Donald Trump and the JFK files

Will Trump release the rest of the files if he is elected in November?

Note to readers: This article originally appeared on BMAC, but I decided to post it here on Substack as well rather than just keep it exclusive to BMAC. A different topic related to Trump than the debate, but one I find very interesting.

I was getting my usual fill of celebrity trash, lies, and plagiarized stories at the Daily Mail a few days ago, and what did I find? An article about Trump promising to release the rest of the JFK files:

Former President Donald Trump pledged to release all the assassination files on President John F. Kennedy should he be reelected in November.

'This time I'm just going to do it,' Trump promised during a taping of an episode of the All-In podcast, which was released Thursday.

The former president and presumptive Republican nominee was asked by co-host Chamath Palihapitiya what was in the JFK files that Trump didn't release publicly during his first term.

The former president said he was encouraged to keep some of the information on the Kennedy assassination…