“He Stole Her”

Donald Trump’s Chilling Admission About Epstein, Mar-a-Lago, and Virginia Giuffre

Donald Trump, the 45th and now 47th president of the United States, stood aboard Air Force One earlier today and uttered words that should have shattered headlines and ignited congressional investigations:

“He stole her.”

He was referring to Virginia Giuffre — the same Virginia Giuffre who has spent the last two decades trying to get the world to listen. The same woman who, at age 16, was working as a locker room attendant at the Mar-a-Lago spa when she was allegedly recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. The same Virginia Giuffre who, in April of this year, died by suicide at 41.

Trump wasn’t asked about her humanity. He wasn’t asked what he did to stop what happened to her. He was asked whether Epstein had taken young women from his club.

His answer?

“Yes, they were women. People that work in the spa. I have a great spa, one of the best spas in the world at Mar-a-Lago. And people were taken out of the spa, hired by him. In other words, gone.”

He paused. Then continued:

“I think [Virginia] worked at the spa. I think that was one of the people. He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know. None whatsoever.”

There it was. A statement that simultaneously dehumanized her, claimed ownership over her, and dismissed her suffering — all in the same breath. No apology. No acknowledgment of her allegations. Just “she had no complaints about us.”

It’s the language of someone who doesn’t see victims. It’s the language of someone who sees employees.

A Pattern of Proximity

Trump’s ties to Epstein are long and documented. In 2002, he told New York Magazine:

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Now, in 2025, he’s telling us the story was about staffing.

He claims he “threw Epstein out” of Mar-a-Lago because he didn’t like him “stealing” spa workers. Not because he discovered Epstein was sexually exploiting girls. Not because he witnessed something disturbing. But because Epstein hired his help.

That’s what broke their friendship, he says. Not the abuse. Not the trafficking. Not the island.

The Island “Privilege”

During his joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump emphasized:

“I never had the privilege of going to [Epstein’s] island… In one of my very good moments, I turned it down.”

A slip of the tongue, perhaps. Or a deeply unsettling view into his mind. Either way, it was not the language of a man disgusted by Epstein’s crimes. He called it a privilege. Then he patted himself on the back for declining it.

And he never had to go to the island. Because Epstein lived a few blocks away. Because the “modeling parties” happened at Mar-a-Lago. Because Virginia Giuffre’s path into Epstein’s orbit began under Donald Trump’s roof.

The Aftermath

Giuffre’s suicide earlier this year did not draw the kind of attention it deserved. The system — and many of the powerful people she named — likely breathed a sigh of relief. And now, months later, the man who presided over the club where she was recruited casually confirms the basic truth of her story. Not to mourn her. Not to take accountability. But to say: “She had no complaints about us.”

This is a moment of reckoning, if the country chooses to recognize it. A moment that should ignite real subpoenas, real investigations, and real moral clarity.

Because if the most powerful man in the country can admit he knew what Epstein was doing — and then wave it off as “stealing staff” — then we’re not just looking at one man’s cruelty. We’re looking at a nation’s complicity.

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