Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina Trump, released a statement on Tuesday emphasizing their full support for Charlie Kirk&#8217;s widow, Erika Kirk, and condemning the &#8220;lies&#8221; being peddled for &#8220;attention&#8221; regarding Kirk&#8217;s assassination.
The pair were in the Provo, Utah, courtroom on Monday and Tuesday for the preliminary hearing for the Tyler Robinson murder trial. Don Jr. and Kirk were close friends for years; Don Jr. has described Kirk as a younger brother.
The statement, which was posted to Bettina&#8217;s Instagram and reposted by Don Jr., opened by saying that the couple was &#8220;honored to be in court alongside Erika and Charlie&#8217;s family.&#8221;
&#8220;Over these past two days, we have heard and seen a significant amount of evidence, including extensive video footage, much of which has or will become public and will answer many of the questions that have been irresponsibly filled with speculation and false narratives,&#8221; it continued.
&#8220;There is a PROFOUND difference between seeking truth through the judicial process and spreading lies for attention,&#8221; the couple said. &#8220;Erika is not a public spectacle. She is a widow and a mother of two children who lost their father in an unimaginable way. She, her children, and Charlie&#8217;s family deserve to be treated with respect, dignity, and compassion.&#8221;
Notably, Candace Owens has led the charge with attacks against Erika. Owens recently said Kirk never received actual romantic love when he was alive, insinuating that Erika never loved her late husband, the man with whom she shared two children. She&#8217;s also mocked Erika and criticized her grief and reaction to Kirk&#8217;s murder. Owens has suggested, without ever presenting any evidence, that Erika and others at Turning Point USA were somehow connected to the assassination or part of a grand cover-up.
The statement from Don Jr. and his wife did not include Owens&#8217; name.
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&#8220;There are no words that can fully capture the weight of this moment, but standing with them was a powerful reminder of the love, strength, and faith that continue to surround Charlie&#8217;s family,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Erika has carried herself with extraordinary grace and courage, and we are in awe of her strength.&#8221;
The statement strongly underscored Don Jr. and Bettina&#8217;s love and full support for Erika. &#8220;We remain committed to standing with Erika, their beautiful children, and the entire Kirk family as they walk through this painful process,&#8221; the couple added. &#8220;Our prayers are with them.&#8221;
Don Jr. said on Fox News the following day that he attended the preliminary hearing to honor Kirk and his legacy, and also provide any support he could to Erika and Kirk&#8217;s parents.
&#8220;I’m there to not only honor Charlie’s legacy [but] to support Erika, his parents, who were there seated all in the row with us,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/2074857486813655214">said</a>. &#8220;It was just important to be there. It’s a legacy that needs to be preserved. The impact that Charlie had on so many Americans and so many youth is frankly generational.&#8221;
Reacting to what he heard at the hearing, Don Jr. said Robinson&#8217;s defense team&#8217;s &#8220;only real tactic&#8221; was trying to stall or get evidence tossed &#8220;because I guess it would be too damning to their client.&#8221;
&#8220;Once this hard evidence was laid out to me in a courtroom before my very eyes, seeing the reaction of the defense; this thing is much more cut and dry than I would have ever even imagined,&#8221; he added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chilling-moment-judge-flinches-while-watching-charlie-kirk-assassination-footage?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Hotwire&amp;rowType=Three+Column+Grid&amp;title=The+Chilling+Moment+Judge+Flinches+While+Watching+Charlie+Kirk+Assassination+Footage">The Chilling Moment Judge Flinches While Watching Charlie Kirk Assassination Footage</a>

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President Donald Trump and his son appear to be rooting for different candidates to be the next governor of Georgia ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s runoff election.
Trump endorsed Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, but on Monday, Donald Trump Jr. put out a statement praising Jones’ rival, Rick Jackson. Trump Jr. clarified that his post was not an endorsement.
&#8220;Regardless of what happens in the Georgia Governor’s race tomorrow, we should celebrate the patriots building up MAGA and an America First economy like Rick Jackson has,&#8221; Trump Jr. <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/2066590785756418413">wrote</a>. 
&#8220;When China threatened our amoxicillin supply, Rick saved the last amoxicillin manufacturing facility in America because he knows we can’t let China control our entire supply of antibiotics,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When the U.S. faced an oil refining shortage and the woke banks wouldn’t finance a new one, Rick stepped up again and became the largest outside investor. This has been a hard-fought race with a lot of mudslinging, but I know Rick Jackson to be a good man and that counts for a lot.&#8221;
Trump Jr. added that either outcome would be a win for conservatives. &#8220;By the way, this is not an endorsement of Rick and I think Burt Jones is a great guy too. My only point is that no matter who wins tomorrow, it’s a victory for MAGA.&#8221;
President Trump endorsed Jones last summer and then reaffirmed his endorsement in a post on Truth Social in March.
&#8220;Hello Georgia. I am thrilled to give my complete and total endorsement to my good friend and your next Governor Burt Jones. He is fantastic. He&#8217;s done a great job,&#8221; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/burtjonesforga/videos/a-message-from-president-trump/1514950866924504/">said</a> Trump in a video endorsement.
President Trump and Georgia’s current Republican governor, Brian Kemp, have had a tumultuous relationship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kemp was the first governor to reopen the state in late April of 2020, just weeks after the emergency lockdown was called.
At the time, Trump had urged Kemp to wait, but Kemp diverged from the president and reopened Georgia. It would not be the last time Kemp went against Trump’s wishes. The governor also certified the 2020 presidential election results from Georgia despite Trump&#8217;s objections, securing 16 electoral votes for then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Kemp, who is term-limited, also endorsed Jones.
The Kalshi prediction market favors Jones over Jackson in the runoff. The winner will face Democratic nominee and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Jones, once a prominent oil executive, has served as the state’s lieutenant governor for the last three years. Jackson, like the president himself, is a self-made billionaire. Jackson grew up in foster care and founded his first healthcare company in the Atlanta area in 1978. He has spent over $100 million of his own money on his race.

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Vanessa Trump shared an update Saturday on her cancer treatment and what the next steps down that road would be for her.
Trump, who announced her breast cancer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vanessa-trump-reveals-breast-cancer-diagnosis">diagnosis</a> publicly on May 20, said in a Saturday morning <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZh9jmATYMZ/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">Instagram post</a> that she&#8217;d spent the last several weeks recovering from surgery and was preparing for the next phase of treatment.
&#8220;I wanted to share an update on my cancer journey,&#8221; she began. &#8220;Over the past four weeks, I&#8217;ve been recovering from surgery and I&#8217;m grateful to be healing and moving forward. Soon, I&#8217;ll be starting the second stage of my treatment. Sending love, strength, and hope to everyone fighting this battle.&#8221;
Trump, who has five children from her previous marriage to Donald Trump Jr., did not give any further details about the surgery or what the next step in her treatment might be, although she had briefly mentioned a &#8220;procedure&#8221; when she first shared her diagnosis.
&#8220;I am staying focused and hopeful while surrounded by the love and support of my family, my kids, and those closest to me,” she wrote at the time, adding, &#8220;I kindly ask for privacy as I focus on my health and recovery.&#8221;
Ivanka Trump, her former sister-in-law, showed her support in a statement saying, &#8220;Praying for your continued strength and a swift recovery. Love you mama.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s cancer update comes just two weeks after her former husband, Trump Jr., tied the knot for a second time, marrying <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/donald-trump-jr-offers-an-intimate-peek-inside-his-wedding-day">Bettina Anderson</a> in a Memorial Day Weekend ceremony in the Bahamas — and one day after her boyfriend, golf legend Tiger Woods, left his rehab facility in Switzerland.
Woods, 50, has been in rehab since his DUI arrest in late March — but he did take a brief break in order to be with Vanessa as she faces her cancer treatment.

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Donald Trump Jr. and his new bride, Bettina, shared a behind-the-scenes peek into their wedding day at a luxury Bahamas resort.
Trump Jr. shared the video alongside a heartfelt caption that read, “The night I married my best friend, my love, and my forever.”
“Bettina, you have brought so much peace, joy, and light into my life. Standing beside you, surrounded by our siblings, your mom, Donnie, and Kai, I have never felt more grateful or more certain of anything,” it went on. “My wife. My heart. My forever.”
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The video, set to The Ronettes classic song, “Be My Baby,” puts together moments from the couple’s big day last Saturday, May 23, with clips including the couple dressed in coordinating outfits and appearing to take photos before the ceremony in front of the tropical beach backdrop.  
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Shots from the ceremony, including the small details that made it special, such as Bettina’s locket to honor her late father and a “B” stitched inside Don Jr.’s suit jacket. There was also a shot of a candle that read, “Love Trumps All.” 
The video also shows Don Jr. getting ready for the ceremony and reading what seems to be a note from his bride. Other Trump family members can be seen in attendance at the small, intimate chapel where the wedding ceremony took place. The end of the video shows the newlywed Trumps sharing a kiss as the attendees held sparklers.
There were several Trump family members in attendance, as Don Jr., 48, tied the knot with socialite Bettina Anderson, 39, and the groom’s sister Ivanka also posted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ivanka-trump-gives-behind-the-scenes-glimpse-of-don-jr-s-bahamas-wedding">a few photos</a> from the event to her Instagram last week. 
President Donald Trump announced ahead of time that he would not be there due to his busy schedule. 
“While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,” Trump shared on Truth Social ahead of the event.
“I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!”
The couple got engaged in December and had reportedly considered holding the ceremony at the White House before choosing the destination wedding.
Donald Trump Jr. was previously married to Vanessa Trump from 2005 until 2018 and shares five children with her. He was later engaged to former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, but that relationship ended in 2024.

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Ivanka Trump shared photos from her brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, which took place on a private island in the Bahamas on Saturday. 
Ivanka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ivankatrump/?hl=en">shared</a> close to a dozen snapshots with her 8.6 million Instagram followers. Some images showed her enjoying the island with her husband, Jared Kushner, and other relatives. 
She did not post any photos of the bride and groom.
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“The best paddleboard partner,” she wrote in the caption of a photo with her and Kai Trump, Don Jr.’s 19-year-old daughter.
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Ivanka also shared a selfie with her half-sister, Tiffany Trump, and Eric Trump’s wife, Lara Trump, along with a few other images.
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Another snapshot showed a napkin printed with a quote from Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Misérables.” It said, “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.”
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No other photos of the event have been made public yet. 
On Monday, Anderson simply shared an image of white fabric embroidered with “Mrs. Trump” while Don Jr. posted about an upcoming safari. However, both the bride and groom posted images of the same napkin and quote that Ivanka posted.
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There were several Trump family members in attendance as Don Jr., 48, tied the knot with socialite Bettina Anderson, 39. President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-makes-tough-call-on-don-jr-s-bahamas-wedding">announced ahead of time</a> that he would not be there due to his busy schedule. 
“While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,” Trump shared on Truth Social ahead of the event.
“I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!”
The couple got engaged in December and had reportedly considered holding the ceremony at the White House before choosing the destination wedding.
Donald Trump Jr. was previously married to Vanessa Trump from 2005 until 2018 and shares five children with her. He was later engaged to former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, but that relationship ended in 2024.

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President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that he will not attend his eldest son&#8217;s wedding, opting instead to remain at the White House to focus on official duties.
Donald Trump Jr. is set to wed Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in a small ceremony on a private island in the Bahamas this weekend.
&#8220;While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116619340468924220">posted</a> on Truth Social.
&#8220;I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!&#8221;
The couple is already legally married, Reuters reported, citing a marriage license filed Thursday in Palm Beach County, Florida. Trump Jr., 48, and Anderson, 39, became engaged in December and had reportedly considered holding the ceremony at the White House before choosing a more low-key venue.
President Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would &#8220;try and make it,&#8221; but acknowledged, &#8220;this is not good timing for me.&#8221;
&#8220;I have a thing called Iran and other things,&#8221; Trump said, referring to ongoing tensions and diplomatic discussions involving the Middle East.
&#8220;That&#8217;s one I can&#8217;t win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don&#8217;t attend, I get killed,&#8221; he added, suggesting the media would criticize him regardless of his decision.
&#8220;Hopefully they&#8217;re going to have a great marriage,&#8221; the president continued.
Trump Jr. was previously married to former model and actress Vanessa Trump for 12 years before they divorced in 2018. They share five children together. Vanessa recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vanessa-trump-reveals-breast-cancer-diagnosis">revealed</a> she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
He later became engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was previously married to California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from 2001 to 2006. Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle broke up in 2024.
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.
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President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he might not make it to his eldest son&#8217;s destination wedding — planned for the Memorial Day holiday weekend — because it&#8217;s &#8220;not good timing&#8221; for him.
Donald Trump Jr. plans to wed Bettina Anderson in a small ceremony on a private island in the Bahamas, Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/05/18/society/donald-trump-jr-bettina-anderson-to-wed-over-memorial-day/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">reported</a> on Tuesday, and the president said he was going to &#8220;try&#8221; to attend, but was not sure whether he&#8217;d be able to make it happen.
&#8220;He’d like me to go, but it’s going to be just a small little private affair, and I’m going to try and make it,&#8221; Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday.
His explanation was simple: the timing, given everything going on in Iran and around the world, was not great as far as he was concerned.
&#8220;This is not good timing for me. Everything called Iran and other things,&#8221; he said, adding that there was no answer he could give that would not get him into trouble with someone.
&#8220;That’s one I can’t win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed,&#8221; he said, implying that there would likely be negative coverage from the press if he missed his son&#8217;s wedding — and no shortage of negative coverage if he left Washington to attend.
Don Jr., 48, and Anderson, 39, have been engaged since December — and had initially considered a White House wedding, but ultimately decided that the optics would not be the greatest.
&#8220;They’re very aware that a lavish wedding at the White House while people are dying wouldn’t be well-received,&#8221; an insider told Page Six.
They opted instead for a smaller, more private ceremony — but the end result might be that they have to carry on in the president&#8217;s absence.
&#8220;Hopefully they’re going to have a great marriage,&#8221; Trump added.
News of the imminent ceremony comes just as Vanessa Trump, Don Jr.&#8217;s ex-wife, has announced a breast cancer diagnosis.

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“The Apprentice” could be making a return to television with a different Trump sitting in the boss’s chair, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/media/amazon-discusses-apprentice-rebootwith-don-jr-as-a-potential-host-fe09e885">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal, 
The outlet spoke with an industry insider who said not only was there talk of a reboot, but also that the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., was being floated as a potential host. 
Amazon responded by saying that nothing is currently in development. “Since our acquisition of MGM, we have had preliminary internal discussions about what’s next for &#8216;The Apprentice&#8217; as a property. The show is not in active development, and any reporting on details of the show or names of potential hosts would be purely speculative,” the company said in a statement, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazon-potential-apprentice-reboot-trump-1236580630/">per</a> The Hollywood Reporter.
Trump famously hosted the popular reality show for 14 seasons on NBC, from 2004 to 2015. “The Apprentice” documented contestants competing for a job to become his apprentice. 
Amazon co-owns rights to the series along with Trump Productions. The media giant has been streaming reruns, which remain popular. The show is also in syndication.
“The Apprentice,” starring Trump, who also served as executive producer, was a major hit. It inspired spinoffs like &#8220;Celebrity Apprentice&#8221; starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Martha Stewart, but none of those were nearly as popular. 
Trump recently posted on Truth Social about the rating for the show’s first season. “Last Season of my Apprentice Juggernaut!” Trump wrote alongside the April 2004 article titled “&#8217;The Apprentice’ Scores Ratings Top for the Season.”
Amazon partnered with the Trump family on entertainment projects before. Earlier this year, Amazon released the documentary “Melania,” which offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the life of the first lady. Critics predicted that it would be a major flop, but it performed shockingly well at the box office considering its genre. The film brought in $7 million on its opening weekend, a huge increase from the projected $2-5 million that was expected.
“Melania” currently has one of the largest disparities between critics’ and audience scores on the site, with reviewers giving the film a 10% rating and moviegoers giving it a 99% rating. About 75% of the audience was women aged 55 and older.

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Embattled former first son Hunter Biden raised eyebrows on Thursday when he said he&#8217;d be &#8220;open&#8221; to a &#8220;cage match&#8221; with two of President Donald Trump&#8217;s sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr.
The younger Biden announced that he&#8217;d been invited — and that he had accepted the invitation — to join Andrew Callaghan&#8217;s Channel Five Carnival Tour. The tour is described as a blend of live music, rap battles, magic, and full screenings of controversial documentaries. Biden then added that Callaghan had pitched a finale idea that he couldn&#8217;t pass up: a &#8220;cage match&#8221; in which he would face both Eric and Donald Trump Jr.
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&#8220;Hey guys, Hunter Biden here,&#8221; Biden said, speaking directly to the camera. &#8220;I just got a call from Andrew Callaghan. He asked me to come out on the Channel Five Carnival Tour at the end of the month. I think we start in Phoenix and then we go to San Diego, and we end in Albuquerque. And I think he&#8217;s trying to organize a cage match, me versus Eric and Don Jr. I told him I&#8217;d do it, 100% in if he can pull it off. And if he can&#8217;t, I&#8217;m still coming.&#8221;
A <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/09/us-news/hunter-biden-is-too-broke-to-pay-lawyer-challenges-trumps-sons-to-a-cage-match/">report</a> from the New York Post, published on Friday, suggested that Hunter Biden might be less motivated by revenge fantasy than by his own personal financial situation. The report alleged that Biden, who has been living abroad, is deep in debt and struggling to pay his attorneys.
And if Hunter Biden&#8217;s posturing sounds familiar, it should: his father, former President Joe Biden, once made a similar remark about confronting President Trump.
During a 2018 speech, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump">Biden</a> famously told a room full of College Democrats at the University of Miami, &#8220;They asked me would I like to debate this gentleman, and I said no. I said, ‘If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.'&#8221;
Trump fired back at Biden via X (still Twitter at the time), saying, &#8220;Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don’t threaten people Joe!&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—After enduring months of attacks from Democrats, President Donald Trump&#8217;s White House is going on the offensive against Democrats who are mentioned or implicated in the Epstein files.
The president announced last week that he supports the release of any remaining files that the Department of Justice has on Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender who died in a Manhattan jail cell from apparent suicide in August 2019. On Wednesday afternoon, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that her Justice Department will &#8220;follow the law,&#8221; which passed the Senate on Wednesday, and release the files within the next 30 days &#8220;while protecting victims.&#8221;
She also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-says-new-info-warrants-more-epstein-investigations-as-doj-sets-sights-on-his-dem-pals">said last week</a> that the Justice Department was beginning a new investigation into the possible ties between high-profile Democrats and Epstein, after the president pushed her to do so in a Truth Social post. The Epstein Files Transparency Act is now headed to the president&#8217;s desk. It is not immediately clear when the president will sign it.
Critics, particularly prominent Democrats, had argued for months that the president was afraid to release the files because they contained something compromising. And while the recent release of documents from Epstein&#8217;s estate did mention Trump a number of times, the files actually incriminated people like Stacey Plaskett, the congressional delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who was shown to have been texting Epstein during a hearing on the February 2019 testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. She said Wednesday that she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/dem-lawmaker-justifies-text-exchange-epstein-says-information-from-people-where-can">was just seeking information</a>.
The White House, which has argued for weeks that Democrats were using Epstein and his victims to distract from the government, is now switching into attack mode and planning on going on offense. The president&#8217;s position on the Epstein files has not changed, a senior White House official told The Daily Wire, arguing that Trump has always wanted transparency and called for it over and over again on the campaign trail.
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Their thinking, and their messaging, is this: Democrats need to answer for their longstanding ties to Epstein before the country can move on from this. The White House views Democrats as the ones who have shifted on Epstein — and, they say, Democrats only began to take an interest in the topic once they realized they could score political points. The White House views this as a big mistake, but one that can play out in their favor.
&#8220;Trump has nothing to hide,&#8221; a senior White House official told The Daily Wire, &#8220;but the Democrats clearly do.&#8221;
“House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,&#8221; the president said on Sunday, and the White House is intent on pushing this message out.
Former President Joe Biden and his administration would have used anything they had against Trump long ago, people close to the administration maintain. The recently released emails not only don&#8217;t include anything that implicates the president, they also indicate that Epstein wanted to hurt or blackmail his former friend, and they show Epstein communicating with top Democrats.
&#8220;It&#8217;s so clear that all of his ties were to Democrats,&#8221; Donald Trump Jr. said of Epstein in a text message to The Daily Wire. &#8220;He funded them, he befriended them. Even after he was a convicted pedophile, famous journalists and businesspeople were visiting his home and dining with him willingly. He’s live texting a sitting congresswoman, as a convicted pedophile, during a testimony against Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone knows he was thrown out of Mar-a-Lago for being creepy 30 years ago,&#8221; the president&#8217;s son added. &#8220;No one knew just how creepy he was at the time, but he hated Trump because my father beat him in a real estate deal, and that’s where it ends. Does anyone honestly believe that if he had information he could use to take down Trump, that he wouldn’t have wielded that to gain favor with the Democrats and eliminate someone he hated for years? It’s literally implausible.&#8221;
Democrats made a big fuss about the files while holding up the government shutdown. They released a trove of Epstein documents as the shutdown was drawing to an end — selective leaks to liberal media, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, intended to &#8220;create a fake narrative to smear President Trump.&#8221;
Trump has consistently called the Democrat push to release the files a &#8220;hoax.&#8221; A White House official who spoke with The Daily Wire argued that he was never opposed to actually releasing the files, but instead opposed to Republicans falling into a Democrat trap of not focusing on issues Americans care about, such as the shutdown, the economy, affordability, and more.
Now the shutdown is over, and Democrats face a White House equipped with fresh information about their communications with the notorious sex offender himself.
“There are definitely major figures on the left who are going to regret trying to make a spectacle out of this for political gain,&#8221; shared a person familiar with the administration&#8217;s thinking on the files.
A few figures who may be unhappy with House Democrats as they find themselves under fire: Plaskett, former President Bill Clinton, ex-Harvard president Larry Summers, journalist Katie Couric, billionaire Democrat megadonor and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and writer Michael Wolff, all of whom the White House mentioned in a recent messaging email decrying Democrat affiliation with Epstein.
&#8220;Why aren’t Democrats talking about the fact that Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) <a href="https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dace49741569f7585670378b3&amp;id=c3d4cae336&amp;e=711815754c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Ddace49741569f7585670378b3%26id%3Dc3d4cae336%26e%3D711815754c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763669553929000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Nyq-LlEVcoLdrS_odI56_">solicited</a> (and was given) $30,000 from Epstein for the DCCC after he was already a convicted sex offender?&#8221; the White House messaging asks. &#8220;Or the fact that Plaskett herself <a href="https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dace49741569f7585670378b3&amp;id=17632ce913&amp;e=711815754c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Ddace49741569f7585670378b3%26id%3D17632ce913%26e%3D711815754c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763669553929000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Hv7kL_KxeTXWPE2mTe1c8">accepted</a> maxed-out donations from Epstein for her own campaign? Or the fact that the wife of the former Democrat governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands <a href="https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dace49741569f7585670378b3&amp;id=2a2f9ae60f&amp;e=711815754c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Ddace49741569f7585670378b3%26id%3D2a2f9ae60f%26e%3D711815754c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763669553929000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_X2CUrM8D3o1mjW5Yrki4">told</a> Epstein &#8216;we would have a friend in Stacey&#8217; if he made said donations? Or the <a href="https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dace49741569f7585670378b3&amp;id=880e4a09a0&amp;e=711815754c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://whitehouse.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Ddace49741569f7585670378b3%26id%3D880e4a09a0%26e%3D711815754c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763669553929000&amp;usg=AOvVaw05auXA_UT2Fws5logzT05D">fact</a> that Plaskett was literally texting Epstein during a committee hearing?&#8221;
Clinton&#8217;s 26 flights on Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;Lolita Express&#8221; are certainly up for scrutiny, as is the fact that one of Epstein&#8217;s victims says she saw Clinton on Epstein&#8217;s Little St. James island with two young women. While Clinton&#8217;s spokesman says that the former president never visited the island, his former deputy assistant Doug Band <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/confessions-of-a-clintonworld-exile?srsltid=AfmBOoq0w_a0o47tS-pOaysfswVwIAR6ep_1um2Ndu2FK2tJTtr80INP">says that Clinton did indeed</a> go in 2003.
The White House messaging points out that Summers, who also served as Clinton&#8217;s Treasury Secretary, had a &#8220;long relationship&#8221; with Epstein, <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/">even acting</a> as Summers&#8217;s &#8220;wingman.&#8221; It also notes that Couric <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10037351/Katie-Courics-new-book-sparks-outrage-rips-ex-boyfriends-former-NBC-CBS-colleagues.html">attended a 2010 dinner</a> at Epstein&#8217;s home, two years after he had been convicted as a sex offender.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/jeffrey-epstein-documents-woody-allen-larry-summers-edb3e9b2?mod=us_more_pos1">reported in May</a> that Reid Hoffman not only visited Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;Little St. James&#8221; but was scheduled to stay at Epstein&#8217;s townhouse in Manhattan in 2014. The Democratic National Committee never returned Epstein&#8217;s $32,000 in donations.
And Wolff, an anti-Trump magazine writer who wrote a biography of Epstein, urged Epstein to blackmail the president, writing: &#8220;You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he&#8217;ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.&#8221;
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A Kentucky Republican running to replace Senator Mitch McConnell deleted multiple environmental-themed tweets just months before launching his campaign, a Daily Wire review found.
Businessman Nate Morris deleted a number of tweets promoting environmentalist concepts and celebrating “World Environment Day” in early 2025, just months before launching his Senate campaign. Morris, the CEO of Morris Industries, has <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3466274/deleted-dei-posts-culture-war-kentucky-senate-gop-primary/">pledged</a> to fight diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment mandates if elected, saying his experience as a businessman showed him the need to “end this crap.” 
Morris is running an anti-establishment campaign to replace McConnell, accusing his opponents — Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) — of being the former Senate Majority Leader&#8217;s puppets. He has <a href="https://natemorris.com/">pledged</a> to support mass deportations, opposing amnesty, banning doctors from doing transgender procedures on kids, cutting federal funding to woke schools, opposing gun control, and backing President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. 
The deleted tweets included multiple posts promoting the concept of a circular economy, a movement <a href="https://www.epa.gov/circulareconomy/what-circular-economy">defined</a> by the Environmental Protection Agency as a model that “keeps materials and products in circulation for as long as possible” and “an important part of slowing climate change.” The concept, promoted by organizations like the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/circular-economy/">World Economic Forum</a> and the <a href="https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/circular_economy_14_march.pdf">United Nations</a>, frequently comes alongside government regulations and mandates. 
“A Circular economy generates no waste. To get to that point, we will need to change minds and change habits. #EnvironemntalInnovation,” Morris wrote in a May 8, 2020, tweet that has now been deleted. 
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On June 5, 2020, Morris shared an article called “A Future Without Waste,” writing: “Changing habits. Changing minds. Changing the world in small and difficult – yet impactful – steps. There can be no alternative. #WorldEnvironmentDay #EnvironmentalInnovation.”
Two other tweets from around the same time were deleted related to the “circular economy,” include one from June 29, 2020, where he wrote “we must do everything in our power to create a truly circular, free market economy and make the planet a better place for future generations” and another from July 10, 2020 sharing an <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/editor-can-circular-economy-help-reduce-waste">article</a> from National Geographic that said that a circular economy could “save the world.” 
“I’m glad to see [National Geographic] raising awareness about the critical need to move toward a [circular economy]. It is a realistic goal and we can make it happen through [American innovation],” he wrote. 
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The tweets were all deleted in early 2025, prior to the launching of the Senate campaign in June on Donald Trump Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;Triggered&#8221; podcast. 
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Trump Jr. vouched for Morris’s anti-ESG credentials. 
“Few people have been more outspoken against ESG and woke capital than me over the past five years, and I can say with total certainty that Nate is 100% aligned with us on supporting the parallel economy, combating ESG, and destroying woke capital once and for all,” he said.
“Nate hasn’t just talked the talk on these issues either — he actually put his money where his mouth is and invested in Vivek Ramaswamy’s anti-ESG investment fund.&#8221;
In July 2024, Morris Industries <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240725415339/en/Morris-Industries-Invests-in-Series-B-Round-of-Strive-Enterprises">invested</a> in Strive, an anti-woke wealth management venture backed by Ramaswamy.
In recent months, Morris Holdings removed renewable drinking water company Source Global from its list of select holdings on its website. Source Global includes major investors like BlackRock, Bill Gates, and Duke Energy. 
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“Nate does not have a meaningful position in Source Global, which is why it no longer appears on the Morris Holdings website,” Morris campaign spokesman Conor McGuinness told The Daily Wire. “At no point has Nate ever advocated for government-mandated anything.&#8221;
Previously <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3466274/deleted-dei-posts-culture-war-kentucky-senate-gop-primary/">deleted</a> blog posts from Morris’ time as CEO of Rubicon, a large recycling company, have come under scrutiny for their promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG). For example, in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250418092835/https:/www.rubicon.com/blog/elizabeth-montoya-board-of-directors/">one post</a> from September 2020, Morris praised a new board member of Rubicon for helping the company remain “at the forefront of the ESG movement.”
In another <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250312153932/https:/www.rubicon.com/blog/we-must-listen-we-must-lead/">deleted post</a> from June 1, 2020, Morris wrote that he was “feeling profound sadness and anger at the tragic events of recent weeks&#8221; in the wake of the death of George Floyd. 
“The protests we are seeing are a manifestation of the pain and anger that so many are feeling,” he wrote. “While it is important that we understand that pain and anger, it cannot bring back the lives that have been lost or undo the past injustices that have plagued our nation for generations. That pain and anger must fuel real, measurable, and decisive action to light a better path forward.”
Another <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250513063137/https:/www.rubicon.com/news/rubicon-global-joins-ceo-action-diversity-inclusion/">pos</a>t highlighted Morris’ decision to sign a DEI commitment, which included pledges “to have complex discussions about diversity and inclusion, to implement and expand upon unconscious bias education, and to share best and unsuccessful diversity and inclusion practices.”
“I was at Rubicon when it got its first round of funding in 2011 and returned a decade later when it was a more mature business. Nate was always known to be a conservative Republican and a Trump supporter; it was no secret, really,” Graham Salazar, former employee of Rubicon, told The Daily Wire.
“While he wasn’t overtly political at work, he did push back against progressive employees who wanted to bring more activism into the company culture. That kind of pressure was common in startups, and it was obvious he didn’t go along with it.”
Barr and Cameron, Morris&#8217;s main opponents, have accused the businessman of exaggerating his conservative credentials, criticizing him in particular over the Rubicon DEI pledge.

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Donald Trump Jr. teamed up with anti-Trump businessman Mark Cuban to dunk on leftist Senator Elizabeth Warren for doing “nothing” to combat what they say are the key drivers of out-of-control health care prices. 
Trump Jr. signaled his support for Cuban after the “Shark Tank” host criticized Warren for ignoring the role of pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, in health care pricing. PBMs are the middlemen between drug manufacturers, insurance companies, pharmacies — and, by extension, patients — and have been criticized by the Federal Trade Commission, among others, for inflating drug prices.
On Wednesday, Warren <a href="https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1935443373487440373" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on X saying that the tax system was “rigged” because large pharmaceutical companies like Johnson &amp; Johnson charge the “highest drug prices in the WORLD while often paying ZERO dollars in federal taxes themselves.”
In response, Cuban attacked Warren for not looking at the role of PBMs.
“No. It&#8217;s because  PBMs corrupt healthcare. Big Pharma wishes they could set their own pricing. They don&#8217;t.  PBMs control formularies and manipulate prices,  in exchange for providing pharma  access to patients. It&#8217;s how they  maximize rebate revenue,” Cuban <a href="https://x.com/mcuban/status/1935705831930298562">posted</a>. “In fact, 3 PBMs NEGOTIATE MORE THAN 90% OF REBATES  for commercial insurance plans.That&#8217;s your area of expertise,  and you have done nothing.”
Trump Jr. reacted by saying he completely agreed with Cuban on this issue. Cuban is known for his vehement opposition to President Donald Trump and was even floated as potential VP pick for Kamala Harris.
“Didn’t think I’d be RTing Mark for a while, but he’s 100% right on this issue,” he posted on X on Thursday. 
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Didn’t think I’d be RTing Mark for a while, but he’s 100% right on this issue. <a href="https://t.co/ofraK5IFQk">https://t.co/ofraK5IFQk</a>
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1935817600891601345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump and Cuban have traded blows for years, including over the course of the 2024 campaign, when Cuban campaigned for Harris.
&#8220;Mark Cuban is a Loser. Wouldn’t take his phone calls anymore while at the White House, and he went rogue. A weak and pathetic &#8216;bully,&#8217; he’s got nothing going. Really low clubhead speed, a total non-athlete!&#8221; Trump posted on Truth Social in October 2024.
PBMs have faced increasing scrutiny from both federal regulators and lawmakers. 
Last year, the FTC released a damning report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-little-known-health-care-middleman-is-becoming-more-powerful-independent-pharmacies-say-that-spells-disaster-for-patients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that smaller independent pharmacies suffer because of PBMs restrictions, while large corporate pharmacies like CVS benefit. 
“PBMs hold substantial influence over independent pharmacies by imposing unfair, arbitrary, and harmful contractual terms that can impact independent pharmacies’ ability to stay in business and serve their communities,” the FTC found. 
In Arkansas, Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law preventing PBMs from holding permits for prescription drug sales in the state. After the law was signed, CVS, which owns pharmacy benefits manager, Caremark Rx, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-cvs-pharmacy-in-red-state-might-close-after-crackdown-on-drug-middlemen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it may close all of its pharmacies in Arkansas if it retains its current business model. 
Trump has also weighed in on the issue, signing an executive order targeting PBMs. The order encourages direct consumer purchases, cutting out PBMs, and mandates more pricing transparency.

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