Trump Action Archive

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• White House document identifies seven museums with "overly negative portrayals of US history" — In August 2025, the White House compiled a document detailing examples at seven Smithsonian museums deemed to contain "overly negative portrayals of US history." The targeted museums included the National Museum of American History, National Museum of the American Latino, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of African Art, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and National Museum of Asian Art. The document served as a basis for ideological scrutiny of federal cultural institutions.

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• Trump characterizes Virginia Giuffre as employee "stolen" by Epstein from Mar-a-Lago — President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Jeffrey Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre and other young female staffers from Mar-a-Lago, claiming they worked in the spa. Trump stated Giuffre "had no complaints about us." The account contradicts his earlier claim that he broke with Epstein over inappropriate sexual behavior, instead framing the split as motivated by employee poaching. Giuffre, an Epstein accuser, died in April 2025.
• Trump acknowledged personal connection to Virginia Giuffre and Epstein recruitment from his properties — On Air Force One returning from Scotland, Trump stated that Jeffrey Epstein had recruited employees from his spa, including Virginia Giuffre, whom Trump said Epstein "stole" from his property. Trump claimed he had told Epstein to stop taking his employees and ended their friendship over this conduct. This marks the first time Trump has publicly acknowledged a direct connection between Giuffre, his properties, and Epstein's recruitment activities, contradicting his earlier denials of involvement.
• Trump offers new explanation for Epstein rift citing alleged recruitment of young women from Mar-a-Lago spa — President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on July 29, 2025, that he ended his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein because Epstein "stole" young women, including Virginia Giuffre, who worked at Trump's Mar-a-Lago spa. Trump stated Epstein recruited spa workers and that when Trump learned of this, he told Epstein to stop; when it happened again, Trump said he expelled him. Giuffre, one of Epstein's most prominent trafficking victims, died by suicide in April 2025. Trump's account contradicts his prior public statements praising Epstein in 2002 and 2003, and his attorney's 2019 claim that Epstein was not banned until 2007 in response to criminal charges.
• Trump claimed Epstein fell out over "stolen" female employees — Aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters that his falling out with Epstein happened after the sex trafficker "stole" young female employees from the Mar-a-Lago spa, including the late Virginia Giuffre. In response, Giuffre's family issued a statement saying Trump's comments were "shocking," and adding that "Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster who deserves to rot in prison for the rest of her life."
• Trump claims Epstein "stole" young women employees from Mar-a-Lago spa — Trump attempted to cast himself as a protector of women by claiming he turned against Epstein because Epstein "stole people that worked for me." When asked if those employees were young women, Trump answered "yes" and stated they were hired "out of the spa" he ran. Trump identified one of those girls as Virginia Giuffre, who was sex trafficked as a teenager by Ghislaine Maxwell and died by suicide earlier in 2025. Trump's timeline did not align with documented facts—Giuffre left her job at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 and Trump's friendship with Epstein continued for several more years afterward.
• Trump invoked Virginia Giuffre in connection with Jeffrey Epstein — Trump stated that he was aware Virginia Giuffre had been "stolen" from Mar-a-Lago by Jeffrey Epstein around 2000, positioning himself as a protector of girls from Epstein. However, public records show Trump told New York Magazine in 2002 that Epstein was a "terrific guy" who "likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." Giuffre's family issued a statement questioning whether Trump was aware of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions and calling for answers.