The first lady unleashed a barrage of denials – and put one of her husband’s biggest political liabilities back on the agendaUS politics – live updatesVideo: Melania Trump says she ‘never’ had relationship with EpsteinWhen Donald Trump launched a seemingly random war against Iran, there wa s a whiff of suspicion of a Wag the Dog ploy to divert attention from how badly the Jeffrey Epstein scandal was going.So when Trump’s wife Melania made a mysterious appearance at the White House on Thursday to put Epstein front and centre again, was it an elaborate ruse to divert attention from how badly the Iran war is going? Continue reading... ...read more read less