President Donald Trump may have telegraphed his next move following the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal that has rocked his administration.
On Saturday, Trump posted a long rant on Truth Social claiming that the files were created by several high-ranking Democrats like former president Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as “the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration.”
“They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called ‘friends’ are playing right into their hands,” Trump’s post reads in part. “Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t they use it?”
The post attracted scores of backlash comments online from both Democrats and MAGA loyalists. At the same time, it also serves as a surprising admission about what Trump will do next, according to progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen.
“When Trump says in his Saturday afternoon screed that the Epstein file was written by Obama, Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the losers and criminals of the Biden administration, he may very well be previewing who he is going to go after as part of his effort to convince the base that the clearly-incriminating Epstein file is somehow a Democratic plot to take him down,” Cohen said Sunday on his show “No Lies.”
“This is what it looks like when Trump lays the groundwork,” Cohen continued.
Trump’s post also shows that he has been backed into a corner by his base, according to Cohen.
“He’s only going to get more desperate, more backed into a corner, and lash out even harder as time goes on,” Cohen added.