Trump made a shocking admission 'most powerful people never make out loud': analyst
President Donald Trump's recent spat with an ex-MAGA lawmaker included a hidden message to victims of convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, according to one analyst.
On Monday, retiring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed that Trump asked her not to support legislation to release the Epstein files because doing so would hurt his friends. Greene's comments come at a time when the Trump administration is continuing to hide and obfuscate Epstein documents, even though Congress passed a law requiring all files to be released by Dec.19.
Jack Hopkins, a political analyst who spent more than two decades as a government employee, wrote in a recent Substack essay that the spat between Greene and Trump revealed where Trump's real allegiances lie.
"Buried inside it is an admission most powerful people never make out loud: that the real danger of transparency isn’t injustice being exposed…it’s reputation being damaged," Hopkins wrote. "And once you understand that…a lot of what hasn’t made sense suddenly does."
"Here’s the part that should actually make you uncomfortable," he added. "Trump didn’t warn Greene that releasing the files would hurt the movement. He warned her it would hurt his friends. That distinction matters. Because it tells you who is really being protected…and who never was."