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Donald Trump flights on Jeffrey Epstein's "Lolita Express"—What we know (www.newsweek.com)

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 128 points 11 months ago

Epstein likes to tell people that he’s a loner, a man who’s never touched alcohol or drugs, and one whose nightlife is far from energetic. And yet if you talk to Donald Trump, a different Epstein emerges. “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 63 points 11 months ago

But I thought he didn’t like the guy?! How will I square this information?!

"I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him. I had a falling-out a long time ago, I'd say maybe 15 years," Trump told reporters in the White House in 2019 soon after Epstein was taken into custody in New York. "I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you."

Trump supporters are incapable of critical thinking.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 28 points 11 months ago

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech.html

Trump's scandalous speech to the Boy Scouts.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Dude, what the fuck. I wouldn't want that man anywhere near my kid. Guy's fucking deranged

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

He touted his friendship with Epstein and talked about sex yachts to the Boy Scouts.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

First comment was from 2002, second alleges something happened in 2004.

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago

a man who’s never touched alcohol or drugs

somehow this makes it more fucked up. like having this pristine attribute and clear headedness and still doing all the incredible evil and harm. mark of a true psychopath. you could maybe maybe make sense of it a tiny bit if it was like 'oh he did lots of meth and cooked his brain' but NO this fucking sicko was stone cold sober throughout all that shit. unreal.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 11 points 11 months ago

I wonder if his assistant was sober knowing what she was helping to do by round them up for this monster?

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

There was a Ghislaine Maxwell documentary where they interview the managers of the island house who are either in complete denial and/or being paid for their silence (sorry for the poor source but it's late and I can't find another with a clip, and it is otherwise just a summary of the interview). People like her and Epstein know to surround themselves with people who are easy to manipulate, so at least some staff didn't need alcohol..

[-] butt_mountain_69420@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

fucking bullshit. My bff is a roadie and he told me the Trump roadshow runs on blow.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

He had someone else drug the underage girls he raped. He never touched the drugs himself.

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