Trump loses it in interview following Epstein mention

Demonstrating he has the thinnest skin of any politician, Donald Trump once again lost it at a journalist, while citing excerpts from the White House dinner shooter’s manifesto:

TRUMP LOST IT ON CBS REPORTER AFTER SHE READ SHOOTER MANIFESTO

"I am NOT a pedophile. You read that crap from some SICK person."

"Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones who were involved with Epstein."

"You shouldn't be reading that on 60 Minutes. You are a… pic.twitter.com/M2dtKSCLGQ

— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) April 26, 2026

Attempt #3

As we reported, an alleged gunman charged through security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump initially used the event to promote his plans for a White House ballroom:

If I was a conspiracy theorist I would be certain that Trump staged all of this just to get people on board for him to build his illegal White House Ballroom, and save his floundering, all-time-low approval ratings. pic.twitter.com/b1oYCMcG4V

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 26, 2026

Trump actually spoke about the ballroom in the immediate aftermath of the shooting:

Donald Trump is trying to make the case for his ballroom after the incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

You've got to be kidding me. pic.twitter.com/O7Kofd9yq7

— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) April 26, 2026

Trump’s Department of Justice is now using the shooting to try to ensure there are no more legal delays preventing the ballroom from being built:

DOJ sends letter urging dismissal of lawsuit against Trump’s White House ballroom, citing last night’s events. pic.twitter.com/3iyfH1As8j

— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) April 26, 2026

“I’m not a paedophile”

In the clip at the top, the interviewer notes that the gunman’s:

so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President. He appears to reference a motive in it. He writes… ‘administration officials, they are targets’. And he also wrote this: ‘I’m no longer willing to permit a paedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes’. What’s your reaction?

Trump responded:

Well, I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would, because you’re horrible people, horrible people. Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.

The interviewer then said:

Oh, you think he was referring to you?

We think she was protesting a little too much here; clearly the alleged gunman meant Trump (if the manifesto is genuine).

Trump continued:

I’m not a paedophile. You read that crap from some sick person. I got associated with stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let’s say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, you know, I’ll do this interview and they’ll probably… I read the manifesto. You know, he’s a sick person. But… You should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I’m not any of those things.

Contrary to Trump’s complaints, the Epstein Files did reveal what one congressperson described as “credible FBI receipts”:

CRAZY: 🇺🇸 Congressman Goldman showed 'credible FBI receipts' that Trump "unzipped his pants, forced a 13-year-old’s head down, and when she bit his p*nis, he punched her and called her a b*tch!"

"AG Pam Bondi lied under oath about this." pic.twitter.com/eZ4XEI3QeM

— Coinvo (@Coinvo) March 28, 2026

Inexplicability

It’s since come out that the White House may have been unusually lax with its security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

Surprise! https://t.co/aGFe6FQfL2

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 26, 2026

This is feeding into the conspiracy theory that the authorities knew about the alleged gunman, and that they opted to make things as easy as possible for him.

It would obviously be bizarre if Trump allowed all this to happen for the sake of a ballroom. At the same time, the Strait of Hormuz is currently blocked because Trump saw some mysterious benefit to attacking Iran, so who knows with this guy?

Featured image via the Canary