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Will Trump Seek a Third Term, Despite The Epstein Files?

What we know.

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Jessica
Nov 17, 2025
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Donald Trump keeps hinting about a third term.

Everyone keeps dismissing it.

The minute I finished writing this piece, we’re now hearing reports that Trump endorses the release of the Epstein files, or at least a vote that’s almost certainly in favor of it. As I suggested in a previous post, it looks like someone did some work behind the scenes to ensure Trump wasn’t implicated, and to tie up all the loose ends there. It might’ve taken some time…

Currently, it looks like MAGA is starting to crumble. One columnist after another declares the movement dead. Everywhere you go, the internet is talking about a “shift in vibes.” And yet, some of us remain suspicious. All this looks and sounds too familiar. MAGA has been on its back before, and it always returns.

It comes back stronger, even smarter.

So often, the optimism we see when rifts form in the MAGA base never materializes into concrete action. Instead, it turns into complacency and then becomes a weapon…

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