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On Christmas Day, US President Donald Trump shared a bizarre social media post about late British financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the post, Trump said that he dropped ties with the late sex offender “long before it became fashionable."
He also insisted that thecontroversy surrounding the release of the so-called Epstein files is a “Radical Left Witch Hunt.” The Trump administration has been facing ongoing scrutiny, mainly from the Democrats, over the handling of government files related to Epstein. While many have been pushing for more transparency, the Trump administration insisted that the redactions had been made to ensure the safety of the victims.
Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019 as he stood accused of sexually abusing and sex trafficking underage girls. “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein…only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday evening.
Trump and Epstein’s ties
It is pertient to note that the president was friends with Epstein decades ago. In 2002, he even called the British financier a “terrific guy” in the New York magazine profile. The American leader started to face more scrutiny over his past ties with Epstein after The Wall Street Journal reported on a lewd birthday card Trump supposedly gave Epstein in 2003.
However, Trump denied that he authored the letter and went on to sue the outlet and its owners. Trump has often maintained that their relationship ended before Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution.
The White House said that Trump did “nothing wrong” and that the president kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for being a “creep.” On Wednesday, Trump suggested in his TruthSocial post that the people who thought Epstein was “the greatest guy on earth” were Democrats.
“When their names get brought out in the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt…and it is revealed that they are Democrats all, there will be a lot of explaining to do…Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!” Trump wrote. Overall, Trump’s ties with Epstein are expected to get scrutinised further as the DoJ releases more and more documents related to Epstein.