Twitter (X) is not the real world.
Who knew?
If you were on the social media site for the past week you’d have thought that the most important issue to American voters is the dead criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
There´s a huge amount we still don’t know about the convicted sex offender.
And there’s plenty about him — the sources of his wealth, high-profile connections, and manner of his death — the public deserve to know about.
But outside the Twitter-sphere Epstein isn’t the story at the moment.
Some MAGA influencers have decided that the release or otherwise of all known information about Epstein is a “make or break” issue between them and the President.
The President has expressed understandable frustration that he should be distracted from matters like, say, the economy, and keep getting asked about Epstein.
Online personalities threaten that Trump is going to lose all support from his base unless every file relating to Epstein is released.
And yet despite this bragging threat, the polls show otherwise.
President Trump’s approval rating among Republican voters actually went up this week, according to two separate polls.
So whether or not the administration is right in its attitude towards the files, Trump himself is absolutely wise to look at his Twitter critics and say, “Oh yeah, you and whose online army?”
