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Swede

(38,264 posts)
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:08 PM 21 hrs ago

Does anyone care if trump's friends get hurt if the Epstein files are released in their entirety?

Does anyone care if trump’s friends get hurt if the Epstein files are released in their entirety?

I sure AF don’t! 😡‼️

JJ (@jjfroggy.bsky.social) 2025-12-30T22:41:34.692Z
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Does anyone care if trump's friends get hurt if the Epstein files are released in their entirety? (Original Post) Swede 21 hrs ago OP
I sure as hell don't. Matter of fact... Tripper11 21 hrs ago #1
Is there a list of his friends? I mean besides Putin, Netanyahu or Kim Jong Un? nt Shoeless Louis 20 hrs ago #20
A list - great idea. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #46
No !!!!!! I don't care, do you ?????? Trueblue1968 18 hrs ago #39
Fake News! Trump has no friends. Dan 21 hrs ago #2
This!!' FalloutShelter 21 hrs ago #4
Bazinga! yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #47
No. The Madcap 21 hrs ago #3
Uh, I'll have to think abo.... Enter stage left 21 hrs ago #5
Nope, Not a Bit. alittlelark 21 hrs ago #6
More importantly, shouldn't people care that the US President's "friends" are pedophiles? AloeVera 21 hrs ago #7
Birds of a feather flock together. alfredo 20 hrs ago #24
EXACTLY RIGHT !!! Seinan Sensei 19 hrs ago #33
I think you have it backward. I think they've ALREADY paid, Volaris 8 hrs ago #42
WHY would anyone care about these fucking perverts Skittles 21 hrs ago #8
In a word, No. my question is, who are these friends who might get hurt? Deuxcents 21 hrs ago #9
Nope. Not even a little bit. 3catwoman3 21 hrs ago #10
I sure AF don't either 😡‼️ spanone 20 hrs ago #11
I don't care Greg_In_SF 20 hrs ago #12
Until the victims name names, this case languishes. Sneederbunk 20 hrs ago #13
That's the one thing about this that keeps me awake at night... Fil1957 20 hrs ago #14
I do. I care very much. I'd love to see it, in fact Orrex 20 hrs ago #15
NOPE blue blues 20 hrs ago #16
NO. NOPE. NADA. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #17
I do kinda wish that national exile were not considered Cruel and Unusual... Volaris 8 hrs ago #43
I don't even care if his enemies get hurt. johnp3907 20 hrs ago #18
Release all the files. Let the chips fall for everyone. Melon 20 hrs ago #19
For the purposes of this headline, Trump is himself his only friend. Intractable 20 hrs ago #21
Release the files. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #22
His only friend is HIMSELF RainCaster 20 hrs ago #23
KRASNOV doesn't either. UTUSN 20 hrs ago #25
No matter who they are - sexual predators should be held accountable. walkingman 20 hrs ago #26
Agreed! BeneteauBum 20 hrs ago #27
Not only is Trump in a panic about being exposed himself, if all the files are released, he loses a lot of power Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #28
No RandySF 19 hrs ago #29
i couldn't care any less ZDU 19 hrs ago #30
It's not about him protecting his "friends". He would love everyone to believe that lie. GoodRaisin 19 hrs ago #31
No way, no how. calimary 19 hrs ago #32
I wouldn't want him to die before... BurnDoubt 19 hrs ago #34
Marjorie & Trump Discuss Epstein: GregGilman 18 hrs ago #35
The only thing I care about is getting justice for all those little girls these pedophiles raped! HeartsCanHope 18 hrs ago #36
I'd never thought about it: that list could mention C Moon 18 hrs ago #37
I care about five possible "friends", who, if found part of this web of sex, blackmail and money laundering, should be usonian 18 hrs ago #38
Nope Maraya1969 16 hrs ago #40
Yes I do care. I think this whole "file release" is a bullshit exercise, and a mockery of justice AZJonnie 16 hrs ago #41
I wanna see some fucking heads rolling Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #44
Absofuckinlutely NOT! yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #45

FalloutShelter

(14,161 posts)
4. This!!'
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:23 PM
21 hrs ago

He has no friends, and he does not give one single solitary shit what happens to anyone but himself.

This is just another STUPID dodge and idiotic play to make this abject POS seem … what? … principled?…human.

Nice fucking try.

AloeVera

(3,958 posts)
7. More importantly, shouldn't people care that the US President's "friends" are pedophiles?
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:31 PM
21 hrs ago

Aren't we losing focus here? This is a confession, why isn't it the story?!

alfredo

(60,252 posts)
24. Birds of a feather flock together.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:33 PM
20 hrs ago

I have two minds when it comes to pedos. One side see their sickness and want them committed for treatment. The other side feels that there isn’t a hellfire hot enough for them.

Seinan Sensei

(1,345 posts)
33. EXACTLY RIGHT !!!
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:29 AM
19 hrs ago
Friends don’t let friends
get caught having sex with children


He knew his “friends” were there.
(because he was there)
He knew what his “friends” were doing
(because he was doing it)

I promise you that the presidential phone lines are hot from rich-and-powerful pervs calling:
“Donnie, please don’t let my secret out”
“Donnie, please make this go away”

Here’s the transactional part

Clownface knows that if he CAN make it go away, he’ll be sitting on top of an opportunity to extort/ blackmail some of the wealthiest people on the planet

Volaris

(11,376 posts)
42. I think you have it backward. I think they've ALREADY paid,
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:19 AM
8 hrs ago

and if he can't deliver on HIS END, he knows there will be consequences.

Skittles

(169,359 posts)
8. WHY would anyone care about these fucking perverts
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:33 PM
21 hrs ago

seriously, WHY, unless you somehow were a PART OF IT

Greg_In_SF

(837 posts)
12. I don't care
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:45 PM
20 hrs ago

who gets 'hurt' despite their political affiliation. We're talking about children here.

Orrex

(66,648 posts)
15. I do. I care very much. I'd love to see it, in fact
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:50 PM
20 hrs ago

Also, since Trump doesn't actually have friends, it's clear that he's worried about embarrassment to people in power over him, perhaps because they tasked him with their protection?

sheshe2

(95,711 posts)
17. NO. NOPE. NADA.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:52 PM
20 hrs ago

I don't give a rat's ass if they get hurt! I want them all to suffer. I want them in pain, I want them humiliated and I want them shunned. I hope their families especially their wives and daughters to leave them in exile for the rest of their days.

RainCaster

(13,380 posts)
23. His only friend is HIMSELF
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:12 PM
20 hrs ago

That pig has no friends other than himself. He knows that he will be held accountable for raping alot of little girls and boys.
I'd like to see that happen.

Attilatheblond

(8,234 posts)
28. Not only is Trump in a panic about being exposed himself, if all the files are released, he loses a lot of power
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:39 PM
20 hrs ago

over his 'friends'. He won't be able to blackmail them anymore. And some of them might just come for him after all the protection money they have likely paid over the years.

Part of his grifting empire will go bye-bye.

GoodRaisin

(10,711 posts)
31. It's not about him protecting his "friends". He would love everyone to believe that lie.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:55 PM
19 hrs ago

It’s all about him. It’s always all about him.

BurnDoubt

(1,409 posts)
34. I wouldn't want him to die before...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:39 AM
19 hrs ago

He, and They, are held accountable.
He has been able to squirm away from his abuse of the Law and Common Decency for his whole life.
It's time to pay up and face the reward for his DEPLORABLE LIFE.
Wipe that smirk off his face.
Lock Them Up and let the Flies do the rest.
Let his name be mentioned ONLY to warn the World against anyone else like him by Law.

GregGilman

(18 posts)
35. Marjorie & Trump Discuss Epstein:
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:51 AM
18 hrs ago

Release the files about the Epstein pervert!
Trump, “No way! My friends will get hurt!”
Getting justice for the victims is what’s fair.
Hurting Trump’s friends — does anyone care?

HeartsCanHope

(1,525 posts)
36. The only thing I care about is getting justice for all those little girls these pedophiles raped!
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:58 AM
18 hrs ago

I know there's no true justice in this world, but these pedophiles in jail would be a start!

C Moon

(13,434 posts)
37. I'd never thought about it: that list could mention
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 01:09 AM
18 hrs ago

some of the most powerful and richest people in the world. That would be crazy. Maybe this is what our world needs to break away from money ruling the world.

usonian

(23,410 posts)
38. I care about five possible "friends", who, if found part of this web of sex, blackmail and money laundering, should be
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 01:20 AM
18 hrs ago

tarred and feathered.



And DUMPED into the

AZJonnie

(2,726 posts)
41. Yes I do care. I think this whole "file release" is a bullshit exercise, and a mockery of justice
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 03:37 AM
16 hrs ago

I will be the lone dissenter on this thread. I want the DoJ (and local and state-level prosecutors) to do their fucking JOBS, open formal investigations, figure out WHO WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED, who else (if anyone) paid minors for sex, or enabled to Epstein to do so (knowingly), and PROSECUTE THEM in a court of law. With evidence, lawyers, witnesses, judges, juries, and a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

Plus, in terms of the number of people actually "involved", I think there's good reasons to suspect the public may have a significantly over-inflated read on the scale of JE/GM's abuse. Which means they'll likely interpret EVERYONE who they see as "part of The Epstein Files" to be a heinous criminal, when simply being in the files (esp. with what IQ47 is releasing) actually proves jack shit.

For those two reasons (only listing two, in the interest of brevity), I don't find this file release process to be proper Justice. To me, it's titillating pablum for the masses, providing them with bread and circuses and scapegoats.

This "release" is all pretty Trumpian in it's half-assed bullshit execution, full of sound and fury, but signifying little.

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