President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize an attack on Iran has left many of his critics confused.
After all, Trump loudly and repeatedly vowed during his 2024 campaign that he would not drag the US into another war. The claim at the time was that Kamala Harris would lead the country into a conflict with Iran, while Trump would guarantee at least four years of relative peace.
Yet it took barely a year for him to break that promise, with the president agreeing to help Israel strike Iran over alleged concerns that the Middle Eastern nation is close to developing a nuclear weapon.
With no definitive evidence that the claim is true, critics of Trump — and there are many — continue to speculate about whether there are ulterior motives behind the airstrikes.
Some have argued that launching an invasion of Iran is the perfect way to divert attention from the Epstein files. Trump, as many readers will recall, was mentioned thousands of times in those documents. While being named is not proof of wrongdoing, there are rumors that many files remain unpublished.
In short, some believe Trump is trying to shift focus away from the fallout of the Epstein files by giving the world something larger and more explosive (no pun intended) to focus on.
Vivian Wilson (Credit / Instagram)
And if Trump truly intends to use a classic “wag the dog” tactic, there are other subjects he can turn to that could easily capture public attention.
The 79‑year‑old recently instructed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to release government files related to aliens, sparking a new wave of skepticism about whether he is trying to create a media 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.”
On Truth Social, Trump posted: “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 offered 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 took to 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.”
She later added: “I’m just going to speak directly instead of being vague and cryptic. I can confirm we were in St Barth’s at the time specified in the emails, and therefore I believe they are authentic.”
