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Eugene

(67,322 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:07 PM Jul 2025

Snopes: Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell? Rating: True

Source: Snopes

Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell?

The photo spread online as demands grew for the White House to release the so-called Epstein files in July 2025.

Cindy Shan
Published July 17, 2025

Claim:

An old photo authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump with convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.

Rating:

True

In mid-July 2025, an old photo widely circulated on social media purportedly showing convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump.

The picture spread amid reports that Maxwell, an associate of sex trafficker and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, may be willing to testify before Congress about Epstein's activities. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence (archived) for helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

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Read more: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-photo-melania-ghislaine-maxwell/

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Snopes: Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell? Rating: True (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2025 OP

K&R UTUSN Jul 2025 #1

Hmm. . already wearing too-long red tie. Red/florid face. For a model, niyad Jul 2025 #5

She better make sure the cameras in her cel block are all working. 3Hotdogs Jul 2025 #2

Her best chance to devalue her death is to stop angling for a pardon and sing like a canary. Marcuse Jul 2025 #4

Any decent MAGA know that Snopes lies progressoid Jul 2025 #3

Pretty sure she will be ready to sing about the guest list and has her documents safely secured with media support. flying_wahini Jul 2025 #6

Melanoma's kidneys haven't yet grown, I notice Stinky The Clown Jul 2025 #7

Eric Trump started a meme of Bill Clinton being associated and photographed with Maxwell. Norrrm Jul 2025 #8

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:36 PM

Jul 2025

https://mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/1200/

niyad

(134,040 posts)

5. Hmm. . already wearing too-long red tie. Red/florid face. For a model,

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:31 PM

Jul 2025

melanoma has dreadful taste in clothes. That outfit looks awful on her, as does what the procurer is wearing. I wonder how high mel's heels were, as she was taller than pedo in that image. . as well as not looking sullen, for a refreshing change. She had not had all the work done at this point, apparently.

3Hotdogs

(15,548 posts)

2. She better make sure the cameras in her cel block are all working.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:12 PM

Jul 2025

And she shouldn't accept any gift packages of sheets from Bed Bath...

Marcuse

(9,082 posts)

4. Her best chance to devalue her death is to stop angling for a pardon and sing like a canary.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:28 PM

Jul 2025

progressoid

(53,389 posts)

3. Any decent MAGA know that Snopes lies

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:25 PM

Jul 2025

And factcheck.org

flying_wahini

(8,281 posts)

6. Pretty sure she will be ready to sing about the guest list and has her documents safely secured with media support.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:53 PM

Jul 2025

She is no dummy. A perv herself, but def not stupid.

Stinky The Clown

(68,964 posts)

7. Melanoma's kidneys haven't yet grown, I notice

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:07 AM

Jul 2025

Norrrm

(5,601 posts)

8. Eric Trump started a meme of Bill Clinton being associated and photographed with Maxwell.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:26 AM

Jul 2025

He got so many pictures of his daddy associating with Maxwell that he dumped his meme.

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