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Swede

(38,268 posts)
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:08 PM Tuesday

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

FalloutShelter

(14,162 posts)
4. This!!'
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:23 PM
Tuesday

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

(3,959 posts)
7. More importantly, shouldn't people care that the US President's "friends" are pedophiles?
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:31 PM
Tuesday

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
Tuesday

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
Yesterday
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

(11,379 posts)
42. I think you have it backward. I think they've ALREADY paid,
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:19 AM
16 hrs ago

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

Skittles

(169,364 posts)
8. WHY would anyone care about these fucking perverts
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:33 PM
Tuesday

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
Tuesday

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

Orrex

(66,650 posts)
15. I do. I care very much. I'd love to see it, in fact
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:50 PM
Tuesday

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

(95,732 posts)
17. NO. NOPE. NADA.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:52 PM
Tuesday

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
Tuesday

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
Tuesday

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
Tuesday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

(23,428 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
Yesterday

tarred and feathered.



And DUMPED into the

AZJonnie

(2,731 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
23 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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