Part of it is that a good 1/3 the US (give or take) thinks most criticism of him is complete hysteria. To paraphrase, “Trump could save a baby and get roasted for it, something something Bernie Sanders.”

And that’s because the US news environment is completely shattered and dystopic. Even talking to family directly, you mostly can’t undo years of immersion.

To be fair, there are a lot of lefty tabloids an influencers that… are kind of hysterical. Or at least present their feeds that way for money.

Anyway, my point is this distortion turns straight up illegal action into a “debate,” not a violation. It gives Trump political capital and the Republicans under his thumb cover to keep shifting to Overton Window.

I dunno if you’re in the US, but this is why Epstein is such a thing: conservatives hammered and hammered pedo cabals for years, and all of a sudden, we get a certified one. It’s very “dangerous” as it’s like the only controversy that could break through all that.