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A Timeline of Trump and Epstein’s Relationship, From Friendship to Fallout and Beyond

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, JUL 17 – Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein socialized for two decades before competing over a Palm Beach property in 2004 led to their separation, amid Epstein's later criminal investigations.

  • Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein maintained a social relationship from the 1980s until a falling out around 2004, including travel and events at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
  • This relationship soured due to a property dispute in 2004 when Trump outbid Epstein for a foreclosed Palm Beach mansion, ending their interactions.
  • Epstein, a convicted sex offender since 2008, was under federal sex trafficking investigation until his 2019 suicide in a New York jail while awaiting trial.
  • Trump has denied wrongdoing, banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, denied visiting Epstein's island, called for full investigations, and accused political opponents of a hoax involving Epstein.
  • Despite the controversies, official reviews found no incriminating client list or credible evidence implicating prominent individuals, though calls for transparency and document releases remain politically divisive.
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Center

While Trump resists all accusations in the Epstein affair, an ex-girlfriend of the late investment banker gives an informative interview.

Lean Left

They attended for years the same tours, like other famous and influential people, long before the arrest and death of the financier

·Italy
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Lean Left

The president of the United States maintained a close relationship with the financier convicted of child prostitution, from the early 1990s, as shown by a video from the NBC of a party in 1992, until the mid-2000s, when they had a fight for a house in Palm BeachTrump announces the dissemination of a part of Epstein’s archives to try to placate the growing outcry in the MAGA world “I know Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. He’s a fantastic guy,” Donald…

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Lean Right

The story that unites Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein is a true archetype of the American jet-set: money, power, women and rivalries. Their past relationship resurfaces with new revelations.

·Paris, France
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SBS News broke the news in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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