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“I find it quite unfortunate and very disappointing for the royal family,” expressed Trump.
“It’s truly disheartening for me to witness such events,” he added.
Trump has long admired the British royal family, having been honored with two state visits to the UK, hosted by both King Charles III and the late Queen Elizabeth II.
This year, King Charles is set to visit the United States.
“It’s truly a pity to see what’s unfolding, especially with his brother, who will soon be visiting our country. The king is a remarkable man,” Trump commented.
“It’s really interesting, because nobody used to speak about Epstein when he was alive, but now they speak, but I’m the one that can talk about it, because I’ve been totally exonerated,” he said.
Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest has not been suggested by police to be connected with any dealings the ex-prince had with Epstein, with whom both he and Trump were former associates.
However, the arrest of the former prince by UK authorities is raising questions about why police in the US haven’t taken similar steps against anyone named in the trove of publicly released Epstein files.
“Powerful people in the UK are the ones being held to account and not in the United States,” political scientist Simon Jackman told Today.
“It’s building up a lot of pressure for why it is that the Department of Justice, under Donald Trump … that no one has been held to account.”
Mountbatten-Windsor has denied all accusations of wrongdoing in his relations with Epstein.
“It will be seen nonetheless as someone being held to account, even though I think once we get into the nitty-gritty of it, it is not to do with sexual misconduct,” Jackman said.
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