President Donald Trump received sharp criticism on Tuesday after CNN published a batch of what anchor Erin Burnett called "never-before-seen" photos.
The photos show disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Trump hanging out at some pivotal moments in the two men's lives. For instance, one photo depicts Epstein attending Trump's wedding to his second wife, Marla Maples. Another photo shows Trump and Epstein hanging out at the 1999 Victoria's Secret fashion show.
CNN published the photos at a time when Trump is trying to distance himself from the Epstein saga, which has consumed his presidency for about two weeks.
Social media lit up with reactions to the report.
"The Trump-Epstein friendship should have been a huge scandal in the 2020 election, the year after Epstein was charged and then died in prison on Trump’s watch," former MSNBC host and Zeteo founder Medhi Hasan posted on X. " It should have been a huge scandal in the 2024 election, after audio emerged of Epstein saying he was Trump’s closest friend. And it should be a huge scandal now!"
"Is there more to the story of why they stopped being such close friends?" Jesse Lee, a former senior advisor to Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), posed on X. "It’s always that they had a 'falling out,' or this 'creep' line. Suspicious repetition."
" Holy S---, Epstein was at Trump's second wedding and there's VIDEO," Keith Olbermann wrote on X.
"Trump is trying to distance himself but this just further destroys his argument," political commentator Harry Sisson posted on X.
"Donald Trump was best friends with one of the most notorious child molesters in American history," wrote the West Chester Democratic Party on Bluesky.
