Based upon a press availability on Tuesday where Donald Trump expressed dismay at more questions about his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, The Atlantic contributor Jonathan Lemire suggested the president has a legitimate crisis on his hands.
From his perch as a co-host on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the longtime Capitol Hill reporter raised an eyebrow at Trump's inability to control members of his own party who want the files related to the accused pedophile released.
Noting a memo from the Department of Justice that claimed there was nothing in the files worth releasing to the public that created the MAGA firestorm that continues to grow, columnist David French told the panel, "This is a wild moment. I knew it would be a problem when I saw that memo. I knew it would be a problem for him. I did not see how much of a problem it would be, and how hard it would be for him to tamp it down."
"Very fascinating, frankly, to watch Donald Trump, the president of the United States grapple with this, a guy who was an acquaintance of Jeffrey Epstein, who once called him a terrific guy, who acknowledged, jokingly, his affinity for very young women," offered co-host Willie Geist. "Trump talking about Jeffrey Epstein frankly just looks uncomfortable when we see him there yesterday talking about this."
"And clearly flailing," Lemire interjected. "I mean, yesterday on the tarmac there at Joint Base Andrews, talking about how boring the story is, he wouldn't understand why anyone would talk about it. Mind you, it was just two days prior that, as David mentioned, Donald Trump's defense was that it was a conspiracy created by Barack Obama."
"I don't take that at face value," he added. "That's not boring if you're saying the former president of United States created this, and it just shows that they have not landed on a good defense, as you noted."
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