Overview
- Charlamagne tha God told Lara Trump on Fox News that traditional conservatives could use the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy to wrest control of the Republican Party from the MAGA movement.
- President Trump responded on Truth Social by calling Charlamagne a “low IQ individual” and “sleazebag” and mocking his use of “God” in his stage name.
- The clash underscores growing GOP divisions over demands to release additional Epstein investigation documents after a June Justice Department and FBI memo concluded Epstein died by suicide and no incriminating client list exists.
- In his tirade, Trump reiterated that he expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in the early 2000s and touted his second-term accomplishments in foreign policy, border security and the economy.
- Fox News and Truth Social have become flashpoints for this intra-party feud, illustrating how media platforms shape establishment-versus-populist debates.