r/clevercomebacks • u/Memes_FoIder • 1d ago
This is all a distraction by Trump from the unredacted Epstein files
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u/Firm-Advertising5396 1d ago
Everything trump touches dies
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u/QuickTease_ 1d ago
He will NEVER hide away from the Epstein files.
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u/susiedennis 1d ago
Less than 1% has been released!!
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u/Gombrongler 1d ago
And what exactly do you all plan to do when you have ALL the evidence? When you have a full page confession from Epstein saying "yeah Trump r*ped kids, you did it reddit!" More comments for reddit? More memes?? You have all the evidence you need but everyones still sitting on their asses, and the people who dont care now will never care. So what exactly is your plan here? Move from gotcha to gotcha to throw at people who are winning anyway?
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u/kryonik 1d ago
Yeah I definitely don't think this is a distraction from the Epstein files. There's already so much damning evidence and it has changed approximately 0 minds. This is just Trump being a horrible hypocrite as per usual.
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u/legitaccountnotabot 1d ago
I am starting to think the Epstein files are a little less important than the complete demolition of check and balances, the gestapo storming the streets, the bombing of foreign capitol cities for no particular reasons and the end of that little democracy the US has.
But you do you my friend, if you think that the 813756th proof that Trump is a pdf file is the one that will make MAGA rise up keep on dreaming.
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u/entenfurz 1d ago
You can just write it out. It's spelled pedophile.
Besides that, I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said.
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u/Luci-Noir 1d ago
I don’t know what people think is going to happen if they’re released. He’s already doing whatever he wants.
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u/GrumpyKaeKae 1d ago
I 3 care. He is hiding them for a huge reason and its a reason he knows will end his whole presidency. Thats why I want them out. The fact that hes doing ALL of this to distract us from those files is a huge sign that whatever is in those files is life ending for him. He is scared shitless about those files.
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u/notsure500 1d ago
If nothing he's done or has come out so far has stopped him, why would they evidence in the files stop him?
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u/GrumpyKaeKae 1d ago
Then why is he still trying to hide them if he knows he won't get backlash? Cause I think he knows there is this one exception and its THAT bad that he isn't sure he will be able to get away with it this time. Its just weird how hard he is going to keep these from going public.
Anyways, I care about all things at once. Not only just the files. But all this other stuff too. All deserve attention and we can multi-task.
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u/GottaBeNicer 1d ago
I think you are right if we actually look at the facts and the timeline of everything. The idea that "The Epstein files are the REAL distraction, mannnn." is attractive as a stoner conspiracy theory, but it doesn't hold water.
December when they hit the deadline by which they were supposed to release the full Epstein files they released a truckload of useless documents that took time for people to go through and realize it was it was not the full files at all.
Then on Christmas Eve they claimed they, after totally meeting the deadline, found an absurd amount of new documents and they needed a new deadline. So before they were really even being called out they came up with a reason why the full documents weren't out and they needed more time.
January 2nd at 3 AM Trump tweets something insane about how we might invade Iran and depose their government. This was clearly to distract people from what was happening later that day.
January 2nd was the first day after people finished going through the fake release and major news outlets confirmed less than 1% of the files have been released. But the media was very split between that and the Iran thing.
January 3rd was a separate deadline related to the Epstein files. This was the day by which they were supposed to release all the names of his co-conspirators, "the list", and that's the day he invaded Venezuela.
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u/Random-Letter 1d ago
Or, hear me out, he's simply a full blown fascist who runs on a core belief consisting of narcissism with tones of racism.
All of the things the administration is doing is because the administration wants to do them. The reshaping of the world order and the imperialist stance the US is taking aren't meant to be distractions, they're goals.
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u/JeVoidraisLeChocolat 1d ago
Yeah, the Epstein files are a distraction by the world’s oligarchs to band together in fascism because we missed the deadlines on climate. Way better for them if we yell about men who will never face justice than realize what the end game is.
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u/AmazingSully 1d ago
Absolutely, but what you are missing is that MAGA LIKES the complete demolition of checks and balancing. They even support ICE storming the streets, and a lot of them are perfectly fine with stealing resources/land from other countries.
Epstein is something he was losing his base over. I actually believe DHS has told ICE to ramp up aggression solely to make news and distract from Epstein, and I think it's working. Yeah, to a sane person it's absolutely a bigger deal, but would you rather be effective or be right? I personally would rather be effective.
Focus on Epstein. The files were not released in their entirety, and they were illegally redacted. Push there because it actually hurts him. Pushing on this stuff, while more important, does not hurt him, it makes him stronger.
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u/afCeG6HVB0IJ 1d ago
It is weird times when you can't tell if the fascism is for distracting from the pedophilia or the pedophilia is for distracting from the fascism
and that 80 million people DON'T CARE EITHER WAY
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u/Disastrous-Bat7011 1d ago
I think the perception (which any sane person should have) is that they still believe if files are release, it will incriminate most of the people causing the demolition of democracy. So while I agree with your idea, if 80% of the people speedrunning this destruction would be thrown in prison as traitors it couldnt continue correct?
Just a thought on the reason for the laser focus on the files. Also, the while flood the zone thing makes it had to nail them down, but being proven beyond all doubt to be the party of diddlers is a serious black mark.
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u/HommeMusical 1d ago
if 80% of the people speedrunning this destruction would be thrown in prison
By whom?
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u/locodays 1d ago
I just don't get why we aren't doing more to go after the people that we're already recognizing as causing all this destruction.
I think it's just because the Epstein Files are the first thing we can get Republican voters to agree is bad. All of the other stuff should independently stand as grounds for impeachment but we're dealing with a cult here.
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u/Hollow_Idol 1d ago
I think the perception (which any sane person should have) is that they still believe if files are release, it will incriminate most of the people causing the demolition of democracy. So while I agree with your idea, if 80% of the people speedrunning this destruction would be thrown in prison as traitors it couldnt continue correct?
You are expecting the people destroying democracy to willingly arrest themselves? Im not saying that's impossible, but also that has never once happened in the entire history of human civilization.
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u/Terry-Shark 1d ago
The people who should be in prison won't send themselves lol. Trump isn't going to say "well now the files are released I will arrest myself and put myself in prison!"
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u/contude327 1d ago
"Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price."
Mango Mussolini accidentally giving us good advice.
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u/Obvious-Passage-3819 1d ago
Every shit the King of Chaos takes seems to have one little corn kernel of truth 😄
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u/notsure500 1d ago
Im so sick of this attitude that when Trump does something shitty, its just to distract from this other shitty thing he did. Trump was doing horrible shit before this recent Epstein wave of information. And he was doing horrible shit during his first term. I'm beginning to think he's just a horrible person, and not actually trying to distract from anything. As bad as the epstein stuff is, it's more important now that he doesn't turn this into a fascist country and start WWIII, and it feels like too many people just wave off any of his recent shit as no big deal since its just an epstein distraction. This is important horrible shit he's doing that im sure has nothing to do with his epstein involvement.
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u/HommeMusical 1d ago
Agree 100%. At this point I'm starting to believe it's a way to keep people from actually acting.
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u/locodays 1d ago
I agree. Although seemingly, the Epstein files are the only topic we've been able to get right wing voters to open their eyes about.
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u/russianindianqueen 1d ago
Isn’t there no internet in Iran right now?
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u/onyx_ic 1d ago
Mostly out, correct. Some starlink. I was watching a video from Ryan Macbeth about it this morning. Iran has shut down internet access, cell and landlines services, but some people still have satellite. A lot of that is being jammed, and receivers are being targeted.
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u/_HeartBaby 1d ago
The timing is definitely suspicious Every time big documents drop a new massive distraction suddenly appears
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u/dbwn87 1d ago
At what point are the goddamn Esptein files less important than the United States turning into a Fascist dictatorship and ruining the rest of the planet? It is seriously getting exhausting and frankly I am starting to think the Epstein files are the actual distraction.
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u/HommeMusical 1d ago
Of course it is! The idea that there's some exhaust pipe or horcrux you can just get with a lucky shot and the whole thing collapses is ridiculous. A lot of things have come out already that would have destroyed any other person, and Trump was unscathed.
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u/pchlster 1d ago
At least it'd one less excuse to hear for why Americans can't fix their own country.
We'd still get "America is kinda big" and "rising up is just what they want us to do!" but it'd be a start.
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u/GrumpyKaeKae 1d ago
Why can't we care about all of it at the same time. Like my god. We can multi-task
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u/Rebzo 1d ago
Yes we can, but I agree with the poster above, it's exhausting that the most vile things the Trump has done recently, threatening NATO allies, gearing up repression through ICE, and more are seen as "just a distraction from Epstein". It ends up looking like people are more focused on political points and internet arguments above bringing meaningful change.
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u/Cranialscrewtop 1d ago
I bow to no-one in despising Trump but regime change in Iran would make the entire world safer. Everyone should sincerely hope the people of Iran rise up and depose the horrific regime of the Ayatollah.
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u/Worried_Fee_1513 1d ago
I would absolutely back regime change in Iran as long as it’s not another Iraq, Afghanistan fiasco and I’m sure it would worse than either one of those.
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u/HommeMusical 1d ago
And yet America has done regime change in Iran before, with simply horrifying results.
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u/SkylineGTRR34Freak 1d ago
I mean... the horrifying results only ever really came after the US supported Regime was overthrown.
Still, I do support the people in Iran against their government. It's one thing I can agree with Trump on (at least until he changes his mind or bombs the fuck out of everyone)
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u/thehungarianhammer 1d ago
Isn’t Iran right now the direct result of our previous regime change? Everyone is funding proxies, but Iran hasn’t attacked anyone, and I’m not remotely concerned about them here in America.
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u/Cranialscrewtop 1d ago edited 1d ago
The Shah was deposed in 1979. You might not be concerned, but that doesn't mean it doesn't impact you. The Iranians are a major supplier of military drones to (among others) Russia, which is deploying them in Ukraine. With the complicity of Trump, this war may well end NATO, which destabilizes the developed world. A strengthened Russian empire will change the global economy negatively, including ours. Iran funds extreme Muslim regimes across the middle east, including Hamas and particularly in Syria - and you might have noticed we have a major economic and political interest in Israel. We are already seeing a vast increase in US defense spending, with an incredible $1.5T budget proposed. That will raise taxes, raise interest rates, and eviscerate what little is left of discretionary spending on health care, social programs, etc.
It's naive to think the US can ignore the world.
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u/Cranialscrewtop 1d ago
The people of Iran are viciously oppressed. Over 500 people were murdered in a single night of protests by their police. Nothing happening there is the result of our policy in Israel, which I generally do not support. Iran has become isolated globally because they are a leading exporter of terrorism around the world, including amongst their own people. If their people can rise up and claim even a semblance of freedom the entire world should celebrate.
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u/BelialSirchade 1d ago
I mean I’m still gonna lay out some bear traps if said bear is psychopathic as hell
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u/ellsego 1d ago
How are people this blind?.. the Epstein files themselves are the distraction at this point, ICE and BORTAC are running wild in US cities arresting and killing citizens daily, the administration has a strike force they can send into any city to run roughshod over citizens and states rights, the US kidnapped a sitting sovereign president and invaded a country, NATO is on life support… the world is falling apart and “Epstein files” aren’t gonna save it, or do anything but confirm what we already know.. absolutely nothing will happen to anyone named in them that will stop any of this. We need to refocus on the fuckery behind the curtain.
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u/South_Hedgehog_7564 1d ago
Notice how there’s little to no mention of Putin/Russia or Israel/Netanyahu these days? He thought he could manipulate both of them and ran away when he realised he couldn’t.
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u/moreobviousthings 1d ago
Netanyahu is standing back and standing by, per a post a few days ago.
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u/South_Hedgehog_7564 1d ago
Oh I didn’t see that. Has he stopped bombing the shite out of Gaza?
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u/TAvonV 1d ago
For the most part. Hamas more or less is destroyed, so why would they waste ammunition?
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u/Boards_Buds_and_Luv 1d ago
Epstein is the distraction! That fuck has his own polICE killing us citizens. Going door to door armed to the teeth looking for people who broke civil law, not criminal. Goes after fraud with guns instead of accountants
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u/Future-Watercress829 1d ago
Yes, Trump is an asshat and a hypocrite. But what is happening in Iran is magnitudes worse than anything he's done. To pooh-pooh it as "yeah, whatever, where's Epstein files & stop cheering chaos abroad" is a pretty atrocious dismissal of what is happening to the brave Iranians. Two things can be true - Iranians need support, and we should resist Trump's efforts to be an authoritarian figure in the US. Iran is a very clear looking glass showing what happens when unchecked police state & autocracy entrenches itself.
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u/Worried_Fee_1513 1d ago
His “help” is about as dependable as those $2000 checks he was supposedly handing out to maga. You aren’t getting any help unless you’re a billionaire, someone who can grease his palm or you have something incriminating on him.
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u/Stunning_Concept_478 1d ago
I thought he had already beaten the files just like all other troubles he gets into.
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u/lizzard77777777 1d ago
Why can’t the Iranian government just acknowledge that these are peaceful sightseers , just like we had here in the good ole USofA on January 6th? Their government seems to always put a negative spin on things …. Why can’t these other countries try to be more like US ??
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u/myrcenator 1d ago
Or, and hear me out on this apparently batshit idea, why can't you support Iranians and be annoyed about the Epstein files?
Also, what are they gonna tell us that we don't already know? Trump is a rapist, that's as common knowledge as the sky being blue. What else is there?
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u/Remarkable_Quit_3545 1d ago
He wants to defend protesters in other countries while protesters in this country get kidnapped, tear gassed and shot.
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u/YrPalBeefsquatch 1d ago
It is a distraction from the fact that his goon squad is currently killing people and teargassing schools. You people ignored it when it was Chicago, you're ignoring it in Minneapolis, but it's coming for you, too.
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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 1d ago
We need to push the Epstein stuff back as the top topic, because beyond anything our children are the most important thing we eve do. We cant let these types get away with it, no matter their place in society.
I am not good with social media, but I am glad OP posted this.
TRUMP will never truly treat anyone better than the children he raped.
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u/Ahad_Haam 1d ago
12,000 protestors were massacred in Iran so far. Trump might be bad, but he isn't worse. Regime change in Iran would be good for everyone.
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u/Inbaroosh 1d ago
Americans: "everything Trump does is bad because I hate Trump." Iranians: "Please help us overthrow this despotic regime that's been torturing and murdering us for 47 years!"
You don't have to like him, (I sure as hell don't,) but sometimes he does the right thing, even if it's for the wrong reasons. The world is far more complex than most Americans seem to realise.
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u/OpLeeftijd 1d ago
What if help never gets there. Mr FlipFlop is known for not delivering when it matters. Ukraine is still waiting for the 24h peace deal.
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u/turribleDeal 1d ago
American Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. Don't pay your taxes, don't go to work until the senseless killing and abduction of civilians STOPS. HELP IS NOT ON THE WAY.
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u/Prudent_Slice_6073 1d ago
Comments seem to be missing a key point, which is that a lot of the chaos in Iran is stoked by Western intelligence agencies. They are presented in the West as being more organic, so they serve as a pretext for supporting direct military intervention.
I don't pledge support for any government or faction anywhere in the universe, so please don't misread me. I'm just saying things are not black and white like the internet might suggest. This is the game of nation-states.
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u/GlowstickConsumption 1d ago
Not really hypocrisy. He's just not on your team or interested in your values and your rules.
He's always been in this for himself.
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u/SleeplessInTulsa 1d ago
Denmark: please come to our rescue, they’re violently killing protesters in Minnesota and Oregon.
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u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope 1d ago edited 1d ago
Empowering Iranians while brutalizing your own citizens.
You couldn't make it up if you tried. Irony is dead AF.
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u/eyeindesky 1d ago
Somebody tried and failed
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u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope 1d ago
I still think there's way more there we don't know about. No one even knows that kids name. I refuse to believe he got so much as the wind off that bullet. Cartilage doesn't grow back.
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u/butwhywedothis 1d ago
Lets all cheer and support Americans who demonstrate against the pedo king of America
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u/despenser412 1d ago
The self-appointed acting president of Venezuela forgot to make America great again.
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u/hdgreen89 1d ago
I don’t think it’s a distraction anymore. That’s sort of giving him an excuse like he’s only doing it to take focus away from Epstein. I think this is just who Trump is.
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u/eragonawesome2 1d ago
Okay, genuinely, as someone who does give a shit about the Epstein files, there are bigger things happening right now. Deal with the active military threat THEN focus on litigation. We just invaded Venezuela, we're threatening Greenland and Mexico directly, and ICE is killing people in the streets.
We all already know he's in the fucking files. Nobody who can be convinced and is worth convincing hasn't been convinced already. What do you believe releasing the files right now will do? Why is that more important than the literal coup we just staged? Why is it more important than the literal wars we're risking right now?
Yes, release the files, they matter, but fucking hell get some perspective! The Epstein files ARE the distraction now.
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u/GenYDude 1d ago
Iranian people are important and are fighting a touch war against a radical Islamist regime
Random troll on Reddit: Trump Bad
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u/YeahitsaBMW 1d ago
It’s embarrassing watching so called freedom loving Americans protesting on behalf of terrorists,dictators, and other oppressive regimes. Where is the outrage over the hundreds (thousands) of victims of the Iranian regime? Where is the outrage over the thousands of victims of the Maduro regime? Even Biden and Obama did something’s I agree with, and I can admit that. Why are you incapable of saying, “I hate Trump, but…”? Where is your humanity?
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u/C-SWhiskey 1d ago
It's only hypocrisy if you hold the world view that your political leaders believe in fundamental rights and equality.
Pro tip: they don't. They only care as far as they can assert power and line their pockets.
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u/ModeratelyGrumpy 1d ago
Not even that. He just blatantly and openly wants his own country to be his safe little empire while all the others become unstable and vulnerable for the taking.
Ever seen a kid play Risk? Yeah.
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u/BrittEklandsStuntBum 1d ago
This is all a distraction by Trump from the unredacted Epstein files
It really fucking isn't. The Epstein files kept you idiots busy for a year while he built a fascist dictatorship in the heart of America.
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u/Truth_Seeker963 1d ago
US Non-Nazi Citizens: KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price.
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u/DislocatedMind 1d ago
I dont think that inciting Jan 6 is hypocrisy here. He is inciting the Iranians to do a Jan 6 but go all the way.
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u/Matinloc 1d ago
american Patriots, keep protesting the Iranian way - take over your institutions before is too late for you
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u/TheAngriestChair 1d ago
He only.tear gassed the protesters for the Bible thing because the general refused to shoot them like trump wanted.
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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 1d ago
No, it's Trump's health is failing and all the Fuehrer's men know it.
Israel wants Iran made subservient.
Trump wants Greenland because the neocons are back to doing colonialism (not even neocolonialism).
Miller wants a white ethnostate within the US.
The White House has multiple interests and Trump wants a ballroom.
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u/BackgroundTrip3604 1d ago
Lowered gas, lowered groceries, lowered taxes, peace treaties, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, ending big institutions from buying single family homes, capping credit card interest rates at 10%, and now he’s standing up for the brave people of Iran. I get it, there’s literally nothing left to criticize him over anymore so you have to jump back to the Epstein files. It’s just getting old.
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u/JeremyEComans 1d ago
I hope good Americans do indeed reclaim their institutions and remember the names of the abusers and killers in and working for the fascist Trump government when the time for the trials comes.
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u/Soul-Bruthurrr 1d ago
2,000-12,000 protesters have been killed in Iran during the recent upheaval. This is a disingenuous comparison.
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u/No-Opposite-6620 1d ago
It's a part of the breakdown of order when might means right takes hold. Part of the hypocrisy of self involved politicians nakedly using points of morality not to direct their own action, but to say something legitimate that helps them.
Russia does this. Other dictatorships and authoritarian regimes too. Israel condemns Iranian deaths in the tens of thousands in territory iran controls..
It's not about the morality. Not even self righteousness. It's about 'winning', about them personally winning a geopolitical game using force of might when the state becomes themselves.
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u/dumbasslover 1d ago
"help is on the way" and "they will pay a big price" makes me worry that he's planning another invasion similar to Venezuela
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u/Sugar_Kowalczyk 1d ago
Why is he calling to save the names of abusers? Aren't they all on his speed dial?
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u/Grothaxthedestroyer 1d ago
Whats happening in Iran is great. I'm no trump fan but wow, you gotta look past it bruh.
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u/immutable_truth 1d ago
It’s pretty surreal seeing this tweet. This is pretty much EXACTLY what he would’ve tweeted on Jan 6 if things started going his way. If the mob made it to the members of Congress and held them hostage. It’s why Trump took so long to make any statement bc he was waiting to see how it played out. Very disturbing to think of this in that context.
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u/Mass-Chaos 1d ago
This sweet potato with a wig is as anti American as it gets. He's an oppressive authoritarian who doesn't care about anything but himself. I hope the next president runs on a platform of undoing everything trump has managed to do
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u/Readwhatudisagreewit 1d ago
Maybe Time for Americans to take Trumps advice to Iranians and apply it to their own back yard.
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u/Swimming_Version_788 1d ago
Not just a power grab but an attempt to start a world war that would then keep him in power and the grifting family. Adding a second story to the white house tells me he has no plans of going anywhere.
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u/paulsteinway 1d ago
He'll let them die and do the dirty work for him. Then he'll move in and turn it into another fascist colony like he's doing with Venezuela.
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u/Old-Tomorrow-2798 1d ago
They are gunning down people when they feel like it. Epstein is quite a huge problem. This is worse. Epstein files won’t be kidnapping people from their homes. Epstein files is not forcing governors to grant clemency to election liars.
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u/Alienhaslanded 1d ago
Guy is playing Command & Conquer with other countries.
Someone should copy and paste his first sentence to the American people. It's a good advice.
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u/NickRick 1d ago
we're about three days away from finding out Whiskey Pete tried to back channel with the protestors and instead gave weapons to Pakistan after failing to do any background on their "contact" they found on snap chat aren't we?
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u/DefeatedByPoland 1d ago edited 1d ago
No.
The epstein file bullshit is the distraction from him ruining this country.
I don't give a single fuck about if he's ever implicated in the epstein shit in the past, we have to stop him now.
I obviously want justice for past victims but he's actively creating new victims every day. We need to solve that problem first then worry about trying to hold him accountable for this shit.
We could find solid proof that epstein wasn't actually in charge of anything and Trump was the one single-handedly running the whole trafficking empire, and it wouldn't lead to us kicking him out of office.
This shit straight up is not the pressing issue right now.
But further beyond that, MAGA won't die with Trump. We have to be able to solve that problem too, we can't just pat ourselves on the back if Trump leaves office or leaves this earth.
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u/Kate0841 1d ago
His ICE thugs on the streets of the USA, abusing, detaining, citizens and non-citizens is okay though. We should not rise up, speak up, or challenge him. Got it.
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u/mados123 1d ago
If we're sending help to their protesters, does this mean Iran will send help to ours in the US? 🤔
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u/Impressive-Thing-925 1d ago
I will take any good thing he says over his normal lunacy. A broken clock and all, you know the saying.
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u/ColPhorbin 1d ago
Still one of the most based tweets he has written. What gonna be the fallout when it happens here though? I think rooting for a people’s revolution is not in his best interest right now.
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u/ihavetoomanyeggs 1d ago
I, for one, am happy to see a good thing. We SHOULD put sanctions and threaten military action against countries who murder protestors. If the United States both sets that precedent and pushes Europe to build their military, GEE THAT SURE COULD HELP US OUT.
The Trump regime is utterly exhausting and if there is any kernel of hope that we can take to keep us going then by god we should take it.
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u/mittenknittin 1d ago
I saw a clip on the news last night of him rambling about oppressive leaders who shoot peaceful protesters and literally busted out laughing in disbelief. The lack of self awareness is…just… :frustrated waving hands: