A frustrated Trump gives more details about his relationship with Epstein, because scandal follows him abroad

Played by questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s scandal, even Scotland, President Donald Trump again sought to distance himself between him and the sex offender – offering one of his personal explanations to date to date on his old relationship with the financier in disgrace.

While sitting next to a British Prime Minister in the face of Pierre, Keir Starmer, Trump told journalists on Monday that he had never attracted a woman in a hot birthday letter to Epstein, never visited his island and that he cut the ties with him after an “inappropriate” commercial dispute.

His big responses to journalists at the bilateral meeting clearly illustrated how Trump and the White House officials had trouble leaving Epstein, even during an international trip to 3,000 miles from Washington.

The president was frustrated by the constant attention given to the Epstein affair, the Trump administration officials told CNN, complaining about what he feels is a story fueled by the Democrats and the media that he has engaged in something harmful. Since his Ministry of Justice has published an unsigned memo three weeks ago which says that Epstein committed suicide and that there is no so -called list of customers of Epstein criminal partners, the reversal was fierce and supported – including the Maga de Trump base.

The director of communications of the White House, Steven Cheung, has repeatedly tried to close the stories concerning the president’s former friendship with Epstein by calling them “false news”. An official of the White House clarified that they strongly dispute the idea that Trump was involved in any reprehensible act – not the fact that the two had an old relationship, or that Trump’s name appeared in documents related to Epstein.

“What [Cheung] The means by a false story are the whole false story that Trump has done something wrong or that there is something incriminating in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, “said the official.

Trump himself rejected Epstein’s drama in several back and forth public with journalists, or has repeatedly called upon the Ministry of Justice to disclose more “credible” evidence without any information. But Monday was a quarter of work – although he started with his typically disdainful remarks, he quickly offered his recoil and his most substantial description of his fall with Epstein, which occurred before the first criminal charges of Epstein.

“For years, I would not speak to Jeffrey Epstein. I would not speak – because he did something that was inappropriate. He hired the help, and I said:” Do not start it again. “He stole people who work for me. He did it again, and I threw him out of the place, persona non grata.

Trump also disowned a recent report from the Wall Street Journal on a 2003 birthday letter to Epstein, which included Trump’s signature and a naked woman overview.

“I don’t make drawings. I am not a drawing. I don’t make drawings. Sometimes people say, “Would you make a building?” And I draw four lines and a small roof, you know, for a charity.

The letter, according to the Wall Street Journal, included a drawing representing the breasts of a woman and a signature “Donald” in place of pubic hair, surrounded by several lines of dactylographed text. Trump continues the publication on history, arguing that the letter is a false.

In addition, Trump stressed that he “never went to the island”, referring to the private island of the Caribbean of Epstein.

“I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I refused it. Many people at Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good times, I refused him. I did not want to go to his island,” he said.

Trump has always expressed his disinterest in the subject at the start, telling a journalist that it was a “hoax that was built far beyond the proportion”. The president repeated his argument according to which if there were incriminating or salaces information on his relationship with Epstein, the Democrats “would have published”.

The relationship of Trump and Epstein dates back to the 1980s and included regular appearances during social events. The Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump earlier this year that his name appears in the files related to the Epstein case, although he is not clear in the context of Trump’s name in the files and that he was not accused of reprehensible acts. However, conspiracy theories formerly stretched by the president and the allies who now direct federal law organizations have caused a meticulous examination.

Back in the United States, vice-president JD Vance, who was one of those who previously called transparency around Epstein, also tried to distribute the administration of mounting spin-offs during an appearance on Monday in Canton, Ohio. He congratulated Trump for his calls to disclose all “credible information”, warning that “some of these things take time”. Instead, Vance targeted former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, saying that their administrations were “easy” Epstein.

“If you want to criticize people who do not show total transparency, you should go after the administrations that went well on Jeffrey Epstein, who has hidden this case for 20 years, and the administrations that have not shown complete transparency,” said Vance.

Under Bush, American lawyer Alex Acosta – who then served in Trump’s first administration as a work secretary – concluded a non -prevision agreement with Epstein in 2007, allowing him to avoid federal accusations. He only served 13 months in prison for state prostitution accusations concerning his sexual involvement with minor girls.

Trump also attempted to focus on Obama, using a report by the Tulsi Gabbard national intelligence director to continually accuse the former betrayal president. Trump and Gabbard claim that the idea that Russia got involved in the 2016 elections and that it favored Trump is a story pushed by Obama to undermine the present president. The additional intelligence that Gabbard has released does not undermine the assertion that Russia has interfered in the elections, and the Obama office described the affirmations of “attempted ridiculous and weak distraction”.

Meanwhile, the White House officials remain exasperated that the emphasis on Epstein drew the attention of the problems they deem more important. Three weeks after his administration published Le Memo d’Epstein, the president publicly deplored that he could not go from the subject.

“He’s gone. And we want to focus on trade agreements. I want to focus on the agreement we have just concluded with the European Union, which is the biggest trade agreement in history,” he said.

Donald Judd de CNN contributed to this report.