{"id":183438,"date":"2025-07-28T17:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/donald-trump-i-never-went-to-epstein-island-but-bill-clinton-did\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:33:19","slug":"donald-trump-i-never-went-to-epstein-island-but-bill-clinton-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/donald-trump-i-never-went-to-epstein-island-but-bill-clinton-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: I Never Went to Epstein Island &#8230; But Bill Clinton Did!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ongoing furor over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/donald-trump-lashes-out-at-stupid-republican-supporters-amid-ongoing-epstein-furor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Jeffrey Epstein client list<\/a> shows no signs of abating. <\/p>\n<p>As critics from across the political spectrum demand the release of the files, the Trump administration continues to dance around the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Today saw two unexpected developments, as President Trump addressed the files directly and allegedly used a meme to try and direct his followers\u2019 attention to less politically inconvenient matters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to speak at an artificial intelligence and energy summit.\" class=\"wp-image-531079 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225249303-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to speak at an artificial intelligence and energy summit.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump is in Scotland today to meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but he\u2019s been unable to distance himself from the grwowing Epstein scandal, and he was asked about during a brief meeting with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never went to the island, and [former president] Bill Clinton went there supposedly 28 times. I never went to the island, but [former Treasury Secretary] Larry Summers, I hear, went there, he was the head of Harvard,\u201d Trump said, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd many other people that are very big people, nobody ever talks about them,\u201d he continued, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn him down. But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn\u2019t want to go to his island.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena on November 04, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. \" class=\"wp-image-531080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena on November 04, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. \" class=\"wp-image-531080 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182948673-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the PPG Paints Arena on November 04, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump was then asked to explain his reasons for expelling Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago resort.<\/p>\n<p>After initially claiming that he didn\u2019t want to \u201cwaste your time\u201d by rehashing the story, the president revealed that he kicked Epstein out because he\u2019d breached etiquette by hiring Trump employees for himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, I wouldn\u2019t talk to Jeffrey Epstein \u2026 because he did something that was inappropriate. He hired help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe stole people that worked for me; I said don\u2019t ever do that again. He did it again, and I threw him out of the place,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also addressed rumors that his name appears in the Epstein files and suggested that if it does, it may have been put their by Joe Biden during his time in the White House.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 04, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. \" class=\"wp-image-531081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 04, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. \" class=\"wp-image-531081 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2182880212-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 04, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was running against someone who ran the files. They can easily put something in the files that\u2019s a phony,\u201d Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/28\/donald-trump-blames-joe-biden-james-comey-if-name-in-epstein-files\/?adid=social-tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trump-accused-of-using-oj-obama-meme-to-distract-from-epstein-scandal\">Trump accused of using OJ\/Obama meme to distract from Epstein scandal<\/h2>\n<p>According to that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/28\/oj-simpson-attorney-reacts-trump-oj-obama-meme-epstein-distraction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same outlet<\/a>, an attorney of OJ Simpson\u2019s is accusing the president of trotting out old scandals to distract from his present one.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, Trump posted a photo of Simpson\u2019s infamous White Bronco police chase, but with Obama in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm LaVergne, who is the manager of Simpson\u2019s estate, told TMZ that <\/p>\n<p>Simpson passed away last year and obviously can\u2019t speak for himself here, but LaVergne says there was no bad blood between the Juice and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he believes OJ would have applauded the president\u2019s use of the meme.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/donald-trump-i-never-went-to-epstein-island-but-bill-clinton-did\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes The ongoing furor over the Jeffrey Epstein client list shows no signs of abating. As critics from across the political spectrum demand the release of the files, the Trump administration continues to dance around the issue. Today saw two unexpected developments, as President Trump addressed the files directly and allegedly used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-183438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}