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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 13 hours ago

For "training". Clothing optional.

Ehhh, where are my clothes?

They're optional, we decided you didn't need them.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.myserv.one 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump is a Pedo and his best friend was a pedo.

[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 day ago

and yet the average maga voter will still say the real problem causing harm to the country is DEI

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump's gotta be part of the operation, not just a client, right?

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 34 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Tbh I'm not sure about this.
Not because that orange thing wouldn't do it, he obviously is a child rapist etc.

No it's because it looks to be a well run operation. And we all know that everything that disgusting thing touches turns to absolute shit.

[–] Xander707@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

Fronts are often run terribly. On purpose. It’s the lucrative and illegal side hustle that gets all the attention.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This makes it sound like trump kicked him out because "he was bad." This was only to shut up the gossip because Epstein's island was ready in 2003. This is rewriting history. I wondered why the WSJ was going against trump.

They came to a halt in 2003, after an 18-year-old beautician returned to the club from a house call to Epstein and reported to managers that he had pressured her for sex, former employees said.

Sources are attached to Wikpedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Donald_Trump_and_Jeffrey_Epstein

Mar-a-Lago's registry shows Epstein was a member until October 2007, according to the 2020 book The Grifter's Club.[60] The New York Times reports that Trump gave the same explanation to associates, and that in 2009, Brad Edwards, an attorney for a number of Epstein’s victims, was told something similar by Trump.[24]

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

He also claimed that once he found out about Epstein he became an informant and cut off all contact, which is like the worst thing an informant can do.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

So many shocked faces. Well, not among normal Americans with a functioning brain, anyway.

And the people that would be surprised by this probably won't be exposed to this...

[–] Bonifratz@piefed.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plot twist: Q was a government insider and was trying to tell us that Trump was involved in child sex trafficking. Think mirror. ^/s^ ^jk^ ^I^ ^know^ ^Q^ ^was^ ^a^ ^grift^

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago
[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Spa or no spa