismissing further discussion of the topic. At the same time, more and more prominent MAGA voices, including Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson, are openly accusing Bondi of covering up crimes. Trump, however, continues to downplay the importance of the case, saying that Epstein is “someone no one cares about” and urging the FBI to focus on “real problems like election fraud.”
Trump’s staunch defense of Bondi comes as no surprise. Pam Bondi is the former Attorney General of the state of Florida and has a long-standing and multilayered connection to Trump, which includes political cooperation, legal defense, and a series of controversies. Their relationship dates back to 2013, when Bondi was considering launching an investigation into Trump University over allegations of fraud. At the same time, Trump’s foundation donated $25,000 to her campaign, after which Bondi decided not to pursue the investigation. That move drew a wave of criticism and accusations of a conflict of interest, as it appeared the judicial decision had been bought with a political donation.
After her term ended, Bondi further strengthened her connection with Trump by joining his legal team during his first impeachment in 2020. She was one of the faces of the defense in the Senate, where she aggressively attacked Joe Biden and his son Hunter, trying to divert attention from the accusations against Trump. Although she wasn’t officially the president’s personal attorney, she became a key figure in protecting his political image and later officially worked on his campaign. Her rise in the MAGA world is based on loyalty, and Trump (allegedly) values that.
Some in the MAGA movement, who don’t want to burn everything down, are calling for Bondi to be sacrificed so that the administration itself can survive without a collapse in trust. Trump, however, seems to be preparing other distractions—and that is currently the greatest danger.
As for the entire Epstein story, it will never—at least in the public eye—go away until it is fully brought to light. In the current term, this issue is becoming a catalyst for the breakdown of support for Trump (internally and externally). Of course, we must keep in mind that Trump’s second term is much bigger than the flawed Donald Trump himself. There’s an entire hierarchy of power and capital that depends on his stable hold on the White House. That includes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met with Trump three times in a short span. There’s no proof, but many observe that right around that time, Trump abruptly abandoned his “illumination” of the Epstein case.
Is it possible that Trump truly intended to reveal everything during the campaign (and after that bullet whizzed past his ear)? It’s possible. Maybe he thought there was nothing controversial about him personally in those tapes because, although he certainly used power, money, and influence to objectify women for decades, he doesn’t seem like a pedophile (though, who can truly say?). Still, there may be tapes involving “barely legal” girls that, if made public, would cause an earthquake in America. Whether or not Trump is being blackmailed will matter less to many people, because both possibilities point to the same conclusion—the deep state is alive, effective, and relentless. And Jeffrey Epstein himself—or what remains of his sinister legacy—is trying to drag Trump down with him into hell. And Trump, if that’s the only outcome, may take the whole world down with him.
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