r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 25d ago
Soft Paywall Trump Lashes Out at Reporter Asking About His Epstein Revelation: ‘Be Quiet!’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-lashes-out-at-reporter-asking-about-his-epstein-revelation-be-quiet/4.2k
u/WiseCartographer5007 Foreign 25d ago edited 25d ago
He’s mad about the questions because he’s nervous, as he should be.
Remember, this is the man who said "If she wasn't my daughter, I'd date her"
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u/JohnnySnark Florida 25d ago edited 25d ago
He fucking admitted it out loud yesterday, complaining Epstein stole his underage girls
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u/MoundsEnthusiast 25d ago
Didn't her mom die "falling down" some stairs?
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u/gatsby712 25d ago
Kind of like how his sex trafficking business partner and friend “died by suicide” in a high security prison. During his last presidential term.
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u/chron67 Tennessee 25d ago
This is the part that has blown my mind the entire time. Back when Epstein died all my right wing conspiracy nut family members were chanting that the Clintons had Epstein murdered but who had better ability to do that than the current sitting president of the country?!?!?!?
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u/gatsby712 25d ago
Or the attorney general that hired Epstein as a teacher.
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u/hammock_enthusiast 25d ago edited 25d ago
Actually, I believe it was just Barr’s father that had hired Epstein as a teacher. Check out the plot of Donald Barr’s SF novel and wonder what interests he and Epstein might’ve had in common https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Relations
Edit: only mentioning in order to bring up that other bizarre ‘coincidence’. A happy cake day to you, BTW
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u/stitchescomeundone 25d ago
And is now buried on Trump’s golf club … allegedly to avoid taxes
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u/myfakesecretaccount 25d ago
I still say there’s documents or copies stashed in there in case motherfucker ever needs to flee the country.
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u/Arkhangelzk 25d ago
They probably burned the body and filled that box with all sorts of shit they want to keep hidden.
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u/brickne3 American Expat 25d ago
The body was in fact cremated and the placed in the coffin for burial, that's known. Which is what raises the question of why the coffin was so damned heavy.
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u/moonwalkerfilms 25d ago
I'd bet there is stuff down there, but coffins also really are just super fucking heavy
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u/Mendican 25d ago
Right before her divorce NDA was set to expire, if I remember correctly.
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u/Vio_ Kansas 25d ago
She was about to testify in one of Trump's trials.
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u/nattetosti 25d ago
Wait, what!
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u/Intelligent_Nose_826 25d ago edited 25d ago
Yep, she was set to give testimony the next day. But she had an “accident” on the stairs in the apartment she had lived in nearly 4 decades. That had an elevator. That she was said to rarely use (edited to add: the stairs, she rarely used the spiral staircase & preferred the elevator).
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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 25d ago
People about to testify against trump sure do seem to die suddenly
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u/throw-me-away_bb 25d ago
And he allegedly asked his lawyer about pushing someone else (who was pregnant) down the stairs... curious 🤔
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u/MaybeDoKet Europe 25d ago
So many deaths when Taco is around. Epstein, his ex wife, one of the rape victims just committed suicide in late April this year. Lots of unfortunate deaths on Tacos watch.
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u/neuroticoctopus Oklahoma 25d ago
The women he raped as a child didn't show up to court to testify after receiving death threats against herself and her family.
Imagine how many people he has successfully silenced over the decades
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u/Afraid-Savings-9114 25d ago
He also mentioned his infant daughter's breasts and legs as something she has in common with her mom. Totally normal stuff.
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u/Bird_Gazer 25d ago
And when asked what he had in common with his daughter, Ivanka, he said, “Sex.”
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u/Youandiandaflame 25d ago
The show’s host, Robin Leach, asked Trump, “What does Tiffany have of yours and what does Tiffany have of Marla’s?” “She’s a very beautiful baby,” Trump said. “She’s got Marla’s legs. We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet, but time will tell.” As he said the final line, Trump made a gesture toward his chest that indicated large breasts.
The more you know!
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u/thefinalhex 25d ago
I think actually he said that it was too early to tell about the breasts.
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u/JournalistRecent1230 25d ago
I argued with my MAGA Trump obsessed cousin about this creep. He actively defended Trump saying this about his daughter: "He was just saying his daughter was beautiful!!".
I said, "okay, if it's a totally normal thing for a father to say, then will you say right now that you'd date your daughter if she wasn't your daughter? Say those words right now."
Of course, he wouldn't say it.
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u/Lurking_Backup California 25d ago
I commend you for having the mental fortitude, composure, and just straight up energy to engage in that.
Good on you for holding his feet to the fire and forcing him to use the same words. People are fucking ridiculous in what mental gymnastics they’ll perform to rationalize (and I say that loosely) their position.
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u/Thewall3333 25d ago
Yes, he's aged significantly in the last couple weeks and looks so tired. His impenetrable smugness he's had since winning is starting to crack. Even in appearances during his false payments trial -- the only other time he's looked nervous -- he did not look this shaken.
I think he truly believed Bondi's claim of no files and a couple Truth Social posts would make this all go away, at least for his supporters' doubts.
The fact he is this nervous tells me the files contain far more than just the appearance of his name, and significant, irrefutable evidence of abhorrent crimes.
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u/BatManatee 25d ago
If I'm being honest, I'm surprised it has actually stuck for his followers this time around.
It's not like there have been many significant new bombshells of information, other than Trump accidentally signal boosting the story repeatedly. It's mostly just the same information all the non-cultists have seen for years. His connection to Epstein has been obvious for like a decade.
Like, I'm glad some Republican voters have finally seemed to realize it. I'm not taking that for granted. But how did they make it this far without knowing? I guess I had previously assumed they knew and just didn't care. So I guess this suggests a lot of his cultists are more stupid than evil, when I used to think it was equal parts of both.
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u/Thewall3333 25d ago
Yeah, that's what is so telling -- for the last week he's brought it up literally everyday, or at least taken the bait from a reporter's question and rambled on about it.
Just yesterday I think, when someone asked about Virginia Giuffre at Mar-a-Lago, he started with "well I probably shouldn't say this" before rambling on about her and Epstein for 2 minutes in a really weird way that confirmed he personally knew about her, and could only arouse more suspicion.
He just can't help himself -- I think he is compensating trying to cover worse things by revealing bits and pieces he thinks are harmless, believing those will assuage suspicions, when they really just contradict what he's denied before. There is a lot more to this, and he's fumbling his handling trying to hide it.
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u/Lontology 25d ago
Thats one of his tamest quotes. He made a comment about his 1 year old daughter Tiffany, on camera, that he didn’t yet know if 1 YEAR OLD Tiffany had her mother’s legs or breasts yet.
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u/SolaireSquirrel 25d ago
Donald Trump, the pedophile???
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u/GoshDangZilla 25d ago
Yeah Donald Trump the child rapist.
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u/Ddddydya California 25d ago
Serial child rapist.
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u/DJ_Krabby_Patty 25d ago
Sex slave trafficer
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u/waldocalrissian Georgia 25d ago
Are we talking about Donald J. Trump who raped children with his best pal Jeffrey Epstein?
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u/FaceDeer 25d ago
Well, Trump says they were friends until Epstein stole one of those child sex workers from him.
I thought I was used to Trump's stupidity, but he still manages to impress me with excuses like that.
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u/Face2FaceRecs 25d ago
Also a rapist of adult women as well. Let's not forget that red flag.
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u/chapstickgrrrl New York 25d ago edited 23d ago
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u/Churchbushonk 25d ago
This is what I don’t get. Voters knew he raped E Jean Carroll before the election. Found guilty by a jury. I mean, 12 people heard the evidence and all agreed he raped her. That is 12-0 vote. You can’t convince 12 people to agree to anything, yet 12-0 vote for liable.
That is intense.
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u/DesertDandelion83 25d ago edited 25d ago
The 34 felony count convicted criminal pedophile, that Donald Trump???
Edit: Thank you Reddit for the upvotes! 🙏
This is my first 1k+ upvoted comments and it’s about that fucking guy!
Note: I noticed my comment was double posted and unlike a certain tiny hand, small mushroom orange tinpot dictator I can say that I have no idea how it happened, I’m sorry it did and thank you for your patience. 🙂
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u/SolaireSquirrel 25d ago
Ok I just wanted to make sure we weren't talking about a different Donald Trump. I think we mean the same one though, the pedophile in the White House that is.
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u/A012A012 25d ago
The guy who bought a teen girls beauty pageant in 1996 and owned it for 20 years while being bestie with a pe do That Donald Trump.
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u/Prior_Coyote_4376 25d ago
The guy who was mad at Epstein for “stealing” his underage worker from his Mar a Lago spa Donald Trump?
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u/Butterball_Adderley 25d ago
Yep, that’s the pedophile in question. There are a LOT of republican pedophiles, but this article is about Donald J. Trump the pedophile.
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u/lemonhops 25d ago
Wait, the guy whose daughter disassociates when she talks about her childhood bed in this video?
https://youtu.be/-CsxHBS89Lw?si=lBlFJetajnUANeyl
Who said he'd date her and talked about the thing he has in common with his daughter is sex?
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u/Rnevermore 25d ago
The pedophile Donald Trump who tried to coup the US government when he lost his election?
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u/Remarkable_Spite_209 25d ago
The pedophile who pardoned all of his insurrectionists for beating cops and rubbing their shit all over the Capitol?
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u/bincyvoss 25d ago
You mean the Donald Trump, who when he wanted to screw a someone, would tell them that she reminded him of his daughter (Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Katie Johnson).
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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 25d ago
The same trump who talks about how fuckable his daughter is in front of white house staffers so much that his chief of staff had to make an issue out of it and ask trump to stop because so many staffers had come to him feeling horrified and grossed out?
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u/thementant 25d ago
Wait. The same pedophile president that cheats at golf and on his multiple wives one of whom he may have had killed and buried alongside a trove of stolen classified documents at one of his shitty golf courses?
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u/Evil_Weevill 25d ago
the pedophile in the White House that is.
That actually doesn't necessarily narrow it down to one person
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u/talondigital 25d ago
The one who scammed millions of dollars from students with a fake school? That 34 count convicted criminal pedophile who is in the white house?
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u/octopornopus 25d ago
Oh man, what if there is some random guy named Donald K Trump out there, just getting slammed... It would be like Mike Hitler getting hate mail, when he's really just a nice guy in Ohio.
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u/ravalryglitter 25d ago
There’s a guy named Geoffrey Epstein running for mayor in a town in, I think, Maryland 💀
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u/Bread_man10 25d ago
Harvey Epstein is a NY State assembly member
Great SNL bit: https://youtu.be/v6QF-sRdU9g?si=b1hcfgTPtNFY97np
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u/FigWasp7 Ohio 25d ago
I was trying to look it up, and there's a poor fucker named Dr. Jeffery Epstein in Florida, of all places
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u/ravalryglitter 25d ago
Thank fuck that he’s not a pediatric physician - he’d have to leave the country 🫣
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u/SolaireSquirrel 25d ago
We have to make sure Donald K Trump doesn't catch any of this smoke. It's reserved for the bad one.
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u/Thewall3333 25d ago
We need to remember that Donald Trump and his legal team managed to commit 34 federal felonies executing 11 payments to a porn star to cover up his affair. There were three charges of falsifying business records for each payment -- falsifying a) legal service invoices, b) checks for legal services, and, c) business ledger entries.
So, this man, to say the least, is not the sharpest at covering his tracks in his criminality, even with an entire legal team. Considering the Epstein connections all occured before these payments, I think we will be seeing some more revelations exposed.
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u/OriginalCDub Georgia 25d ago
The 34 felony count convicted criminal pedophile adjudicated rapist, that Donald Trump?
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u/FauxReal 25d ago
Yeah, John Barron told me he's a bad ombre.
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u/That_Is_Satisfactory 25d ago
*hombre. Ombré is a hair styling technique where colors gradually shade into each other.
Donald Trump is a pedophile child rapist, fraud, conman, and grifter, not to mention a shit golfer.
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u/thedeuce75 25d ago
I heard he has a tiny penis.
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u/qcAKDa7G52cmEdHHX9vg 25d ago
You know who has a big dick? Arnold Palmer. Know who was thinking and talking about it? Donald Trump.
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u/Timeformayo 25d ago
Yeah, the creepy old man who walks into teen dressing rooms and talks about how much he wishes he could bone his daughter. You know, the guy whose name was circled in Epstein's phone book by a witness who he said circled names of people deeply involved in Epstein's sex trafficking ring.
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u/The_Path_616 25d ago
I hope you intended that to be read in the voice of Doc Brown.
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u/AnteaterPositive6939 25d ago
The same Donald Trump who was convicted of sexual abuse. Yes.
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u/ThisOneFuqs 25d ago edited 25d ago
“Mr. President, you said Jeffrey Epstein was stealing young women from your spa. Did that raise alarm bells for you?” she asked.
As he tried to listen to the other question, Trump interrupted sharply: “Be quiet!”
When Collins repeated the question, Trump again replied: “Be quiet!”
Perfectly normal reaction from an innocent person with nothing incriminating to hide...
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u/Spidey5292 25d ago
Jesus Christ who talks to people like that? I know he’s a monster but jeez what an asshole.
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u/ciel_lanila I voted 25d ago
He’s nearing the end of his rope. He’s a narcissist who loathes being challenged. This Epstein shit and his reactions are so much media and clip bait that it’s now funny and profitable to challenge him every day, constantly, even when he’s trying to be at his safe place at a golf course, when he’s trying to leave the golf course.
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u/AdventurousBowl1411 25d ago
The Teflon isn’t working for him on this one - for the first time in his life. He doesn’t know how to respond.
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u/GrafZeppelin127 25d ago
I still can’t figure out why the Teflon wore off. Trump’s been known to be Epstein’s best buddy for decades, he’s already been found to have sexually assaulted a woman in court years ago, why is this getting traction now?
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u/UngusChungus94 25d ago
I think it's because he ran on releasing the Epstein files, so there's nobody to realistically deflect to when he refuses to actually do it.
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u/always_unplugged 25d ago
I agree. They made it this HUGE conspiracy that was a major part of the MAGA base, especially the QAnon crowd. They sold the release of the files as something that was going to be a huge victory for them. They talked about it for YEARS.
And then they suddenly just tried to... pretend they didn't exist actually? And expected people to just accept that? Like come on, I know MAGA supporters and Q believers aren't the best and brightest, but nobody's THAT dumb.
I really think he thought they would just take their word for it because that's what they usually do.
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u/TheHighestHobo 25d ago
i knew a maga guy for awhile and he was always talking about epstein and how the dems were so fucked because trump was going to get all the pedophiles and i was like, trump is literally a codefendant with epstein in a child sexual abuse trial, what makes you think hes not a pedophile, and his response was "he would be trying to block the files if that were true"
we have sort of naturally grown apart over the years, but im tempted to text him and be like "i fuckin told you so" but its pointless to
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u/always_unplugged 25d ago
we have sort of naturally grown apart over the years
I can't imagine why lmao
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u/GrafZeppelin127 25d ago
Plausible, the blame game is strong (at least among the gullible). But the buck has to stop somewhere, ultimately.
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u/Qwertysapiens Pennsylvania 25d ago
Because the actual oligarchs got what they want out of him in the form of the BBB, and he is now more of a liability than an asset (e.g.) by tanking the stability of the dollar, taking a wrecking ball to international trade via insane tariff policies, and generally just being an agent of chaos. Better to cut him loose now and get 3.5 more years of Vance consolidating power for the Peter Theils of the world while voters memories fade.
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u/chaos9001 25d ago
Because the people with real power have gotten the financial gains they wanted from him, and letting him accumulate and hold power is no longer beneficial for them.
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u/PaintByLetters 25d ago
He's also trying to send us into a full on depression with all of this tariff nonsense and anyone with a rudimentary understanding of economics knows it. Billionaires like some market volatility. They can make money on the dip and the rise in the stock market and buy of houses that get foreclosed, businesses that are nearing bankruptcy, etc. What they can't tolerate is watching 50% of their net worth disappear and the civil unrest/lawlessness that Great Depression era unemployment would bring. Ultimately, they need Americans to have something resembling hope for the future in order to ensure the continuance of their current place of power and wealth. If Trump is careening us off a cliff, they risk their heads ending up on pikes on Tiktok live.
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u/agentfelix 25d ago
In the current state...they need Americans with hope for now. That's why they're racing to replace as many as possible with AI because we are teetering on the slope of breaking OUR social contract. People forget they rely on us to actually pay our bills...
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u/jasta6 Ohio 25d ago
His handlers got what they wanted from him, he's starting to become a liability now.
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u/GrafZeppelin127 25d ago
True, the “teflon” is a quality applied to him by other people’s willingness to accept his bullshit, not some inherent quality he possesses by dint of any personal skill or merit. For someone who lies so much, he’s truly fucking terrible at it.
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u/MontyAtWork 25d ago
The reason this one doesn't work is:
They leaned SO HARD into the pedo thing, against the Left.
They said the Left is a cabal of pedos, and got their base believing gay and trans also = pedo.
They use this "think of the children" for everything from border issues to gay rights - all about pedos v anti pedos.
During his first term there was enough other shit going on that his base was easily distracted and then COVID hit and no other news headline was gonna be bigger.
Now he's in power again and there's really no other singular big news to take up the space so everyone can go "oh yeah, what about the pedo thing" and he didn't just ignore it - he started actively fighting back against it. Then he started to squirm and everyday does something else that makes folks go "huh that's weird".
So, to answer your question - it's a timing thing of nothing else big happening so this could become the big thing, followed by him reacting differently to this than all the other stuff that bounced off him.
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u/ThisOneFuqs 25d ago
Ikr? Honestly, the man has like zero redeeming qualities
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u/Latter_Knee_6716 25d ago
I mean he lies about literally everything. Can't even play a round of golf without cheating.
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u/imoldgreige 25d ago
I have really enjoyed watching Kaitlan over the years; she has mastered the art of a loaded question and the trump admin just cannot handle her. Journalistic standards aside, she is great at getting under peoples’ skin and it’s hilarious to watch.
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u/IssueOk363 25d ago
Except for the Town hall interview she did with him during the campaign where they let him walk all over her...
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u/gatsby712 25d ago
He said he hasn’t grown up since he was 5. Guess he uses that to justify the kid fucking in his mind.
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u/JimmyRamone17_ 25d ago
Trump yelling to be quiet means you're striking a particularly weak spot, hit him harder!
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u/Strict_Somewhere_148 Europe 25d ago
I can’t be the only one wanting the reporter to say “answer the fucking question we all know you are involved”
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u/JimmyRamone17_ 25d ago
God, YES
That scrappy reporter would become a folk hero instantly.
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u/m_Pony 25d ago
remember the guy who threw a shoe at Bush?
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u/GammaFan 25d ago
He deserves shit for a lot but undeniably he could dodge a shoe.
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u/randylush 25d ago
Given that he pitched a fucking laser at that baseball game once, dodging a shoe is probably nbd
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u/_A_Monkey 25d ago
They’re all scared of losing their “access”. Access to what, I ask? It’s just the same as a ring-side seat at a Pro Wrestling event. We don’t send serious journalists to those.
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u/reverandglass 25d ago
Speaking of pro-wrestling, Trump's other bestie Vince McMahon, also a people trafficking rapist. He sure knows who he likes mixing with.
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u/clash_by_night 25d ago
And there's surely no way that Linda McMahon got her cabinet position due to that connection. I'm sure a woman who "thought" her degree was in education (it was French) and confused AI with steak sauce was the most qualified candidate to lead the Department of Education.
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u/neutral-chaotic 25d ago
When he said he had never been to the island a well placed "Why not, were you not famous enough to get an invite?" would've sent the whole thing tumbling down.
Somebody needs to goad his ego into revealing the answers.
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u/innrautha 25d ago
Got to hit him with what he really cares about: "Why not, were you not rich enough to get an invite?".
Remember, his "wealth" was the only thing he didn't let them make fun of during his roast.
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u/VaguelyArtistic California 25d ago
It’s such a weirdly immature response from one of the most powerful people on the planet. I can kind of see petulant-era Bush Jr acting like this but this is a stretch.
There are a million ways to shut this down in a calm, professional way that doesn’t draw even more attention to the issue. Maybe he wants to get caught.
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u/JimmyRamone17_ 25d ago edited 25d ago
This kind of petulant behavior is par for the course when he's particularly backed into a corner and being hammered.
I hope he does want to be caught and saves us all the trouble of running his ass down every second of every day.
It won't end until we know what's in those Files. We all know he's guilty, it's just a matter of putting the final nail in the coffin.
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u/chron67 Tennessee 25d ago
This kind of petulant behavior is par for the course when he's particularly backed into a corner and being hammered.
I hope he does want to be caught and saves us all the trouble of running his ass down every second of every day.
It won't end until we know what's in those Files. We all know he's guilty, it's just a matter of putting the final nail in the coffin.
The chaos associated with this man won't end until he has been dead and rotting for a couple decades minimum. We are still dealing the fallout of Ronald fucking Reagan.
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u/Upset-Outside8716 25d ago
It won't even end then, his chaos is made possible by the material conditions of capitalism in decline. People voted for him because liberalism has failed us all, that's how fascism always develops.
Unfortunately the ruling class did such a good job demonizing socialism for the last ~150 years, we don't have the logical alternative to capitalism/liberalism reasonably available to us, so we will continue to flounder in fascism until the state grows so weak it fractures. Buckle up.
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u/Crazyinferno 25d ago
No he's just senile and can't think of any of said 'other ways' to shut this down.
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u/WarpedPerspectiv 25d ago
It's because he thought his lies would work like all the other ones. Think about it. This is a man who said he could shoot someone in broad daylight and he wouldn't lose any voters. His lies over this are just as outlandish as any lies he's told over other things. Of course he's gonna be freaking out people aren't moving on, when mediocre lies and equivalent obfuscation on the same level worked previously for lots of other horrendous shit.
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u/kickinwood 25d ago
Nah. W was a horrible president but he at least tried to act presidential.
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u/ComradeBirdbrain 25d ago
Seriously though, you’ve got to give credit to Dubya here as he rolls up on a golf cart, gives his monologue, ends it with ‘now watch this drive!’ and delivers a pretty good shot, before riding off saying ‘see you in church’.
Trump can only dream of such effortlessness. No questions, reporters just accepting what he said, and watching in awe (or at least astonishment). Unlike what we get with Trump which is endless monologues, relating to nothing, before taking questions and tripping himself up. Everything he touches turns to gold shit.
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u/sirbissel 25d ago
If nothing else, he sure could get out of the way of flying shoes.
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u/foomachoo 25d ago
To keep this going:
Go to every media website.
Search for Epstein.
Click.
The media runs on attention. They look at data.
If the Epstein coverage gets attention, they’ll keep it up. If not, they will move on.
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u/no_one_likes_u I voted 25d ago
This is the only reason he’s being pressed on it. Engagement on the articles.
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u/thedude37 25d ago
Let those ads load too! more profitable articles will get more eyeballs, that's how arbitrage works (buy traffic low, sell ad space high).
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u/Snobolski 25d ago
also search for "trump" with various combinations of pedophile, pedo, epstein, child rape, underage
several times a minute
in every search engine you know
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u/keyjan Maryland 25d ago
fuck him. may he never know a moment's peace.
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u/gatsby712 25d ago
I don’t think he ever has. Doesn’t act like someone who has ever experienced peace.
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u/Aggressive-Welder-62 25d ago
True. Guy doesn’t know how to laugh or smile. He’s been a miserable wretch his whole life and his goal is to make everyone as miserable as him to pump up his gargantuan ego.
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u/KingotWinterCarnival 25d ago
I don't know, he seemed pretty happy in some of those Epstein clips.
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u/gatsby712 25d ago
The two times I can picture Trump smiling is when he’s with Epstein or when he’s joking about how hot his kids are with Howard Stern.
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u/keyjan Maryland 25d ago
he smiles when he holds up whatever batshit crazy executive order he just signed; it's kind of unhinged.
happy cake day.
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u/mikerichh 25d ago
His grave won’t know a moment’s peace either. People will be lining up to pee on it
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u/keyjan Maryland 25d ago
He is going to be buried in a private cemetery on the grounds of the golf course in Bedford. He tried to get a permit to build a three story mausoleum for himself and family and anyone willing to pay enough to spend eternity next to him; town of Bedford zoning comm'n said, "Uh...no." So he will probably have something smaller, but that's where he'll be. It's already private property, and you bet it's going to have an eight foot no-climb fence topped with concertina wire around it.
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u/mikerichh 25d ago
Who knows, maybe his family will see the financial opportunity and will charge tickets to visit 😂
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u/RamJamR 25d ago
I hear Fox News and Newsmax pretty regularly being around my family, and one thing that these channels seem to always say is "the american people" like they're speaking for 90% of the country. Lately they've been saying this about how "the american people" are tired of hearing about Epstein. It's got people in his cult unsettled and questioning him, so of course they just want to dismiss it.
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u/oVnPage 25d ago
I saw my hardcore Trumper dad over the weekend. He claimed all the Trump/Epstein stuff was, "old news and nobody really cares about it," and then bitched about Biden's autopen.
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u/Cgbgjr 25d ago
Ask your father this:
"President Trump claims the Epstein files are fake.
Don't you want there to be an investigation of who faked them?"
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u/ekobres 25d ago
Crooked Joe & Hillary at the direction of Barack Hussein Obama, obviously.
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u/tresslesswhey 25d ago edited 25d ago
If Joe Biden: Was good friends with Jeffrey Epstein
Admitted to walking into minor’s dressing rooms
Told children he would date them in ten years
Alluded to secrets between himself and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
Traveled with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
Had been accused of rape by multiple people, including a child
Admitted to sexual assault
Sexualized his infant daughter
Talked about how much his good buddy and child sex trafficker Epstein liked girls on the younger side
Called his daughter a piece of ass
Said he had “sex” in common with his daughter
Put the AG who gave child sex trafficker jeffrey Epstein a lenient deal in his administration
Used Jeffrey epstein’s child sex trafficking jet
To add: refused to release the Epstein files despite campaigning on releasing them right away
Claimed the files didn’t exist and the story was a hoax, only to later claim they do exist but democrats might’ve messed with them to include him (for real how fucking dumb can these people be, Jesus Christ)
Made it a priority to bring a human trafficker and rapist to the US from a foreign prison
Is considering pardoning a rapist and abuser, sean combs
How much more would you need to see before concluding he’s a pedophile who raped children?
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u/Purify5 25d ago
Don't forget he also made Epstein's neighbor of 20 years his secretary of commerce.
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u/tresslesswhey 25d ago
Thanks. Knew I was missing stuff. I’ve been wanting to write out a full list
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u/reddittorbrigade 25d ago
Donald Trump raped those innocent kids.
77 Million Americans voted for this serial child rapist and Jeffrey Epstein killer.
Disgusting!
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u/ennuiinmotion 25d ago
The DNC could be running some absolutely devastating ads nation-wide right now just to make sure it reaches the maximum amount of people.
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u/Novel-Sherbet4504 25d ago
Agree! And also, just read this on Axios:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Senate Democrats announced Wednesday that they'll use an obscure federal law known as the "Rule of Five" in an attempt to force the Justice Department to release more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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u/iamliterallyonfire 25d ago
Turn it up! Keep pushing. Keep digging. He’s trying to bury the truth, don’t let him.
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u/19chris1996 Michigan 25d ago
I can't read the article because paywall. He actually said "Be quiet!" to a reporter?
Boy, if that doesn't scream guilty rapist, then I don't know what does.
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u/squintytoast 25d ago
After landing in Washington, Collins asked the president whether the alleged theft “raised alarm bells” for him at the time.
“Mr. President, you said Jeffrey Epstein was stealing young women from your spa. Did that raise alarm bells for you?” she asked.
The president appeared annoyed that Collins was speaking while another reporter was asking a question.
As he tried to listen to the other question, Trump interrupted sharply: “Be quiet!”
When Collins repeated the question, Trump again replied: “Be quiet!”
After Collins asked a third time, the Office of the President staff cleared the way, and the president departed without further response.
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u/NeedsMorBoobs 25d ago
Collins is awesome for just repeating the question
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u/Jokong 25d ago
She won't, 'be quiet'.
Trump is absolutely terrible to reporters. It's amazing that we have grown so accustomed to the way he treats reporters. He says things that any other president would have never said to the free press.
The free press in America is an institution that has been built and cultivated over time. We have a responsibility as a nation and as individuals, including the president of the United States, to preserve the press because it is a real example of what makes America great.
If this comment shocks you, perhaps you need to go on YouTube and look at some of his other comments which are worse though not about pedophilia.
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u/19chris1996 Michigan 25d ago
What a dumbass. He can't handle the truth. He covers his ears like a five year old.
Lalalala i'm not listening! I can't hear you! So it must not be true!
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u/Lower-Lion-6467 25d ago
"Be quiet! Im trying to hear this other hard hitting question from Newsmax about how I stay so sexy!"
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u/Suspicious_Rope_3954 25d ago
Most right wing extremist when you counter their bullshit with facts behave that way lol
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u/Puttor482 Wisconsin 25d ago
I love Kaitlin Collins. She is a gem of a journalist, especially when there seem to be so few these days.
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u/PecanScrandy 25d ago
When is someone gonna have the balls to ask him why he’s scared of answering questions
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u/ninthtale 25d ago
President Trump snapped at CNN Senior White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday after she pressed him about a new claim he made on Air Force One.
On the flight back from his Scotland sojourn, Trump claimed that Virginia Giuffre—one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims—was among the women the disgraced financier had “stolen” from the spa at Mar‑a‑Lago.
After landing in Washington, Collins asked the president whether the alleged theft “raised alarm bells” for him at the time.
“Mr. President, you said Jeffrey Epstein was stealing young women from your spa. Did that raise alarm bells for you?” she asked.
The president appeared annoyed that Collins was speaking while another reporter was asking a question.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teen, was one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent victims. Miami Herald/TNS
As he tried to listen to the other question, Trump interrupted sharply: “Be quiet!”
When Collins repeated the question, Trump again replied: “Be quiet!”
After Collins asked a third time, the Office of the President staff cleared the way, and the president departed without further response.
Earlier—on the plane—Trump had said: “I think she worked at the spa… he stole her… and by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know.”
Collins also asked whether Epstein’s convicted conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell had requested a pardon or immunity in exchange for testifying. Trump declined to address the question.
“The concept of taking people that work for me is bad,” he had told reporters as he jetted back to the U.S. from his Scotland trip.
Trump has clashed with Collins in the past. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
After all, he continued, they were working at “one of the best spas in the world” at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump was asked if one of these workers was Virginia Giuffre. “I think she worked at the spa,” he answered. “I think that was one of the people. He stole her.”
Giuffre was just 17 in 2000 when she was working as a spa assistant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Court filings show the teenager was paid $1,866.50 by the resort.
In April, Giuffre died via suicide at her home in Western Australia.
“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors. Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure,” her family said in a statement.
If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing or texting 988.
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u/Face2FaceRecs 25d ago edited 25d ago
After landing in Washington, Collins asked the president whether the alleged theft “raised alarm bells” for him at the time.“
Mr. President, you said Jeffrey Epstein was stealing young women from your spa. Did that raise alarm bells for you?” she asked.
The president appeared annoyed that Collins was speaking while another reporter was asking a question.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teen, was one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent victims. TNS As he tried to listen to the other question, Trump interrupted sharply:
“Be quiet!”When Collins repeated the question, Trump again replied: “Be quiet!”
After Collins asked a third time, the Office of the President staff cleared the way, and the president departed without further response.
No alarm bells were raised because Trump already knew what Epstein was doing and didn't care. In fact he actively encouraged it until Epstein encroached on Trump's territory and stole his 'property.' The 'property' being underaged girls that 'worked' in Trump's spa.
https://archive.ph/Cddfl#selection-1203.0-1329.137 To read around the paywall.
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u/chubbysumo Minnesota 25d ago
>No alarm bells were raised because Trump already knew what Epstein was doing and didn't care. In fact he actively encouraged it until Epstein encroached on Trump's territory and stole his 'property.' The 'property' being underaged girls that 'worked' in Trump's spa.
it was never about Epstien recruiting from Mar-a-lago. a property went up for sale, Rump wanted it, Epstien tried to outbid him, Rump got pissed and outed Epstein.
this is well known at this point.
>in November 2004, Trump, who was starring in NBC’s The Apprentice at the time, declared himself intent on winning “the finest piece of land in Florida and probably the U.S.,” an estate that had been seized as part of the bankruptcy of nursing home magnate Abe Gosman.… Epstein was also enraptured by the property, which Gosman had purchased in 1988 for about $12 million from Leslie Wexner, the Ohio-based retail executive who was a friend and patron of Epstein’s. At first Epstein pressed to gain the upper hand in the competition for the estate, according to Joseph Luzinski, the bankruptcy trustee. Epstein agreed on a price and terms that were viewed as favorable for Gosman’s creditors if a higher bid didn’t emerge, he said. As the competition heated up, Trump and Epstein began talking each other down to the trustee, Luzinski said. On November 15, 2004, the bidders, their representatives, and a small cavalry of lawyers representing the creditors and the Gosman family gathered in a courtroom at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in West Palm Beach. Trump was connected by phone. The auction began with an attempt by one of Epstein’s three attorneys to knock Trump out of the bidding. Attorney Andrew Kamensky argued that Trump was not qualified because he demanded that the property have title insurance or he would not close on the sale. “What I’m telling you is that Mr. Epstein will—he will close,” Kamensky said, according to a transcript obtained by the Post.
it was shortly after this that Rump outed epstien as what he was, and charges were filed against epstien in March of 2005, less than 6 months after this property dispute.
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u/EntrepreneurTop5670 25d ago
No, Trumpty Dumpty, we won’t be quiet! You raped girls that weren’t old enough to have a driver’s license, ffs! You need to be held accountable for committing these, and other, disgusting crimes!
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u/CloudsGotInTheWay 25d ago
At this point, if you are a reporter, aren't you asking hin an Epstein comment at every opportunity? Just on the chance he erupts?
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u/Frequent-Reading1883 25d ago
Nothing screams ‘totally innocent’ like screaming ‘be quiet!’ when someone asks a question you don’t like.
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u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast 25d ago
President Trump snapped at CNN Senior White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday after she pressed him about a new claim he made on Air Force One.
On the flight back from his Scotland sojourn, Trump claimed that Virginia Giuffre—one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims—was among the women the disgraced financier had “stolen” from the spa at Mar‑a‑Lago.
Read the full exchange, here.
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