Trump's EPSTEIN Birthday Letter RELEASED | GOP Budget Bill FLOPS With Voters | Joe Biden's Legacy
Welcome back to The Josh Lafazan Show! I’m Josh Lafazan, and tonight we’re digging into the Top 5 stories in American politics you need to know.
Donald Trump is under fire from all directions: Democrats in Congress are pushing for transparency on Epstein, federal courts are rejecting Trump’s immunity claims, new polling shows the GOP’s biggest bill is a political disaster, nearly a third of the country may already be in recession thanks to tariffs, and Trump is shamelessly trying to slap his name on Joe Biden’s infrastructure wins.
Let’s break it all down ⬇️
House Oversight Democrats released Trump’s handwritten birthday note to Epstein, exposing his long-standing ties to the disgraced financier. Meanwhile, Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson refuse to release the full client list. Democrats are advancing a discharge petition to force a vote—because this isn’t about partisanship, it’s about transparency and accountability. The American people deserve to know who was involved.
Trump suffered another crushing legal defeat. A federal appeals court upheld the $83.3 million judgment in Carroll’s defamation case, rejecting Trump’s claim that presidential immunity should shield him. The message is clear: no one is above the law. Trump’s stalling tactics are failing, and his legal troubles are piling up.
A new CBS News poll shows only 39% approve of the GOP’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” while 61% disapprove. Why? Because it guts protections for pre-existing conditions, raises drug costs, and hands massive tax breaks to the wealthy. For working families, it’s devastating. For Republicans heading into 2026, it’s political suicide.
A new economic study warns nearly a third of U.S. states could already be in recession. The culprit? Trump’s reckless tariff policies. Tariffs are hidden taxes—raising prices for consumers, hurting farmers through retaliatory tariffs, and crushing manufacturers. Trump campaigned as a businessman, but his policies are dragging America’s economy backward.
Across America, new signs at work sites read: “President Donald J. Trump – Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure.” But here’s the truth: every single one of these projects is funded by Joe Biden’s 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill. Trump promised “infrastructure week” for four years and delivered nothing. Biden got it done—and now Trump is shamelessly trying to hijack the credit.
So here’s the bottom line:
✅ Trump’s Epstein ties raise new questions about transparency.
✅ Courts remind us no president is above the law.
✅ The GOP’s flagship bill is wildly unpopular.
✅ Trump’s tariffs are crushing the economy.
✅ And Trump is hijacking Biden’s infrastructure wins to cover up his failures.
These stories connect to one truth: Trump and the GOP are failing the American people. As we head toward 2026 and beyond, Democrats need to hammer that message every single day.
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