{"id":42092,"date":"2019-07-07T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42092"},"modified":"2019-07-07T21:11:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T04:11:39","slug":"hmm-trump-is-tweeting-way-less-since-his-pal-jeffrey-epsteins-arrest-for-sex-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42092","title":{"rendered":"Hmm: Trump is Tweeting Way Less Since His Pal Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s Arrest for Sex Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the start of his presidency, Donald Trump has made Twitter his preferred platform for communicating with the American people. He has often unleashed rabid tweetstorms that exceeded forty posts in a single day. The vast majority of these posts are shamelessly self-serving tributes to himself &#8211; by himself &#8211; along with messages by his devoted sycophants in Congress and on Fox News who offer unquestioning praise for Trump and vicious assaults on his critics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-tongue.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35848\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/2830483516966425\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump regards Twitter as his only means of speaking directly to his Deplorable followers since the media is, in his warped mind, <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;<\/em> It&#8217;s a position that he frequently brings up when questioned about his oppressive Twaddiction. He even believes that criticisms of his Twitter habit are plots to silence him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million people). Only way for me to get the truth out!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/892383242535481344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s rather peculiar that Trump has been muzzling himself on Twitter lately. The frequency of his posts has significantly declined in the past few days. Here is an accounting of Trump&#8217;s Twitter feed since the beginning of July (Only posts by Trump, no retweets):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 1: 14 tweets.<\/li>\n<li>July 2: 19 tweets.<\/li>\n<li>July 3: 14 tweets.<\/li>\n<li>July 4: 14 tweets.<\/li>\n<li>July 5: 6 tweets.<\/li>\n<li>July 6: 5 tweets.<\/li>\n<li>July 7: 6 tweets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>[<strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Trump posted five more times on the night of July 7. They are all curiously attacking the weekend programs on Fox News. Something is clearly rattling him. His ordinary psychoses are flashing neon red. Trump is not comfortable with anyone on Fox who isn&#8217;t a Trump-fluffing toady, and Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, and the <\/em><em>&#8220;Curvy Couch&#8221;<\/em> potatoes of Fox and Friends are all off until Monday]<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s conspicuous decline from his favorite social media raises some awkward questions. What could possibly drive him away from a medium that he has been so attached to as a critical component of his propaganda machine? Ordinarily, even bad news would result in an increase in his tweet activity as he defends himself.<\/p>\n<p>Well, there was some <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-of-minors-source\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">disturbing news<\/a><\/strong> this weekend that might have the scrubbing power to shut him up. It concerns a longtime friend of Trump&#8217;s who has been embroiled in a stomach-turning scandal involving the sexual exploitation and assault of underage girls:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was arrested for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New York on Monday, according to three law enforcement sources. Saturday&#8217;s arrest by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force comes about 12 years after the 66-year-old financier essentially got a slap on the wrist for allegedly molesting dozens of underage girls in Florida.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Epstein&#8217;s arrest was on July 6. Trump&#8217;s Twitter output took a dive on July 5. Assuming Trump got a heads up from either his lackey in the Justice Department, Attorney General William Barr, or someone in Epstein&#8217;s camp, that would coincide with his reduced Twitter activity. And not because Trump is worried about the fate of his buddy. Trump himself could be implicated in the scandal. After all, his association with Epstein included an appreciation for his perverse sexcapades:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump in 2002, NY Magazine: \u201cI\u2019ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He\u2019s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it \u2013 Jeffrey enjoys his social life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenBeschloss\/status\/1147741795473874944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This shouldn&#8217;t surprise anyone who has been paying attention to Trump&#8217;s enjoyment of his own <em>&#8220;social life.&#8221;<\/em> He has had <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37838\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dozens of women come forward with charges<\/a><\/strong> of sexual harassment and\/or assault. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/06\/president-donald-trump-faces-new-rape-accusation.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">latest one<\/a><\/strong> occurring just two weeks ago. What&#8217;s more, Trump has some exposure to Epstein&#8217;s previous legal affairs. Alex Acosta is Trump&#8217;s Secretary of Labor, a department which, among other things, has jurisdiction over sex trafficking crimes. Acosta&#8217;s connection to Epstein is noteworthy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Epstein\u2019s bust comes mere months after a federal judge ruled his 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA)\u2014secretly inked under former U.S. Attorney and current Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta\u2014violated federal law by keeping Epstein\u2019s victims in the dark. Under the sweetheart deal, Epstein dodged federal charges that might have sent him to prison for life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So Trump is pals with Epstein, an alleged sex trafficker, and he placed the corrupt U.S. Attorney, who gave Epstein a slap on the wrist, in his cabinet. Could Trump be worried about what might come out revealing his participation in Epstein&#8217;s cabal of pedophiles? Granted, this is speculation at this point. But it&#8217;s not unreasonable to suspect Trump, a known sexual predator, to be among those who engaged in unlawful activities with an alleged trafficker of underage girls. And that&#8217;s just the sort of legal jeopardy that could zip Trump&#8217;s relentlessly flapping lips shut.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the start of his presidency, Donald Trump has made Twitter his preferred platform for communicating with the American people. He has often unleashed rabid tweetstorms that exceeded forty posts in a single day. The vast majority of these posts are shamelessly self-serving tributes to himself &#8211; by himself &#8211; along with messages by his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,1200,13],"tags":[1379,554,1378,1163,1364],"class_list":["post-42092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-scandalous","tag-alex-acosta","tag-donald-trump","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-twitter","tag-william-barr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-tongue.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-aWU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67371,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=67371","url_meta":{"origin":42092,"position":0},"title":"Crybaby Trump Posts a Rambling Rant Begging People to Stop Talking About Jeffrey Epstein","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/5\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly report on jobs for August 2025. 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