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Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein
The New York Times ^ | July 19, 2025 | Alan Feuer, Matthew Goldstein

Posted on 07/19/2025 12:01:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Trump gave Mr. Epstein a note for his 50th birthday in 2003 that included a sketch of a naked woman and a cryptic reference to a “secret” the two men shared.

In the swirl of money and sun-tanned women that was their Palm Beach-and-Manhattan set, Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein spent nearly 15 years mingling side-by-side as public friends.

There were lavish dinners with boldface names at Mr. Epstein’s mansion on the Upper East Side and raucous parties with cheerleaders and models at Mr. Trump’s private club and residence at Mar-a-Lago. In between, there were trips back and forth from Florida to New York on one of Mr. Epstein’s private jets.

But behind the tabloid glamour, questions have lingered about what Mr. Trump’s long association with Mr. Epstein says about his judgment and character, especially as his allies have stoked sinister claims about Mr. Epstein’s connections to Democrats. After their relationship ruptured, the disgraced financier ended up behind bars not just once, but two times, after being accused of engaging in sex with teenage girls.

One of the young women who later said Mr. Epstein groomed and abused her was recruited into his world while working as a spa attendant at Mar-a-Lago. Another accuser recalled being eyed by Mr. Trump during a brief encounter in Mr. Epstein’s office, and claimed that Mr. Epstein had told Mr. Trump at the time that “she’s not for you.”

Another woman has said that Mr. Trump groped her when Mr. Epstein brought her to Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet him. This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Trump gave Mr. Epstein a note for his 50th birthday in 2003 that...

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This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Trump gave Mr. Epstein a note for his 50th birthday in 2003 that included a sketch of a naked woman and a cryptic reference to a “secret” the two men shared.

Worded it so they can't be added to President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the WSJ.

The entire article is part of a classic Nancy Pelosi "Wrap-Up Smear" campaign.

  1. Demonize your political opponents by telling lies about them.
  2. Have the press report the lies as if they were true.
  3. Use the press reports as validation of your lies.


1 posted on 07/19/2025 12:01:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well I guess the Slimes wanted on Trump’s list of shameless corrupt slandering news outlets.


2 posted on 07/19/2025 12:06:15 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The wrap-up smear.

The Obama has been placed at risk, so it's time to fire the kitchen sink at Trump.

3 posted on 07/19/2025 12:08:27 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: AndyJackson

This is a Dan Rather consider the seriousness of the charges defense.


4 posted on 07/19/2025 12:08:34 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a poorly written, cobbled together pack of nothings. Trump “eyed” someone 30 years ago. What a joke. If this is all they’ve got then their train is clearly at the end of the line.


5 posted on 07/19/2025 12:10:43 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Only a homeless fag with his ‘nads removed would spend money on a NYSlimes.


6 posted on 07/19/2025 12:12:48 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you have asylum in the U.S. and you go home to visit family, is it like violating a Protect Order)
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To: AndyJackson

Guess so.

I suppose Hilary, Obama, cohen, the entire Russian hoax team, Steven Colbert, NPR, the WallStreet Journal, stephanopolous, Brennan, Comey, SNL, all the late night hosts and casts, Rupert Murdoch himself, Biden, Harris and their presidential campaign teams, Wray and any other Trump deposing character with money and power just missed this little “news” item over the past 10 years


7 posted on 07/19/2025 12:13:49 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

🥱


8 posted on 07/19/2025 12:15:06 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

🤣

Don’t hold back!


9 posted on 07/19/2025 12:15:51 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If Trump was such a good friend of Epstein why didn’t Epstein paint Trump in a blue dress?


10 posted on 07/19/2025 12:16:04 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Once again we must remember that if the Dems had even one ounce of proof that Trump’s name is in the Epstein files, it would have been released years ago.


11 posted on 07/19/2025 12:16:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well,*that* didn’t take long. Stand by for “Trump’s Long Sessions In Private Rooms With Young Girls”.


12 posted on 07/19/2025 12:19:29 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Trust the NYT for anything?

https://nypost.com/2022/02/20/the-absurd-russiagate-pulitzer-of-the-ny-times-and-washington-post/

13 posted on 07/19/2025 12:20:36 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Except Trump banned Epstein from Mar A Largo the moment he found out about his perversions.


14 posted on 07/19/2025 12:21:21 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is the new Russia Russia Russia.

Brennan et al in hot water.

They counterattack the only way they know, with lies, distortions, fabrications.


15 posted on 07/19/2025 12:21:35 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The MSM is going full on this fabricated story to keep Tulsi Gabbard’s findings out of the media tomorrow.


16 posted on 07/19/2025 12:23:05 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: ifinnegan

The article just rehashes old claims from the 2016 campaign.

Apparently they did not want to waste resources creating new ones.


17 posted on 07/19/2025 12:26:59 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: ifinnegan
They counterattack the only way they know, with lies, distortions, fabrications.

The traitors knew this day was coming so add an assassination attempt to their crimes.

18 posted on 07/19/2025 12:27:41 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“”””Once again we must remember that if the Dems had even one ounce of proof that Trump’s name is in the Epstein files, it would have been released years ago.”””

It would have been an October surprise in 2016, 2020 and 2024. But they are desperate and have few options. What can they throw at a guy who will never run for office again?


19 posted on 07/19/2025 12:29:34 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We’re getting close to the good stuff.
I can feel it.


20 posted on 07/19/2025 12:32:47 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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