Politically talking, Donald Trump has made loads of dangerous selections currently. Whether or not it’s picking J.D. “couch fucker” Vance as his candidate for veep or telling an viewers filled with African Individuals that Kamala Harris solely lately “turned” Black, the candidate hasn’t been doing himself (or his marketing campaign) any favors. The marketing campaign’s newest blunder is the usage of a personal plane that beforehand belonged to lifeless pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In one more weird twist to a presidential race that already has a lot, it could seem that Trump has been flying on a aircraft that previously belonged to Epstein—a man that Trump was, at one time, mates with. The Miami Herald reports that Trump lately flew on a “Gulfstream with a serial quantity that matches a aircraft as soon as owned by Epstein.” The aircraft, which has been affixed with a “Trump 2024″ decal, is presently owned by a constitution aviation agency dubbed Threshold Aviation Group, the Herald writes, citing public flight knowledge.
Trump solely lately switched to utilizing the aircraft after his private jet, Trump Pressure One, started experiencing technical difficulties in Montana final week, the newspaper writes. After touchdown in Bozeman, Trump took off in Epstein’s previous aircraft and used it to journey to a number of marketing campaign stops, together with Jackson Gap, Wyoming, in addition to Denver and Aspen, Colorado.
For the document, Trump’s marketing campaign claims it had no concept that the aircraft in query beforehand belonged to Epstein. When reached for remark by the Herald, marketing campaign employees advised the newspaper: “The marketing campaign had no consciousness that the constitution aircraft had been owned by Mr. Epstein.” The spokesperson additionally mentioned that the constitution was commissioned by a vendor that the marketing campaign had steadily labored with. “We heard in regards to the former proprietor via the media.”
Gizmodo reached out to the Trump marketing campaign for remark.
Trump’s ties to Epstein are well-known and, from a PR perspective, not nice. Amongst different issues, there are pictures and video of Trump and Epstein hanging out, records of Trump flying on Epstein’s aircraft, testimony from Epstein’s house-keeper that Trump steadily ate meals at Epstein’s home, and a whole lot of people who have gone on record as saying that the 2 males had been, at one level, mates. The kicker, after all, is that in 2002, Trump, himself, said of Epstein: “I’ve recognized Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific man. He’s loads of enjoyable to be with. It’s even mentioned that he likes lovely ladies as a lot as I do, and plenty of of them are on the youthful aspect.” So, yeah, not nice.
To make issues worse, Jeffrey Epstein’s “little black ebook” is scheduled to be auctioned off this week, in an occasion that can doubtless draw extra consideration to the ties between Trump and the lifeless pedophile. This ebook encompasses Epstein’s rolodex of contacts and has typically been known as a compendium of a few of the strongest individuals on this planet. Once more, Trump’s identify, and the names of individuals related to Trump, flip up within the ebook a lot of occasions.
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