Jeffrey Epstein arrested on sex trafficking charges

No the deal did not yield Trump $54M profit. He spent a reported 25 million renovating and improving the property. Then there are auctioneers fees and solicitors fees ( realtor and legal ). He probably only made something in the low to mid twenty million. Still not bad going…if other people were willing to pay 90 or 93 million for his improved property why would'nt he hav sold it to the highest bidder for 95 million, Russian or not? He is a businessman. Businessmen strive to make maximum profit when they can.

Do not forget $70m was paid for Ron Perelman's Palm Beach estate in 2004, and the $81.5m was paid in April for a nearby Palm Beach property….none of which were as good as Trumps. Thats what good businessmen sometimes do, buy cheap after spotting a bargain, or off someone in receivership, do it up and sell it on for as much as possible 4 years later.

If he could not do that he had no business being the man behind the Apprentice for so long. Fair play to him.

I thought Trump did get trips on Epstein's jet and there are allegations in the files against him? I could understand why trump would not be for testifying but not sure why anyone else would be against him having to answer questions.

Trump and Epstein had a falling out in the early 2000s over a real estate deal in Palm Beach, after which Trump reportedly banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club. Maybe Trump got to know something of Epstein's character by then.

It is not unusual for billionaires to know each other, or to have met each other at charity functions or whatever, if they moved in the same social circles. Even in this country, think of the tent at the Galway races back in the day, many politicians mingled with many business people.

Pretty clearly you have a massive double standard. On top of that, he's likely responsible for Ghislaine Maxwell being moved to a lower security prison. So both him and Melania seem far closer than Hillary Clinton was to Epstein. He equally is responsible for effectively shutting down further investigations into Epstein last year. Plus he himself is a rapist.

The story I read was that Trump barred Epstein from his club because Epstein was recruiting Trump's 'towel girls' for his own clients.

New revelations in Mandelson-Epstein scandal.

…….Emails between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson appear to suggest the sex offender supplied illegal drugs to the Labour grandee after his conviction.

Messages show the two men discussing the use of anti-anxiety pill Xanax, with Mandelson relying on his disgraced friend for medical advice, according to the Mail on Sunday.

In the UK, Xanax is a Class C controlled substance, making it illegal to buy or supply. It is also controlled in the US due to the risk of addiction.

Files released by the US Department of Justice include emails where Mandelson and Epstein discuss ‘triangles’ – understood to be a nickname for Xanax due to their shape.

One exchange shows Epstein asking Mandelson: ‘feeling bettter [sic]?’

Mandelson, who was then serving in government as the UK’s business secretary, responds by asking: ‘How will I get more triangles ?!’…………

The war with Iran is keeping Epstein out of the media but surely the consequence is that it will be back in the media closer to the Midterm elections?

When are people going to accept that Epstein is in the Trump files?

I have spoken in other threads on NATO and Soc Dems about American university networks, Ivy League and otherwise, and how they can be viewed as elitist. Are they being targeted as part of the Epstein investigation and are they worth exposing? But first, let us look into further, the reach of these networks. Without naming names, we personally know various members very high up in the Republican party and various businessmen with funds the size of the GDP of Ireland.

What this mean is that at a phonecall we can have things arranged and executed, if needs be, to establish, a connection between international and Irish groups of political or criminal origin, and by looking into those groups and establishing existence of contact with parties of questionable origin, we can determine the intentions of said groups. What this entails is exposing the underground networks on both sides of the Republican spectrum in Ireland both criminal and conservative or nowadays communist and socialist but also the Courts and their private investigative abilities, information gathering reach and so on. And before anyone howls, this is live situation with outcomes on the Iranian situation so be careful what words you use to defame said networks as they have insight here.

But let us look at the reach of those networks in America and whether they are worth exposing or framing as elitist, criminal, perverse, perverted or otherwise. Firstly, what we have is various people in Ireland exercising the spread of disinformaiton to try and expose these networks. And this is a protracted, poisonous mission of deep inferiority and envy they have had for centuries reaching back into their various Catholic backgrounds. Various actors in the States can have them looked into behind the scenes, politically, and with great integrity. No criminal behaviour, no golden handshakes, no chinese walls.

As for the business networks, they are constantly trying to convince people, and twist arms, into deals that would make business sense but might have ethical shortcomings. They are best avoided for fear of falling into the spheres of influence of these agencies and of potential manipulation. We avoid Republcians generally, but support the Democrats depsite being right wing in Ireland and we are FG supporters here.

But are these networks worthy of investigation into criminality and in connection with Epstein? What I do know is that most of these men are several times divorcees and best avoided ethically. It is best to stay on a good terms with them while staying at a s distance. There are good and bad in both, and the next generation are our country brethren from Ireland. I wouldn't have it any other way - we will rebuild our network separately depsite not getting in this generation.