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by vuln 482 days ago
> Trump's flights on the same plane were pre-Presidency. (As was their friendship, and their being close neighbors.)

Their friendship was over when Trump banned him from mar-a-lago 2007 and then worked with prosecutors and provided information against Epstein in 2008.
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ceejayoz 482 days ago
Trump's claim to have banned him from Mar-a-Lago is as credible as his claim to be able to end the Ukraine war 24 hours after his election.
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vuln 482 days ago
If you have any information or evidence of the claim that he did not in fact ban Epstein. I would love to read it. Without evidence I’ll just assume this is your opinion. It’s not hard to see your motive by the way you presented the information in your previous comment. Presenting opinions as fact is not necessary and doesn’t add to the conversation.
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ceejayoz 482 days ago
Sure. The WaPo says the only evidence for that claim is Trump asserting it. https://archive.is/XK0A7

> Trump has also said — without providing details — that he at some point banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.

I am generally not inclined to take the man at his word.

It also notes that, if the breakup happened, it was likely over a piece of real estate.

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vuln 481 days ago
> I’m generally not included to take the man at his word.

But I’ll listen to a journalist tell me what I want to hear and confirm my bias.

> we have no idea if it really happened but if it did, it wasn’t because he was a pedo, it’s because of a real estate deal.

According to the Washington Post the real estate deal that ended their friendship was in 2004.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-and-jef...

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