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In reply to the discussion: Ex-Trump Casino President Tells CNN He Reprimanded Trump for Showing Up With 'Best Friend' Epstein and 19-Year-Old Girl [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(384 posts)23. The real story is that he's lying about his friendship with Epstein, and the evidence of that is in...
...the fact that they came into the casino together at 1:30 am on a Monday morning--a fact the witness knows because the commission was upset that they brought in people that were under 21.
Yes, I agree that the rest of it is just salacious and not evidence of anything illegal, but the point--IMO--of the story was really to establish that Turnip is lying about his closeness with the person at the center of the controversy he now finds himself embroiled in.
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Ex-Trump Casino President Tells CNN He Reprimanded Trump for Showing Up With 'Best Friend' Epstein and 19-Year-Old Girl [View all]
Mr. Sparkle
Jul 17
OP
Good analysis of a sick mind. I'd like to add a few street-wise insights:
AnotherMother4Peace
Jul 17
#37
And that is exactly how he came to be the creature he is today. Lack of consequences.
Trust_Reality
Jul 17
#34
the bigger question. how does this guy know that the woman as actually 19 and not younger? nt
Javaman
Jul 17
#7
The point of the article was that Trump was better friends with Epstein than he wants known, not that she was 19.
chia
Jul 17
#22
The point of the story seems to be Trump lying about being BFF with the pedo trafficker
MerrilyMerrily
Jul 17
#20
The real story is that he's lying about his friendship with Epstein, and the evidence of that is in...
Ol Janx Spirit
Jul 17
#23
Nothingburger: 1. It's CNN!!! 2. 19 y/o is consenting age 3. A casino boss would've been closer to Trump then
live love laugh
Jul 17
#26
And remember his spying on nude teen beauty pageant contestants, bragging on Howard stern about it...
usregimechange
Jul 17
#49