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Watch Trump SWEAT when asked if he'd declassify Jeffrey Epstein documents in viral video
Trump took what was supposed to be a softball question and made the internet think he looks guilty!
Fresh off of being convicted on 34 felony counts, former President Donald Trump went on Fox News, where he was lobbed softball questions by the hosts, and yet one still managed to trip him up, and now his response is going viral on X (formerly Twitter)
Over the weekend, Trump appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend for the first time since he was found guilty in his hush-money trial. Rachel Campos-Duffy and the other hosts were setting Trump up for easy answers, including asking if he would declassify JFK and 9/11 files if elected in November.
Wow. Listen to the absolute fear and panic Trump has when asked if he'd declassify the Epstein files.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 5, 2024
"I guess I would. I think that less so, because you don't want to affect people's lives if it's phony stuff in there, because it's a lot of phony stuff with that world..." pic.twitter.com/aGs4AfIyj5
Trump quickly responded yes, but when co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy asked if he would also declassify documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Trump seemed to flail.
First, the MAGA leader responded by saying, "Yeah. Yeah, I would," before pausing and then backtracking.
"I guess I would," Trump continued, looking panicked. "I think that less so because, you know, you don't know — you don't want to affect people's lives if it's phony stuff in there, because it's a lot of phony stuff with that whole world."
The face you make when you find out they are releasing the Epstein files. pic.twitter.com/PBUTxomdL9
— Trump Is A Convicted Felon (@Youtalkingtume) June 5, 2024
That wasn't the smartest response since it made him look like he was trying to hide something. Considering Trump's penchant for claiming demonstrably true things are false or "fake news," this doesn't make him look good.
A clip of the interview has been going viral on X (formerly Twitter), and it's been shared over and over again by people who think Trump's claim that people's lives would be affected by the "phony stuff" makes him look guilty. The clip even made it on the Daily Show where correspondent Ronny Chieng joked, "Look at the panic in Trump's eyes," he said. "I've seen more relaxed people in the exit row of a Boeing flight."
Other people on social media suggested that Trump hemming and hawing is because he's worried about his own name appearing in the Epstein documents, considering how many times the two were photographed together and the fact that Trump flew on the child predator's private jet.
Not phony… pic.twitter.com/wOLUXkXT5o
— Ruben Michaels🎸🎶🎼🎙 (@MicaelsRuben) June 5, 2024
yes do it trump. release the Epstein files. pic.twitter.com/ylkmkDD5nV
— Ms.Jamie™️ (@BabeGrl) June 5, 2024
"A lot of phony stuff in those files.. He's already making excuses for his name being in the files," someone wrote on X, while another person commented, "Interesting how he gets in the word phony, he's grooming his base to reject the evidence he knows is there."
A lot of phony stuff in those files..
— Space Pig (@JimConnerArtist) June 5, 2024
He's already making excuses for his name being in the files.
Interesting how he gets in the word phony, he’s grooming his base to reject the evidence he knows is there
— mary sassin (@redwingschic) June 5, 2024
You'd think Trump, who himself has dealt with sexual assault allegations, would want to distance himself from Epstein and not want to be seen as attempting to cover up his crimes in any way.
It makes you wonder if some of Trump's nerves stem from the knowledge that on July 1, the grand jury files from Epstein's Florida case will be released.
Trump's inability to give a straight answer to this simple question is just one more in an EXTENSIVE list of reasons he can't get elected in November. Fingers crossed we don't end up with Trump in White House ever again!
Keep scrolling for more reactions to Trump's pathetic excuse of an answer!
"A lot of phony stuff" means "the stuff about him."
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) June 5, 2024
He would know what “that world” is all about better than anybody… pic.twitter.com/5YrcscHZFP
— Mr. Huxley (@InfinityOutlook) June 5, 2024
“You don’t wanna affect people’s lives if there’s phony stuff in there”
— Ben Madison (@realbenmadison) June 5, 2024
Says man who affects people’s lives by saying phony stuff.
Lol - backtracks this faster than Josh Hawley runs out of congress
— Donald 🗽🇺🇸🏴🇺🇦🌻 (@007__NIL) June 5, 2024
Gee, I wonder what's in the files that he's so worried about.
— Kody Macaulay for US Congress (OK-4) (@VoteKodyOK) June 5, 2024
Voice just gets higher and higher.
— Blue Tennessee (@ESBlueTN) June 5, 2024
I wonder what dandy Don is afraid of??? Hmmmmmmm.
— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) June 5, 2024
Let me guess, the "phony stuff" is all about him.
— Rick 🟧 (@sameastheold) June 5, 2024
Yeah. Trump is definitely in the Epstein files. That is the only explanation for his hesitating answer here. The only correct answer is "YES 100%!! I will declassify the Epstein files!!"
— Peter Henlein (@SwissWatchGuy) June 5, 2024
And Trump knows something's coming in July thanks to a law signed by DeSantis authorizing… pic.twitter.com/mMA2Mm2M1Z
Hello!!! He’s on the flight logs at least 6 times!! Hahahaha
— Chiodo Supply (@ChiodoSupply) June 5, 2024
Humina, humina, humina. . .that's a no! 👀😂
— Judy Peterson🇺🇸☮️🇺🇦 (@JudyPete) June 5, 2024
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
