'Something is coming': Analysts warn Melania's 'can of worms' may be too much for Trump
Source: Raw Story · Bias: Far Left
Summary
The "can of worms" that first lady Melania Trump opened up when she held a seemingly unprompted press conference about her ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein may be too much for President Donald Trump to survive, according to two analysts. Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discussed Melania Trump's recent press conference on a new episode of the podcast, "The Court of History." They speculated that Melania Trump must know something is about to be revealed about her ties to Epstein, otherwise she wouldn't have felt compelled to make some of the statements that she did. Blumenthal described the address as a "can of worms" that the Trump administration has tried to avoid. "Why is she so scared? That's the only question I have," Wilentz said. "Why would she do such a thing? The Epstein files have been off. He's blown up the Middle East in order to avoid the Epstein files. And here is Melania Trump coming out in the middle of nowhere saying, 'I had nothing to do with it in the way that you described.' Something's bugging her. She knows that something's coming. Obviously, something must be coming, or she wouldn't have done this."Blumenthal compared the press conference to a scene in "The Godfather" where Frank Pentangeli denied the existence of the mafia. "Instead of singing, she's clamming up," Blumenthal said. Blumenthal also noted that Melania Trump's past dovetails with Donald Trump's attempt to purchase a modeling firm with Epstein and another business partner, and that the details of that relationship remain unknown.
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