It seems obvious Trump was compromised by Epstein. Probably long before Epstein even owned the island. To sum it all up, modern US politics from at least the 90's and on, and quite likely going back much further, is about voting for whatever kiddie toucher that is most likely to align with our political outlook.
It seems like conservatives are being willfully ignorant about the Trump-Epstein connection. At bare minimum Trump was cognizant of Epstein's love of "women on the younger side" i.e barely/not legal. Then he seemed to get angry and irritated when it was suggested the Epstein files needed to be released.
Where I diverge with guys like JD is I suspect he would happily defend a progressive candidate if the Israel situation was reversed. It's all about cheering rah rah for my team regardless of what POS' the people running it are.