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Swede

(37,965 posts)
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 09:58 PM Nov 13

After Trump's disaster in Helsinki, Larry Summers texted Epstein asking if Putin had compromat on Trump.

Let me be clear about who Larry Summers is. This isn’t some conspiracy theorist with a blog. This is the former Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton. Former president of Harvard. Former director of the National Economic Council under Obama. One of the most respected economists in the country. A man with access to the highest levels of government, finance, and academia.
And on July 17, 2018, the day after Trump’s disastrous press conference with Putin in Helsinki, Summers sent Epstein an email. “Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?” he wrote. “Today was appalling even by his standards.”
Think about what that means. Summers didn’t ask a government official. He didn’t ask a intelligence analyst. He didn’t ask a journalist covering the Russia beat. He asked a convicted sex offender who was already a registered predator when this email was sent.
Epstein’s response is almost as interesting as the question. He called Trump “totally predictable” and said he’d explain by phone. He wrote that Trump thinks “he has charmed his adversary” but “has no idea of the symbolism. He has no idea of most things.”

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After Trump's disaster in Helsinki, Larry Summers texted Epstein asking if Putin had compromat on Trump. (Original Post) Swede Nov 13 OP
DURec leftstreet Nov 13 #1
The emails definitely tell a story. yellow dahlia Nov 13 #2
Kick dalton99a Nov 13 #3
Summers apparently texted and emailed Epstein about Tanuki Nov 13 #4
Two scumbags BeerBarrelPolka Nov 14 #15
Isn't there another side of this Helsinki disaster? FakeNoose Nov 13 #5
Thanks. This is the most plausible explanation I've read. ancianita Nov 14 #13
Epstein didn't commit suicide. Joinfortmill Nov 13 #6
Why would someone as accomplished as Summers befriend someone like Epstein? live love laugh Nov 13 #7
The fact that Summers was emailing Epstein BaronChocula Nov 13 #8
Summers was wrong LittleGirl Nov 13 #9
"He has no idea of most things." So much truth in that and now with his dementia, even what little he knew is scrambled, ShazamIam Nov 13 #10
You mean this Larry Summers? Ms. Toad Nov 14 #11
"he has no idea of most things" ecstatic Nov 14 #12
Just how many times does Epstein refer to trump as stupid? Maru Kitteh Nov 14 #14

Tanuki

(16,199 posts)
4. Summers apparently texted and emailed Epstein about
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 10:28 PM
Nov 13

all sorts of things.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/13/summers-epstein-messages/

..."The correspondence reveals that Epstein had planned to donate $500,000 to Poetry in America — a television show and digital initiative spearheaded by Harvard English professor emerita Elisa F. New, who is married to Summers. In 2016, Epstein donated $110,000 to Verse Video Education, the non-profit organization which funds the initiative.
...
The proposal outlined a $500,000 contribution to support production costs and expand the project’s reach. The planned funding would underwrite interviews with prominent figures — including Bill Clinton, Richard Dawkins, and Ray Dalio — and was intended, New wrote, to “give me discretion over its disbursement to Harvard and WGBH.”
...
In dozens of emails, Summers — corresponding from his personal account — also appears to have written to Epstein with ease about his personal life. At times, he confided in Epstein about his relationship with an unnamed woman, referring to the topic and his requests for advice as the “dear Abby issue.”
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In an October 2017 email to Epstein, Summers appeared to joke to Epstein that women were less intelligent than men — and suggested that having “hit on” women should not damage one’s career prospects."... (more)

FakeNoose

(39,591 posts)
5. Isn't there another side of this Helsinki disaster?
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 10:53 PM
Nov 13

There's another email of Epstein's floating around, and I've just read it today or yesterday, where Epstein offered to give Putin the stuff he needed (kompromat) to pull the rug out from under Chump. Apparently Epstein did exactly that, he told Putin the very worst about Chump and it seems like Pootie must have used it.

Maybe this is the real reason why Epstein died in jail only a year later?

live love laugh

(16,112 posts)
7. Why would someone as accomplished as Summers befriend someone like Epstein?
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 11:16 PM
Nov 13

The connection raises more questions.

BaronChocula

(3,809 posts)
8. The fact that Summers was emailing Epstein
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 11:20 PM
Nov 13

says everything you need to know about Summers. Apparently the guy must be bright, but in a Jamie Dimon kind of way that's really of no service to America. I guess I'd take him over any ass-licking member of a trump cabinet. But Summers and his old foe Cornell West deserve each other.

ShazamIam

(2,986 posts)
10. "He has no idea of most things." So much truth in that and now with his dementia, even what little he knew is scrambled,
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 11:52 PM
Nov 13

with key parts forgotten and filled in with something new he has imagined.

Ms. Toad

(37,998 posts)
11. You mean this Larry Summers?
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:06 AM
Nov 14
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02/18/what-larry-summers-said

Sorry, but I don't put much weight into what someone who suggested - in this century, that women have less intrinsic aptitude than men, and that is why they aren't well-represented in fields which historically discriminate against women.

ecstatic

(34,986 posts)
12. "he has no idea of most things"
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:08 AM
Nov 14

Bingo! It's why he thinks he's scoring points when he brags about sexual assault or invading young women's dressing rooms.

He can't distinguish between right and wrong.

He's not an evil genius - he's a dumb sociopath.

Maru Kitteh

(31,057 posts)
14. Just how many times does Epstein refer to trump as stupid?
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:22 AM
Nov 14

Seems like it must be a LOT.

It will be interesting to see some day. Hopefully.




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