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Trump calls travel to Epstein’s pedophile island ‘a privilege’ (www.newschannel5.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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"I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down," Trump said. "In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn't want to go to his island."

"He did something that was inappropriate," President Trump said on Monday. "He hired help. And I said don't ever do that again. He stole people that worked for me. I said don't ever do that again. He did it again, and I threw him out of the place."

The “place” Trump was referring to was Mar-a-Lago, his members-only club in Florida.

Edit: Not going to make a separate post, but he also said this:

Donald Trump Says His Name May Have Been Planted in Jeffrey Epstein Files

"Now, they can easily put something in the files that's a phony. As an example, Christopher Steele, wrote a book, we call the 'fake news dossier.' The whole thing was a fake. The whole thing was a fake. They can put things in the file that was a fake. Those files were run by sick, sick people."

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This quote is so fucking troubling. His PR people are evil, so I hope it's super hard on them. He didn't have the fucking privilege? If that doesn't say that he's a now an admitted child rapist, I don't know what does.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 days ago

Well if little donny two-scoops insists the Steele dossier is fake news, then I think we can be confident of its accuracy.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To be clear:

According to Donald Trump, visiting Epstein Island is/was a privilege.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Thank you. Hey everyone else, save this for later.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

never went to his island?

bullshit.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

headline should read; "trump calls travel to epstein's pedophile island 'a privilege' "

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Done.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

ha, i did not expect that!

...now if we could just get the actual media to address him like the criminal he is!

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I think MSNBC followed your advice, lol. It was bought out and has been all of over the place lately, so I was a little surprised.

Trump won’t stop talking about Epstein, says he never had the 'privilege' of island visit

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-epstein-says-never-privilege-island-visit-rcna221667