I’ve seen a few high profile pedophile cases play out in the past.
Dissent is growing within his own ranks. Staples like Tucker, MTG, Nancy Mace, and a bunch of the core maga lunatics are peeling away from this and supporting the release. Moderate republicans like Massie are not dancing to his tune either.
He’s going too fast and hard with his coup. Hitler took 7 years, he has to complete all his moves before November next year, or they will have impeachment and removal before the end of January 2027.
Every thing they are doing is fast, corrosive but therefore also sloppy. They have forgotten about liberal moles that they forgot to fire at several departments. A bunch of the hardcore sycophants hires are very sensitive around pedophiles. If even one of them was someone who had to go through the files at the fbi to see if trump was in it, they have a massive problem if these people come forward during the impeachment hearings.
If it’s bad enough, the MTG faction that got rid of the last Speaker could file articles of impeachment before the midterms and have the Dems and the CrazyCaucus™ vote together to impeach.
This is a crucial part for any regime collapse: the fringe of the ruling regime having the same concerns and passion as the opposition. The most extreme MAGA in the house and the progressive caucus of the Dems is basically aligned on this issue.
Anyone with an understanding for successful authoritarian transitions knows that this is not how you do it. Anyone with an understanding of how pedophiles get scorched by the populace once irrefutable evidence is found, can see he’s strong-marching on a very thin branch.
He may look more organised than the first term, but once the economic reality hits hard around xmas from all his tariff crap, and he loses donor support, things will get a lot harder.
The files are a very core part of his most cult part of his base. His base will support him a lot less passionately, every day he doesn’t release them.
The Epstein Files is how we bring him down, because it has the broadest base of support across an artificially divided population.