While Trump isn't clear in his message -- and he needs to be clear, because this is big shakes -- I'm pretty sure when he calls this a "hoax and scam" he specifically means the media's/Democrats' (but I repeat myself, as usual) to suggest that the reason the Epstein "list" isn't being produced is because he's on it.
I think that's what he means by "don't fall for the hoax." Not that there was a pedophile named Jeffrey Epstein, but that he's one of the clients.
Or that there's a conspiracy in the Trump administration to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein and his "clients."
But he keeps just saying that his supporters are "falling for this hoax" without making it clear that the hoax he means is the claim that he's on "the list."
If you read his comments in that way, they're no so objectionable.
Because serious: Trump is not a "client" of Epstein's. The Democrats made up a whole bullshit story about him being a RUSSIAN FUCKING AGENT. If there were any evidence suggesting that Trump was cozying up to Epstein to have sex with underaged girls, for crying out loud, they would have released all the evidence in 2015.
President Trump on Wednesday launched a full-throated attack on renewed attempts to link him to the late Jeffrey Epstein, calling the controversy a "Hoax" and slamming both Democrats and the mainstream media for fueling what he sees as another baseless smear campaign.
In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump wrote, "The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again! Just like with the FAKE and fully discredited Steele Dossier... and even the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam itself." He accused Democrats of pushing the latest scandal to distract from their failures and called them "no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates."
Trump went further, blaming the so-called Epstein Hoax for luring in even some of his former backers. "My PAST supporters have bought into this 'bulls***,' hook, line, and sinker. They haven't learned their lesson, and probably never will," he wrote, adding that the smear efforts have been orchestrated "by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years."
He also said the left's unity is their strength: "Unlike Republicans, they stick together like glue."
Trump closed by expressing frustration that the mainstream media is focusing on this "hoax" instead of his record. "All these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success-starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work," he wrote. "Don't even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don't want their support anymore!"
As you can see, he's putting this in the worst possible way, making it sound like he's attacking his supporters for believing him when he himself pushed the Epstein story.
So if I'm right and he's attacking only the "hoax" that he's connected to the scandal, then he has to speak a lot more clearly on that point, rather than sounding like he's attacking his supporters for being gullible conspiracy theorists.
Otherwise he's going to take a massive hit in support. Loyal supporters will not stand being called fools for having believed Trump in the first place.
I don't think he means that, but he sure keeps sounding like he means that.