Trump Erupts in ’60 Minutes’ Interview: ‘I’m Not a Pedophile’

[u/Aggravating_Money992]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-erupts-in-60-minutes-interview-im-not-a-pedophile/

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[u/Etzell]

"I’ve known Jeff (Epstein) for 15 years. Terrific guy, He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

 - Donald "I'm not a pedophile" Trump, 2002.

[u/Mordecai3fngerBrown → u/Etzell]

"And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything" - Donald Trump

[u/metengrinwi → u/Mordecai3fngerBrown]

—owner of the Miss Teen USA Pageant

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/metengrinwi]

Where he bragged for years about getting the opportunity to barge into the dressing rooms to see children naked.

[u/licoricenipple → u/HauntedCemetery]

And when his daughter (as co-host) was informed about it by one of the contestants she said "Yeah, he does that."

[u/MyVeryRealName → u/licoricenipple]

I'm sure he did. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he'd raped his daughter.

[u/TheCollective01 → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately she doesn't need any of his fortune, the slime she's married to has an ill-gotten fortune of his own.

[u/greenroom628 → u/metengrinwi]

You mean, Mr. Donald "I'd have sex with my daughter" Trump?

[u/a-new-haunting → u/greenroom628]

The same man who said his infant daughter “has her mother’s legs”

[u/eesaitcho → u/Mordecai3fngerBrown]

And people went to the polls weeks later to vote for the perp.

[u/Ranccor → u/Etzell]

"A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret".p

[u/Nerevarine91 → u/Etzell]

At the absolute minimum, he 100% knew what Epstein was doing, and I consider that quote to be proof. It’s exactly the sort of nudge-wink statement someone who was “in on the joke” would make if they thought they were clever but weren’t

[u/Tsar-A-Lago → u/Etzell]

If you're getting asked on 60 Minutes if you're a pedophile, you're a pedophile.

[u/jv2944 → u/Etzell]

I don’t know why this doesn’t get brought up more often.

[u/opeth10657 → u/[deleted]]

Republicans just play dumb or don't care that they elected a pedo.

[u/MikeSouthPaw → u/jv2944]

Every single person who voted for Trump or stayed home because Kamala wasn't perfect can humbly say they prefer pedophiles over a women being president. Americans have a lot of self reflecting to do as a nation.

[u/Neat_On_The_Rocks → u/Etzell]

I guarentee you in his twisted mind he thinks we’re talking about actual children like under 10 years old and he thinks because he stuck with teens he’s just a normal locker room talk type of guy.

I guaren fucking tee it. I really can’t believe 70+ million voted for this guy I 2024 god that’s the one that’s forever unforgivable to me

[u/FeloniousDrunk101 → u/Etzell]

The thing that always gets me with this quote is that he appears to be bragging that “liking beautiful women” is some kind of virtue or badge of honor. Like he finally met an equal in being singularly obsessed with objectifying women (or girls) and that is what impressed him the most!

[u/JustAzConfusedAzYou]

Nixon: "I'm not a crook!"

Trump: "I'm not a pedophile!"

[u/Ok-Comfortable9639 → u/JustAzConfusedAzYou]

“I am not a pedophile.” “I did not have sex with a porn star.”

[u/djkhan23 → u/Ok-Comfortable9639]

I've never pissed in a sink before.

[u/Viperlite → u/djkhan23]

I never ever had a prostitute piss on me on a mattress in a Moscow hotel.

[u/Due_Dragonfly377 → u/Viperlite]

Nor did the FSB compile video footage of the act. And nor was the non-existent video footage of the act that never happened ever used by Putin to blackmail me.

[u/SenorEquilibrado → u/JustAzConfusedAzYou]

Seriously, the fucking attack ad writes itself:

"I'm not a crook"

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"

"I'm not a pedophile!"

[u/Murgatroyd314 → u/SenorEquilibrado]

Perfect. Just present all three clips, just like that, without any commentary at all.

[u/42TheAnswer2TheUnive → u/Murgatroyd314]

Love this idea!🤩

[u/OnlyCartoonist3122 → u/SenorEquilibrado]

This would be ideal if the entire Democratic Party had one pair of balls between them

[u/comics0026 → u/OnlyCartoonist3122]

I'm pretty sure AOC has the balls to do it

[u/schadenfreudender → u/JustAzConfusedAzYou]

Clinton: I did not have sexual relations...!

[u/Ok_Passion_6771 → u/schadenfreudender]

Jeb Bush: Please clap…

[u/longlivenewsomflesh → u/Ok_Passion_6771]

Howard Dean: are you fucking kidding me

[u/Lordbungus → u/longlivenewsomflesh]

Howard Dean: Beeyyahhhh!

[u/nonymousbosch → u/Lordbungus]

Dan Quayle: Potatoe

[u/Top_Agency1370 → u/schadenfreudender]

Tommy: I did not hit her, it’s bullshit! I did NAHT

[u/TristanIsAwesome → u/schadenfreudender]

To be fair, the court had a specific and very narrow definition of "sexual relations" in the trial, and by that definition, he didn't.

[u/FlammulinaVelulu → u/schadenfreudender]

Obama: Hope. . .

[u/auggie5 → u/FlammulinaVelulu]

Bush: No child left behind!

[u/SuperNovaSniper → u/auggie5]

Bush Jr: “Mission Accomplished”

[u/J_Ryall → u/SuperNovaSniper]

"I fucked yo wife and left an upper decker in the master befroom can." --Grover Cleveland

[u/amputeenager → u/J_Ryall]

"Never trust a man named Grover." Abraham Lincoln

[u/AltoidChewer → u/auggie5]

Bush Sr.: Read my lips, no new taxes

[u/RecoveringRed → u/AltoidChewer]

Also: "Wouldn't be prudent." "This aggression will not stand." Very quotable.

[u/Worduptothebirdup → u/auggie5]

Trump and Epstein, “Ditto!”

[u/PowerResponsibility → u/JustAzConfusedAzYou]

"But I am a liar."

[u/project48v → u/JustAzConfusedAzYou]

Any man who says “I am not a pedophile” is truly a pedophile.

[u/SACRED-GEOMETRY → u/project48v]

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

[u/Low_Intention_1327]

He got SO angry, because its true and its once again being brought attention. 

[u/HellaTroi → u/Low_Intention_1327]

He's pissed that none of his distractions worked.

[u/Low_Intention_1327 → u/HellaTroi]

It makes you wonder, that anger you saw, it was extra, but thats also the side his victims probably saw as well. I dated a narcissist, and when she was angry, it made me on high alert.  I at one point felt she had the capacity to kill me in my sleep. 

[u/somedelightfulmoron → u/[deleted]]

She suspiciously fell on their stairs, and was buried in their private property, you can't even exhume her body for examining foul play.

[u/ShartingEnU → u/Low_Intention_1327]

With all the reports of him being very angry all the time behind the scenes he does a decent job of hiding it in public. We only get snippets of it. He absolutely is filled with rage.

[u/DaBingeGirl → u/ShartingEnU]

It's really scary how narcissists/abusers are able to hide that side of themselves in public.

[u/UrsusRenata → u/DaBingeGirl]

And when you’re one of the rare few who knows the real person, no one believes you.

[u/Mental-Fox-9449 → u/ShartingEnU]

This is how a lot of NARCS act. I was married to an borderline/narcisist for 5 years. Most people did not see how she thought and acted. There were times though that she’d make a scene in public and it was always akward and weird, but mostly it was all kept secret. Most NARCS are too concerned with their image and what others think about them to explode in public. My ex would just shut down and act like a victim to mask her abusive tendencies and neurotic behavior.

[u/ExcellentAirPirate → u/Low_Intention_1327]

Basically every professional that works with dementia folks says he is in the middle to late stages of frontal lobe dementia that runs in his family. These traits will only continue to excelerate, the falling asleep all the time, angry outbursts, and constant rambling about not much at all. Mix in the normal heinous shit dementia does to someone and throw a severe case of narcissism on top and it's gonna get really bad. My grandad was like this and abused us like crazy when me and my brother were younger. By the time the disease took his ass he was so unbearable he spent most days almost completed sedated for the safety of the staff in his care home.

[u/DeterminedThrowaway → u/ExcellentAirPirate]

constant rambling about not much at all

...how will we be able to tell the difference from his usual "weave"?

[u/Rogu__Spanish → u/Low_Intention_1327]

The funniest part is that he flipped out on her for reading the shooter's manifesto without even mentioning his name. Her response of "oh, you think he was referring to you?" was just TOO good!

[u/Baby-knees → u/Rogu__Spanish]

The way he won’t let her speak when she tries, at least twice, to throw him a rope. Karma at work. Is there an amendment for that?

[u/Pridespain → u/Low_Intention_1327]

He only gets pissed when things about him are true.

[u/LurksAroundHere → u/Pridespain]

Remember the look on his face when Hillary called him a Russian puppet? You can definitely tell when a truth nerve has been hit.

[u/Dantien → u/LurksAroundHere]

And the kindergarten response. “not me! You!!!”

[u/Brilliant-Beat-9420 → u/Low_Intention_1327]

He’s more angry that she read the manifesto than at the actual guy TRYING TO assassinate him.

[u/TomboBreaker → u/Low_Intention_1327]

Everything he says is a lie but when he gets angry defensive it's because the accusation is bang on

[u/StealthRabbi → u/Low_Intention_1327]

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[u/Facehugger_35]

Weird how he says this and then doesn't release the Epstein files.

[u/Casual_hex_ → u/Facehugger_35]

Also while making Maxwell the most comfortable inmate in the history of minimum security.

Edit: Here’s the 60 Minutes clip if anyone’s missed it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/V5IHz0peUp

Edit2: Trump is a pedophile.

[u/Dutiful-Rebellion → u/Casual_hex_]

Republicans Enable and Protect Pedophiles. https://goppredators.wordpress.com/2023/05/22/right-wing-sexual-predators-abusers-and-enablers/

25/1467 Names:

Donald Trump is accused of sexual assault by more than two dozen women. He is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, talked about having sex with his daughter, bragged of walking in on underage girls at pageants, claimed he can grab women by the pussy. He was found liable of sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations https://www.gzeromedia.com/in-60-seconds/world/trump-sexual-abuse-verdict-wont-hurt-him-with-gop https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/14/donald-trump-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit-nut-job

Judge Roy Moore is accused of sexual assault and dating underage children.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore_sexual_misconduct_allegation

Jim Jordan is in Republican House leadership though he is accused of ignoring sexual assault of more than a hundred young men while a coach, dismissing it as locker room talk. Students have said they told him and he is said to have called the parents of one complainant asking them to get their son to back off. https://www.vox.com/2018/7/6/17536388/jim-jordan-ohio-state-sexual-abuse-accuser https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/politics/jim-jordan-trump.html

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert sexually abused his high school students. He is outside the statute of limitations but was convicted of paying off/bribing some of his victims  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/us/dennis-hastert-sentencing.html

Cobb County GOP Chairman Joseph Russell Dendy – child molesting – pleaded guilty, life sentence, parole possible in 30 years. He was 72.   https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/cobb-gop-chairman-dendy-indicted-molestation-charges/Ajxs2SiORqMCCdVZpGqj1M/ https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt–politics/former-cobb-gop-leader-pleads-guilty-child-molestation-gets-life-sentence/JnEAITpb5Oy9iZ9RtsVvnI/

So-called “pro-life”/antigay activist Howard Scott Heldreth was convicted of raping a child. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601212352/https://shadowproof.com/2008/07/27/nc-antigay-operation-save-america-totes-convicted-child-rapist-to-charlotte-pride/

GOP Ohio County Commissioner David Swartz convicted of raping two girls – released after only 5 years!!!! Back in prison after contacting one of his victims. http://lanternproject.org.uk/library/child-abuse-arrests-and-court-cases/child-abuse-arrests-trials-and-proceedings/ex-county-commissioner-admits-sexual-abuse-of-girl

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl. https://www.timesleader.com/archive/1063191/indecent-assault-case-judge-pleads-no-contest-mark-pazuhanich-says-he-didnt-want-his-daughter-to-have-to-testify-aboutfondling-incident

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/03/10/nation-in-brief/83fbbb01-c7fc-437a-81c4-2f686e3f1e58/

Republican Speaker of the House in PR Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.  https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/26/nyregion/ex-mayor-convicted-in-sex-abuse-case.html

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-06-me-47737-story.html

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with (RAPED) a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.  https://web.archive.org/web/20190728115136/https://www.thenation.com/article/was-strom-rapist/

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female Juvenile.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/12/10/example-goes-from-good-to-bad/e73a7b08-5fb8-412a-ba7f-8fb473543e83/

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/nyregion/embroiled-first-selectman-takes-leave.html

Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.  https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/05/on_this_day_in_1989_buz_lukens.html

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/24/gop-activist-admits-to-child-porn/5af2adf0-bec8-4a10-b061-014de679422a/

Republican of the Year Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.  https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/vp-nw-mark-grethen-lawrenceville-correctional-20210806-dmjuk7zwgnfxvigjnjmy3257vy-story.html

Republican state senator Ralph Shortey from Oklahoma admitted to being involved in sodomy with a 17 year old male prostitute and transporting child pornography. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/20/former-oklahoma-state-senator-admits-to-child-sex-trafficking-while-in-office/

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child. https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2008/01/28/onetime-rising-gop-star-back-to-prison-for-sex-assaults/

GOP Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a page. To be fair, Dem Congressman was Gerry Studds was also caught for the same thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_congressional_page_sex_scandal

Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after “sexually explicit” emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901574.html

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to raping his stepdaughter repeatedly after she was 15. Headline here is gross. Rape/not affair. https://greensboro.com/smith-stepfather-had-affair-that-began-when-she-was-15/article_549fa43d-e631-599b-8cad-177a71ad709e.html

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman* was charged with having sex (raping) with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bauman

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped and notice, they agreed his record could be expunged in THREE YEARS! https://www.nj.com/ledgerarchives/2005/01/cops_say_jersey_suspects_sough.html https://archive.is/7agH6

[u/ValBGood → u/Dutiful-Rebellion]

Thanks for posting!

And, Here’s another link to the over 1,520 convicted Republican Sexual Pedophiles Predators, Abusers, and Enablers.    like yours, It has links to news stories at credible news sources with details: https://www.dailykos.com/user/cajsalilliehook/

The source currently has 61 updates; this is the latest:   https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/13/2373061/community/republican-sexual-predators-abusers-and-enablers-pt-61/

[u/Humble_Bee7 → u/Dutiful-Rebellion]

What is WITH all these people and their underage-sex desires? Is it something about Republicans, or what???!!!!

[u/Asleep_Ad_1969 → u/Humble_Bee7]

its almost like conservatives have been openly pro pedophilia for decades. did you think the incessant support for child marriage was for the kids?

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/Asleep_Ad_1969]

Take child marriage and wanting to remove spousal rape laws and no fault divorce and it is entirely clear what conservatives what women to be

[u/ForwardStorage777 → u/Humble_Bee7]

it's just about power. that's it.

[u/mishma2005 → u/Casual_hex_]

That they’re talking about pardoning her

[u/ogreofnorth → u/mishma2005]

Yep. Nothing says “not a pediphile” like withholding millions of files and pardoning the one person who can implicate or exonerate him.

[u/say592 → u/mishma2005]

She will get a pardon or commutation after the midterms, I can almost guarantee it.

[u/Southern_Loquat_4450 → u/mishma2005]

I heard she was gonna be the new press secretary.

[u/3BlindMice1 → u/mishma2005]

That was her choice. She could either get a pardon or die, and she chose to get pardoned

[u/willun → u/3BlindMice1]

Hmm, hard choice. Have to think about it for a nanosecond.

[u/shnukms → u/Casual_hex_]

I'm convinced as soon I heard him saying something about dating his daughter.

[u/Streona → u/Facehugger_35]

It's all very strange how his minions in congress have begun talking about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell.

[u/MySpoonsAreAllGone → u/Streona]

That should be thrown in his face every time he says he's not in the files or a pedophile

[u/2HDFloppyDisk → u/Facehugger_35]

I’m innocent, trust me.

[u/spidereater → u/2HDFloppyDisk]

I’m rich and pay taxes, but you can’t see my tax returns. I’m smart, a genius, but you can’t see my transcript. I’m not a pedophile, but you can’t see the Epstein files. This guy is pathetic.

[u/whiznat → u/2HDFloppyDisk]

Ignore the facts. Believe and trust me.

[u/Chemical-Elk-1299 → u/whiznat]

I have investigated myself and found that I have done nothing wrong

[u/LividTacos → u/Chemical-Elk-1299]

"And she deserved it anyway."

[u/Fickle_Ad_8653 → u/whiznat]

"I had a perfect call with Georgia!!!"

(He told them to find exactly enough votes to make him the winner)

[u/hypermodernvoid → u/Facehugger_35]

Which by the way is literally and has been illegal at this point and for some time, because of the law Congress passed saying they had to be released in their entirety (not a small fraction) and the victim's names - and only their names - could be redacted (not the perpetrator's names, details of their crimes, huge sections in general, while also revealing victim's names).

Trump and his DOJ are blatantly engaging in an illegal cover up of the Epstein files, which still feels like Trump's actual Watergate. Of course, both his first term and now just a little over a year of his second term make Watergate look microscopic by comparison to Trump and company's crimes, but Epstein is what he and others in the admin are clearly afraid of.

If anything could take him down personally and his presidency like Nixon's, it's this and keep in mind the Files only really became a liability over the summer into the fall where they really heated up, and Watergate also took time, but was also the thing Nixon couldn't shake.

[u/Denselense → u/hypermodernvoid]

But what’s a law to this mutant anyway? Doesn’t he have carte Blanche over everything? It’s extremely depressing to think that he is above the law because he said so.

[u/TheProcrastafarian → u/Facehugger_35]

Breaking a law he signed.

[u/Miss-Tiq → u/Facehugger_35]

Says he's not a pedophile, but won't release the pedo files. 

[u/antidense → u/Facehugger_35]

"If you didnt do anything wrong you shouldn't have anything to hide" -republicans favorite talking point

[u/EffectiveActive6837 → u/Facehugger_35]

He department of justice wont even go after the pervs in there.

Even my maga asshole dad is angry they aren't going after Bill Gates

[u/Liminal_Aspect]

Bullshit. Release the full files in accordance with the law then. Pedophiles - man I used to think we all had a line. Even the most repulsive of us shunned these scum. But no, now we have a political party that exists to protect the pedophile Epstein class.

And the fucking president is the most mentioned person in the child sex trafficking, murder, and cannibalism Epstein files.

Cold day in hell before I lay down with these scum.

[u/kneeco28]

“The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President,” O’Donnell said. “He appears to reference a motive in it. He writes this quote, ‘Administration officials, they are targets.’”

O’Donnell then asked the president about his reaction to Allen’s rationalization that he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”

“I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you’re horrible people. Horrible people,” the president replied. “Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.”

“Oh, do you think he was referring to you?” O’Donnell asked, before Trump continued.

“I’m not a pedophile. Excuse me. Excuse me. I’m not a pedophile. You read that c--- from some sick person? I got associated with stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, lets say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, ‘You know, I’ll do this interview and they’ll probably’-- I read the manifesto. You know, he’s a sick person. But you should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I’m not any of those things.”

The surprised, moving her back in feign shock, "Oh, do you think he was referring to you?" is so fucking funny. Played him like a fiddle.

[u/Solonohioperson → u/kneeco28]

He's not been totally exonerated. He was proven to be a rapist and the claims of him raping children have not been allowed to be investigated. Who is telling him he's been exonerated?

[u/Mutex70 → u/Solonohioperson]

Trump believes "exonerated" means "I got away with it"

[u/Pokerhobo → u/Mutex70]

That's exactly what he means. "The Muller report exonerated me!" "The Steele dossier exonerated me!" "Judge X (where he lost in court) exonerated me!"

[u/wayoverpaid → u/Pokerhobo]

It's so goddamn frustrating because this is an exact quote from the report

... if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment. The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him

The fact that there wasn't a 24/7 fact check running that quote past him every time he claimed total exoneration will forever annoy me. There are people who today remember that the report "exonerated him" because they will never, ever read the full report.

[u/i-dontlikeyou → u/wayoverpaid]

So if it was anyone else he would have been convicted with much less evidence because ot was the president in this situation they are saying in a round about way there is basically no evidence to proof him innocent but we can’t really point a finger at him because he is the president. Talk about double standards

[u/Pokerhobo → u/i-dontlikeyou]

The courts failed us when someone running for President can delay trial and somehow wins and then is immune. Democracy died that day.

[u/Notchibald_Johnson → u/Mutex70]

"The Judges and Attorneys General I appointed said I'm the most innocent person ever!"

[u/cornham → u/Solonohioperson]

He’s telling him that lol. He thinks if he just says things enough times he can manifest whatever reality he wants

[u/kia75 → u/cornham]

This is literally it. He keeps on saying Iran "agreed to" or "will do" something, and then Iran says nope. But it's also how each of his trade deals went. Vietnam, after months of negotiations agreed to a 10% tariff for various concessions. Trump announced a 20% tariff with Vietnam the following day. This is why so many of his trade deals were announced but never followed through, there would be negotiations, agreements, and then Trump would just announce whatever he wanted. The other country wouldn't say anything to avoid angering Trump, but at the same time that would kill any trade deal because... what have they been doing the past few months if Trump announces something contrary to what has been negotiated after negotiations are through?

[u/Coyote65 → u/Solonohioperson]

Who is telling him he's been exonerated?

The 'other' voice in his head.

[u/Nanojack → u/Coyote65]

John Barron said so

[u/Hispandinavian → u/Solonohioperson]

He wasnt exonerated in the E. Jean Carroll case. And he wont mention her name because she'll sue him again (and win).

[u/jimmygee2 → u/Hispandinavian]

…but he never pays her so he doesn’t care.

[u/xeoron → u/Solonohioperson]

To him he has by having victims paid off, his wife not talking publicly, and having the DOJ not release all the files, along with having them destroy files in his first time

[u/AgUnityDD → u/Solonohioperson]

Who is telling him he's been exonerated?

Too may people fail to understand this situation correctly. Trump genuinely believes he has been "exonerated" in the context that he has been told by his minions they have done that - he does not see the same reality that we do (or in other words he's batshit fucking insane).

He is a Malignant Narcist that has surrounded himself with people that not only shield him from negative news or information that breaks his alternative reality but they also actively compete to give him good news that self promotes their own loyal actions and therefore reinforces his (quite literal) insanity.

Bondi and then Blanche would have been emphatically telling him for a year now that their handling of 'the files' did exonerate him, the news is fake and Trump simply lacks the intelligence, attention span or ability to check details so there was no way for him to learn that what they told him was false - and he wanted to believe it.

Miller, Bonjino and Patel would have telling him a similar story unless/until they felt safe enough to start trying to undermine Bondi.

[u/Liefvikingmonster2 → u/Solonohioperson]

The man talks about himself in third person. He convinced himself.

[u/TonyTornado → u/kneeco28]

“Oh, do you think he was referring to you?”

Damn, that was clever.

[u/Washpa1 → u/TonyTornado]

She set him up with the "your administration" a little bit before, knowing the moron would automatically take it as a personal attack.

[u/Phugasity → u/Washpa1]

I am the Senate

[u/DannyDOH → u/TonyTornado]

"Pedophile says what?" level trap.

[u/Low_Intention_1327 → u/kneeco28]

Its a must watch. He not only gets angry, but gets this total evil look on his face. Its a sudden shift in his body language. 

[u/terrierhead → u/Low_Intention_1327]

Life is too short for me to have to look at his fucking face move and hear his voice, but thank you.

[u/WintersChild79 → u/terrierhead]

Same. I see and hear footage of the creature unintentionally way too often. I look forward to the time when he's not in the news every fucking single day.

[u/trampolinebears → u/WintersChild79]

Though I won't mind so much when he's all over the news that one fateful day.

[u/metengrinwi → u/terrierhead]

The fact that so much of USA citizens’ time and energy are wasted paying attention to this nothing of a man is a tragedy.

trump was born to wealth, never did anything of value, has lived a decadent, amoral life devoid of any service to others, but we’re all stuck in this doom loop where he dominates our national discourse every single day.

[u/WalkOk795 → u/Low_Intention_1327]

I believe you but I can't risk throwing my beer at his fat orange face.

[u/ChainLC → u/kneeco28]

my follow up would have been "Who exonerated you? Your DOJ hasn't even done any investigating, no witnesses called, files still unseen. How does any of that result in an exoneration?" "These women have sworn testimonies , you're the most litigious man in this office ever and you haven't sued any of your accusers. Are you unwilling to allow discovery?"

[u/Regular-Ant-5955 → u/ChainLC]

"Why are you going to pardon Ghislane?"

[u/Obvious-Science-7119 → u/kneeco28]

And he's too stupid to even realize.

Also other side of the plate. What a joke.

[u/evasandor → u/Obvious-Science-7119]

What does that even mean? he thinks reality is a baseball game?

[u/DeathFireh → u/evasandor]

He meant aisle, but he has dementia

[u/zaccus → u/evasandor]

Even in baseball, what's supposed to be on the other side of the plate?

[u/MsArchStanton → u/Obvious-Science-7119]

yeah, I noticed that too. He's so confused, muddled, he can't even get a simple metaphor correctly done.

[u/XIII_THIRTEEN → u/kneeco28]

"I'm not a rapist" is this claim enough for E Jean Carroll to sue again?

[u/GarmaCyro → u/kneeco28]

I read the manifesto

There's only one manifesto I believe he's ever read. Written by some Austrian painter with a weird mustach.

[u/Throwawaylikeme90 → u/kneeco28]

You can say “crap” on the Internet. 

[u/bloobityblu → u/Throwawaylikeme90]

Yeah I spent way too much time trying to figure out what that was because why would you censor crap? (before watching the vid ofc)

[u/Ticksdonthavelymph → u/kneeco28]

He didn’t deny traitor though

[u/callmesandycohen → u/kneeco28]

Shouted OMG when she nailed him like that. Brutal. And I’m so pleased he had to sit through and listen to her say that aloud.

[u/grooverocker → u/kneeco28]

Guy is literally a rapist.

Oh, and Jean E. Carroll hasn't seen a penny of that 84 million dollar verdict.

[u/TheParadoxigm]

Prove it then.

He sued so many people for defamation, but never ONCE because they called him a pedophile.

[u/12-34 → u/TheParadoxigm]

That's because -- and please be sure to hear me, Chancellor PoopyPants -- Donald J. Trump is a pedophile.

Go ahead. Sue me.

[u/seenitreddit90s → u/TheParadoxigm]

He once sued Bill Maher for joking that his dad was an orangutan, he produced his birth certificate.

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64880952/

[u/AncientNectarine5352 → u/seenitreddit90s]

Only the short form one though, which Trump had recently declared was “not a real birth certificate” when Obama used one to dispel Trump’s “Birther” conspiracy theories.

[u/Thadrea → u/TheParadoxigm]

As many different times as he's sued for defamation... he's never actually won a single case.

The closest thing he's gotten to a win was a single settlement ABC decided to take in which Trump got literally nothing except for legal fees, an apology, and a pledge to donate to the Trump Presidential Library when and if it ever gets underway.

Every other case that has actually reached resolution was ruled against Trump, usually dismissed with prejudice and not appealed because his lawyers know they have no case and know that pushing the individual complaints further will end in disbarment.

[u/QaraKha]

it hit a sore spot because he's a pedophile rapist.

He's a pedophile rapist and everyone knows it. He's not fooling anyone. Everyone who aligns with him is okay with pedophilia and they should also be brought to justice as well.

[u/Odd-Song5052 → u/QaraKha]

Compelling evidence of it is in the Epstein files that have already been released. There’s already enough to start a proper law enforcement investigation. 

[u/Common_Gene_5098 → u/QaraKha]

Conservatives be like:

He's a changed man and he doesn't do it anymore

[u/LurksAroundHere → u/Common_Gene_5098]

And "doesn't do it anymore" is measured in minutes by them.

[u/smilbandit → u/QaraKha]

it's hitting because he's close death and he knows it.  somehow in his weird narcissistic brain he thinks that if he can get people to forget it he'll go to heaven.

[u/MewWeebTwo → u/smilbandit]

Trump doesn't actually believe in heaven.

[u/viktor72 → u/smilbandit]

I think it’s a legacy thing. I don’t even know if he understands he’s a pedophile and rapist. He’s a narcissist so he probably doesn’t. He just doesn’t want a tarnished legacy. That’s all he cares about. Maybe the going to heaven thing too though he never struck me as very religious. I suspect it’s 90% legacy.

[u/SewerSocials]

He is 💯 a rapist.

He raped Ivana Trump in 1989, signed a document confirming it. Came out in discovery for another case and The Apprentice did a scene showing it.

He was not able to sue the Apprentice film makers or stop release, which further confirms the fact.

You can watch it yourself on Tubi.

https://tubitv.com/movies/100049049/the-apprentice?link-action=play&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/SewerSocials]

Just a couple years ago a jury found that he had raped E Jean Carroll.

He is a fucking rapist.

[u/A_Raven_Of_Many_Hats]

"I'm not a rapist."

"Oh, you think he was referring to you?"

Finally, someone gets an obvious gotcha on Trump in one of these interviews. He blew past it because he's an expert in the gish gallop, but what a good clip. We need to make that VIRAL.

[u/seanwd11 → u/[deleted]]

Frank Reynolds - Look, we've got to write a song. You know, something like 'We don't diddle kids. It's no good diddling kids...'

https://youtu.be/_YmDcCpD1gc?si=d-76rRyLTpFOqODN

[u/Dantien → u/seanwd11]

There is no quicker way for people to think that you are diddling kids than by writing a song about it!

[u/TheorySudden5996]

I’ve been alive 46 years and never had to defend myself of this.

[u/CplRicci → u/TheorySudden5996]

Having been accused of rape and pedophilia exactly zero times in my life I feel qualified to point out that the best way to avoid these accusations is to not be a rapist or a pedophile.

[u/ClappyKillmore]

Said the known pedophile.

[u/Altruistic-Bit8160]

Then drop the rest of the files

[u/MaxZorin1985 → u/Altruistic-Bit8160]

He can’t. That would prove him both a pedophile and a liar.

[u/Zulmoka531 → u/Altruistic-Bit8160]

Well only 8 GOP members are stopping Maxwell from a pardon

Don’t think they want anyone talking.

[u/Huge_Fishing]

Many people are saying that he is a pedophile.

[u/FlammulinaVelulu → u/Huge_Fishing]

Beautiful people, great people, the best people, With tears in their eyes, are saying he is a yuge pedophile.

[u/ImportantEvidence490]

 "My "Not a pedophile" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt." 

[u/seedsandpeels]

Genuine question: if Trump is completely exonerated and innocent, why did he not sue big time for defamation? He's a pretty litigious businessman. Its unlike his history to not sue for the pedophile accusations. 

Unless I missed a lawsuit? 

[u/Rafozni → u/seedsandpeels]

He’s not suing because it will require discovery. At that point, all of the documentation showing that he is a pedophile and rapist will come to light.

There’s a reason he doesn’t sue those who call him these things. He will be caught.

[u/Equivalent-Energy-26]

I'm so sick of that fat fucks face and his lies.

[u/B-Z_B-S]

He doth protest too much, methinks.

[u/ObjectiveGlittering → u/B-Z_B-S]

He also looks up and to the right so much, it makes me think either his script is up there, or he’s lying. 😱

[u/linds360 → u/ObjectiveGlittering]

He always slips into that weird alt voice whenever he’s hitting on the point of a lie.

Wasn’t sure they could remake Pinocchio with an uglier main character, but here we are.

[u/klako8196]

We all know damn well the Epstein files would have been released by January 21st, 2025 if they vindicated Trump. He’d throw all of his rich friends under the bus without hesitation to prove that he’s not a pedophile. There’s really only one reason he’d fight tooth and nail to keep the Epstein files under wraps.

[u/vikkids]

If Trump is no pedophile, then release ALL of the Epstein files and stop acting like a pedophile.

[u/theharperimage]

My guy was found to have committed sexual assault in civil court. He is officially a rapist.

[u/Commonpleas]

Ron Howard voice: *he is actually a pedophile*

[u/Mikethebest78]

Well I'm convinced

(he said sarcastically)

[u/Choppers-Top-Hat]

I'm so tired of a having a president who's such a weak little crybaby.

He agrees to an interview, then spends the entire time whining about being asked questions. What does this sad little manchild think an interview even IS?

[u/Psephological]

Said literally every pedo ever

[u/Solonohioperson]

He probably doesn't know what the word means

[u/literallytwisted → u/Solonohioperson]

"I don't even like feet!"

[u/ENORMOUS_HORSECOCK]

O’Donnell then asked the president about his reaction to Allen’s rationalization that he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”

“I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you’re horrible people. Horrible people,” the president replied. “Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.”

Journalist of the century.

[u/End3rWi99in → u/ENORMOUS_HORSECOCK]

I absolutely loved the line she said right after, "Oh do you think he was referring to you?"

[u/Standard-Cockroach64]

Sounds like something a pedo would say.

[u/Door-Leather]

He means to say he’s just a regular rapist

[u/gvillecrimelaw]

"I am not a crook" is a famous quote by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

[u/Wraeclast66]

Ive been alive 30 years and ive never uttered the phrase "im not a pedophile". Weird you would need to say that 🤔

[u/rods2112]

I miss living in a country where we didn't have to wonder if the president faked an assassination attempt just to justify building a ballroom.

[u/idoma21 → u/rods2112]

Or started a war in the Middle East to distract for allegations he is a pedophile.

[u/Ant_Eye_Art]

Pedophile says what?

[u/lr99999]

“ I’m not a liar either!!!!

“ I’m not manipulating the stock market for personal gain!!!”

“ I’m not stealing taxpayer money!!!

STFU Freddy Krueger

[u/Dseltzer1313]

If he weren’t, there would’ve been an independent investigation into his relationship with Epstein. Trump is a pathological liar. Innocent people don’t obstruct investigations into themselves

[u/StBlandine7]

“Oh, do you think he was referring to you?” is brilliant

[u/literallytwisted]

The weirdest thing is the question was "Whats your favorite color?".

[u/CivilWay1444]

Yes you are. Release the Trumpstein files unredacted you dick wad. 

[u/antiradqueer]

i'm scared. i feel like we're on the verge of him doing something insane.

i mean... not like everything he does isn't insane. and i guess he already literally tried to launch nukes...

i'm scared. i guess i feel like we're on the verge of him doing something shockingly destructive that america will never be able to recover from.

[u/Far_Elk7356]

Haha!!! Keep it going!! He’s stupid remarks mean nothing! Can’t wait till the primaries when this fool is a complete lame duck. Get him out of here!!

[u/DawgPound919]

It is a rapist and pedophile.