‘Persona Non Grata’: Trump Recalls What Made Him Boot Epstein From Mar-A-Lago

President Donald Trump recalled the exact moment that he declared the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to be “persona non grata” — and informed him that he was no longer welcome at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump delivered the statement on Monday during a joint press conference — which included British Prime Minister Keir Starmer — at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. He initially dismissed a question about how he and Epstein fell out, calling it “such old history” — but then answered the query anyway.

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President Trump: “I threw Epstein out. Persona non grata. And that was it. I’m glad I did. And by the way, I never went to the island. And Bill Clinton went there supposedly 28 times.” pic.twitter.com/K9zMlQOLik

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“That’s such old history. Very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time by explaining it,” Trump began, but proceeded anyway. “But for years, I wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn’t talk, because he did something that was inappropriate.”

“He hired help. And I said ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He stole people that worked for me,” Trump continued. “I said, ‘Don’t never do that again.’ He did it again. And I threw him out of the place, persona non grata. I threw him out, and that was it. I’m glad I did, if you want to know the truth.”

Trump then stated that despite being invited, he had never gone to Epstein’s island — and claimed that former President Bill Clinton — who has been documented as flying on Epstein’s plane a number of times — had been to the island “28 times.”

“And by the way, I never went to the island,” he said. “And Bill Clinton went there, supposedly, 28 times. I never went to the island, but Larry Summers, I hear, went there, he was the head of Harvard. And many other people that were very big people, nobody ever talks about them.”

“I never had the privilege of going to his island. And I did turn it down,” Trump repeated. “But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn’t want to go to his island.”