[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Niels Groeneveld [@nigroeneveld](/creator/twitter/nigroeneveld) on x 12.8K followers Created: 2025-07-13 12:52:51 UTC The Silence Deal: Why Trump and Netanyahu Want the Epstein Case to Vanish On July 7, 2025, Benjamin Netanyahu sat in the Oval Office. No press conference, no questions—just tightly framed images of two seasoned leaders projecting control. The next day, July 8, the U.S. Justice Department quietly released an internal memo declaring the Epstein investigation closed. No client list. No explosive disclosures. The case, according to officials, was “exhausted.” What followed was not outrage, but silence. A calculated, coordinated silence. This was not a coincidence. It was an understanding. And both Donald Trump and Netanyahu had every reason to want that understanding sealed. For Trump, the Epstein case has always been a liability disguised as a weapon. His past association with Epstein—recorded in photographs, quotes, and social events—is a known but unprosecuted fact. The deeper threat lies not in what’s already public, but in what might still be buried in sealed files, unreleased testimonies, and intelligence agency crossovers. Trump’s fear isn’t just exposure—it’s the loss of control over the narrative. The Epstein case has become too volatile to exploit. Too messy. Too close. Netanyahu’s calculus is different but converging. Israel’s intelligence services, past ties to Robert Maxwell, and the persistent speculation that Epstein operated with support—or at least knowledge—of multiple international agencies make full transparency a geopolitical threat. If Epstein’s financial origins and contact networks were to be truly declassified, questions would ripple outward—through London, through Tel Aviv, through Washington. Netanyahu has no interest in that turbulence, especially not amid his own domestic instability and international scrutiny. So the silence is useful. For both. Internally, the rift it triggered was immediate. Dan Bongino, long a hardliner against elite corruption, clashed bitterly with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the decision to shut the case. Kash Patel, whose public persona was built on transparency and "bombshell documents," suddenly fell in line. The resistance from within wasn’t disinformation—it was disillusionment. Those who believed the Epstein files were a gateway to truth discovered that, once again, politics trumps principle. Trump’s pivot is not weakness—it is consolidation. By silencing the Epstein case, he’s sending a signal to the power structure he once threatened: he is safe. He is controllable. He will protect what must remain hidden. Netanyahu’s visit offered the perfect backdrop to showcase this evolution: from firestarter to gatekeeper. From disruption to discretion. For Trump’s base, the betrayal is total. They were promised justice. They were promised names. What they got was a memo. The same man who claimed no one was above the law now guards the secrets of the few who always have been. The deal is done. The silence is the proof. And the truth—the full truth—was never on the table.  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [justice department](/topic/justice-department) [sat](/topic/sat) [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein) [netanyahu](/topic/netanyahu) [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) [Post Link](https://x.com/nigroeneveld/status/1944379498004201854)
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Niels Groeneveld @nigroeneveld on x 12.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 12:52:51 UTC
The Silence Deal: Why Trump and Netanyahu Want the Epstein Case to Vanish
On July 7, 2025, Benjamin Netanyahu sat in the Oval Office. No press conference, no questions—just tightly framed images of two seasoned leaders projecting control. The next day, July 8, the U.S. Justice Department quietly released an internal memo declaring the Epstein investigation closed. No client list. No explosive disclosures. The case, according to officials, was “exhausted.” What followed was not outrage, but silence. A calculated, coordinated silence.
This was not a coincidence. It was an understanding. And both Donald Trump and Netanyahu had every reason to want that understanding sealed.
For Trump, the Epstein case has always been a liability disguised as a weapon. His past association with Epstein—recorded in photographs, quotes, and social events—is a known but unprosecuted fact. The deeper threat lies not in what’s already public, but in what might still be buried in sealed files, unreleased testimonies, and intelligence agency crossovers. Trump’s fear isn’t just exposure—it’s the loss of control over the narrative. The Epstein case has become too volatile to exploit. Too messy. Too close.
Netanyahu’s calculus is different but converging. Israel’s intelligence services, past ties to Robert Maxwell, and the persistent speculation that Epstein operated with support—or at least knowledge—of multiple international agencies make full transparency a geopolitical threat. If Epstein’s financial origins and contact networks were to be truly declassified, questions would ripple outward—through London, through Tel Aviv, through Washington. Netanyahu has no interest in that turbulence, especially not amid his own domestic instability and international scrutiny.
So the silence is useful. For both.
Internally, the rift it triggered was immediate. Dan Bongino, long a hardliner against elite corruption, clashed bitterly with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the decision to shut the case. Kash Patel, whose public persona was built on transparency and "bombshell documents," suddenly fell in line. The resistance from within wasn’t disinformation—it was disillusionment. Those who believed the Epstein files were a gateway to truth discovered that, once again, politics trumps principle.
Trump’s pivot is not weakness—it is consolidation. By silencing the Epstein case, he’s sending a signal to the power structure he once threatened: he is safe. He is controllable. He will protect what must remain hidden. Netanyahu’s visit offered the perfect backdrop to showcase this evolution: from firestarter to gatekeeper. From disruption to discretion.
For Trump’s base, the betrayal is total. They were promised justice. They were promised names. What they got was a memo. The same man who claimed no one was above the law now guards the secrets of the few who always have been.
The deal is done. The silence is the proof. And the truth—the full truth—was never on the table.
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