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In November 2018, Steve Bannon, formerly Donald Trump's chief strategist, was in the UK preparing for a speech at the Oxford Union.
The event was interrupted by hundreds of protesters and Bannon, who was due to board a flight that night, told Jeffrey Epstein in an email: "Protesters slowed down speech don't think I can make the flight we r enroute to heathrow".
Epstein replied: "There. Is a gulf air that leaves at 950 with a stop in Bahrain". Bannon replied: "U r an amazing assistant".
The messages were published on Wednesday alongside more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of Epstein, the late convicted sex offender and disgraced financier.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/emails-highlight-jeffrey-epstein-steve-223913224.html
Irish_Dem
(78,071 posts)Hugin
(37,162 posts)Closeness to Epstein? Even now it seems that he's mostly at arm's length from the inner sphincter of the Reich.
Irish_Dem
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In fact it may enhance the resume of his prospective employees.
But yes why was Bannon fired first time.
And more importantly why was Epstein funding MAGAs??
Part of the Putin plan?
Hugin
(37,162 posts)Once again, the dog didnt bark. At the time, in retrospect, there seemed to be several groups at play. The old guard Republicans (mostly gone now), the christofascists, the rotten MAGA core, and Trump (hes always his own group). Which of those groups ejected Bannon? I remember reading that Trump himself had fired Bannon. Theres no way of directly knowing and it has to be inferred and interpolated.
Irish_Dem
(78,071 posts)Hugin
(37,162 posts)Wolff, Bannon, Epstein, Trump. Please, could someone flush the punch bowl.
Irish_Dem
(78,071 posts)yardwork
(68,615 posts)Trump doesn't give a damn about his children. Their temporary falling out had to be for another reason.
Irish_Dem
(78,071 posts)The kid piece might be part of it.
Not that Trump gives a damn about the kids but he will not tolerate any one disrespecting the Trump brand.
yardwork
(68,615 posts)Everybody is focusing on the "blowing Bubba" phrase but the rest of it is much more interesting to me.
Mark Epstein emails his brother Jeffrey on March 19, 2018 urgently asking what "your boy Donald" is "up to." Email sent with high importance.
Jeffrey Epstein responds in less than a half hour. His message seems to be meant as a reassurance - all is well, I'm with Bannon now.
What are they talking about?
Then a few days later Mark responds with the joke about Trump - but what's interesting is it implies that he thinks Jeffrey met with Putin or is in contact with Putin. "Ask Putin if he has..."
Trump, Bannon, Putin, Epstein. All in contact with one another in the days around March 19, 2018.
Irish_Dem
(78,071 posts)Very nice job connecting dots.
Trump, Bannon, Epstein are working with Putin?
Putin Puppets doing his bidding.
Also we know Putin is connected to drug and sex rings.
This is part of his vast fortune.
Why were they worried about Trump?
In 2019 Epstein was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges, but the investigation was
ongoing the year before certainly.
So around 2018 could the FBI be questioning Trump about Epstein?
We know Trump flipped and provided testimony incriminating Epstein in exchange for immunity?
I think the Bubba joke is about Trump going to prison. The Epstein brothers were hoping that would happen?
How does the reference to Putin fit in? Were the brothers asking Putin for help?
To eliminate Trump???
I don't know about that piece, what do you think?