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azureblue

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24. It's complicated
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 01:06 PM
Aug 2025

Trump's modeling agency was part of Jeffrey's pipeline:
https://www.motherjones.com

In the late 20th century, John Casablancas (founder of Elite Model Management) built the original model: turn teenage girls into glamorized assets. Jean-Luc Brunel took it international, founding MC2 and receiving at least $1 million from Jeffrey Epstein to expand operations. Paolo Zampolli cornered the visa angle, using U.S. immigration loopholes to bring in young foreign models — often from Eastern Europe and South America — under false pretenses.

In 1999, Donald Trump launched Trump Model Management. His agency followed the exact same pattern: bring girls in on tourist or “extraordinary talent” visas, overcrowd them in overpriced apartments, charge them for every service, and send them to work illegally while racking up debt they could never repay. Former models from his agency say they were instructed to lie to customs and start working immediately upon arrival.
Trump purchased the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants — contests where he would later admit to entering dressing rooms unannounced. “I’ll go backstage before a show… and I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant,” he told Howard Stern in a 2005 interview. “You know, they’re standing there with no clothes… and so I sort of get away with things like that.”

So I think it goes like this:


Trump and Epstein were pedos, but it was Epstein's business. Trump gets a chance to buy the Miss Universe / Miss Teen franchise, and then open a modelling agency, so now he a has a fresh supply of victims. He uses Melania (since she was a call girl) and Maxwell to groom the girls, and get them work at Mar a Logo, where they will be in contact with pedos. Soften them up, in Trump Speak.

Meanwhile, Epstein buys Little and "Big" St. James Islands, to set up his pedo playground:

The 66-year-old financier bought Little St. James Island off this US Caribbean territory more than two decades ago and began to transform it. "Everybody called it 'Pedophile Island,'" said Kevin Goodrich, who is from St. Thomas and operates boat charters. "It's our dark corner."
One former worker described a strict "keep to yourself and do your thing" atmosphere when Epstein was present, implying workers were discouraged from observing his activities closely. This individual also recounted seeing young women on the property and believed them to be over 18, though they acknowledged some uncertainty. 
Another worker noted the secrecy surrounding a particular steel safe in Epstein's office, suggesting it contained sensitive materials beyond just money. This worker also revealed that employees were not permitted to enter certain rooms, including the offices, without authorization.

FINALLY - Trump and Epstein have a human trafficking / pedo ring, mixed with money laundering - this accounts for that 1.1 billion Trump was depositing to Epstein's accounts in 4725 Transfers.

THIS is why Trump is frantic to stop the investigation. Not only pedophilia, not only international and domestic human trafficking, but a money laundering scheme, no doubt, with Putin. Don't forget that Putin bailed Trump out by giving him money through a shady Deuschbank loan, when no US bank would loan him money.

AND
This is why Trump is frantic to silence Maxwell - being a partner of Epstein, she knows the whole story and no doubt has some "insurance" stashed so she won't suddenly commit "suicide".



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He remembers a 16 year old girl who worked part time from 25 years ago? underpants Aug 2025 #1
As a matter of fact he did remember Virginia Giuffre, gab13by13 Aug 2025 #3
On AF1, I saw that. His first answer was "I don't know" and then..... underpants Aug 2025 #9
reportedly they were hired as "towel girls" lapfog_1 Aug 2025 #2
Country clubs often have "networking programs" for teens haele Aug 2025 #14
Yeah, 14-year-olds wouldn't know that in drumpf world that means wearing only allegorical oracle Aug 2025 #22
Was Mara Lardo the Epstein island? doc03 Aug 2025 #4
No, Epstein had 3 or 4 places he raped little girls. gab13by13 Aug 2025 #6
Epstein had sex with underage girls in both the U.K. (Especially London) and France (Paris) too. Botany Aug 2025 #17
...and ranch in New Mexico. poli-junkie Aug 2025 #18
omg, A living horror movie uponit7771 Aug 2025 #28
How freaking sad is it, gab13by13 Aug 2025 #5
If congressional dems won't, then it up to dem voters, mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #10
Efforts are ongoing to get Epstein documents released, gab13by13 Aug 2025 #7
'In ten years I'm gonna be dating her, can you believe it?' lostnfound Aug 2025 #8
One of the responses in this op mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #11
The question is even more relevant given grandpa's malaise Aug 2025 #12
He likes to pretend that he didnt know johnnyfins Aug 2025 #13
Its time to raise money so they dont lose their jobs losing money Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #15
16 year olds can work in spas. intheflow Aug 2025 #16
Yep, minimum Trump knew what was going on with Epstein said nothing till Ep passed him off uponit7771 Aug 2025 #29
Yes, and old creepy criminal pedophiles can and must go to prison. Justice matters. Aug 2025 #31
One thing we know, Trump wants this to go away. Keep at it. Rare that he cares about any goddamn wrongdoing. RoeVWade Aug 2025 #19
Feeder operation - partnership otchmoson Aug 2025 #20
I've been thinking about that for several weeks now InstantGratification Aug 2025 #21
Exactly Figarosmom Aug 2025 #23
It's complicated azureblue Aug 2025 #24
Question: snot Aug 2025 #30
"so she won't commit "suicide"." Justice matters. Aug 2025 #32
K&R spanone Aug 2025 #25
KnR intrepidity Aug 2025 #26
And beyond those, snot Aug 2025 #27
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