General Discussion

The idea that he was running Epstein's pedo ring as described in the OP doesn't square with what we know about the personalities of either of these men. The reasons are many, including the following:

1. Epstein was too independent to want to be "second in command" of anything. I see him as a lone wolf, who knew what he wanted to do and how to do it. He wouldn't have needed Schlump's help.

2. Epstein was also very shrewd and canny. He had to be, to pull off what he pulled off for as long as he did. Schlump, otoh, has never been terribly bright, even before the dementia started to kick in. A guy as smart as Epstein would have seen Schlump for the blustering, empty headed loudmouth that he is and recognize that he was unreliable and not a safe person to be trusted with anything important.

3. Schlump doesn't have the attention span, the self descipline, or the work ethic to mastermind something that complicated. This is a guy who has never really had to work for anything in his life, and he is and always has been way too lazy to start. Epstein would have no interest in entrusting his darkest secrets to such a person.

I can imagine Schlump helping to recruit some of the victims. He did have access to them, as the OP pointed out, and he also had superficial charm and a sufficient veneer of power and success to impress young, inexperienced, teenage girls. But beyond that? No, I really can't see it.

Imo, the person described in the OP as masterminding Epstein's pedo operation is simply not the Donald J. Trump we all know and hate.