The Art of Deflection, Look at Soldiers in Cities — Forget the Epstein Files

President Trump sent soldiers into U.S. cities, not to fight crimes, but to distract the public from the Epstein Files.

There is a clear link between media coverage of the child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s files and Trump’s deployment of Federalized National Guards and Marines into the Democratic-leaning cities of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Trump has also promised to send troops into other cities that heavily voted for Democrats. These actions will divert public and media attention away from ongoing calls to release the files that the government holds.

Trump is more afraid that an embarrassing connection to Epstein might be exposed than he is about Democrats filing lawsuits or the fact that 47% of adults nationwide disapprove of him sending Marines into L.A. Public opinion doesn’t weigh as heavily as maintaining support from the MAGA base. These supporters are mostly rural and small-town residents, not people from big cities. They aren’t worried about troops in large cities, but they do want to uncover the hidden, nefarious details in the Epstein files.

Trump knows that his supporters care more about providing safety and moral stability for their families than about constitutional limits on his power. By attacking Democrats as immoral, anti-family, corrupt, and weak on crime — especially by accusing them of tolerating…