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Bluetus

(2,834 posts)
6. This is not about the women or the sex
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 04:00 PM
Dec 2025

Last edited Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

OK, that is PART of the story. But the real story is 100X bigger. Trump is perfectly happy for people to talk about it being a sex scandal because he's had 100 of those already and nobody cares.

The real story is the fact that Epstein was systematically collecting kompromat on very important people, and Trump was recruiting those very important people ("I know all the best people" ) . And they were converting that into cash and power. THAT is the story. Sex was simply the bait that was used.

I am, of course, sympathetic to the girls who made the decisions that put themselves in a very bad situation. I am sorry their families and the justice system didn't do more to keep them out of trouble. But that really is not the main story here. The main story is how Epstein got nearly a billion dollars. That wasn't payment for sex. You can buy all the sex you want to a lot less money than that. The real story is who all the people were that Trump was extorting and what Trump got in return.

Dammit. Too true Easterncedar Dec 2025 #1
Kick. littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #2
We have a very long way to go on the road to women's equality dlk Dec 2025 #3
Women aren't considered actual humans. MontanaMama Dec 2025 #4
They are in my book KS Toronado Dec 2025 #5
Pam Bondi does, though. tblue37 Dec 2025 #15
Elise Stefanik mgardener Dec 2025 #27
Thanks for saying this. MontanaMama Dec 2025 #30
That's true. The Republican Taliban CousinIT Dec 2025 #7
This is not about the women or the sex Bluetus Dec 2025 #6
I will agree that power and kompromat are motivating, but it was also about humiliation and torture. erronis Dec 2025 #8
interesting Skittles Dec 2025 #9
THIS... the girls were just currency NotHardly Dec 2025 #13
Oh, Trump played a role in recruiting the girls, but his main job Bluetus Dec 2025 #18
just curious Skittles Dec 2025 #19
None of them have testified about ANYTHING Bluetus Dec 2025 #22
jeez, no need to go off Skittles Dec 2025 #25
Seriously? Cirsium Dec 2025 #10
THANK YOU. MLWR Dec 2025 #12
Most of them were not underage. Bluetus Dec 2025 #21
"girls who made the decisions", you must be kidding NotHardly Dec 2025 #14
The girls didn't make the decisions that resulted in their trafficking... CousinIT Dec 2025 #29
Seriously? Bluetus Dec 2025 #20
Not about sex Cirsium Dec 2025 #24
I did not mean it that way. Bluetus Dec 2025 #26
I think this is true and on point. meadowlander Dec 2025 #11
K&R UTUSN Dec 2025 #16
It's all about who has the power. Martin68 Dec 2025 #17
And, we are done here. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #23
I know. tavernier Dec 2025 #28
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