They were "best friends" from the late 1980s until 2004. There is little if any evidence of any contact between the 2 after 2004.
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Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together. Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.
July 31, 2019
For the better part of two decades starting in the late 1980s, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump swam in the same social pool. They were neighbors in Florida. They jetted from LaGuardia to Palm Beach together. They partied at Trumps Mar-a-Lago Club and dined at Epsteins Manhattan mansion.
And then, in 2004, they were suddenly rivals, each angling to snag a choice Palm Beach property, an oceanfront manse called Maison de lAmitie the House of Friendship that was being sold out of bankruptcy.
Before the auction, Epstein and Trump each tried to work the ref; the trustee in the case, Joseph Luzinski, recalls being lobbied by both camps.
It was something like, Donald saying, You dont want to do a deal with him, he doesnt have the money, while Epstein was saying: Donald is all talk. He doesnt have the money, Luzinski said. They both really wanted it.