Trump Spent the Weekend Flying Around on Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane

Politically speaking, Donald Trump has made a batch of atrocious decisions lately. Whether it’s picking J.D. “couch fucker” Vance arsenic his campaigner for veep oregon telling an assemblage afloat of African Americans that Kamala Harris lone precocious “turned” Black, the campaigner hasn’t been doing himself (or his campaign) immoderate favors. The campaign’s latest blunder is the usage of a backstage craft that antecedently belonged to dormant pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

In yet different bizarre twist to a statesmanlike contention that already has plenty, it would look that Trump has been flying connected a level that formerly belonged to Epstein—a feline that Trump was, astatine 1 time, friends with. The Miami Herald reports that Trump precocious flew connected a “Gulfstream with a serial fig that matches a level erstwhile owned by Epstein.” The plane, which has been affixed with a “Trump 2024″ decal, is presently owned by a charter aviation steadfast dubbed Threshold Aviation Group, the Herald writes, citing nationalist formation data.

Trump lone precocious switched to utilizing the level aft his idiosyncratic jet, Trump Force One, began experiencing method difficulties successful Montana past week, the paper writes. After landing successful Bozeman, Trump took disconnected successful Epstein’s aged level and utilized it to question to respective run stops, including Jackson Hole, Wyoming, arsenic good arsenic Denver and Aspen, Colorado.

For the record, Trump’s run claims it had nary thought that the level successful question antecedently belonged to Epstein. When reached for remark by the Herald, run unit told the newspaper: “The run had nary consciousness that the charter level had been owned by Mr. Epstein.” The spokesperson besides said that the charter was commissioned by a vendor that the run had often worked with. “We heard astir the erstwhile proprietor done the media.”

Gizmodo reached retired to the Trump run for comment.

Trump’s ties to Epstein are well-known and, from a PR perspective, not great. Among different things, determination are pictures and video of Trump and Epstein hanging out, records of Trump flying connected Epstein’s plane, testimony from Epstein’s house-keeper that Trump often ate meals astatine Epstein’s house, and a full batch of radical who person gone connected record arsenic saying that the 2 men were, astatine 1 point, friends. The kicker, of course, is that successful 2002, Trump, himself, said of Epstein: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a batch of amusive to beryllium with. It is adjacent said that helium likes beauteous women arsenic overmuch arsenic I do, and galore of them are connected the younger side.” So, yeah, not great.

To marque matters worse, Jeffrey Epstein’s “little achromatic book” is scheduled to beryllium auctioned off this week, successful an lawsuit that volition apt gully much attraction to the ties betwixt Trump and the dormant pedophile. This publication encompasses Epstein’s rolodex of contacts and has often been referred to arsenic a compendium of immoderate of the astir almighty radical successful the world. Again, Trump’s name, and the names of radical associated with Trump, crook up successful the publication a fig of times.