The Prince, The President, and The Panic: Trump’s Epstein Nightmare

Donald Trump must be absolutely terrified watching Prince Andrew’s destruction play out. And he should be.

Andrew had everything—the Crown, the palace machinery, a thousand years of institutional self-preservation behind him. When the Epstein scandal broke, they tried everything to save him. Strategic silence. Careful messaging. The full weight of the British monarchy deployed to contain the damage.

It didn’t work. The public demanded accountability, and the institution chose survival over sentiment. They stripped Andrew of everything—his military titles, his patronages, even his royal designation. He’s now just Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a commoner’s name for a disgraced prince. The humiliation is so complete, so public, so utterly devastating that it represents a kind of social death.

If the British Crown couldn’t save Andrew, what makes Trump think Congress can save him?

Because the Epstein files are coming for Trump exactly as they came for Andrew. The same slow drip of revelation. T…