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Epstein pal who 'had a great time with the girls' welcomed as VIP at Trump event
Epstein pal who 'had a great time with the girls' welcomed as VIP at Trump event - RawstoryPhotos shared on social media over the weekend showed American cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Brock Pierce, cutting the ribbon at the statue's unveiling.
In a 2012 email published by the Justice Department, Pierce told Epstein that he had broken up with his girlfriend so something "would not be a problem."
The next day, Pierce wrote again to Epstein: "I had a great time with the girls. Hope they had fun too. Thanks."
The gleaming golden statue of was installed at Trump National Doral Miami, the luxury golf resort located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, drawing attention and criticism from observers who viewed it as an excessive display of self-aggrandizement.
In a 2012 email published by the Justice Department, Pierce told Epstein that he had broken up with his girlfriend so something "would not be a problem."
The next day, Pierce wrote again to Epstein: "I had a great time with the girls. Hope they had fun too. Thanks."
The gleaming golden statue of was installed at Trump National Doral Miami, the luxury golf resort located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, drawing attention and criticism from observers who viewed it as an excessive display of self-aggrandizement.
An excessive display of... something... I think.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, venture capitalist Joi Ito, and others dined with Epstein in 2015, as pictured in this photo from the Epstein files. / Department of Justice
I know how Epstein groomed America’s corrupt elite
Story by Erkki Forster
The Daily Beast, March 17, 2026
Excerpt...
“Everyone is talking about what’s in [the Epstein files]. Here’s what’s not in there. We have all these emails. We have all these people emailing about everything. There’s no breakup emails,” Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, said.
Giridharadas continued, “There’s no one saying, ‘F---, I didn’t know, but I read the story now. You are despicable. Never call me again.’ Not one email that I’ve seen.”
Giridharadas, who has written extensively on the “Epstein class” on his Substack The.Ink, told host Joanna Coles that Epstein’s crimes were “enabled by the silence and complicity and overlooking and looking away of a much larger number of people. And I don’t think you get the former without the latter.”
The best-selling author argued that Epstein exploited a “lack of courage” that he said defines “the age of hyper-connected networks,” where connections in elite circles is the ultimate currency.
“Your wealth is your connections and the density and breadth of your connections to all these other people,” he explained.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-know-how-epstein-groomed-america-s-corrupt-elite/ar-AA1YN956
Baby Doc Bush put it into words: “There’s two kinds of people here tonight: the Haves and the Have-Mores. Some call you, ‘the Elite.’ I call you, ‘my Base.’”
The Cambridge Dictionary defines self-aggrandizement as "the practice of doing or saying things to make yourself seem more powerful or important." That's exactly what this is. It's what Trump's whole life is! 
