@fubah2
Since you quoted this, and since @Sidehatch created this theead, let's create a pseudo timeline.
In 2002, Trump said that he had been friends with Epstein for 15 years.
That puts us in and around 1987. Makes since. Both were part of the New York yuppie scene.
This would mean he would've known Trump in the waning days of his marriage to:
Ivana (Divorced 1990)
Marla Maples (Married 1993 - Divorced 1999)
and Melania but we'll get to her.
It should be noted that Trump keeps a woman. And they all have been of age. Ivana was a few years younger than Trump. Marla Maples was significantly younger but almost 30 when they started dating. 30 exactly when they married. Melania was in her early 30s when they started dating. Apparently Epstein introduced them. He didn't introduce him to some 19 year old. He introduced him to a grown woman, a hottie, over 30. Trump married her. Back to our timeline.
If Trump spoke that quote in 2002, what we know is that apparently they had a falling out in 2004. This was due to Trump feeling as if Epstein snaked him on a real estate deal, AND apparently recruiting Mar a Lago employees.
If any of you have actually followed this story, if you actually cared about the victims rather that slinging dirt at Trump, you would know that Epstein's reported illegal activities ramped up around the time Trump cut ties with him. The masages in Florida, after Trump cut ties. All the Epstein Island stuff, that was all after Trump cut ties. Trump isn’t on the flight records. There's no record of him ever stepping foot on that island. And he's never been implicated by a single victim, out of dozens. At last count, over 80. Let me repeat that. TRUMP HAS NEVER BEEN IMPLICATED BY A SINGLE VICTIM, OUT OF OVER 80!! He cut ties with the guy.
So let's revisit that statement. In 2002, Epstein was yet connected to underaged women. He was, however, known to keep young women around. Women in their late teens/early 20s. Trump, like any normal man, was noting that his homie likes him kinda young. He doesn't sound as if he approves. There's trepidation in his voice. He was already dating Melania at this point, who was 32.