'Trump's kryptonite': Ex-insider says president threatening MAGA over big secret

MAGA is "eating itself," the Donald Trump is leveling "dark" threats against allied reporters to protect his big secret, according to a former "trusted operative" of the president.

Lev Parnas, a former associate of Trump who worked with the White House team on behind-the-scenes matters, has recently been speaking out about Trump's actions on Substack. He posted a new article attempting to shed light on these reported threats.

In a piece called BREAKING: Trump Shuts Down Epstein Talk—MAGA Cult Explodes with Rage, Parnas states, "I’ve been telling you for weeks how the MAGA Cult is turning on itself. And fast."

"The very machine that Donald Trump built—the one fueled by conspiracy, anger, and blind loyalty—is eating itself alive. And behind the scenes, it’s even darker than you think," he added. "My sources are telling me that Trump has now weaponized the FBI and DOJ not just against his enemies—but against his own. That’s right. Right-wing reporters, MAGA influencers, and pro-Trump media figures are being warned: stop talking about Epstein or face prosecution. Silence or punishment. That’s the message being delivered. I’ve seen this tactic before when I was on the inside—but never this desperate, never this dangerous."

Parnas goes on to caution against avoiding the Epstein topic.

"Now I want you to hear me loud and clear. A lot of people on the left are saying, 'enough with Epstein.' They want to move on. They say the narrative is stale. But that’s because they don’t understand Donald Trump. They don’t understand MAGA. They don’t realize this is Trump’s kryptonite," he stated.

The ex-insider further warned, "This isn’t just some side story."

"This is the story. This is what Trump used to build his movement. Epstein and the ‘deep state’ were part of the MAGA playbook we installed from day one. We tied Epstein to the Clintons, to Democrats, to Hollywood elites—all as a distraction while Trump built his own empire of corruption behind the curtain," according to Parnas. "I know because I helped lay some of those bricks. And I broke with it when I saw what it really was."

Read the full piece here.