Or even just be sympathetic with the people wanting the release, if he had said something like "I know it's disappointing, but the evidence we have in the Epstein case does not implicate anyone else", sure plenty of people (like myself) wouldn't believe it, or at least would only be willing to believe that the files were destroyed or tampered with, but no one (besides the usual suspects) would blame Trump over it. His whole "If you want the Epstein files released then you're a traitor and I spurn you!!!" is just making it seem like he's trying to cover something up.