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[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 144 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it” - Pedo Donald Trump

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 59 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Trump supporters: He was actually trying to catch the other pedophiles. He was doing white hat pedophilia.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

That's just pedophilia with extra steps

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Don't forget rapist! Rapist pedophile Donald Trump.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Why is this news? It's just a fucking used plane.

Unless there is a stock of underage prostitutes in the minibar this just sounds like a weird coincidence.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 97 points 3 months ago

Trump has been trying to distance himself from Epstein since 2019 and is currently in the middle of an election. This just brings it up in everyones mind linking the two of them again.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Or, maybe it's an indication that he runs in the same social circles as human traffickers. There are a lot of used planes flying around, and hardly any of them used to belong to a good friend of Trump's who kept women as slaves to rape them, selling them to people like Trump so that Trump could also rape them.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You say women, but I think children would be a better term. I agree with what you're saying, it's just most of their victims were children.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That is correct.

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[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 34 points 3 months ago

why is "is kamala indian or black" news? it shouldn't be, but here we are.

this is funny jab, nothing more.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

Maybe he's trying make sure there's an excuse for his DNA being all over the plane.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah totally I just flew on Epstein's plane last week because mine was out of service and I have tons of pictures with the guy

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Why is it news that an alleged pedophile is using a know pedophile's plane who he was friends with until his 'suicide'"?

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's not like he owns it though, it's just a chartered plane that probably had tons of previous users and will fly someone else tomorrow.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Sure, just another instance of a decades long coincidence with trump and his pedophile friend Epstein.

Total coincidence

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It's a problem for him because this post is here. And in a million other forums across the internet, It's going to be brought up people are going to talk about all the weird s*** these said over the years about liking Epstein. Is this just a PR mistake. Honestly in the room of his PR mistakes it's not even the worst. But it happened and it'll be in the news and will be here because that's just how things work.

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[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago

In the grand scheme of things, this doesn’t matter but it does demonstrate what an amateur hour his campaign is. So enjoy it for that reason if nothing else.

[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

So we've found Trump's least suspicious link to Epstein

[–] suction@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Watch out, a lot of right-wing trolls in this section trying to paint this as “nothing”. Just imagine it was Harris on the old Epstein plane. Yep.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

I mean it probably is nothing but Trump trying to get more plane for less money as a way of stretching his funds given I'm sure he worries about all those damages he owes. Especially if he doesn't get reelected.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

JD? Why do you keep sniffing all the chairs on the plane?

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Bad, JD! Bad! Get off of the couch, dammit.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Phew I bet Vance is SWEATING thinking of the history of those cushions.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's fucking weird Donnie.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The orange kid rapist was probably sniffing the seats too.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just like old times….ohhh the memories

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

His supporters won’t care even if Jeffrey himself was on plane with Donny

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense. "Stick to what you know" is a solid strategy.

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Trump ~~spent the weekend flying around America on a plane~~ previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

He was probably sniffing the seats for some Epstein farts. 😂

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

He probably needs the smell of it to get off the dirty fuck.

[–] Camzing@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Everyone enjoys a little nostalgia every once in a while to bring back old memories.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It's like when your dad had that one recliner that had a cushion molded to his ass.

[–] RangerJosie@sffa.community 3 points 3 months ago

*for the 8th time that we know about.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Piloted by Jefe P. Freystein.

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