larry johnson isn't enamored of the orange man;

When I climbed out of bed this morning and saw this Trump post on Truth Social, I had to check the calendar to reassure myself that this was not an April Fool’s prank. Nope. Trump was serious. He and his handlers have forgotten the first rule of crisis management… When you’re in a hole, stop digging. Trump ain’t digging with a garden shovel; he’s set in motion the largest earth mover in history. He is carving out a political Grand Canyon that is going to swallow him. Trump’s response has ignited an inferno of rage among his previousLY avid supporters… especially among the under-30 crowd. They know bullshit, to use Trump’s bizarre phrase, when they hear it and see it.

Trump got it right on one point (man, does he need an editor) when he likened the Jeffrey Epstein hoax to Hunter Biden’s laptop. Newsflash Donnie — the Hunter Biden laptop was genuine, just like the valid, rock solid, legally proven allegations against Jeffrey Epstein. The only hoax is Trump’s lame attempt at imitating actor Leslie Nielsen’s iconic role as a bumbling, clueless detective, who is standing in front of an exploding inferno telling people, “Nothing to see here, move along.” A large segment of Trump’s base ain’t moving… they are digging in and demanding answers.

I want to clarify an important point about my recent article on this topic — The Epstein Client List — Why is Trump Breaking His Promise to Publish? Pam Bondi is technically correct, i.e., the US Government (USG) does not have a list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients. What the USG has in its possession is a mountain of evidence, including eyewitness testimony from underage girls and members of Epstein’s staff, that should have been subjected to a criminal investigation. What does that mean? It means creating a list of the prominent men and women named by those witnesses and then collecting evidence such as travel logs, phone records, emails, social media posts, and bank transactions. The claims by the victims are allegations that must be proven with corroborating data.............more...........