Newly discovered Epstein files show Epstein predicting that "psychotic" Trump would bomb Iran if he were "cornered

[Coldwater]

Like a Rat.

Jeffrey Epstein's creepy 2018 iMessages, now dug up from the DOJ-released Epstein files, are aging like fine ... Well, not wine.

Back in December 2018, the convicted predator was texting away, possibly to Steve Bannon, speculating that a certain “psychotic” leader whose name we all know might “bomb Iran” if he ever felt “cornered like a rat.”

Epstein wrote: “You guys need to understand that he is psychotic... mindset: if I go down, I'm taking everyone with me.”
“Cornering a rat, never a good idea.”

He even mused that Trump could encourage an attack to “leap to the country's defense mindset,” creating a big diversion to rally support and reset the board when domestic pressure mounts.

And look where we are today: Trump is pounding Iran, assassinating leaders, sinking ships, and racking up American casualties – all without congressional approval – while the Epstein files keep dripping out more ugly details about his old network of pervy rich guys.

Three U.S. troops dead, civilians killed, region on the brink of wider war, and Trump's response? Slurring through shrugs that more deaths are just “the way it is.”

Epstein wasn't some oracle; he was just a cynical observer who knew how desperate egos work. When cornered, they lash out, escalate, and drag everyone else into the fire.

- Occupy Democrats

Link

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/1/2371043/-Epstein-predicted-Trump-would-attack-Iran

[2naSalit]

1. K&R

[Dave Bowman]

2. He sure knew his BFF well.

[PatSeg]

8. Epstein said

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"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body... so yes- dangerous".

"Evil beyond belief" (written in 2018).

"Borderline insane" (written in 2018).

"Donald is fking crazy"** (written in 2017).

Oh yes, Epstein knew him very well - Other Claims: In 2018, Epstein claimed to a confidante that he was "the one able to take [Trump] down". And that might explain Epstein's untimely death.

Damn, if someone like Epstein thinks you're evil and dangerous, how BAD is that?

[yellow dahlia]

26. And JE committed suicide - sure, right.

[PatSeg]

31. Yeah, the more we're learning from the Epstein files,

the more we realize how many very powerful people probably wanted him gone, really gone. It probably wasn't too smart of Epstein to say in 2018 that he was the one who could bring Trump down.

[yellow dahlia]

32. The dots just keep connecting themselves.

[PatSeg]

34. I know

It's like a huge puzzle where the pieces are finally coming together. It certainly is bigger and more unbelievable than I could have ever imagined.

[Goonch]

3. ;-{)

[calimary]

21. Good find!

[malaise]

29. Nice

😀

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Wednesdays]

5. He was spot on, but then again,

"Wag the Dog" was not a new idea, even then.

[gfarber]

6. Corner That Rat

There once was Jeffrey Epstein in a bind,
Whose messages, now freshly mined,
Said “Corner that rat—
He’ll bomb this or that,
And take half the globe down in kind.”

He texted in twenty-eighteen,
Of a leader unstable, unclean,
“Psychotic,” he’d say,
“If blocked in his way,
He’ll strike to create a war scene.”

Of Donald Trump he wrote with a sneer,
“When pressured, his judgment’s unclear;
If going down hard,
He’ll torch the whole yard,
And rally the crowd through their fear.”

“Corner a rat? Bad design.
It lashes with claws every time.
Best shift the terrain,
Start a foreign campaign,
And call it defending the line.”

So bombs might on Iran rain,
To pivot from scandal and pain;
A grand overseas fight
Makes critics take flight,
And buries domestic disdain.

Now ships in the gulf lie in smoke,
And tempers grow tight at the yoke;
With troops sent to fall,
No vote taken at all,
While Congress is left out the spoke.

Some soldiers laid under the sod,
More civilians scarred by the prod;
The region’s aflame,
Yet shrugs meet the blame—
“As death goes, that’s just how it’s trod.”

Epstein no prophet became,
Just versed in how ego plays game;
When pride’s under threat,
It doubles the bet,
And sets half the world up in flame.

© 2026 Glen Farber. All Rights Reserved.

[crud]

10. You should publish a book!

Love these poems

[BattleRow]

16. Amazing creativity..bravo!

[calimary]

22. These just get better and better, gfarber!

You really ARE our DU "Poet Laureate".

"...Epstein no prophet became,
Just versed in how ego plays game;
When pride’s under threat,
It doubles the bet,
And sets half the world up in flame."

[yellow dahlia]

27. You are skilled in the eerie and poetic.

[demmiblue]

33. It's AI generated, fwiw. n/t

[chowder66]

7. Focus the blame on Republicans, their operatives and the rightwing media who pushed this monster onto us.

Every one of those groups could start to do something about this today.

The voters who supported him are starting to change their opinions... at least some of them are doing something right now.

[sanatanadharma]

11. Absolutely, this disaster is 100% a GOP republican sin

From Trump forward in time, NO maga, no republican, no conservative, no fundamentalist, no jingoist-nationalist-racist, no militia-NRA-gunner need EVER be listened to, believed, trusted, elected, or respected for the next half-century; and that is if the USA survives as intended by the Founders who fought against the kings-men.

[bluestarone]

9. We all knew this!

So, tells us he's CORNERED. So lets get the fucker and chase him out of that corner and finish him off.

[mdbl]

12. Operation Epstein Fury

[MiHale]

13. KnR...

Aging like a fine, honey bucket.*

*a 5 gallon pail used as a toilet.

What’s that line about “birds of a feather”?
Thanks, Jeff.

[barbtries]

14. it seems that epstein

knew krasnov very well.

[malaise]

15. This should be getting much more coverage

Rec. Rec Rec

[yellow dahlia]

28. Truth!

[Evolve Dammit]

17. Knows him well. Both criminals, justice is coming?

[Joinfortmill]

18. Jeezus. Impeach him.

[2na fisherman]

19. Cornered And More Dangerous

Even Epstein knew that Trump's psychotic mindset would go for something like starting a war to reset the board like he's playing a game. And if this Iran gambit does not work sufficiently for him to escape consequences, then the last act of his surreality show must be to go out with a grand blaze of nihilistic insanity in his eyes "...in the middle of the night, it came to me. I must get up now, right now, and fulfill my destiny!"
" ...The missiles are flying. Hallelujah, hallelujah." (The Dead Zone)

[Bayard]

20. K&R

[calimary]

23. This is starting to get really scary.

[colorado_ufo]

24. I heard four troops now killed.

[Rebl2]

25. Now six

[Deuxcents]

30. Three aircraft's shot down and I think one of our ships got hit but operational

[Unwind Your Mind]

35. I believe one succumbed to injuries and two more found in the rubble

Which means they didn’t even know how many were in the building, that bothers me

Anyone with experience know if that’s normal on a base?

[calimary]

37. Yep. Now six.

Saw that update on TV just a little bit ago.

[progressoid]

36. Steve Bannon? Hmmm....

I'm sure he'll be subpoenaed to testify any day now.

[calimary]

38. Well dammit, he should be!

When is he gonna nna stop darkening our door (and the headlines)?