by Themis Tzimas*
Epstein, the administrator of a pedophilia and prostitution network for super-rich and powerful U.S. figures, with incredible connections that reached the White House and the Oval Office during the terms of different presidents, according to some unconfirmed information coming from Tucker Carlson, was a Mossad agent using the network’s recorded footage. in order to blackmail US officials or even presidents. Of course, no one can confirm anything about it, but the fact that the rumor comes from this particular person (a former close supporter of President Trump) raises many suspicions.
In any case, the storm in Trump’s base over Epstein has to do with the rumored “friendly” relationship between the two, for which Elon Musk also often blames the current president.
The Epstein case is not the only one that has divided Trump’s base. To a lesser extent, this was also the case with the attack on Iran, as well as with the continued U.S. involvement in the genocide in Gaza. Younger MAGA supporters in particular cannot understand why the U.S. should continue to support such policies in favor of Israel.
But the Epstein case was the catalyst for the internal conflict in Trump’s base. The Justice Department’s announcement that it did not have a list of Epstein’s alleged clients and that the convicted sex offender was not murdered caused an uproar. Conservative commentators and media personalities who had taken a clear stance in favor of Trump, including citing the Epstein case, accused the government of covering up, demanding the resignation of Pam Bondi. of the Attorney General.
While the Epstein case most obviously encapsulates the frustration of a large part of the Trumpist base due to the US president’s systemic turn, other policies are even clearer on the latter issue. The cost of health care for U.S. citizens remains unacceptably high. The stock market sector (or even better financial) continues to “feast” by imposing the most beneficial and always short-term policies to increase its own profitability. Anything that questions as a policy the profitability of the financial sector, the immediate and ever-increasing profitability, must be prevented, regardless of any productive or social necessity. The oligopolistic structure of the US economy continues. Trump’s initial attempts to bring back some form of productive reconstruction in the U.S. through protectionist policies, which we had already written about as superficial, were abandoned in favor of Wall Street interests. Anything that “lifts” the big shareholders and the big bankers is good for the United States. There is a sketch which brilliantly illustrates this perception:
The Epstein case therefore best encapsulates the world of the establishment, versus the world of the many. Trump has come across as anti-systemic and indeed a part of the power system doesn’t like him at all. But the dislike of a part of the power structure in the US is far from being truly anti-systemic, both on the basis of its personal history and its policies. He may not come from the deep state and its political offshoots, but this does not negate the fact that he is obliged to serve specific interests. That’s what he does.
This is the real cause of the division of MAGA’s base. After the first election, they expected something more than a systemic president again. Hence the division at its base. What threatens Trump most of all? Whatever Mamdani signals (we’ll see what he does). A left-wing force that raises issues and proposes solutions that concern the many, promoting at least partially transformation of the social and economic balance of power. This will be the main focus of conflict for Trump himself. In the context of this conflict, however, he will risk becoming even more alienated from his base. And his best ally will prove to be the most systemic part of the Democrats, who also see their worst enemy in Mamdani-like voices, an enemy in front of whom Trump as a person seems certainly tolerable and obviously preferable.
* Adjunct Lecturer of International Law/International Relations, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
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