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President Donald Trump has made explosive claims that the late Jeffrey Epstein “stole” employees from his Mar-a-Lago estate in a move that may refocus attention on their contentious relationship.

 

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump revealed that Epstein took staff members, including Virginia Giuffre, who later became a central figure in Epstein’s abuse scandal.

 

Trump was asked about a falling-out with Epstein over the alleged "pilfering" of employees. "He took people who worked for me. And I told him, 'Don’t do it anymore,' and he did it," the president stated, reinforcing that Epstein had been banned from Mar-a-Lago.

 

When questioned further, Trump acknowledged some of the staff taken included young women working in the spa.

 

When asked for details about Giuffre, Trump confirmed her association with Mar-a-Lago and her subsequent involvement with Epstein. “I think she worked at the spa,” he asserted, adding, “She never had complaints about us.”

 

Giuffre committed suicide in April, and Ghislaine Maxwell, his associate, reportedly arranged her initial contact with Epstein.

 

Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, clarified last week that Trump expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for inappropriate behaviour.

 

Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The past few weeks have seen mounting pressure on Trump to disclose further Epstein-related files, a demand echoed even by some of his staunchest supporters. Trump has attempted to downplay the issue, branding the circulating stories as “boring.”

 

The president’s remarks reopen questions about his historical interactions with Epstein and could intensify calls for transparency. The implications of the revelations remain to be fully understood, but they underscore the enduring complexities surrounding the Epstein saga.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from NBC News 2025-07-31

 

 

So, somebody he didn't know very well stole one of his staff who he had never met before?

This is just another distraction, Trump is scared to death and utterly desperate to distract from the main attraction, which is the fact that he was best buddies with Epstein from 1987 to 2004, they visited each other constantly at their offices and homes in New York, they flew on each other's Jets frequently, Trump visited "the mansion" who knows how many dozens of times, and he likely spent significant time Orgy Island getting naked with underage girls. That is just who he is. A desperado with money, fame and power, working it. 

 

 

 

34 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

So, somebody he didn't know very well stole one of his staff who he had never met before?

His MAGA cult believes him 100 percent and a majority of them believe God sent him to save USA and make America Great.
 

Hard to believe that mankind is so gullible and yearns to be part of a group so badly that they ignore reality. 

2 minutes ago, Wake Up1 said:

His MAGA cult believes him 100 percent and a majority of them believe God sent him to save USA and make America Great.
 

Hard to believe that mankind is so gullible and yearns to be part of a group so badly that they ignore reality. 

 

Hard to believe and also very frightening.

9 minutes ago, Wake Up1 said:

His MAGA cult believes him 100 percent and a majority of them believe God sent him to save USA and make America Great.
 

Hard to believe that mankind is so gullible and yearns to be part of a group so badly that they ignore reality. 

Not really hard to believe. Trump, a businessman, tries to do what he says he's going to do. His opponents prefer smooth-talking politicians whose relationship with the truth is often distant, to say the least.

All said by the convicted sex offender' Donald stick to slagging off useless mayor's and two tier Keir's it's what you do best 🤔

Trump says he cut ties with Epstein because he “stole” his staff. Epstein says he cut ties with Trump because he was a crook.

Hard to say which criminal sex offender to believe — but 34 convictions add weight to the crook claim.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-crook-b2476050.html

2 hours ago, Wake Up1 said:

His MAGA cult believes him 100 percent and a majority of them believe God sent him to save USA and make America Great.
 

Hard to believe that mankind is so gullible and yearns to be part of a group so badly that they ignore reality. 

And yet no doubt history will refer to him as perhaps the second worst president ever. He's not only a junk president he's a barnyard junk human with absolutely nothing in the way of dignity or grace. This highly ignorant man has such a fragile ego he cannot even handle the tiniest little slight without a nasty retort.

 

You're the president, of course people are going to insult you, deal with it and try to at least pretend to be a real man. Real men simply don't behave like that. You are a smelly shrimp. 

Facts are that Trump and Epstein had a fall out even before he purchased and developed the islands he bought later on. If my memory serves me right this was around 2003-2004 with the fall out while he bought and developed the islands from around 2005-2006.

 

This fall out was due to things that happened around mar a lago with the purchase of land and other things, likely this news too.

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Not really hard to believe. Trump, a businessman, tries to do what he says he's going to do. His opponents prefer smooth-talking politicians whose relationship with the truth is often distant, to say the least.

 

And there we have it.......first real laugh of the day.

1 hour ago, ChaiyaTH said:

mar a lago

Trump, Knauss, Epstein, & Maxwell At Mar-A-Lago

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CyF3qrr0uUCL3arz5L_IyQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/snopes_632/9feef0101da258a18f2a7cab94b9356e

A rumor said that Donald Trump once called Jeffrey Epstein a terrific guy and said the words, it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side

(Getty Images)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-photo-shows-trump-230000727.html

 

He fell out with Epstein over pilfering staff ? or Inappropriate behaviour ?What was the inappropriate behaviour ? I bet the staff working in the spa have a few stories to tell...

3 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Not really hard to believe. Trump, a businessman, tries to do what he says he's going to do. His opponents prefer smooth-talking politicians whose relationship with the truth is often distant, to say the least.

 

This topic is not about what he has promised to do, and failed on the majority of that, but about his criminal filled history which he denies.

 

Good try at deflecting, but no cigar for you

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump revealed that Epstein took staff members, including Virginia Giuffre,

 

Ooh, he took his personal rape victim.

4 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Not really hard to believe. Trump, a businessman, tries to do what he says he's going to do. His opponents prefer smooth-talking politicians whose relationship with the truth is often distant, to say the least.

If you believe Trump is a good businessman then you are ignoring reality. The apprentice tv fiction made him out like a successful businessman. But look at his multiple bankruptcies and business failures. To say Trump is a businessman stays a lot out loud. 

7 minutes ago, Wake Up1 said:

If you believe Trump is a good businessman then you are ignoring reality. The apprentice tv fiction made him out like a successful businessman. But look at his multiple bankruptcies and business failures. To say Trump is a businessman stays a lot out loud. 

Are you in business ? Do you not realize that failures, as much as successes, are a part of business life? The challenge is to find a way to keep going no matter what. Ask any billionaire. They've all had their ups and downs.

It is, Obama is to blame for everything those kids did to Trump.

29 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Are you in business ? Do you not realize that failures, as much as successes, are a part of business life? The challenge is to find a way to keep going no matter what. Ask any billionaire. They've all had their ups and downs.

It would be nice if you understood what excuses you are using. Not paying the hotel and construction workers in Atlantic City sound good to you. Not paying your yard workers in Palm Beach sound good to you. Not having any real estate developer in NYC that will work with  you because of your prior dishonesty and failures sound good to you. 
 

Never give up is a good saying. But Trump has proven to be a grifter and business loser. Only thing he did correctly was the Apprentice and maybe Trump Tower. Maybe you can buy his shoes, watch, clothes, etc. or go to his criminal convicted Trump University. Sound good to you. Always keep grifting and conning sound good to you. 
 

anyway no use conversing with  those that don’t know or read history and use slogans to cheer for their supreme leader. 

1 hour ago, Wake Up1 said:

It would be nice if you understood what excuses you are using. Not paying the hotel and construction workers in Atlantic City sound good to you. Not paying your yard workers in Palm Beach sound good to you. Not having any real estate developer in NYC that will work with  you because of your prior dishonesty and failures sound good to you. 
 

Never give up is a good saying. But Trump has proven to be a grifter and business loser. Only thing he did correctly was the Apprentice and maybe Trump Tower. Maybe you can buy his shoes, watch, clothes, etc. or go to his criminal convicted Trump University. Sound good to you. Always keep grifting and conning sound good to you. 
 

anyway no use conversing with  those that don’t know or read history and use slogans to cheer for their supreme leader. 

Ignorance personified.

12 hours ago, webfact said:

some of the staff taken included young women working in the spa

 

"young"

3 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

Good try at deflecting, but no cigar for you

 

Wrong rapist president.

7 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Not really hard to believe. Trump, a businessman, tries to do what he says he's going to do. His opponents prefer smooth-talking politicians whose relationship with the truth is often distant, to say the least.

Where are the Epstein files then?

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Are you in business ? Do you not realize that failures, as much as successes, are a part of business life? The challenge is to find a way to keep going no matter what. Ask any billionaire. They've all had their ups and downs.

No mate. Please spare the bleeding heart for billionaires who have ups and downs.

Billionaires fall into 2 categories: Lucky or criminal. Hard working is on the periphery of their understanding.

17 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

No mate. Please spare the bleeding heart for billionaires who have ups and downs.

Billionaires fall into 2 categories: Lucky or criminal. Hard working is on the periphery of their understanding.

No bleeding heart, mate. Only facts.

Odd how trump thinks employees (belong) to him,like they have no free will.also odd that they would have underage girls working in his (spa)…….as the saying goes if it quacks like a duck it’s Donald!

Family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre responds to ‘shocking’ Trump comments, rejects pardoning Maxwell

 

The family of Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, said it was taken aback by President Trump’s comments about her when claiming that Epstein “stole” women who worked at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida years ago.

 

“It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been ‘stolen’ from Mar-a-Lago,” Giuffre’s family said in a statement Wednesday reported by NBC News and other outlets.

 

Giuffre’s family called on Trump to answer more questions surrounding the Epstein case while urging the president not to pardon the disgraced financier’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

 

“Virginia always said that Ghislaine Maxwell was vicious and could often be more cruel than Epstein,” the family added.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5429649-trump-giuffre-epstein-maralago/

 

 

18 hours ago, Tug said:

Odd how trump thinks employees (belong) to him,like they have no free will.also odd that they would have underage girls working in his (spa)…….as the saying goes if it quacks like a duck it’s Donald!

'..underage girls working in his (spa)..'

Really ? What is the lowest age allowable for working in a spa in the USA/Florida ?

16 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

'..underage girls working in his (spa)..'

Really ? What is the lowest age allowable for working in a spa in the USA/Florida ?

She better not be a massage therapist as it requires a minimum age of 18 and a license. By the way, Epstein hired her as a massage therapist. 

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

She better not be a massage therapist as it requires a minimum age of 18 and a license. By the way, Epstein hired her as a massage therapist. 

 

 

 

 

Thank you.