It seems like a simple decision for Donald Trump’s administration – release files related to the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffery Epstein, or keep them out of public view.
But battles raging among the US president’s supporters in some of the more conspiratorial spaces online suggest that the choice facing Trump is not easy at all.
In those spaces, users argue about whether to trust the White House, and they speculate on what might be going on behind the scenes and Trump’s strategic acumen - which some fans liken to playing a game of “4D chess”.
Nothing is going to happen. He’s a 34x convicted felon rapist. The fact is there’s a fascist regime in charge of the United States. They will not give up power. The political fight is over. It’s done. We are a fascist country now. Stop this rhetoric that these files will change anything. Organized violence will be the only thing that stops the Conservatives now, and no one will be motivated to do anything like that until the gestapo is knocking on their door.
You’ve already lost. It’s been over since January. Stop pretending these files are going to change anything.