Here is a timeline of Epstein and Trump’s relationship. Though it is not known when Epstein and Trump first met, Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had known Epstein for 15 years, which would date back to the late 1980s. “Terrific guy,” Trump said in the 2002 interview.

Trump understands that his most committed fans will believe almost anything he tells them. Any discomfiting fact is instantly dismissed as a lie coming from the “Radical Left” (Democrats), the “FAKE NEWS” (non-Republican-aligned media),

Police seized phone message pads from Epstein's Palm Beach mansion in 2005. Two messages were from Donald Trump.

Onetime concerns over fanning Epstein-related conspiracy theories have faded as Democratic candidates, members of Congress and party accounts attack Trump and seek to divide MAGA.

President Trump is facing a growing backlash from his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Lawmakers from the left are putting pressure on what has become a sensitive spot for Trump with his growingly frustrated base.

The president’s advisers have apparently hit on four ways they could seek to defuse the carnage sparked by the Department of Justice’s latest findings on the disgraced financier’s case.

Elmo’s X account has been reclaimed after Sesame Workshop said it was hacked following antisemitic posts and negative comments about President Donald Trump. The popular “Sesame Street” character has more than 650,000 followers, and some of the offensive posts were related to Jeffrey Epstein and Trump.