- Declassified 2018 Epstein emails call Trump a “maniac,” warn of early dementia and dangerous, unpredictable retaliation if cornered.
- Emails allege Trump knew about Epstein’s girls, spent time with a victim, and received kompromat-style photos offers.
- Bipartisan uproar followed release of 23,000+ documents, fueling a House push to fully declassify Epstein files and congressional votes.
In a stunning release of documents that’s reigniting one of the most toxic scandals dogging Donald Trump’s second term, newly unearthed emails from Jeffrey Epstein paint the president as a volatile figure unraveling mentally—and dangerously unpredictable.
The disgraced financier, who partied with Trump in the glitzy ’90s and early 2000s before their fallout, didn’t hold back in private correspondences during Trump’s first presidency.
Epstein, writing in 2018, slammed Trump as a “maniac” showing signs of “early dementia,” while urging caution about provoking him like a cornered mob boss.
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These revelations dropped on November 12, 2025, courtesy of the House Oversight Committee, amid a bipartisan firestorm over the full declassification of Epstein’s files.
What started as a trickle of Democratic releases snowballed into Republicans dumping over 20,000 documents in retaliation—accusing Dems of cherry-picking for headlines.
But it’s Epstein’s own words that are stealing the show, offering a rare glimpse into how the sex trafficker—who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial—viewed his former Palm Beach buddy turned commander-in-chief.
From Mar-a-Lago Pals to Bitter Enemies
Flash back to the lavish parties at Mar-a-Lago or Epstein’s Manhattan mansion: Trump and Epstein were thick as thieves in the late ’90s and early 2000s, hobnobbing with models and moguls.
Photos from 1997 show them grinning together in Florida, arms around beautiful women.
Trump once famously told New York magazine in 2002 that Epstein was a “terrific guy” who liked them “on the younger side”—words that haunt him now.
But by 2017, as Trump entered the White House, Epstein had turned venomous.
In one January 2018 email to former New York Times finance reporter Thomas Landon Jr., Epstein dismissed a Trump statement as “goofy” and questioned: “Early dementia?”
This came after Trump reacted to Michael Wolff’s explosive book Fire and Fury.
Epstein went further, telling Landon there was “not one decent cell in his body” when it came to Trump.
The ‘Maniac’ Warning That Chills to the Bone
The harshest takedown? A December 2018 email to Kathryn Ruemmler, Barack Obama’s former White House counsel.
Epstein warned: “You might want to tell your dem friends that treating trump like a mafia don, ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power.
Tightening the noose too slowly, risks a very bad situation. Gambino was never the commander in chief there was little Gambino could do as the walls closed in. Not so with this maniac.”
Epstein was comparing Trump to Mafia boss Carlo Gambino—implying the president, with nuclear codes and military might, could lash out catastrophically if cornered.
Coming from a guy who ran a sex-trafficking ring for the elite, that’s a gut-punch indictment.
In another 2018 note to Emirati businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Epstein insisted: “Donald is close to no one. He talks to many people. He tells each one something different.”
This echoes tapes Wolff released last year where Epstein bragged about being Trump’s “closest friend.”
Deeper Allegations: Did Trump Know About the ‘Girls’?
The emails don’t stop at character assaults. Separate messages released the same day suggest Trump was far more entangled in Epstein’s world than he’s admitted.
One claims Trump “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim.
Did Donald Trump know what Epstein was doing? According to Epstein, yes.
Another email has Epstein telling an associate: “of course [Trump] knew about the girls, he asked Ghislaine to stop”—referring to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice, who is now receiving special treatment at a low-security facility.
Epstein even dangled dirt to journalists, offering photos of “donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen” and bragging about handing off a 20-year-old ex-girlfriend, Celina Midelfart, to Trump in the ’90s.
Trump has furiously denied wrongdoing, banning Epstein from Mar-a-Lago years ago (reportedly for hitting on a teen member) and calling the whole thing a “hoax.”
On Truth Social, he raged: “The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects.”
White House press secretary (Good girl) Karoline Leavitt defended: These emails “prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.”
Why This Won’t Die: Bipartisan Fury and a Looming Vote
The Epstein saga has become Trump’s Achilles’ heel in his second term. Even MAGA loyalists like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie are demanding full file releases, joining Democrats like Ro Khanna.
On November 12, Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in, providing the key signature for a discharge petition forcing a House vote on declassifying everything.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted Republicans for “running a pedophile protection program.” Speaker Mike Johnson, after stalling, now says he’ll schedule the vote—though he opposes it.
Trump’s refused to pardon Maxwell (despite floating prison perks like pilates and puppies) and begs supporters to drop it, calling them “weaklings” for buying the “hoax.”
What Happens Next?
With 23,000+ documents out—including mundane jet schedules around Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits—these emails are just the tip of the iceberg.
More allege Trump witnessed abuse or turned a blind eye.
As one victim advocate put it at a September Capitol presser with Greene and others: The public deserves the truth.
In an era of tariffs, ICE raids, and mass firings, Epstein’s ghost refuses to fade.
And from the grave, the predator’s verdict on Trump?
A “maniac” with fading faculties and unchecked power.
Stay tuned—this story’s far from over.
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