Trump once called Jeffrey Epstein a “terrific guy.” Their 15-year friendship is resurfacing—and it may finally be damaging his core support base.
📸 Trump and Epstein: A 15-Year Friendship Now Haunting 2024
Donald Trump is in full damage control mode.
As the heat turns up around the long-dormant Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Trump’s once-dismissed friendship with the convicted sex offender is coming back to haunt him—with photos, videos, quotes, and witnesses all forming a mosaic that contradicts his current denials.
Despite claiming he “was not a fan” of Epstein, Trump previously praised him in a 2002 New York Magazine interview, calling him a “terrific guy” and even noting, “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” 💬
That chilling quote now reads like a time bomb—one that could explode during his 2024 re-election campaign.
🎉 Friends in High (and Private) Places
From the early 1990s through the early 2000s, Trump and Epstein were often photographed together. Far from casual acquaintances, they shared a social circle, parties, and—according to several reports—a disturbing sense of entitlement toward women.
📅 The Mar-a-Lago “Calendar Girl” Party
In 1992, Florida businessman George Houraney arranged a party at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, inviting 28 women for what was billed as a “calendar girl” event. When he asked who else was attending, Trump replied: “It’s me and Epstein.”
“I said: ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with VIPs. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein?’” Houraney recalled.
It was. Just the two of them. No other men. No executives. No celebrities. Just Trump, Epstein—and 28 young women.
🕺 Dancing, Whispering, Pointing at Women
Video footage aired by NBC News shows Trump and Epstein laughing, whispering, and pointing at women during a 1992 party. At one moment, Trump gestures and says: “Look at her, back there … she’s hot.”
This wasn’t a one-off. The two were seen together at numerous events, including a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in 1993 and a party in 2000 with Melania Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell—Epstein’s infamous associate who was later sentenced to 20 years in prison for trafficking minors.
🙅♀️ A Model’s Chilling Recollection
Former model Stacey Williams shared a deeply disturbing memory with The Guardian. When she visited Trump Tower in 1993 with Epstein, Trump allegedly groped her aggressively while Epstein stood by and smiled. She called it a “twisted game” between the two men.
“It became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends,” she said.
Trump’s campaign has denied the allegations, calling them “unequivocally false” and blaming the Harris campaign for fabricating the story. But the anecdotes, visual evidence, and public record paint a different picture.
✉️ Birthday Cards, Body Shapes, and Bizarre Banter
In one of the most bizarre revelations, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump allegedly contributed to a birthday album for Epstein in 2003. His message was written inside a card shaped like a woman’s body, featuring an imaginary conversation between him and Epstein:
“Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?”
The kicker? Trump’s signature was scrawled where the pubic hair would be.
💬 From “Closest Friend” to Political Liability
In private audio recordings released on the Fire and Fury podcast by journalist Michael Wolff, Epstein reportedly claimed:
“I was Trump’s closest friend for 10 years.”
He even alleged that Trump had sex with Melania for the first time aboard Epstein’s private plane. Trump’s team called the tapes “false smears” and “election interference.”
Despite the deep, well-documented ties, Trump began distancing himself after 2004, when they reportedly fell out over a real estate deal. By 2019, after Epstein was arrested for trafficking minors, Trump told the press:
“I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him. I was not a fan of his.”
🕵️♂️ The Epstein Files and the QAnon Betrayal
Perhaps the most ironic twist is that Trump—who once fed into Epstein-related conspiracy theories, especially around Bill Clinton—now finds himself at the mercy of the same narratives.
Trump had dangled the idea of declassifying the “Epstein files” during his campaign. But once elected in 2024, he started to pull back.
When asked if he’d unseal them, Trump replied:
“I think that [declassifying the Epstein files], less so, because you don’t know – you don’t want to affect people’s lives if there’s phoney stuff in there.”
This waffling angered his hardcore supporters, many of whom have rallied around QAnon-like theories of elite child trafficking. For them, Epstein is not just a scandal—it’s proof of a corrupt elite. Trump’s hesitancy to reveal everything has triggered a rare backlash.
💢 “Let These Weaklings Go”: Trump Turns on His Base
In a Truth Social post this week, Trump lashed out:
“My PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker… Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats’ work. I don’t want their support anymore!”
This may have been his most aggressive criticism of his own base—a base that propelled him to two presidential terms and poured hundreds of millions into his campaign coffers.
💔 Is This the Beginning of the End?
Trump has survived dozens of scandals. From Access Hollywood to two impeachments, his base has been loyal—until now.
But Epstein is different. It touches on morality, children, elite power, and accountability—all themes central to Trump’s populist appeal. His own words, “terrific guy,” now seem inescapable.
If anything can crack the Trump mythos, it may be this: not just his friendship with a known sex trafficker, but his willingness to deny, deflect, and belittle those demanding answers.
As the DOJ delays releasing the full Epstein file and Trump dodges responsibility, the question isn’t whether Trump was close to Epstein. The evidence says he was.
The question is: Will his supporters finally care?
🧵 Final Thoughts
The Trump–Epstein saga is no longer just a footnote. It’s becoming a litmus test—for American politics, for right-wing media, and for the MAGA movement itself.
- Will Trump come clean about what he knew and when?
- Will supporters demand transparency?
- Or will conspiracy and denial continue to rule the day?
One thing’s for sure: Epstein may be dead, but politically, his ghost is very much alive.
