Last night (February 12, 2026) on MS NOW, Jen Psaki delivered another reminder that what cable networks call “news” is often just political messaging dressed up as journalism. Psaki isn’t an independent reporter trying to inform viewers—she’s functioning as an anti-Trump puppet and propagandist for the Democrat Party, continuing the exact same job she’s held for years: shaping narratives for Democrats, only now from an MSNBC studio instead of a briefing room.
Psaki has spent about 25 years in Democratic politics and Democratic administrations. She started in Democratic campaign work in 2001, later worked as a communications staffer for Democratic campaign committees and candidates, then moved into high-level messaging roles under Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
After claiming things are going absolutely terrible for Trump and his administration right now, Psaki couldn’t help herself—she has to criticize everything about him, even the most meaningless details. She mocked him for being “tucked away all cozy in the White House,” as if a president working inside the White House is some kind of offense. What is he supposed to do—stand outside in the snow to prove he’s not “cozy”? It was a petty, desperate jab meant to sneer, not inform. Then she called his answer “bumbling” and “nonsensical,” even though she only played a short clip and what she did play was perfectly understandable.
Psaki showed a clip of the president being asked questions:
Reporter: “Mr. President, were you aware that secretary of commerce visited Epstein’s island?”
Trump: “No, I wasn’t aware of it. No, I didn’t. I actually haven’t spoken about it. I wasn’t. But from what I hear, he was there with his wife and children. And I guess in some cases, some people were. I wasn’t. I was never there. Somebody will someday say that I was never there.”
Then the partisan hack said:
Psaki: “Okay. First of all, I love the way he starts his answer by saying, ‘I wasn’t aware of it,’ which is not believable. But, okay, maybe that’s his approach. ‘I wasn’t aware of it.’ And then in the next breath makes it clear that he is in fact very, very aware of it.”
What is so hard for her to understand? “I wasn’t aware of it” means he didn’t know about it until it became public. Then “from what I hear” means he’s now hearing the reports and responding based on what’s being said. That’s not a contradiction—it’s a timeline: didn’t know then, knows now because it’s in the news. Psaki is acting like that’s “not believable” because it helps her keep the smear going.
Then Psaki pushes the talking point:
“Was that Donald Trump, the former best friend of Jeffrey Epstein, admitting out loud how bad it looks to have visited the island? Because it sure sounded like that to me.”
That “former best friend” label isn’t there to inform anyone—it’s there to plant a narrative.
But Trump and Epstein weren’t “best friends.” They were social acquaintances who had some limited overlap years ago—the kind of surface-level connection that happens when wealthy people sometimes end up around the same places. They also lived near each other in Palm Beach for a time, which made occasional overlap even more likely.
In court-file testimony, Epstein’s former employee Juan Alessi said Trump came by for dinner a few times, but “never sat at the table,” and instead ate in the kitchen with him—not with Epstein and his guests. Alessi also said Trump did not receive massages there or ever spend the night.
There were also obvious points where this relationship reportedly soured. One widely reported turning point is that they ended up competing over a major Palm Beach property—an ugly rivalry that multiple outlets have pointed to as part of the fallout. After that, the record includes repeated claims that Trump cut him off and barred Epstein from Mar-a-Lago. And this week, newly released FBI notes summarized an October 2019 interview with former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter stating that Trump was “one of the very first people to call” when authorities began investigating Epstein in 2006—thanking police for stopping him and urging them to focus on Ghislaine Maxwell, calling her “evil.”
Calling President Trump “Epstein’s former best friend” is not a careful, accurate description—it’s a loaded propaganda phrase. And it’s not even close to true.
Psaki’s commentary is a prime example of media bias—exaggerating loose associations into “best friendships” to smear political opponents. Trump wasn’t Epstein’s confidant; he was someone who severed ties, banned him from his property, and supported law enforcement efforts against him. If anything, this highlights Trump’s foresight in distancing himself from a predator. America deserves better than a former Democratic press secretary posing as “news,” smearing political opponents with unsupported insinuations instead of reporting facts.
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