'Livid' Trump living in 'alternate reality' after GOP 'forced his hand' on Epstein: column

President Donald Trump's reaction to the release of the Epstein files shows that he is living in an "alternate reality," Chris Brennan wrote for USA Today.

Nothing better exemplifies this, wrote Brennan, than when Trump responded to the controversy over the files by saying "I thought that was finished" and "There's tremendous backlash. A lot of people are very angry that pictures are being released of other people that really had nothing to do with Epstein."

"Trump was right that the Epstein files have prompted a backlash.