Epstein Conspiracy: When the Monster Has a Life of Its Own and Rises Up
Published in Israel Hayom
(Israel) on 15 July 2025
by David Baron (link to original)
(Israel) on 15 July 2025
by David Baron (link to original)
Translated from
by Charles Railey.
Edited by Michelle Bisson.
What is happening now in the United States concerning the Epstein story is nothing short of amazing from a sociological and anthropological perspective. I only wonder what needs to happen in order for the lessons from it to be applied here against the conspiracies spread by our own MAGA equivalents in order to destabilize the rule of law and trust in the professionalism of public servants.
It is doubtful that the Donald Trump administration faces a greater danger than that of dealing with the Jeffrey Epstein files, because this is a danger that has grown from within, from the most hard core of his supporters.
Some short background: Last week, government Attorney General Pam Bondi published a memo concluding that billionaire Epstein, who was charged with trafficking minors, was not murdered and did not have a client list.
Why is this so important? Because the assumption is that there are more juicy names on Epstein’s client list. This was the not-so-hidden hope of MAGA, and Trump himself promised during the election campaign to publish other files from the investigation, winking at his voters in this case as well, and also nurturing and strengthening conspiracy thinking.
Did I say assumption? Absolutely trustworthy confidence, such as found among fundamentalists of a faith (or of extreme suspicion resting on faith).
And now the attorney general of this “trustworthy” administration is claiming there is nothing to publish, and Trump is backing her up. However, this has only increased suspicion.
Dan Bongino, a social media influencer whom Trump appointed as FBI deputy, is threatening to resign and demanding Bondi’s dismissal (she is now suspected of “damaging” the establishment and “covering up”). Broadcaster Tucker Carlson, another MAGA jewel, claims that Bondi is covering her behind, and one of the MAGA ideologues, Steve Bannon, is devoting a large part of his podcast to questioning the integrity of the administration.
“This is a political nightmare,”* said one of Trump’s current advisers. It is an instructive lesson: For years, conspiracy thinking has been nurtured in MAGA circles as a political tool against the establishment. And now, those poisonous thinkers are discovering that the monster has a life of its own and it is rising against them.
This also shows how quickly the belief that something is hidden, always hidden, becomes a way of thinking and living, without the possibility of self-criticism, even when its priests signal there is nothing there. This is as if an evangelical preacher suddenly announced that he discovered there is no God and seeks to leave the church. The congregation, however, angrily demands that he continue to convince them of the nearness of God.
It is also possible to see how quickly the knights of exposure can be taken to be part of the establishment, perhaps even agents of the infamous “deep state.” Collective psychosis. Let us assume there is nothing new in the Epstein files (let’s stay on the border between known and revealed): Which of those who are suspicious will believe an administration that arose on the foundational pledge that there is something there? This train lost its brakes some time ago and before us is a real rending of trust, a battle of giants, between personal trust in Messiah Trump and one of the foundations of the camp’s faith.
Those who choose to believe Trump (and Bondi) are now required to take another leap of faith, similar to those who followed Sabbatai** and continued to believe in his messianism even after he converted to Islam and gave explanations for his conversion. It is no accident that, almost a day ago, Trump published what appears to be his longest post on Truth Social, where he gave a wink to the spirit of “concealing” and to pathological thinking in order to defend Bondi and divert the fire to much easier areas, such as “the stolen election in 2020.”
And who will not interject that those who think this “is nothing because there was nothing,” should be as suspicious as possible? And will there not be those who, although not recognizing the expression itself, will think like Soviet Prosecutor General Roman Rudenko, to whom is attributed the warning: “The most important thing in an investigation is not to reveal that they were us”?
What is happening now in the United States concerning the Epstein story is no less than amazing from a sociological and anthropological perspective. I only wonder what needs to happen in order for those lessons to be applied here against the conspiracies spread by our own MAGA equivalents in order to destabilize the rule of law and trust in the professionalism of public servants.
*Editor’s note: This quote, accurately translated, could not be independently verified.
**Editor’s note: Sabbatai Zevi was a Jewish mystic in the 17th century who declared himself the Messiah.
It is doubtful that the Donald Trump administration faces a greater danger than that of dealing with the Jeffrey Epstein files, because this is a danger that has grown from within, from the most hard core of his supporters.
Some short background: Last week, government Attorney General Pam Bondi published a memo concluding that billionaire Epstein, who was charged with trafficking minors, was not murdered and did not have a client list.
Why is this so important? Because the assumption is that there are more juicy names on Epstein’s client list. This was the not-so-hidden hope of MAGA, and Trump himself promised during the election campaign to publish other files from the investigation, winking at his voters in this case as well, and also nurturing and strengthening conspiracy thinking.
Did I say assumption? Absolutely trustworthy confidence, such as found among fundamentalists of a faith (or of extreme suspicion resting on faith).
And now the attorney general of this “trustworthy” administration is claiming there is nothing to publish, and Trump is backing her up. However, this has only increased suspicion.
Dan Bongino, a social media influencer whom Trump appointed as FBI deputy, is threatening to resign and demanding Bondi’s dismissal (she is now suspected of “damaging” the establishment and “covering up”). Broadcaster Tucker Carlson, another MAGA jewel, claims that Bondi is covering her behind, and one of the MAGA ideologues, Steve Bannon, is devoting a large part of his podcast to questioning the integrity of the administration.
“This is a political nightmare,”* said one of Trump’s current advisers. It is an instructive lesson: For years, conspiracy thinking has been nurtured in MAGA circles as a political tool against the establishment. And now, those poisonous thinkers are discovering that the monster has a life of its own and it is rising against them.
This also shows how quickly the belief that something is hidden, always hidden, becomes a way of thinking and living, without the possibility of self-criticism, even when its priests signal there is nothing there. This is as if an evangelical preacher suddenly announced that he discovered there is no God and seeks to leave the church. The congregation, however, angrily demands that he continue to convince them of the nearness of God.
It is also possible to see how quickly the knights of exposure can be taken to be part of the establishment, perhaps even agents of the infamous “deep state.” Collective psychosis. Let us assume there is nothing new in the Epstein files (let’s stay on the border between known and revealed): Which of those who are suspicious will believe an administration that arose on the foundational pledge that there is something there? This train lost its brakes some time ago and before us is a real rending of trust, a battle of giants, between personal trust in Messiah Trump and one of the foundations of the camp’s faith.
Those who choose to believe Trump (and Bondi) are now required to take another leap of faith, similar to those who followed Sabbatai** and continued to believe in his messianism even after he converted to Islam and gave explanations for his conversion. It is no accident that, almost a day ago, Trump published what appears to be his longest post on Truth Social, where he gave a wink to the spirit of “concealing” and to pathological thinking in order to defend Bondi and divert the fire to much easier areas, such as “the stolen election in 2020.”
And who will not interject that those who think this “is nothing because there was nothing,” should be as suspicious as possible? And will there not be those who, although not recognizing the expression itself, will think like Soviet Prosecutor General Roman Rudenko, to whom is attributed the warning: “The most important thing in an investigation is not to reveal that they were us”?
What is happening now in the United States concerning the Epstein story is no less than amazing from a sociological and anthropological perspective. I only wonder what needs to happen in order for those lessons to be applied here against the conspiracies spread by our own MAGA equivalents in order to destabilize the rule of law and trust in the professionalism of public servants.
*Editor’s note: This quote, accurately translated, could not be independently verified.
**Editor’s note: Sabbatai Zevi was a Jewish mystic in the 17th century who declared himself the Messiah.
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