Amid Epstein Fallout, Video of Trump Judging Teens in Model Contest Resurfaces | Truthout
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Amid ongoing scrutiny of President Donald Trump and his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein child sex trafficking case, newly unearthed video shows Trump taking part as a judge in a beauty pageant that featured models as young as 14 years old.

The video in question shows Trump as one of 10 judges in Elite Model Agency’s 1991 “Look of the Year” competition. Within the video, young women and girls walk in front of Trump and others in order to be judged on both their looks and “personality,” according to the narrator.

    • kingofras@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Oh, so in your view (not judging, just trying to understand the mysterious downvotes) the age gap is more incriminating that the fact that he was (at whatever adult age) sexually preying on a minor?

      • AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        6 days ago

        It’s not a matter of more incriminating. Both of those aspects of the action are 100%, maximum incriminating. Robbing a convenience store is bad, doing so with a gun is worse and indicates more intent. It’s a bit like that.

        Having a gun isn’t the problem. It’s not incriminating to have a gun. Robbing a store is never okay, but it’s made so much worse by the fact that you did it with a gun.

        An 18-year-old oggling a 14-year-old is inappropriate and concerning but not unnatural or indicative of serious psychological issues.

        Just a few months later and it becomes worrisome. Each additional year is more damning. I don’t think that’s an unusual perspective to take on the situation.

        • kingofras@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Ok, thanks, that’s the first proper explanation I’m seeing for this, but we’re all agreed that even if the 18 year old is ogling he should know better and really shouldn’t pursue.

          Overall, with the trump epstein story and the amount of evidence already on the public record, I found it pointless to mention his age, as he was clearly a grown ass man when he made a bunch of these comments and actions. Some of them were with his minor daughter sitting right next to him.