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The performance was less a demonstration of leadership and more a vivid illustration of the challenges facing an administration struggling to regain the trust of a wary public. It was a microcosm of a larger problem: when government institutions are perceived as partisan tools rather than neutral arbiters of justice, every statement, every piece of evidence, every selective disclosure is filtered through a lens of skepticism. And in this context, Kamala Harris’s confident pronouncement, punctuated by the Epstein files, functioned less as proof of independence and more as a spotlight on the credibility gap that has widened steadily over the last several years.
