A forthcoming book by two of America's most prominent political journalists has laid bare the extent of Donald Trump's private fury at some of his most loyal allies over the Jeffrey Epstein files — including a direct phone call in which the president scolded the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The account appears in an excerpt from 'Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump', written by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan and due for release on 23 June. The excerpt offers a rare glimpse into the panic that gripped the White House as backlash over the Epstein case spread through Trump's own political coalition in the summer of 2025.
