President calls controversy a ‘Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics’ in Truth Social post
President Trump is calling on House Republicans to vote to release files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he has “nothing to hide” and accusing Democrats of using the case as a distraction from GOP accomplishments.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump urged House Republicans to vote in favor of releasing the documents, describing the controversy as a “Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics.”
“As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, 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, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown,'” Trump wrote.
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One as he departs Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 16, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump pointed to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) previous release of thousands of pages of Epstein-related documents.
He also noted that the agency is investigating possible ties between Epstein and “Democrat operatives” including former President Bill Clinton, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
“The House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE!” Trump said.
He added, “All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, ‘Affordability’ (where we are winning BIG!), our Victory on reducing Inflation from the highest level in History to practically nothing, bringing down prices for the American People, delivering Historic Tax Cuts, gaining Trillions of Dollars of Investment into America (A RECORD!), the rebuilding of our Military, securing our Border, deporting Criminal Illegal Aliens, ending Men in Women’s Sports, stopping Transgender for Everyone, and so much more!”
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are pictured here. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Trump also argued that if the Democrats “had anything,” it would have surfaced prior to last year’s presidential election.
“Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory,” Trump said. “Some ‘members’ of the Republican Party are being ‘used,’ and we can’t let that happen. Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein ‘TRAP,’ which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Former President Bill Clinton speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative September 2023 Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 18, 2023, in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative)
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday the DOJ would probe prominent Democrats after new emails revealed ties to Epstein.
In an X post Friday afternoon, Bondi said Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, would take the lead on the investigation.
“Clayton is one of the most capable and trusted prosecutors in the country,” Bondi wrote in the post. “As with all matters, the Department will pursue this with urgency and integrity to deliver answers to the American people.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House, Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman and Larry Summers for comment.
Psychotherapist says ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ is real pathology, plaguing 75 percent of his patients
TDS is a term generally used by Trump supporters to disparage what they view as hysterical or irrational critics of the president.
According to one psychotherapist, many Americans are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, which he argues is a real pathology. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
Alpert described some of the symptoms he’s observed in patients he believes are suffering from TDS.
“It doesn’t take long for me to pick up on this: people are obsessed with Trump, they’re fixated, they’re hyper-fixated on Trump. And they talk about some of the features of this disorder — they can’t sleep, they feel traumatized by Mr. Trump, they feel restless,” he said.
“I had one patient who said she couldn’t enjoy a vacation because anytime she saw Trump in the news or on her device, she felt triggered,” he added.
Alpert explained that for these patients, the mere mention or image of Trump triggers intense mental distress.
“And Trump is the trigger for many of these people, and to be that fixated on a figure, on a person, it’s simply not healthy,” he said.
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Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert speaking on Fox News Channel. (Fox News Channel )
In an opinion piece he wrote for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Alpert elaborated on how this pathology manifests in his view.
“Clinically, the presentation aligns with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders: persistent intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation and impaired functioning. Patients describe sleepless nights, compulsive news checking and physical agitation. Many confess they can’t stop thinking about Donald Trump even when they try,” he wrote.
“Call it ‘obsessive political preoccupation’ — an obsessive-compulsive spectrum presentation in which a political figure becomes the focal point for intrusive thoughts, heightened arousal and compulsive monitoring,” Alpert added.
President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
The psychotherapist said he initially thought TDS was just an ideological reaction to a political figure they disagreed with. However, he came to realize that “the symptoms took on a more clinical shape.”
“What once looked like outrage now presents as a fixation that distorts perception and consumes attention,” he wrote.
Alpert added that around three-quarters of his current patients manifest symptoms of TDS.
“Well, three-quarters of my patients will present with a lot of these symptoms and within probably five minutes of seeing me, their hatred for Trump comes up,” he told host Harris Faulkner. “So, if you’re that hyper-focused on Trump, that’s a real issue.”
Trump himself has frequently accused Democratic and media foes of harboring TDS.
