An FBI memo alleges Epstein ties to Mossad and leverage over powerful figures, including Trump, via compromise.
Documented influence reframes decisions: foreign alignments, domestic shields, narrative discipline. Iran portrayed as nuclear-imminent for decades - sustaining sanctions and escalation - a persistence hard to square purely with US voter interest or conventional balance.
When influence concentrates quietly, policy coherence fractures.
Distorted reasoning at the center sustains the misalignment.