President Donald Trump clarified his previous comments about banning Jeffrey Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, saying the late financier was removed from the property not just for being a “creep,” but for actively “stealing” women who worked at Trump’s club.
“People were taken out of the spa, hired by him. In other words, gone,” Trump said aboard Air Force One.
“When I heard about it, I told him, I said, listen, we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa… And he was fine. And not too long after he did it again. And I said outta here,” he added.
“I have a great spa. One of the best spas in the world at Mar-a-Lago,” he continued.
That statement comes a day after Trump said Epstein “stole people who worked for me,” which was the first detailed explanation of his relationship with Epstein since the White House said Epstein had been banned for inappropriate behavior.
When asked directly whether it was about Epstein being a “creep” or for poaching his staff, Trump replied, “Well, maybe they’re the same thing, sort of a little bit of the same thing.”
“He took people that worked for me and I told