‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump and Epstein were close friends for 15 years

As Trump tries to claim he was not a fan' of Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of a their relationship

It was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a terrific guy". Epstein believed himself to be Trump's closest friend", and praised the future president as charming".

The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008, Trump distanced himself from the financier, claiming he was not a fan" and wondering, in recent days, why his supporters would waste time and energy" on demanding that FBI and Department of Justice files on Epstein be released.