President Donald Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a one-word answer about whether the White House would intervene in the UK extradition case against the former manosphere Maga heroes, Andrew and Tristan Tate.
“No.”
These two letters spell out the extent to which Trump’s reputation has been damaged by his association with the late paedophile Jeffery Epstein. The President can’t afford to spend his depleted political capital defending a pair of alleged sex abusers.
My one word: Ha!
Reputational damage only matters much in a functioning democracy. If he rigs the elections (and he’s trying his hardest to do so) he’ll just dial up the state-media adulation and ignore the fact that he’s widely despised. He doesn’t care because he doesn’t have to.