{"id":15607,"date":"2026-01-03T09:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=15607"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:45:14","slug":"i-know-truth-about-why-epstein-and-trump-fell-out-michael-wolff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=15607","title":{"rendered":"I Know Truth About Why Epstein and Trump Fell Out: Michael Wolff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-article\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/i-know-why-donald-trump-made-jeffrey-epstein-his-best-friend-michael-wolff\/\" rel=\"\">15-year friendship<\/a> with Jeffrey Epstein ended over a real estate deal, not the late sex offender\u2019s abuse of young girls, according to biographer Michael Wolff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The White House\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trumps-mar-a-lago-accused-of-sending-young-women-to-epstein-for-years\/\" rel=\"\">official line<\/a> is that the two men had a falling out in the early 2000s after Trump kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, for \u201cbeing a creep.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday\/The Daily Beast\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But according to Wolff, the rift developed after Trump went behind Epstein\u2019s back and successfully bid on a property in Palm Beach worth tens of millions of dollars, as he told co-host Joanna Coles on the latest episode of their podcast <i>Inside Trump\u2019s Head<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThese guys\u2026 the thing that really makes them crazy is real estate\u2014their quest for real estate,\u201d Wolff said. \u201cIf they get screwed in a real estate deal, that breaks up any rich guy relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Donald Trump with his then-girlfriend (and now wife), Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ZJ2GSOZS5BE5D4MTAD4JJ3A34.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Donald Trump with his then-girlfriend (and now wife) Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Davidoff Studios\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Epstein and Trump were close friends for years, beginning in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They were both fixtures of the Manhattan and Palm Beach social scenes, forming a close relationship as they bonded over their obsession with models, who represented not just sex, but status, according to Wolff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI have never known anyone who is so devoted to this idea of\u2026 the personal playboy ideal,\u201d Wolff said. \u201cI think they both venerated [Playboy magazine founder] Hugh Hefner.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Oembed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Oembed b-article-body__embed-responsive\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-testid=\"oembed-container\">\n<div><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z-NR6CaZ1fo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">By the late 1990s, Trump had separated from his second wife, Marla Maples, and had recently met model Melania Knauss, whom he would marry in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At the time, Trump\u2019s Atlantic City properties were going bankrupt and he was in a financially precarious position, despite having his name on buildings around Manhattan and projecting an aura of success, according to Wolff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Marla Maples at their wedding.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BWXAXEFAKBD6VJWFJLMYRXBRUA.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Epstein attended Trump&#8217;s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Epstein probably had more money than Trump, who by then had become a tabloid joke, and the financier believed he had the upper hand in their relationship, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Epstein was the one who provided the private plane that shuttled them between Manhattan and Palm Beach, Wolff explained, and he would make fun of Trump\u2019s residence at Mar-a-Lago, which the president originally bought as a private residence before turning it into a members-only club. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Businessman Donald Trump and financier Jeffrey Epstein attend a Victoria's Secret Angels event sponsored by Rogers &amp; Cowan at the club  Duvet on 21st Street in New York City, New York on April 9, 1997.  (Photo by Thomas Concordia\/Getty Images)\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OZBEM75XL5EG3MMYIHX47MZ7XA.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Trump and Epstein at a Victoria&#8217;s Secret event in 1997. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Thomas Concordia\/Thomas Concordia\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe would say it\u2019s not a house. He has to take in boarders because he has no money,\u201d Wolff said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Their friendship was still going strong in the early 2000s, when lengthy magazine profiles about Epstein ran in Vanity Fair and New York magazine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida on February 22, 1997. (Photo by Davidoff Studios\/Getty Images)\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MTEQXE5C7FCSJJZTGKGLFR5EQI.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Trump and Epstein&#8217;s relationship has become a global source of intense conversation and speculation. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Davidoff Studios Photography\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,\u201d Trump told the reporter from <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/nymetro\/news\/people\/n_7912\/\" rel=\"\">New York magazine<\/a> in 2002. \u201cHe\u2019s 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. No doubt about it\u2014Jeffrey enjoys his social life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two years later, in 2004, Epstein believed he was the top bidder for a $36 million property in Palm Beach. He took Trump to see the property to offer some advice on how to move the swimming pool, Wolff said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a Mar-a-Lago party in 1992.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/66TSHHONHVD7HNSSYBGAECFWJM.jpeg\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a Mar-a-Lago party in 1992. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">screen grab <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wolff claimed Trump then went behind Epstein\u2019s back and bid $40 million for the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cEpstein is furious about this,\u201d Wolff said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - MAY 18: Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. (Photo by Neil Rasmus\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MAAO6JJINVGEBCM46TEC7LIERE.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Epstein attends a magazine launch party in 2005. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Patrick McMullan\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Image <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">When asked earlier this year why their relationship ended, Trump said, \u201cBecause he did something that was inappropriate. He hired help. I said, \u2018Don\u2019t ever do that again.\u2019 He did it again, and I threw him out of the place, persona non grata.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a statement to the Daily Beast, White House communications director Steven Cheung provided his boilerplate statement, \u201cMichael Wolff is a lying sack of s&#8211;t and has been proven to be a fraud. He routinely fabricates stories originating from his sick and warped imagination, only possible because he has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Wolff, Epstein remained obsessed with Trump even after their falling out, and the disgraced financier remains one of the few topics that makes the president nervous.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7KWR44KNAJCLVGUC7UPPMW5VXE.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting federal sex trafficking charges. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Kypros\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump has never been formally accused of any wrongdoing despite his long friendship with Epstein, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-lawyer-alan-dershowitz-admits-how-many-millions-he-earned-representing-epstein\/\" rel=\"\">pleaded guilty in 2008<\/a> to procuring a child for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The disgraced financier died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><i><b>Find and subscribe to Inside Trump\u2019s Head with Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles on <\/b><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheDailyBeast\" rel=\"\"><i><b>YouTube<\/b><\/i><\/a><i><b> and <\/b><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"\"><i><b>wherever you get your podcasts<\/b><\/i><\/a><i><b>. New episodes of incomparable insight into the psyche of the world\u2019s most talked-about man drop every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening on <\/b><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheDailyBeast\" rel=\"\"><i><b>YouTube<\/b><\/i><\/a><i><b> and Wednesday and Friday mornings on <\/b><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"\"><i><b>other podcast platforms<\/b><\/i><\/a><i><b>.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/i-know-truth-about-why-epstein-and-trump-fell-out-michael-wolff\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s 15-year friendship with Jeffrey Epstein ended over a real estate deal, not the late sex offender\u2019s abuse of young girls, according to biographer Michael Wolff. The White House\u2019s official line is that the two men had a falling out in the early 2000s after Trump kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club &#8230; <a title=\"I Know Truth About Why Epstein and Trump Fell Out: Michael Wolff\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=15607\" aria-label=\"Read more about I Know Truth About Why Epstein and Trump Fell Out: Michael Wolff\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/I-Know-Truth-About-Why-Epstein-and-Trump-Fell-Out.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15609,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15607\/revisions\/15609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}