Under federal investigation in florida for his alleged Crimes Involving Sexual Exploitation of minors until u. S. Attorney alex acosta, now trumps secretary of labor, approved a deal allowing epstein to plead guilty to lesser state charges of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. That deal concealed the full extent of epsteins alleged crimes. President trump told new York Magazine in 2002 that epstein was, quote, a terrific guy who was, quote, a lot of fun to be with. He has even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, jeffrey enjoys his social life. Thats the president of the United States talking. Today trump sought to distance himself from epstein. I had a falling out with him a long time ago. I dont think ive spoken to him for 15 years. I wasnt a fan. I feel very badly actually for secretary acosta, because ive known him as being somebody that works so hard and has done such a good job. I feel very bad
everything he reported back about donald trump is pretty much conventional wisdom. this will be universal. he could have shrugged it off. instead, he personally escalated it with an attack on the sitting prime minister of great britain. so there is certainly the diplomatic the diplomatic relationship between our lowsest ally did not benefit from this foolishness. the british ambassador isn t the only british official who has criticized our president. london mayor siddiqi khan has gone multiple rounds. president trump fired back to him calling the london mayor a stone-cold loser. suppose a british ambassador had cabled back delightful president, very even tempered, always makes sense, a very coherent policy, he would look like he would be fired. he certainly wouldn t be doing his job, would he? if you peeked into the diplomatic cables of a whole host of british ambassadors serving in this country, they surely are sending the same kind of reflections back to their capitals.