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Donald Trump might have had one thing apart from politics on his thoughts when he launched his first presidential marketing campaign.

In response to creator Michael Wolff, Trump’s 2015 determination to run for the White Home was largely about one factor: staying well-known.

And Wolff says that evaluation got here from a relatively notorious supply.

In a brand new Substack column, the Trump biographer detailed conversations he had with Jeffrey Epstein about Trump, together with the disgraced financier’s response when his former good friend introduced his presidential marketing campaign.

On the time, Trump was nonetheless the star of The Apprentice. However based on Wolff, Epstein believed Trump was frightened that his tv profession was starting to fade.

“Epstein knew that Trump’s star activate The Apprentice was fading and that he urgently wanted a brand new platform for the promotion of Donald Trump,” Wolff wrote.

In different phrases, based on Wolff’s account, Trump wasn’t essentially dreaming of changing into president.

As an alternative, he was on the lookout for his subsequent massive platform.

Wolff claims Epstein believed Trump had all the time been primarily motivated by fame, cash, and intercourse. And never in that order.

“Donald has by no means spent a second by which being seen was not his primary objective,” Wolff recalled Epstein telling him. “Cash, intercourse, fame, it’s in that order.”

Wolff additionally claimed Epstein believed Trump’s fascination with former Presidents Invoice Clinton and John F. Kennedy was related to their reputations as highly effective males who have been virtually as well-known for his or her private lives.

And whereas Epstein might have considered Trump’s presidential marketing campaign as one other try to stay related, he apparently wasn’t amused by the prospect of Trump really successful.

“You don’t perceive, it’s Donald Trump. No disgrace. Do you perceive how highly effective that’s?” Epstein allegedly advised Wolff.

That concern apparently grew to become much more important after Trump gained the 2016 election.

Wolff has beforehand described Epstein as being each fascinated and frightened by Trump. He additionally claims Epstein believed Trump had tipped off Palm Seashore police about his actions, a declare that Trump has not acknowledged.

Trump and Epstein had been pals for years earlier than their relationship deteriorated.

The Trump administration isn’t shopping for Wolff’s model of occasions.

White Home spokesperson Lauren Bis referred to as the creator’s claims “lazy and false.”

She argued that Trump already had a profitable tv profession when he entered politics and mentioned he launched his marketing campaign as a result of he believed the nation wanted a change.

“President Trump declared his candidacy as a result of he loves America,” Bis mentioned (through Radar On-line).

Trump has additionally maintained that he was by no means notably near Epstein and has mentioned he minimize ties with the convicted intercourse offender after Epstein’s 2008 conviction.

Nonetheless, Epstein’s relationship with Trump continues to generate controversy greater than six years after his loss of life.

And based on Wolff, the late financier had some very sturdy opinions in regards to the man who would ultimately change into president.