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Swede

(38,755 posts)
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:08 PM Dec 30

Does anyone care if trump's friends get hurt if the Epstein files are released in their entirety?

Does anyone care if trump’s friends get hurt if the Epstein files are released in their entirety?

I sure AF don’t! 😡‼️

JJ (@jjfroggy.bsky.social) 2025-12-30T22:41:34.692Z
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Does anyone care if trump's friends get hurt if the Epstein files are released in their entirety? (Original Post) Swede Dec 30 OP
I sure as hell don't. Matter of fact... Tripper11 Dec 30 #1
Is there a list of his friends? I mean besides Putin, Netanyahu or Kim Jong Un? nt Shoeless Louis Dec 30 #20
A list - great idea. yellow dahlia Dec 31 #46
No !!!!!! I don't care, do you ?????? Trueblue1968 Dec 31 #39
Fake News! Trump has no friends. Dan Dec 30 #2
This!!' FalloutShelter Dec 30 #4
Bazinga! yellow dahlia Dec 31 #47
No. The Madcap Dec 30 #3
Uh, I'll have to think abo.... Enter stage left Dec 30 #5
Nope, Not a Bit. alittlelark Dec 30 #6
More importantly, shouldn't people care that the US President's "friends" are pedophiles? AloeVera Dec 30 #7
Birds of a feather flock together. alfredo Dec 30 #24
EXACTLY RIGHT !!! Seinan Sensei Dec 31 #33
I think you have it backward. I think they've ALREADY paid, Volaris Dec 31 #42
WHY would anyone care about these fucking perverts Skittles Dec 30 #8
In a word, No. my question is, who are these friends who might get hurt? Deuxcents Dec 30 #9
Nope. Not even a little bit. 3catwoman3 Dec 30 #10
I sure AF don't either 😡‼️ spanone Dec 30 #11
I don't care Greg_In_SF Dec 30 #12
Until the victims name names, this case languishes. Sneederbunk Dec 30 #13
That's the one thing about this that keeps me awake at night... Fil1957 Dec 30 #14
I do. I care very much. I'd love to see it, in fact Orrex Dec 30 #15
NOPE blue blues Dec 30 #16
NO. NOPE. NADA. sheshe2 Dec 30 #17
I do kinda wish that national exile were not considered Cruel and Unusual... Volaris Dec 31 #43
I don't even care if his enemies get hurt. johnp3907 Dec 30 #18
Release all the files. Let the chips fall for everyone. Melon Dec 30 #19
For the purposes of this headline, Trump is himself his only friend. Intractable Dec 30 #21
Release the files. Joinfortmill Dec 30 #22
His only friend is HIMSELF RainCaster Dec 30 #23
KRASNOV doesn't either. UTUSN Dec 30 #25
No matter who they are - sexual predators should be held accountable. walkingman Dec 30 #26
Agreed! BeneteauBum Dec 30 #27
Not only is Trump in a panic about being exposed himself, if all the files are released, he loses a lot of power Attilatheblond Dec 30 #28
No RandySF Dec 30 #29
i couldn't care any less ZDU Dec 30 #30
It's not about him protecting his "friends". He would love everyone to believe that lie. GoodRaisin Dec 30 #31
No way, no how. calimary Dec 30 #32
I wouldn't want him to die before... BurnDoubt Dec 31 #34
Marjorie & Trump Discuss Epstein: GregGilman Dec 31 #35
The only thing I care about is getting justice for all those little girls these pedophiles raped! HeartsCanHope Dec 31 #36
I'd never thought about it: that list could mention C Moon Dec 31 #37
I care about five possible "friends", who, if found part of this web of sex, blackmail and money laundering, should be usonian Dec 31 #38
Nope Maraya1969 Dec 31 #40
Yes I do care. I think this whole "file release" is a bullshit exercise, and a mockery of justice AZJonnie Dec 31 #41
I wanna see some fucking heads rolling Blue Owl Dec 31 #44
Absofuckinlutely NOT! yellow dahlia Dec 31 #45

FalloutShelter

(14,276 posts)
4. This!!'
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:23 PM
Dec 30

He has no friends, and he does not give one single solitary shit what happens to anyone but himself.

This is just another STUPID dodge and idiotic play to make this abject POS seem … what? … principled?…human.

Nice fucking try.

AloeVera

(4,056 posts)
7. More importantly, shouldn't people care that the US President's "friends" are pedophiles?
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:31 PM
Dec 30

Aren't we losing focus here? This is a confession, why isn't it the story?!

alfredo

(60,271 posts)
24. Birds of a feather flock together.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:33 PM
Dec 30

I have two minds when it comes to pedos. One side see their sickness and want them committed for treatment. The other side feels that there isn’t a hellfire hot enough for them.

Seinan Sensei

(1,439 posts)
33. EXACTLY RIGHT !!!
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:29 AM
Dec 31
Friends don’t let friends
get caught having sex with children


He knew his “friends” were there.
(because he was there)
He knew what his “friends” were doing
(because he was doing it)

I promise you that the presidential phone lines are hot from rich-and-powerful pervs calling:
“Donnie, please don’t let my secret out”
“Donnie, please make this go away”

Here’s the transactional part

Clownface knows that if he CAN make it go away, he’ll be sitting on top of an opportunity to extort/ blackmail some of the wealthiest people on the planet

Volaris

(11,506 posts)
42. I think you have it backward. I think they've ALREADY paid,
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:19 AM
Dec 31

and if he can't deliver on HIS END, he knows there will be consequences.

Orrex

(66,810 posts)
15. I do. I care very much. I'd love to see it, in fact
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:50 PM
Dec 30

Also, since Trump doesn't actually have friends, it's clear that he's worried about embarrassment to people in power over him, perhaps because they tasked him with their protection?

sheshe2

(96,616 posts)
17. NO. NOPE. NADA.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:52 PM
Dec 30

I don't give a rat's ass if they get hurt! I want them all to suffer. I want them in pain, I want them humiliated and I want them shunned. I hope their families especially their wives and daughters to leave them in exile for the rest of their days.

RainCaster

(13,447 posts)
23. His only friend is HIMSELF
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:12 PM
Dec 30

That pig has no friends other than himself. He knows that he will be held accountable for raping alot of little girls and boys.
I'd like to see that happen.

Attilatheblond

(8,524 posts)
28. Not only is Trump in a panic about being exposed himself, if all the files are released, he loses a lot of power
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:39 PM
Dec 30

over his 'friends'. He won't be able to blackmail them anymore. And some of them might just come for him after all the protection money they have likely paid over the years.

Part of his grifting empire will go bye-bye.

GoodRaisin

(10,810 posts)
31. It's not about him protecting his "friends". He would love everyone to believe that lie.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:55 PM
Dec 30

It’s all about him. It’s always all about him.

BurnDoubt

(1,579 posts)
34. I wouldn't want him to die before...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:39 AM
Dec 31

He, and They, are held accountable.
He has been able to squirm away from his abuse of the Law and Common Decency for his whole life.
It's time to pay up and face the reward for his DEPLORABLE LIFE.
Wipe that smirk off his face.
Lock Them Up and let the Flies do the rest.
Let his name be mentioned ONLY to warn the World against anyone else like him by Law.

GregGilman

(18 posts)
35. Marjorie & Trump Discuss Epstein:
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:51 AM
Dec 31

Release the files about the Epstein pervert!
Trump, “No way! My friends will get hurt!”
Getting justice for the victims is what’s fair.
Hurting Trump’s friends — does anyone care?

HeartsCanHope

(1,552 posts)
36. The only thing I care about is getting justice for all those little girls these pedophiles raped!
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:58 AM
Dec 31

I know there's no true justice in this world, but these pedophiles in jail would be a start!

C Moon

(13,540 posts)
37. I'd never thought about it: that list could mention
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 01:09 AM
Dec 31

some of the most powerful and richest people in the world. That would be crazy. Maybe this is what our world needs to break away from money ruling the world.

usonian

(24,120 posts)
38. I care about five possible "friends", who, if found part of this web of sex, blackmail and money laundering, should be
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 01:20 AM
Dec 31

tarred and feathered.



And DUMPED into the

AZJonnie

(3,214 posts)
41. Yes I do care. I think this whole "file release" is a bullshit exercise, and a mockery of justice
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 03:37 AM
Dec 31

I will be the lone dissenter on this thread. I want the DoJ (and local and state-level prosecutors) to do their fucking JOBS, open formal investigations, figure out WHO WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED, who else (if anyone) paid minors for sex, or enabled to Epstein to do so (knowingly), and PROSECUTE THEM in a court of law. With evidence, lawyers, witnesses, judges, juries, and a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

Plus, in terms of the number of people actually "involved", I think there's good reasons to suspect the public may have a significantly over-inflated read on the scale of JE/GM's abuse. Which means they'll likely interpret EVERYONE who they see as "part of The Epstein Files" to be a heinous criminal, when simply being in the files (esp. with what IQ47 is releasing) actually proves jack shit.

For those two reasons (only listing two, in the interest of brevity), I don't find this file release process to be proper Justice. To me, it's titillating pablum for the masses, providing them with bread and circuses and scapegoats.

This "release" is all pretty Trumpian in it's half-assed bullshit execution, full of sound and fury, but signifying little.

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