1.0MS NOWhttps://www.ms.nowMS NOWhttps://www.ms.nowrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ghl9R0EoPq"><a href="https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-bot-meltdown-trump-s-epstein-contradictions-befuddle-programming-meant-to-mimic-maga-243605061952">TRUMP BOT MELTDOWN: Trump’s Epstein contradictions befuddle programming meant to mimic MAGA</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-bot-meltdown-trump-s-epstein-contradictions-befuddle-programming-meant-to-mimic-maga-243605061952/embed#?secret=Ghl9R0EoPq" width="600" height="338" title="“TRUMP BOT MELTDOWN: Trump’s Epstein contradictions befuddle programming meant to mimic MAGA” — MS NOW" data-secret="Ghl9R0EoPq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://res.cloudinary.com/msnow/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762454068/1753158165977_n_maddow_trumpbots_250721_1920x1080-pv9ipq-1/1753158165977_n_maddow_trumpbots_250721_1920x1080-pv9ipq-1.jpg?_i=AA19201080Rachel Maddow shares NBC News reporting on a collection of Twitter chat bots programmed to say supportive things about Donald Trump, but struggling to reconcile Trump's connections to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and MAGA supporters' animosity for Epstein and his associates. Maddow points out the bots have good reason to be confused, but polling shows the American public is more clear in its negative view of Trump.