Trump lashes out at supporters as poll says most Americans believe key details on Epstein being hidden: Latest updates

President Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files saga have failed to quell the demands for answers, leaving some of his most vocal supporters and influencers puzzled or disappointed.

Among the most critical was far-right conspiracy theorist and podcaster Alex Jones, who described Trump’s handling of the matter as “the biggest train wreck I’ve ever seen.”

In a video on Tuesday, Jones added: “It’s not in character for you to be acting like this.”

“I support you, but we built the movement you rode in on. You’re not the movement. You just surfed in on it,” he said.

Conservative podcaster Benny Johnson echoed a similar sentiment on his show, stating he was trying to “give tough love and speak on behalf of the base.”

He mused: “Maybe it hasn’t been framed correctly for the president. I don’t know.”

Trump’s first-term national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, also implored him to correct course in a lengthy message on X: “All we want at this stage is for a modicum of trust to be reestablished between our federal government and the people it is designed to serve. That’s all (PERIOD!),”

Flynn added: “With my strongest recommendation, please gather your team and figure out a way to move past this.”

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, attempted to mitigate the fallout from Trump’s Truth Social post, which lambasted members of his base for demanding answers about Epstein.

Kirk said on his podcast: “Don’t take too seriously this whole Truth Social here. I know some people are getting fired up about this. I don’t believe he was trying to insult anybody personally.”

However, Kirk also voiced frustration over the management of the situation.

“We are now Wednesday going into Thursday. People are very, very confused, and some people are very disappointed and mad,” he said, warning, “We made so much progress with Gen Z, and this is a big vulnerability. Online, on TikTok, this story is not landing well. Let’s fix this, and we can.”

Conversely, some of Trump’s allies have remained steadfast, suggesting he does not require the support of influencers who have profited from Epstein conspiracy theories.

Brenden Dilley, head of a group of meme creators who back Trump, wrote on X on Wednesday: “He lent you his clout and voters. They don’t belong to you.”

With reporting from the Associated Press

Over the years, thousands of pages of records have been released through lawsuits, Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal dockets, public disclosures, and Freedom of Information Act requests.

Among more than 100 people mentioned in those documents were President Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and former President Bill Clinton.

Being named in these documents does not indicate any wrongdoing related to Epstein or anyone else. The list includes many of Epstein’s accusers and alleged victims, as well as people with only tangential connections to Epstein who were pulled into the case and lawsuit against his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

While judges, court staff, and legal representatives are excluded, here are some of the names that do appear in the legal records connected to Epstein:

Conservative commentator Candace Owens decried the scandal as a “terminal cancer to the MAGA movement.” Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued: “The fact that the U.S. government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, ‘Case closed, shut up conspiracy theorist,’ was too much for me.”

“They won’t shut the f*** up about it,” Trump privately fumed over his prominent supporters’ complaints, a source told Rolling Stone.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Who owns Maga? I mean, not literally, of course. Maga is an idea rather than a thing. It is not a shop or a book. There are no bricks and mortar – although if I could have had 10 per cent from every red Make America Great Again cap sold, I wouldn’t be sitting here writing this article.

The reason I pose the question is that when there was a rumbling disquiet over sending bombers to target Iran’s nuclear facilities, the president swatted his Trumpland critics who said this wasn’t true to the core principles of Maga and America First.

He more or less said, “I invented Maga, so Maga is what I say it is.” It worked. His detractors huffed and puffed a bit, but then they went quiet. The Maga coalition fell into line behind their hero.

But over Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced millionaire and paedophile who died in custody awaiting trial – it’s all rather different.

Welcome to our rolling coverage of the latest developments from the fallout of the Trump administration’s reversal of its pledge to release documents from the investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

We’ll be recapping how the administration’s decision has enraged some of President Donald Trump’s base and the latest reaction from Washington and beyond.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. ET today and will doubtless field questions on the matter.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign executive orders in the Oval Office at 4 p.m. and is also expected to comment.