Trump’s association with a notorious child sex predator is well-documented and disgusting. But he’s not just connected to Jeffrey Epstein – in many ways he *is* Jeffrey Epstein.
It should also be noted that when he and his daughter Ivanka went on one tv talk show (I believe it was The View), they were asked what they have in common. Ivanka answered golf and real estate. Trump answered, “Well, i was going to say sex….”
You write “Trump has long shared Epstein’s ungentlemanly lust for much, much younger women. “ A more truthful version would call much, much younger women what they are - CHILDREN.
Criminal birds of a feather... While it was long ago obvious that trump and Epstein were buds, and that they found similar likes, what really baffles the hell out of me is why weak, demure, clueless, unaware, oblivious, confused, and blockhead dems didn't release all the Epstein trash when they had the House, Senate and presidency! Sure, republicans want to coverup the trumpstein affair, and that makes political if not moral sense. But what other issue would Harris have had to run on besides the trumpstein affair if dems had released the files? Harris could have shown up without Beyonce or Oprah and just repeated two word: Epstein, trump. That's it. She wins. Instead dimwitted, dolt, dems sat on the whole afair or simply, through a moronic sense of fairness, forgot about the stark reality of the Epstein trump connection.
Not only did trump support Roy Moore, a known younger ladies man, for AL senate, but GOP also has a House pedo Speaker in Dennis Hastert. And just the other day, an OK school leader, who forced the state schools to purchased overpriced trump bibles for classes and prays for trump in front of students, was seemingly watching porn vids that he was unable to stop during a school officials meeting. Matt Schlap anyone? Who ahead in the porn watching race between Mike johnson and his son? Who knows? GOP stands for Group of Pervs, yet dems sat back and ignored the trumpstein files. Why did dems do that. I ask... Dems were handed a hammer and instead pixked some flowers for their desks, of which they had fewer after 2022 and 2024 election.
Maxwell wasn’t convicted until end of June 22. DOJ wasn’t going to jeopardize that conviction by releasing files related to it prior to her appeals being exhausted. There was also the matter of being left with a literal plague, a cratered economy and J6 by the republicans. In addition, Russia invaded Ukraine in spring of 22. People seem to forget that dems are always left with a shitshow by republicans and generally repair it but it does take governing in the face of republicans vehemently opposing them addressing the shitshow. Republicans don’t govern but just perform to get elected…which is easy. I don’t blame dems but the utter morons that comprise the majority of the electorate who continue to elect republicans to destroy the country repeatedly
You make some good points, but the bottom line is dems must have had plenty of info that could have been released regardless of Maxwell's conviction timing. Harland sat on trump j/6 crimes until it was too late, he sat on stolen docs case until it was too late. Dems play by the rules all the time and end up with a dystopian trump 2.0. GOP plays the long game and wins, dems play the slow game and lose. It is to the point where the nation has to suffer immense damage again before theelectorate scratches its head and wonders if they have had enough. Americans don't want prosperirty, they want beer and circuses until its too late.
Well there’s also the part about how MAGAs are basically a terrorist organization. To “use” the Epstein Files as a campaign cudgel is to use the victims as well.
To name the victims would have been akin to putting targets on their backs. Hell, Lisa Murkowski wasn’t afraid of Dems threatening her.
So no, just saying “Epstein, Trump” in 2024 wouldn’t have worked. If anything, Trump’s claim of “made up files” would have been more believable to the cult.
Harris’ biggest problem was her unwillingness to simply be petty. Too high-minded to keep calling MAGAs weirdos. Too nice to call out dumb Ds who kept “forgetting” that sitting VPs don’t have separate foreign policies. And way too “DC” to beg Kendrick Lamar for rights to “Not Like Us.”
Thanks for your insights. My point was that dems didn't do anything with the information they had that tied trump to Epstein. The victims should be protected and those who are standing up to tell their horror stories should be protected and celebrated for their courage. Putting the grotesque trump on the defense with Epstein in 2024 would have led to his defeat. Even most maga are not pro child predator. At least some would have stayed home or crawled back under their rocks.
Yes, corporate dems managed Harris to the point of boredom where she wasn't able to let her inner prosecutor rip into the criminal trump. Dems fell back into their defensive crouch and got beat again.
The media had a big hand in Harris losing as well. Sanewashing the mentally flailing, and failing trump while point out every hair out of place on Harris's head. Dems continue to snatch defeat from the hands of victory by listening to the old, corporate, dem,guard. It frustrates me to no end.
Led to Trump’s defeat? You’ve got to be kidding. He should have been defeated in 2016 just by his “grab them by their p….” full-on bragging! His. Words. His. Actions. His. Cheating. Defeated by his man-stalking HRC on the debate stage. By his constant denigrating language about women! In 2024, by Stormy Daniel’s! By Jean Carroll! By the jury’s verdicts!
That Dems, decent people everywhere, and the Courts respect the rule of law and are protective of victims, especially the children in the cases of Epstein and now Maxwell (pending appeals) is not legitimate cause for your outrage. Get your priorities straight, please. Your relentless distraction to blame Dems for this disgusting lying pervert now being our president is not helping at all. And, even the suggestion of putting the onus of his terrible crimes against women on Kamala is mind-blowing. The reality is that we have a monster, a mob-boss, a man who has stated “he is his voter’s Retribution” sitting in the Oval, and it is not the fault of ours, that we haven’t been loud enough, protested enough, called him out enough, voted enough; it’s those who don’t care, those that let him slide, those that admire him, those that give into him like the whole damn GOP, the sycophants, the cheaters, the billionaires, the media who give him more than equal time, all those who have been willing to sell their souls to a Thug who doesn’t give a damn about our Democracy. Or, or children’s’ and their children’s’ future.
Why, why, why aren't you and every other pundit inviting and publishing interviews with T and Epstein's victims? Why aren't their stories being told right along their assailants? That's the part that's missing. Their age is less important than the fact that they were all assaulted and abused by these men.
One thing that nobody's talking about much is how difficult it is for women who have experienced the trauma of sexual abuse in their lives and are fighting to overcome the aftereffects to hear/see all these sordid and disgusting stories, photos, and information about the trump/epstein atrocities blatantly in the news right now. If that's you, know that there are other women who are with you and commiserating.
Thank you for continuing to remind us what scum has managed to con enough Americans to somehow to put him in the White House where he continues to degrade and ruin people’s lives by any means he can to put money in his pocket and feed his ego and suck the life out of our country 😢
I've wondered for decades why somebody didn't/hadn't "Jimmy Hoffa" him. What scares me are Vance, Thiel (who controls jd), and Yarvin. What worries me is what plans they have for SocSec and Medicare - it ain't gonna be good. And I believe it's part of their plans.
Sorry, but I fear that this story is even much worse than you have portrayed it. Why is djt so obsessed with keeping secret all the Epstein files (not just the list of johns)? What is the darkest most threatening possibility? It's likely that Trump was a business associate of Epstein/Maxwell, fully informed, knowledgeable probably even managing some portion of the operation and sharing of expenses/profits. Plenty of evidence would exist in banking and financial records, which undoubtedly are available in FBI documents. Sen. Ron Wyden about a year ago made some requests for the info. It's all still hidden, possibly flushed down the toilet which is Pammie Jo's "desk". Public discovery of these docs could end MAGA.
I am finding it fascinating that raping a girl the day before her 18th birthday is a horrific crime not to be countenanced by all those manly MAGAT men, but raping her two days later is something they let you do if you're a celebrity. Same goes for walking into dressing rooms with naked girls we can "rest assured" are at least 18.
It should also be noted that when he and his daughter Ivanka went on one tv talk show (I believe it was The View), they were asked what they have in common. Ivanka answered golf and real estate. Trump answered, “Well, i was going to say sex….”
Eeewwww. The disgusting man.
It was the Wendy Williams show in 2013.
OMG - that is so disgusting. One I’d not heard up until now.
Ugh. 😣
I’m ashamed that he is president.
Thank everyone who contributed to this excellent reporting and analysis… it is important albeit disturbing information.
You write “Trump has long shared Epstein’s ungentlemanly lust for much, much younger women. “ A more truthful version would call much, much younger women what they are - CHILDREN.
yeah and using the word "gentlemanly" even with the "un" qualifier sounds like a euphemism, and we shouldn't be doing anything like that.
Criminal birds of a feather... While it was long ago obvious that trump and Epstein were buds, and that they found similar likes, what really baffles the hell out of me is why weak, demure, clueless, unaware, oblivious, confused, and blockhead dems didn't release all the Epstein trash when they had the House, Senate and presidency! Sure, republicans want to coverup the trumpstein affair, and that makes political if not moral sense. But what other issue would Harris have had to run on besides the trumpstein affair if dems had released the files? Harris could have shown up without Beyonce or Oprah and just repeated two word: Epstein, trump. That's it. She wins. Instead dimwitted, dolt, dems sat on the whole afair or simply, through a moronic sense of fairness, forgot about the stark reality of the Epstein trump connection.
Not only did trump support Roy Moore, a known younger ladies man, for AL senate, but GOP also has a House pedo Speaker in Dennis Hastert. And just the other day, an OK school leader, who forced the state schools to purchased overpriced trump bibles for classes and prays for trump in front of students, was seemingly watching porn vids that he was unable to stop during a school officials meeting. Matt Schlap anyone? Who ahead in the porn watching race between Mike johnson and his son? Who knows? GOP stands for Group of Pervs, yet dems sat back and ignored the trumpstein files. Why did dems do that. I ask... Dems were handed a hammer and instead pixked some flowers for their desks, of which they had fewer after 2022 and 2024 election.
Maxwell wasn’t convicted until end of June 22. DOJ wasn’t going to jeopardize that conviction by releasing files related to it prior to her appeals being exhausted. There was also the matter of being left with a literal plague, a cratered economy and J6 by the republicans. In addition, Russia invaded Ukraine in spring of 22. People seem to forget that dems are always left with a shitshow by republicans and generally repair it but it does take governing in the face of republicans vehemently opposing them addressing the shitshow. Republicans don’t govern but just perform to get elected…which is easy. I don’t blame dems but the utter morons that comprise the majority of the electorate who continue to elect republicans to destroy the country repeatedly
You make some good points, but the bottom line is dems must have had plenty of info that could have been released regardless of Maxwell's conviction timing. Harland sat on trump j/6 crimes until it was too late, he sat on stolen docs case until it was too late. Dems play by the rules all the time and end up with a dystopian trump 2.0. GOP plays the long game and wins, dems play the slow game and lose. It is to the point where the nation has to suffer immense damage again before theelectorate scratches its head and wonders if they have had enough. Americans don't want prosperirty, they want beer and circuses until its too late.
Well there’s also the part about how MAGAs are basically a terrorist organization. To “use” the Epstein Files as a campaign cudgel is to use the victims as well.
To name the victims would have been akin to putting targets on their backs. Hell, Lisa Murkowski wasn’t afraid of Dems threatening her.
So no, just saying “Epstein, Trump” in 2024 wouldn’t have worked. If anything, Trump’s claim of “made up files” would have been more believable to the cult.
Harris’ biggest problem was her unwillingness to simply be petty. Too high-minded to keep calling MAGAs weirdos. Too nice to call out dumb Ds who kept “forgetting” that sitting VPs don’t have separate foreign policies. And way too “DC” to beg Kendrick Lamar for rights to “Not Like Us.”
Thanks for your insights. My point was that dems didn't do anything with the information they had that tied trump to Epstein. The victims should be protected and those who are standing up to tell their horror stories should be protected and celebrated for their courage. Putting the grotesque trump on the defense with Epstein in 2024 would have led to his defeat. Even most maga are not pro child predator. At least some would have stayed home or crawled back under their rocks.
Yes, corporate dems managed Harris to the point of boredom where she wasn't able to let her inner prosecutor rip into the criminal trump. Dems fell back into their defensive crouch and got beat again.
The media had a big hand in Harris losing as well. Sanewashing the mentally flailing, and failing trump while point out every hair out of place on Harris's head. Dems continue to snatch defeat from the hands of victory by listening to the old, corporate, dem,guard. It frustrates me to no end.
Led to Trump’s defeat? You’ve got to be kidding. He should have been defeated in 2016 just by his “grab them by their p….” full-on bragging! His. Words. His. Actions. His. Cheating. Defeated by his man-stalking HRC on the debate stage. By his constant denigrating language about women! In 2024, by Stormy Daniel’s! By Jean Carroll! By the jury’s verdicts!
That Dems, decent people everywhere, and the Courts respect the rule of law and are protective of victims, especially the children in the cases of Epstein and now Maxwell (pending appeals) is not legitimate cause for your outrage. Get your priorities straight, please. Your relentless distraction to blame Dems for this disgusting lying pervert now being our president is not helping at all. And, even the suggestion of putting the onus of his terrible crimes against women on Kamala is mind-blowing. The reality is that we have a monster, a mob-boss, a man who has stated “he is his voter’s Retribution” sitting in the Oval, and it is not the fault of ours, that we haven’t been loud enough, protested enough, called him out enough, voted enough; it’s those who don’t care, those that let him slide, those that admire him, those that give into him like the whole damn GOP, the sycophants, the cheaters, the billionaires, the media who give him more than equal time, all those who have been willing to sell their souls to a Thug who doesn’t give a damn about our Democracy. Or, or children’s’ and their children’s’ future.
Oh, Garland infuriated me re J6
Are we not allowed to talk about all the allegations directly from the then-minors they both abused?
Why, why, why aren't you and every other pundit inviting and publishing interviews with T and Epstein's victims? Why aren't their stories being told right along their assailants? That's the part that's missing. Their age is less important than the fact that they were all assaulted and abused by these men.
Their age is important, marking the difference between consent & child molestation.
Not that the adults consented to his advances!
One thing that nobody's talking about much is how difficult it is for women who have experienced the trauma of sexual abuse in their lives and are fighting to overcome the aftereffects to hear/see all these sordid and disgusting stories, photos, and information about the trump/epstein atrocities blatantly in the news right now. If that's you, know that there are other women who are with you and commiserating.
Listen to the victims who have already testified!
Thank you for continuing to remind us what scum has managed to con enough Americans to somehow to put him in the White House where he continues to degrade and ruin people’s lives by any means he can to put money in his pocket and feed his ego and suck the life out of our country 😢
I've wondered for decades why somebody didn't/hadn't "Jimmy Hoffa" him. What scares me are Vance, Thiel (who controls jd), and Yarvin. What worries me is what plans they have for SocSec and Medicare - it ain't gonna be good. And I believe it's part of their plans.
Sorry, but I fear that this story is even much worse than you have portrayed it. Why is djt so obsessed with keeping secret all the Epstein files (not just the list of johns)? What is the darkest most threatening possibility? It's likely that Trump was a business associate of Epstein/Maxwell, fully informed, knowledgeable probably even managing some portion of the operation and sharing of expenses/profits. Plenty of evidence would exist in banking and financial records, which undoubtedly are available in FBI documents. Sen. Ron Wyden about a year ago made some requests for the info. It's all still hidden, possibly flushed down the toilet which is Pammie Jo's "desk". Public discovery of these docs could end MAGA.
I am finding it fascinating that raping a girl the day before her 18th birthday is a horrific crime not to be countenanced by all those manly MAGAT men, but raping her two days later is something they let you do if you're a celebrity. Same goes for walking into dressing rooms with naked girls we can "rest assured" are at least 18.
He is just plain creepy. His mouth is obscene.
I believe the perv had sex with the porn star after Melania gave birth, not before as stated.
Yes, that was my understanding also.
He makes my skin crawl.
The current admin’s policy is “no child safe in the United States of pedophilia.” We sink lower with each passing day…