Trump’s Spinning Plates

They're not just entertainment for his cultists. They're distractions intended to lure our attention away from the Epstein files.

Donald Trump loves to boast about how much work he does. Donald Trump’s children love to brag about how much work their father does. Donald Trump’s cabinet members love to suck up to Donald Trump by fawning over him for how much work he does — so much so, in fact, that their sycophancy is entirely indistinguishable from South Park’s satirical versions of themselves.

There’s certainly plenty of activity in the White House. But does Donald Trump really do so much work? It’s no coincidence that that activity, masquerading as work, has increased in both volume and visibility in the weeks since the Epstein scandal has re-emerged.

Trump is a master media manipulator, and he has been for many years. It’s one of his few actual skills. Manipulating the media is also his go-to move whenever there’s something he doesn’t want the American people to pay attention to. In his entire political life, there has never been anything he has wanted to distract from more than the Epstein files. The st…