• The Epstein Files: Trump Is Hoist By His Own Petard

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Thu Jul 17 06:46:47 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    An interesting remark from a commentator on the local news a few minutes
    ago: when politicians heavily supported by conspiracy theorists get into
    power and are in a position to rCLblow the lidrCY on some obsession of theirs, any suggestion that the rCLconspiracyrCY wasnrCOt all it was cracked up to be tends to lead to the feeling among their supporters that those politicians have sold out and become part of the conspiracy themselves.

    And when those politicians have wantonly built up expectations about forthcoming revelations during their campaigning, and continued to do so
    after getting into power and getting access to the relevant records, in
    short until the last possible minute before supposedly discovering the
    truth -- that just amplifies the paranoia about their sudden change of
    heart.

    In short, if Trump was actually part of some conspiracy, and had
    deliberately conned his followers into getting him into power so he could cover up the truth, he couldnrCOt have done a better job of it.

    rCLFor rCOtis sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petard.rCY
    -- William Shakespeare, rCLHamletrCY
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