Together with revelations about the large bruise on his hand and his swollen ankles, the scandal could hobble his presidency by the most insidious means – the drip-drip loss of credibility and spread of gnawing distrust, fuelled by increasing questions about his health on cable news and social media. This could leave Trump looking like a lame-duck President, the fate he most fears.
The danger is his presidency will slowly unravel, just as Joe Biden’s did over the behaviour of his son Hunter and 24/7 media scrutiny of his health and mental acuity.
That said, unless the original copy of the 2003 letter is produced (and perhaps even then), there will always be plenty of Trump supporters willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt. Some of his biggest boosters are already in full circle the wagons, defend the President mode.
The typewritten letter was allegedly framed by a marker pen outline of a woman’s naked body with two arcs for breasts and the squiggly signature “Donald” serving as pubic hair.
Let’s not go overboard. Perhaps the “secret” allegedly referred to was a nod and a wink to the celebrity-filled Victoria’s Secret party we know Trump and Epstein attended in 1997 (there is a photograph). But the word has sent conspiracy-mongers into a frenzy.
It is impossible to overstate how important paedophile conspiracies are to Trump’s Maga base. During the 2020 election, I was astonished to find how many sincere, deeply concerned people had swallowed the QAnon bilge that Democrats were sex-trafficking young girls in wardrobes sold by a leading US furniture company.
Pictures of his “cankles” at Chelsea’s victorious Club World Cup Final and images of a large bruise on his right hand, pancaked with concealer, forced Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, to admit Trump was recently diagnosed with “chronic venous insufficiency”.
Donald Trump’s hand was covered in concealer on 16 July, in Washington (Photo: AP/Alex Brandon, File)In addition, Trump has been having a few “senior moments”, such as claiming Biden appointed Jay Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve, when he hired him in 2017 during his first term as president.
None of this is terminal for Trump, who has three and half years to go in the White House. But the drip-feed of pressure will be hard to turn off. Having fed the Maga beast, Trump is now trapped and cornered by his own base. This could make him more erratic and dangerous as he seeks to avoid lame duck status.
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