Matt Gaetz's new look has been mocked by fans, who say he looks like he's aging backwards after a throwback snap emerged where he appears completely different

Democrats are moving to force President Donald Trump to share the Jeffrey Epstein files, while MAGA Republicans want Matt Gaetz to take over the case. | TAG24

President Donald Trump is struggling to grasp why the latest sex scandal has his MAGA base so furious — when they were so quick to shrug off ones he'd been involved with in the past, acolumnist wrote Tuesday.

“MATT GAETZ PULLED FROM CHARLIE KIRK EVENT - SUMMONED TO DC BY TRUMP. Gaetz won’t be at the Student Action Summit today. Trump wants him in D.C. Now the question...is he being tapped as Special Prosecutor?” one commentator noted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

While President Donald Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi is being scrutinized on both sides of the aisle for claiming that there is no “client list” of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (after saying it was “on her desk” earlier this year),

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is back at work as President Donald Trump tries to stave off an ongoing MAGA revolt over the infamous “Epstein files.” Bongino failed to show up to work on Friday and threatened to resign after clashing with Attorney General Pam Bondi in the White House over her handling of the case.

As Trump talked about his 'success' on the border, some noticed a totally different border that needed attention

Trump’s budget, which was signed into law last week, provided a whopping $165 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, including $46.5 billion for new border wall construction, $3.2 billion for new technology, and $2.7 billion for new border surveillance.

But no issue has exposed the underlying fault lines in the MAGA tent quite like the so-called Epstein files. The furor has centered on a new government review of the evidence surrounding the disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein,