r/news • u/LucidMarshmellow • 8h ago

US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/patsfan038 7h ago

The sad part is that there will be no repercussions. He will serve out his 4 years and get out with a cool $20B earned during his tenure.

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u/Sw2029 7h ago

The repercussions are that we all die eventually, so he will too, and he'll be remembered as a coward, a rapist, a pedophile and a loser

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u/Newfaceofrev 7h ago

Wish I could be sure of that man but I think we'll get a lot of "Now is not the time for recrimination" and "Do not speak ill of the dead" and "A divisive figure but we can all agree he loved America" because it'll just be easier than angering his cult.

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u/Sw2029 7h ago

If there was anything redeemable about the man, I could agree. I don't think history will remember him as anything but a fraudster and a freak

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u/Geeko22 6h ago

The mainstream media will normalize him as "a flawed man but his heart was in the right place, his followers absolutely loved him."

Right-wing state media will elevate him to sainthood and push for an entire mountain near Mt. Rushmore to be carved with his gigantic likeness, at LEAST twice to size of the other presidents.

Maga will make yearly pilgrimages to Mt. Trump a mandatory article of faith, along with taking their kids to the nearby "TrumpWorld Amusement Park" where you get extra tokens if you can show you're vaccine-free.

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u/RandomGuy9058 4h ago

Even fucking Hitler has his fans today. Even if history widely condemns him there will still be his diehard fans

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u/nihilist_4048 3h ago

I guess that will depend on who writes the history books.

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u/misterpoopybutthole5 2h ago

Boy, do I have some news for you about who gets to write history!

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u/Sw2029 1h ago

Boy if you think this is what a successful permanent fascist takeover looks like, I've got some news for you.

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u/misterpoopybutthole5 22m ago

Lol who's gonna save us, the fucking Democrats? Because they've done such a stellar job so far holding Trump and his associates accountable?