President Donald Trump’s decision to green‑light an attack on Iran has left many of his detractors scratching their heads.
After all, Trump loudly and repeatedly promised during his 2024 campaign that he would not involve the US in another war. The claim was that Kamala Harris would drag the country into a conflict with Iran, while Trump would guarantee at least four years of relative peace.
Yet it took little more than a year for him to break that promise, with the president agreeing to help Israel strike Iran over alleged fears that the Middle Eastern nation is on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.
With no concrete evidence supporting the claim, critics of Trump and his airstrikes on Iran — of which there are many — continue to speculate about possible ulterior motives.
Some have argued that launching an invasion of Iran is the perfect way to divert attention from the Epstein files. Trump, readers will recall, was mentioned thousands of times in the documents, and although being named is not proof of wrongdoing, there are rumors that many files remain unpublished.
In short, some believe Trump is trying to distract from the fallout of the Epstein files by giving the world something bigger and more explosive (pardon the pun) to focus on. And if employing a classic “wag the dog” tactic is truly his intention, there are other subjects he can turn to that could just as easily capture public attention.
The 79‑year‑old recently instructed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to release government files related to aliens, prompting a new wave of skepticism about whether he’s trying to stir up a storm capable of burying other, less flattering stories.
Vivian Wilson, the estranged daughter of SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, certainly thinks so.
Writing on social media, Wilson said: “Not to put my tinfoil hat on, but I think this alien bull— is a distraction from the Epstein Files.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
Last month, Pete Hegseth provided an update, telling reporters that he currently has people “working on it.”
Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time Vivian Wilson has spoken publicly about the Epstein files. After the Department of Justice released more than three million documents — including email exchanges between her father, Elon Musk, and Jeffrey Epstein — Wilson posted on social media to share what she remembered from her childhood.
“There was this boat ride from St Vincent to St Barth’s I remember from when I was little,” she wrote. “We used to visit around the holidays. I remember the sea being so dark at night.”
