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progressoid

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20. IKR!

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #17)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:41 PM

Jul 21

I have been on that side of it and it's a grueling job for volunteers.

The WW site looks like they either have great people there, or perhaps a generous donor or two to pay for web/social media outreach.

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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 Jul 21 OP

I have long suspected Trump was one of Epstein's recruiters Skittles Jul 21 #1

Yep. And the donald has undoubtedly made sure that he gets his "cut". calimary Jul 21 #26

I tend to think he wanted Epstein for some of younger-than-allowed dates Torchlight Jul 21 #2

The modeling agency & beauty pageants involved girls as young as 14. I don't consider that to be a "young woman." nt pnwmom Jul 21 #4

I stand relieved in my ignorance of modeling and pagents. Torchlight Jul 21 #6

Different orgs have different rules. But I've read that both his modeling agency pnwmom Jul 21 #15

Gold diggers who FA and FO. Irish_Dem Jul 21 #3

And desperate young teens seeking a way out of poverty. nt pnwmom Jul 21 #5

Ages when they married Trump: Ivana 28 yrs old, Marla 30 yrs old, Melania 35 yrs old. Irish_Dem Jul 21 #7

They may have been older. But many victims were children. 33taw Jul 21 #9

The topic of the OP is TRUMP WIVES. Irish_Dem Jul 21 #12

No, that's not the topic. Everyone else understood it correctly. Those 3 were just the tip of the iceberg -- pnwmom Jul 21 #14

Those are the 3 he married. He had access to countless others, including teenagers. nt pnwmom Jul 21 #11

The fact that they were mature women gave him cover. There's no way that a allegorical oracle Jul 21 #18

Right. The modeling agency and pageants gave him cover, and so did the 3 wives. pnwmom Jul 21 #22

Epstein was a mental case. No sane woman would've married him. He was obsessed by some allegorical oracle Jul 21 #29

Trump got 3 women to marry him. Wealth can overcome reason. nt pnwmom Jul 21 #30

Gold-diggers? They were children who were exploited by people they thought would pull them out of poverty 33taw Jul 21 #8

This post is talking about TRUMP's WIVES. Irish_Dem Jul 21 #10

No, I began with them because that's all most of the public knows. However, pnwmom Jul 21 #13

Children who find out that you can't trust adults. 1WorldHope Jul 21 #23

Way to go Walla Walla Dems!! progressoid Jul 21 #16

I was impressed with it, too. Who are these people? They're doing a great job. nt pnwmom Jul 21 #17

IKR! progressoid Jul 21 #20

Ivana is on Epstein's contact list that was released... AntiFascist Jul 21 #19

2 of 3 Soviet/Russian Assets from Eastern Bloc Captain Zero Jul 21 #21

Do you have sources for this? MadameButterfly Jul 21 #32

Melania makes me retch. Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. PufPuf23 Jul 21 #34

What grown man would own a pageant for Buddyzbuddy Jul 21 #24

So Trump is a PIMP, too? WOW... rickyhall Jul 21 #25

Several years ago, when the Clinton Lewinsky affair was news, the press often referred to her as a woman/child. spike jones Jul 21 #27

A rapist & pedo in our house Pas-de-Calais Jul 21 #28

Trump puts the sleaze in sleazy Joinfortmill Jul 21 #31

Why did they marry him? Ping Tung Jul 21 #33