Donald Trump’s Surprising Message for Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I Wish Her Well’

https://www.vogue.com/article/donald-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-i-wish-her-well

Maxwell, the longtime associate of late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged coconspirator, who Trump has been photographed with over the years, along with Epstein himself. The reporter asked if Trump thought that Maxwell was going to “turn in powerful men” following her recent arrest on multiple charges related to the serial sexual abuse of girls and young women by Epstein.

Any rational person—and certainly any rational politician running for reelection—would clearly have dismissed the question as being irrelevant to the topic at hand and briskly turned to another reporter to change the subject. Not Donald Trump.

 He paused for a second, seeming to give the question serious consideration, and then said, “I haven’t really been following it too much. 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.” Then he added, again, “But I wish her well.”