“I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down, but a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island,” Trump said.
“In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn’t want to go to his island,” he added.
So he did go to the island…
“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy."
—Donald Trump
“I was Donald’s closest friend for 10 years.”
—Jeffrey Epstein
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU08/20250227/117951/HHRG-119-JU08-20250227-SD006-U6.pdf
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/how-well-did-trump-and-epstein-really-know-each-other-a-timeline
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/trump-epstein-friendship