Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein ’s relationship has been documented for decades, but resurfaced this week after the reporter Michael Wolff alleged that Epstein once showed him photos of Trump —who denies this account—posing with topless “young girls.” Trump, 78, has made some glowing comments about Epstein over the years and once remarked his former pal had a penchant for “younger” women in a 2002 interview with New York Magazine . More recently, Trump referred to the sex trafficker as a “good salesman” in a podcast appearance with Lex Friedman .
Far outnumbering Trump’s praise of the late Epstein, however, has been his hard-and-fast distancing from the former financier since his arrest on July 6, 2019—two weeks before authorities say he died by suicide while in custody. ADVERTISEMENT Below is some of Trump’s comments—the good, bad, and ugly—about Epstein over the years. Perhaps Trump’s most infamous comments about Epstein came in 2002 when he spoke to a New York magazine reporter for a profile that was detailing the life of his fellow New York City native who, like Trump, frequented Palm Beach.
Trump told a reporter over the phone that he’d known Epstein for 15 years. Trump then described Epstein, 49 at the time, as being a “terrific guy” who “likes to have fun.” Trump’s next line, however, is likely the one he regrets the most.
“It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do,” Trump said, “And many of them are .
