'Donald Trump has lost control' as Epstein scandal engulfs MAGA base: conservative

Conservative journalist David Drucker conceded on Friday morning that Donald Trump is finding out the hard way that he is unable to clamp down on the resurgent Jeffrey Epstein scandal as Republican lawmakers turn their backs on him.

Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Drucker, who writes for conservative outlet The Dispatch, somberly explained that since the emails of the notorious pedophile were made public, the president has tried his best to make it go away but has come up empty-handed after he has pressured MAGA allies in Congress to lend him a helping hand.

With MSNBC host Mika Brzezinki reporting that White House officials are admitting the president is “fighting a losing battle,” and co-host Joe Scarborough pointing out that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is, so far, balking as the White House pressures her, Drucker offered, “It's fascinating, Joe, because on the one hand, it's so rare that we see House Republicans, and really House Republicans break with the president in such an overt way, especially with primary season right around the corner.”

“But I think there are a couple of things going on here,” he proposed, “One, Donald Trump has lost control of the Epstein conspiracy, right? These are flames that he has fanned. And now this conflagration has gotten out of control. And for the first time in his second presidency, we see him as the victim of events rather than in control of events. You know, you may like nothing that he did during the first six months of his presidency, but he was in control of events day to day, both in the executive branch and on Capitol Hill and that has evaporated.”

“And so I think, one, we have Republicans looking over their shoulder after last week's election and with voters so unhappy about the economy,” he added. “But I think this is just a case of a particular issue being important in its own right to the president's base and to grassroots Republicans who came to believe earnestly. It turns out that there is some deep-seated conspiracy behind these Epstein files, and they're not letting it go.”

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