Trump explains why he cut ties with Epstein: ‘He did something that was inappropriate’

President Trump has revealed the surprising reason that he ended his former friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

“That’s such old history. Very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time by explaining it,” Trump began. “But for years, I wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn’t talk, because he did something that was inappropriate.”

What Epstein did to anger Trump

Epstein has cast a shadow over Trump’s White House ever since the DOJ declined to release additional information from the Epstein files, citing the privacy of victims and a lack of evidence against third parties.

While backlash against the DOJ’s move came initially from Trump’s base, Democrats and anti-Trump media have seized on the issue, sensing an opportunity to divide Trump from his supporters and stoke suspicions over Trump’s former ties to Epstein.

Much of the recent news coverage has rehashed old details about their past relationship, but Trump offered the media something new to report on while speaking in Scotland on Monday.

Trump made it clear he would rather discuss state business, like his new trade deal with Europe, but he nevertheless obliged a reporter’s question by sharing the “inappropriate” behavior that got Epstein thrown out of Mar-A-Lago more than 20 years ago.

“He hired help. And I said ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He stole people that worked for me,” Trump continued. “I said, ‘Don’t never do that again.’ He did it again. And I threw him out of the place, persona non grata. I threw him out, and that was it. I’m glad I did, if you want to know the truth.”

Trump dismisses “hoax”

It has been previously reported that Trump and Epstein had clashed over a real estate deal before Trump severed ties in 2004. That was before Epstein’s first arrest in 2006.

Trump was one of dozens of high-profile people who belonged to Epstein’s wide social circle at one time, including another U.S. president: Bill Clinton.

Both men were among those who reportedly sent Epstein letters for his 50th birthday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump is suing the newspaper, which also reported that Trump was informed by his attorney general that his name appears in the Epstein files, although this does not by itself imply wrongdoing.

Addressing the Epstein controversy in Scotland, Trump once again dismissed it as a “hoax” that has been blown out of proportion. He rejected the Journal’s report about the birthday letter, which supposedly contained a crude drawing of a naked woman.

“I don’t do drawings. I’m not a drawing person,” Trump said. “Sometimes people say, would you draw a building? And I’ll draw four lines and a little roof, you know, for a charity stuff, but, but I’m not a drawing person.”

Meanwhile, Trump suggested his name might have been planted in the Epstein files by his enemies, who, he said, would have released anything bad they could find about Trump.

“If they had something, they would have released it. Now they can easily put something in the files that’s a phony,” Trump said.

The infamous island

Trump also said he was offered to visit Epstein’s infamous island in the Caribbean but turned down the request.

However, Trump alleged that Clinton had been to the island “28 times.”

“I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down,” he said. “But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down.”

“Bill Clinton went there, supposedly, 28 times … And many other people that are very big people. Nobody ever talks about them,” Trump said.

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