FLASH
Shkruar nga PamfletiThe release of the Epstein photos could undermine the strategy of Bill Clinton, who in recent months has tried to appear in person before Congress, claiming that he severed ties with the pedophile financier long before his wrongdoings came to light in 2005.
"Wag the Dog" is a beautiful film by Barry Levinson from 1997. To distract the public from a sex scandal involving the president, accused by a minor of abusing him during a visit to the White House, the Mephistophelian, played by Robert De Niro, invents a conflict in the Balkans, along with a fake war in Albania, hiring a Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman) to shoot dramatic and violent sequences in a studio. The events are successful and the president is re-elected.
Weapons of distraction
The Epstein case is also sexually charged and involves the president, but Donald Trump didn't need to invent a war to divert attention from the scandal. He simply used Bill Clinton, having the Justice Department, led by the loyal Pam Bondi, release photos immortalizing his predecessor enjoying the comforts offered to him by his pedophile friend.
In one, he is seen on Epstein's private jet, next to a young blonde sitting on the arm of a chair. In another, he is swimming in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell, the mistress of Epstein's harem. In another, he is smiling contentedly next to Mick Jagger, another of Epstein's many associates, and of course a girl.
Mission accomplished. For 48 hours, the traditional media, social media, and blogosphere have been talking only about him, Bill Clinton. Meanwhile, Trump's praetorians are saying, "Slick Willie! Bill Clinton is settling down, oblivious to the world."
Little did he know...", wrote Steven Cheung, White House communications director, in X, using the old nickname ("Slick Willie") given to Clinton during his Arkansas days. "Tubba Bubba," was the New York Post headline, featuring a photo of the former president shirtless in a hot tub with a woman whose face is covered.
And Democrats certainly have an argument, accusing the White House of diversionary tactics, pointing the finger at selective publication, without context and without indicating when and where the photos were taken.
Above all, in clear violation of a law passed by Congress and signed by Trump himself that requires her to release the entire Epstein dossier, Pam Bondi has chosen to release only a small portion of it, while still keeping secret the portion that concerns the president and his long personal and business relationship with Epstein. Even some MAGA members have expressed annoyance at the decision.
And yet, no amount of ridicule, no matter how shameful and hypocritical, can erase the reality that these photos immortalize and bring to the public's attention. Despite his efforts to make people forget the dark and less glorious pages of his past, Bill Clinton has not only been a long-time enthusiastic partner of the Epstein monster.
But throughout his long political career, he has been embroiled in sex scandals, which he has always tried to escape by lying or denigrating the women he flirted with. From Jennifer Flowers to Paula Jones, to the affair with Monica Lewinsky, which was first publicized on national television ("I never had sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky"), then demoralized by the false confession of her repentant husband, photographed "accidentally" dancing romantically on the beach with his wife Hilary, as she prepared for her political entrance.
Abuse allegations
The problem is not that Bill Clinton, one of the most successful presidents of the last 70 years, always had a weakness for women, to the point that, according to Washington gossip, "he couldn't keep his pants down." The problem is that so many women accused him of abuse, sexual harassment, exhibitionism and, not least, rape, that all of this could be considered a fabrication. When the 'MeToo' movement in 2005 prompted a new generation of Democrats to confront the long string of allegations against the former president, a party icon, the embarrassment was great.
The release of the Epstein photos could undermine the strategy of Bill Clinton, who in recent months has tried to appear in person before Congress, claiming that he severed ties with the pedophile financier long before his wrongdoings came to light in 2005. That may be true. But he was a regular in Epstein's seedy court. Whether Trump's distraction maneuver will save his presidency is another story./ Corriere della Sera
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