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David James

‘Fully depreciated’: Epstein jokes about selling girl to Trump for $22,500 in birthday book that’s far worse than anyone thought possible

There’s always more, and it’s always worse. In July, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Donald Trump had written a message to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday that was written atop a “drawing of a naked woman” and referenced their “wonderful secrets”.

At the time, it was difficult to imagine something more disgusting. Now we have the actual image itself and, if anything, the WSJ was downplaying its creepiness, as the “naked woman” looks suspiciously like a naked underage girl:

But, incredibly, this might not be the most damaging thing to Trump in this birthday book. The entire contents have now been revealed, with another message, apparently from a “longtime Mar-a-Lago member, jokingly referencing a time Epstein sold a “girl” to Trump for $22,500:

“Jeffrey Epstein early talents with money + women! Sells “fully depreciated” [REDACTED] to Donald Trump for $22,500. Showed early “people skills” too. Even though I handled the deal I didn’t get any of the money or the girl!”

Well, that doesn’t look great for him

So, what might be meant by a “fully depreciated” girl? The word depreciated is an accounting term, used to describe when an asset’s value has been reduced through use or time. Said “girl” is the asset here, so her being “fully depreciated” by Epstein would apparently indicate that she’s been used so heavily her value to him has been reduced to zero.

That’s where Trump comes in, who, according to this note, was apparently happy to buy this “used” woman for $22,500. And, indeed, there’s a picture of a grinning Epstein (presumably at Mar-a-Lago) holding a giant novelty cheque said to be from Trump paying him that amount.

What are we to make of this? Even if you argue that this particular message is satire, or that no actual girl was sold, it’s disturbing that at Mar-a-Lago, it was a humorous and public joke that Epstein would be able to sell used-up girls to Donald Trump for tens of thousands of dollars.

We can only assume the “REDACTED” on this page identifies the girl in question, whose blonde hair can be glimpsed below the box censoring her face. We can only hope whoever she is comes forward and sheds some light on this perverted transaction.

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