Trump strives to kill a story about his friendship with Epstein. Now we know why | Margaret Sullivan

A few days ago Wall Street Journal The president posted a story on Thursday about Donald Trump’s mean friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was making a frantically call.

It is reported that he Put pressure on paper’s top editor Emma TuckerRupert Murdoch, who even controls the business side of the newspaper, claims that the facts behind the story are nothing more than a scam and threatens to sue the newspaper.

How does he work? “In a fucking war” a government official Tell the Rolling Stone Magazine.

Now The story has been published – Appearing on the previous page of the daily print edition, quite a few – picking up everywhere, it’s easy to see Trump so frustrated. It’s also easy to see why trying to save it in advance is such a high priority.

It’s not only The 50 birthday cards he wrote for future child sex offenders convicted of future convicted is so outrageous in itself, with sketches and references to shared secrets and “shared secrets” and “mysteries” of “never aging”.

It’s not only Trump has been denied that Epstein died in prison for a while in 2019 with Epstein, which obviously would lie.

It’s not only He really hoped that the scandal would go away because it has been at the base where he usually cults like him.

No, there is another element – the president’s cruelty. Here is where the story is published: in the Wall Street Journal, his conservative public opinion often supports him, and his news aspect is known for ensuring that explosive stories are bulletproof: accurate facts and ready to be fully prepared under legal review.

More importantly, the newspaper is controlled by Trump’s most important media ally, Rupert Murdoch.

Murdoch’s right-wing propaganda costume Fox News has been Trump’s cheerleader and has changed himself for years and played a crucial role in getting him elected twice. (In recent days, Fox News has almost shut down comments on Epstein and Trump to bid for Trump.) And Murdoch’s right-leaning tabloid The New York Post also tends to support Trump.

The journal is widely regarded as a central right politically and is known for the integrity of the pin stripes. In short, they did not make up for it.

When newspapers have a big swing in exposing wrongdoing – do you remember John Carreyrou’s presentation of blood testing company Theranos? -Their report is established.

All of this makes JD Vance’s complaint very empty after the story of the birthday card runs.

“Please forgive my language, but this story is complete, nonsense,” Vance posted on X shortly after it was published. “Someone honestly believed it sounds like Donald Trump? ”

This makes Trump’s strong denial and threat look ridiculous. Even in Maga’s mind, Journal is not the third-rate rag he is trying to make.

After Trump claimed drawing sketches was not his style, part of Trump’s denial efforts was ridiculous. (“I never wrote a photo in my life,” he claimed.) The internet was quickly overwhelmed by his signature graffiti and painting for many years.

Of course, Trump has had a lot of success in various lawsuits against big news organizations in recent months, especially CBS News, whose parent company Paramount Global recently settled a worthless case for $16 million.

Surrender and fear have been rampant. And, each settlement makes it easier for Trump to win with every expectation of his victory in the next court battle, just before the lawsuit reaches the court.

I suspect this will be completely different. The lawsuit will not make this abominable story disappear.

I doubt Trump really wants to experience legal discovery and with all the ugliness that may be exposed.

Will this be the element of Trump’s long-awaited downfall? After all the scandals that come and go, few people are willing to go so far, and there are so many details that each scandal is regarded as the last straw.

But it really hurts when Magaworld finally feels suspicious of their dear leader and savior.