Trump treading water on Epstein and the economy as MAGA coalition splinters

Trump treading water on Epstein and the economy as MAGA coalition splinters


President Donald Trump’s 2024 coalition is in disarray, and the president embarked on a last-ditch effort this week to convince voters ahead of a contested midterm cycle that all is right at the White House.

Most notably, the president pulled a complete 180 Sunday night, pressing House Republicans to vote yes on Tuesday’s bill to release the Epstein files, and, on Monday, he said he’d sign the legislation into law. The bill eventually passed the House on Tuesday afternoon by an astounding 427-1 margin and passed the Senate with unanimous consent shortly after.

This followed roughly four months of Trump castigating Republicans and Democrats alike who had criticized his administration’s handling of the case, including a public breakup last week with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA),

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