Resting his hand on Jeffrey Epstein’s shoulder, Donald Trump smiled as he posed for a photograph with his old friend in Palm Beach in 1997.

At the time, the pair, who moved in the same wealthy social circles and bonded over their love of beautiful women, had been friends for years.

Eleven years later, Epstein was a convicted paedophile. Eleven years after that, he killed himself while in prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.

Ever since Epstein’s crimes first came to light, the internet has been filled with conspiracy theories about Mr Trump’s relationship with the sex offender.

Now Elon Musk’s bombshell accusation that Mr Trump is named in the Epstein files has put the president’s old relationship with the paedophile under renewed scrutiny.

Mr Trump is

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