Washington, DC: US president Donald Trump has said once again that he had no links with sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling such accusations “fake news”.
This comes after Melania Trump’s recent statement confirming that she had no relationship with Epstein and was not one of his victims.
“The fake news was saying she did and she had none. And I think that’s been proven, it bothered her that the fake news was being fake news. And so she just wanted to clarify that,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
He also spoke on a range of unrelated global issues during the same interview. On his differences with Pope, Trump insisted there was no personal conflict, even as he disagreed with the Pope’s stance on Iran, as reported by Hindustan Times.
“I have nothing against the Pope. His brother is MAGA all the way. I like his brother, Louis.”
“I’m not fighting with him. The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I have a right to disagree with the Pope,” Trump said when asked why he appeared to be in disagreement with the Pope.
He went on to criticise European countries for their energy policies, particularly their use of wind power.
“They should be buying more from us and what they should be doing is using the North Sea. They’re not doing it. They’re doing windmills. Windmills do ONE thing. You know what they do? Put ya out of business,” Trump said.
Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts appear to be regaining momentum after an initial round of talks between the US and Iran ended without agreement. Officials familiar with the negotiations indicated that both sides are working to finalise a second round, potentially within days.
Trump himself told US media to expect an “amazing two days ahead,” suggesting imminent developments. Vice president J D Vance, who led the previous negotiations, also expressed cautious optimism despite lingering mistrust between Washington and Tehran.
