Conservative lawyer George Conway revealed that President Donald Trump appears to be feeling significant pressure from the renewed attention on the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Conway joined The Bulwark's publisher, Sara Longwell, on the podcast "George Conway Explains It All (to Sarah Longwell)" to discuss Trump's recent moves since the press conference survivors of Epstein's crimes held at the U.S. Capitol this week. Since then, Trump has called the Epstein files a "Democrat hoax that just won't go away." He's also made a series of other seemingly rash decisions that Conway argued meant he was feeling the heat.
"I think also the pressure that he's feeling because of these files, the fear of being exposed," Conway said. "I don't know what exactly is in these files. I think it makes him more manic."
"And it also makes the people around him get the understanding that they can get more out of him and they can please him by saying, 'Let's do this,' 'Sign this,' and he gets kind of hyper," he continued.
Longwell argued that Trump's manic state could help explain his recent threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago, redistricting Texas' election map, and declaring "emergencies that don't exist."
"As far as I'm concerned, part of deploying the National Guard to D.C. when there was absolutely not an emergency happening was to change the conversation away from Epstein," Longwell said.
Conway added that Trump seems to be navigating a "mixed motive" because of his health.
"I do think he's worried about his own mortality," Conway said. "This bit about I want to go to heaven and I think he's feeling the pressure in a lot of different ways that's causing him to become more, I don't know if manic is really the right word, but hyper."
