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‘I wish her well’: Trump triggers Twitter craziness with comment about Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
US President Donald Trump derailed his coronavirus pandemic briefing with a surprise comment about the woman charged with aiding accused pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying he’d met her and wished her well.
The sole question unrelated to the virus at Tuesday’s press conference at the White House was about whether Ghislaine Maxwell, currently jailed in New York, may incriminate powerful people involved with Epstein’s sex slave ring.
“I don’t know, I haven’t been following it too much,” Trump deadpanned. “I just wish her well, frankly. I've met her numerous times over the years especially since I lived in Palm Beach and I guess they lived in Palm Beach. But I wish her well, whatever it is.”
BREAKING: President Trump on Jeffrey Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell: "I just wish her well, frankly. I've met her numerous times over the years. -- I just wish her well, whatever it is." pic.twitter.com/OQPmdMdaVx
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 21, 2020
“I don’t know the situation with Prince Andrew,” he added, when asked if Maxwell might incriminate the British royal named in the lawsuit against Epstein by women who allege being raped and trafficked as underage girls.
Trump’s critics in the media and Democrat activists immediately jumped on the comment, seeing it as somehow constituting an endorsement of Epstein and Maxwell’s abuse.
Trump offers supportive words to Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been charged with luring multiple underage girls into Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit: "I wish her well."
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 21, 2020
Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I wish her well”HE WISHES HER WELL?!!!!!! SHE RAN A CHILD RAPE RING!!!!!
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 21, 2020
So, Trump thinks Hillary Clinton should be in jail, but his friend, Ghislane Maxwell, a pedophile who oversaw a ring of pedophilia, he wishes her well.
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) July 21, 2020
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