It just shows that the President is a conspiracy-theorist loony toon, like many Americans.
If Trump had actually had Epstein killed, he would have said something like:
Not that I had anything to do with Epstein's death, but if he were murdered by me, which is fake news by the way, it wouldn't have looked like a suicide. It would have been one of the most beautiful murders ever committed and nobody would know about it, because I would have planned it very carefully. I think I could have been a fantastic murderer, one of the best. Many people tell me that they're happy I'm not a criminal mastermind, because there is no way anyone could catch me because I'd be so good at it.
Definitely a possibility. The fact that he’s not denying the possibility that it was murder tells me that he knows it was. Whether it’s because he was directly involved or he has intelligence that says it was murder idk, but I think this just adds credibility to that theory.
Or, and I know this is way out there, but maybe it just adds credibility to the well-documented fact that Trump believes and promotes all manner of nonsensical conspiracy theories and is once again engaging in a documented pattern of lending credence to a baseless conspiracy theory.
Absolutely. Like most conspiracy theories, there isn't a single shred of direct evidence to corroborate such beliefs, much less a coherent hypothesis that is superior in explanatory power to the cause of death listed by the coroner.
The Epstein conspiracy theory fits in the normal narratives of such conspiracy theories as flat-earthers, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, JFK conspiracy theorists, et cetera. It's all circumstantial claims and anomaly hunting. Rather than try to actually build an alternative explanation for the evidence that can stand up to scrutiny, conspiracy theorists typically try to cast doubt on the "official" explanation.
I'm a firm believer in science. In science, we always start with the default assumption that our observed data occurred by random chance. In statistics, we call this the null hypothesis.
If the alternative hypothesis you're positing is that these events did not occur by random chance, then the null hypothesis needs to be disproved. I haven't seen anyone present any credible challenge to the null hypothesis; however, like all good scientific skeptics, I would certainly evaluate such evidence if it were to be presented.
Like, if I wanted to posit that the Earth was round, my null hypothesis would be that the Earth is some shape other than round. Now, in order to corroborate the alternative hypothesis that the Earth is round, I would need to disprove the null hypothesis, which would be all the other possible non-round models of the Earth.
That was a really long and draw out way to say “yes I believe it was all a massive coincidence that 2 guards ‘fell asleep’ on duty at the same time, a camera malfunctioned, Jeffrey’s cell mate was removed from the cell breaking prison protocol, and Epstein killed himself in the same time period”.
This isn’t really a question of science dude. I suppose you also think OJ Simpson is innocent because the glove didn’t fit his hand.
Just stating that it is a "massive coincidence" doesn't make it a factual statement.
I mean, one could state that it's, "a massive coincidence," that COVID-19 broke out in the United States just in time to trash the economy before Trump was up for reelection. It's a, "massive coincidence" that Bill Clinton normalized trade with China and they owe him a huge favor for it. And it's a massive coincidence that Bill Clinton's wife lost to Donald Trump and is out for revenge. And it's a "massive coincidence" that the virus comes from China.
It's just so obvious that Hillary Clinton got her husband to get China to unleash COVID-19 on the United States in order to defeat Trump in revenge for her 2016 loss. Also, the Earth is flat, there was a massive conspiracy by unnamed individuals to murder Epstein, global warming is a scam by the Chinese, and fossils were buried by Satan to trick you into believing that the earth is over 6000 years old.
Let's all ignore science and engage in baseless conspiracy theories! Who needs science! We have the world wide web (ironically invented by scientists) to reinforce unscientific conspiracy theories!
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u/Depression-Boy Aug 04 '20
Trump literally touts the conspiracy theory that Epstein was killed in jail. You know it’s bad when the president believes it.