Call it a Maga civil war or a Maga meltdown, but the Jeffrey Epstein case has split Donald Trump’s supporters like never before. The President has been under siege since a memo on 7 July from the FBI and his Department of Justice said that after a “thorough investigation”,

Donald Trump ‘s continued struggles to quash the conversations about Jeffrey Epstein and his administration’s handling of the so-called “Epstein Files” was once again the first “Hot Topic” of the day on Thursday’s (July 17) edition of The View.

In a lengthy screed on Truth Social, Trump attacked Democrats for various scandals he’s been investigated for throughout the past decade, dubiously calling those inquiries “hoaxes.” He also described the current anger over his lack of transparency in the Epstein case as “the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.”

In the last month alone, competing factions of President Donald Trump’s supporters have repeatedly squared off over the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, the “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill and Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Sectarian violence raged for a second day in Syria. More than 50 people have been killed. During their 12-day war, both Israel and Iran used social media and A.I. to spread disinformation. The chipmaker Nvidia said the U.S. had lifted restrictions on selling an A.I. chip to China.

THE BURGEONING BELIEF that the attention economy is a driving force in politics has become so dominant in Democratic circles, that a number of previously reluctant party officials have determined their political survival depends on it.

The online reaction to the Justice Department’s news was swift, with followers calling the Republican president “out of touch” and demanding transparency.

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ANALYSIS: While much of the MAGA media universe is gripped in a meltdown over Donald Trump demanding that his ‘boys’ and ‘gals’ stop caring about the Epstein files, his pals at Fox & Friends are following his orders to a tee,