AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Maureen DowdJune 13, 2026Credit...Photo illustration by Allison DeBritz for The New York Times; source image by Thomas Concordia/Getty ImagesListen · 5:49 min Spells are all the rage.As Bloomberg reported this past week, brides are buying $14 spells from witches on Etsy to ensure that their $100,000 weddings are not marred by blizzards or downpours.The Blumhouse low-budget horror sensation “Obsession” — which is helping lure Gen Z back to theaters — is about a young man who buys a “One Wish Willow,” a magic stick that promises to grant a wish once you snap it in two.
He desires to win the love of a comely young friend. But the obsession goes gruesomely awry.If President Trump takes a break from his frenzied, late-night Truth Social screeds, he might try scrolling Etsy for bespoke spells.Nothing else is working to banish the creepy specter of Jeffrey Epstein from his life.Many in Trump’s conspiracy-prone base feel they have not gotten the full story on the heinous pedophile — and they haven’t.Whether Trump’s lack of candor was to protect his friends, as Marjorie Taylor Greene said he told her, or to protect himself, it’s all still murky.
Trump knows who he is and what he did with his longtime pal, but he’s doing his best to keep it from us.No amount of macho beatdowns in the U.F.C. cage matches on the White House lawn will make anyone forget Epstein’s depredations.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.
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