demagogue on 12/9/2025 at 23:02

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He can't have his reichstag fire moment unless he shows credible grief and deference.

Practically speaking, his death was gift to Trump because it shut up one of the influential Epstein files pushers on the right, which is presumably why the two or three times reporters asked Trump about it he seemed really upbeat, even giddy, especially the one where his answer was he was doing great following the death because his white house ballroom was being built. I can imagine, aside from bilking the rubes as usual, half of his motivation in pulling out all the stops out for the guy is his relief or appreciation for the annoyance having been silenced.

I guess it's worth noting that the assassin seemed to be a groyper killing Kirk for not being white nationalist enough & pushing the Epstein hoax against the Dear Leader, and maybe some kook wing accellerationism in the mix. If Trump ever does talk about him, listen to how he phrases it. But I think he won't speak of him in light of any details like he couldn't for Crooks.