Historian Richard Hofstadter was a pioneer observer of what he called “The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” which he described in a 1964 Harper’s Magazine analysis of the use of loose facts and pseudo-facts to build an alternative reality for political ends.

Trump's followers on Truth Social were not having it and accused the president of "gaslighting" and insisted his argument is "not holding water."

Rosie O’Donnell hit back at Donald Trump’s threat to strip her citizenship by taking a dig at his crisis over the government’s files on accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The comedian, who fled to Ireland after Trump’s second election win,

F BI Director Kash Patel publicly denied resignation rumors Saturday, stating he plans to remain in his position despite ongoing tensions with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.

Federal investigators say Jeffrey Epstein had more than 1,000 sex trafficking victims, far exceeding the number in his 2019 indictment and civil lawsuits.

A screen shot of Trump’s post was shared on X by Shibetoshi Nakamoto who wrote, “this is in the running for worst post ever made.” Musk responded by writing, “Seriously. He said ‘Epstein’ half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein. Just release the files.”

The California Democrat wants the files released to the public following Trump's comments about the topic on Saturday.

Dan Bongino clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a heated meeting about the Epstein memo that found no client list existed.