These British Donald Trump fans reckon they've sussed his secret plan for the Epstein files

Donald Trump probably hoped he'd get away from the raging scandal about Jeffrey Epstein when he came to Scotland for the weekend.

He certainly seems like he'd rather not talk about it, and tries to divert the conversation to literally any other topic every time it comes up.

But questions about his relationship with America's most notorious paedophile, and over why - if, as he says, he isn't in them - he's so reluctant to release the FBI files relating to him, continue to dog his presidency.

It's created the biggest backlash from the MAGA movement since he first ran for office - with even the President calling people who question him over it "cowards" and "former supporters".

So when we spoke to a small group of British Trump fans today near his golf course in Turnberry, we asked them whether the whole thing bothered them.

"I can see what's happening," said Tom English, who travelled from Blackburn to see Trump in the flesh.

He said he was not bothered by the scandal - here's why.

"If you follow Trump from day one, and you know how he works, and you've read his book, The Art of the Deal, and you know he's studied the art of war, then you can see the tactics he's using."

Asked what the tactics he's using are, Tom said: "The Dems don't want it releasing. You've got judges and people in congress who don't want the Epstein files releasing for years on end now.

"So he says, it's all fake. It's fake news. The Democrats are making it up.

"All of a sudden it's the Republicans that are blocking it and the Democrats are voting for it to be released."

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He went on: "Now what will happen is he'll order the MAGA lot to reverse the vote, and they'll be released...and Trump won't be in there.

"But his adversaries will. That's my prediction."

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So, to recap, the whole of the last few weeks, where Trump has been pulling out all the stops to divert attention away from discussions about the Epstein files, has been a massive red herring.

It's a sneaky ruse to trick the Democrats into releasing the files - because it's only them who will actually be damaged by them.

This seems like a high risk strategy to us, especially considering the weight of evidence and reporting that contradicts every element of it.