The quotation they keep citing as proof that Epstein and Trump were close personal friends actually implies the opposite:
Trump paraphrases third parties telling him Epstein loves younger women as much as himself. If he were so close to Epstein, then he would know it firsthand from his so-called BFF, not from other parties.
The fact that Trump said young/younger “women” and not young/younger “girls” is hugely in his favor. He clearly was speaking of actual majority-age females who happened to be relatively junior in years.
Trump knew damn well what Epstein was into. When Trump had a “p****y joke” to share at the cheerleader party, he knew exact whom to tell it to, and Epstein doubled over in laughter, so it must have been pretty dirty.