Long before the little black book, before the conspiracy theories, before one died by suicide in jail and one ascended to the White House, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were poster boys for ’90s New York City excess.
Parties. Models. Mansions.
They danced with cheerleaders at Mar-a-Lago and dined with celebrities in Manhattan. Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet between New York – where they lived blocks apart − and Florida, where they owned mansions 2 miles from each other. Their lives intersected over decades, with Epstein once claiming he introduced Trump to his third wife, Melania.
“Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were both horny rich guys with an eye for young models,” Michael Gross, author of the 1995 book “Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women,” told USA TODAY. Now, their friendship plagues Trump's second term in the White House.
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