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pnwmom

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5. And desperate young teens seeking a way out of poverty. nt

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:02 PM

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Ivana was a model from Czechoslovakia. Marla was a model from the US. Melania was a model from Slovenia. [View all] pnwmom 13 hrs ago OP

I have long suspected Trump was one of Epstein's recruiters Skittles 13 hrs ago #1

Yep. And the donald has undoubtedly made sure that he gets his "cut". calimary 11 hrs ago #26

I tend to think he wanted Epstein for some of younger-than-allowed dates Torchlight 13 hrs ago #2

The modeling agency & beauty pageants involved girls as young as 14. I don't consider that to be a "young woman." nt pnwmom 13 hrs ago #4

I stand relieved in my ignorance of modeling and pagents. Torchlight 13 hrs ago #6

Different orgs have different rules. But I've read that both his modeling agency pnwmom 13 hrs ago #15

Gold diggers who FA and FO. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #3

And desperate young teens seeking a way out of poverty. nt pnwmom 13 hrs ago #5

Ages when they married Trump: Ivana 28 yrs old, Marla 30 yrs old, Melania 35 yrs old. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #7

They may have been older. But many victims were children. 33taw 13 hrs ago #9

The topic of the OP is TRUMP WIVES. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #12

No, that's not the topic. Everyone else understood it correctly. Those 3 were just the tip of the iceberg -- pnwmom 13 hrs ago #14

Those are the 3 he married. He had access to countless others, including teenagers. nt pnwmom 13 hrs ago #11

The fact that they were mature women gave him cover. There's no way that a allegorical oracle 13 hrs ago #18

Right. The modeling agency and pageants gave him cover, and so did the 3 wives. pnwmom 13 hrs ago #22

Epstein was a mental case. No sane woman would've married him. He was obsessed by some allegorical oracle 11 hrs ago #29

Trump got 3 women to marry him. Wealth can overcome reason. nt pnwmom 11 hrs ago #30

Gold-diggers? They were children who were exploited by people they thought would pull them out of poverty 33taw 13 hrs ago #8

This post is talking about TRUMP's WIVES. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #10

No, I began with them because that's all most of the public knows. However, pnwmom 13 hrs ago #13

Children who find out that you can't trust adults. 1WorldHope 12 hrs ago #23

Way to go Walla Walla Dems!! progressoid 13 hrs ago #16

I was impressed with it, too. Who are these people? They're doing a great job. nt pnwmom 13 hrs ago #17

IKR! progressoid 13 hrs ago #20

Ivana is on Epstein's contact list that was released... AntiFascist 13 hrs ago #19

2 of 3 Soviet/Russian Assets from Eastern Bloc Captain Zero 13 hrs ago #21

Do you have sources for this? MadameButterfly 11 hrs ago #32

Melania makes me retch. Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. PufPuf23 8 hrs ago #34

What grown man would own a pageant for Buddyzbuddy 12 hrs ago #24

So Trump is a PIMP, too? WOW... rickyhall 11 hrs ago #25

Several years ago, when the Clinton Lewinsky affair was news, the press often referred to her as a woman/child. spike jones 11 hrs ago #27

A rapist & pedo in our house Pas-de-Calais 11 hrs ago #28

Trump puts the sleaze in sleazy Joinfortmill 11 hrs ago #31

Why did they marry him? Ping Tung 10 hrs ago #33