when did trump kick epstein out of maralago

Trump has never given a clear public date for when he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago, but the best available reporting and later comments place it in the early 2000s, often described as âabout 20 years agoâ from interviews given in 2025 (so roughly the earlyâmid 2000s).
What Trump himself has said
Trump has repeatedly said that:
- Epstein was once a member/guest at Mar-a-Lago.
- They had a âfalling outâ after Epstein allegedly recruited or âstoleâ young women who worked at the Mar-a-Lago spa.
- After warning Epstein not to do it, Trump says he then told him he was âout of hereâ and banned him from the club.
In 2025 remarks on Air Force One, Trump said the split happened âabout twenty years ago,â and specifically tied it to Epstein taking âyoung womenâ from the spa staff.
What reporting and books suggest
Multiple outlets and later books fill in more color but still not an exact calendar date:
- News coverage in 2025 notes that Trump claims to have blacklisted Epstein from Mar-a-Lago roughly two decades earlier over Epsteinâs recruiting of spa workers, described as young women.
- Other reporting and book accounts (summarized in outlets like The Telegraph and others) say Trump banned Epstein after Epstein allegedly made advances toward a teenage daughter of a Mar-a-Lago member or a teenage staffer; again, this is described as happening years before Epsteinâs 2008 Florida plea deal, so in the earlyâmid 2000s.
None of these sources give a specific day, month, or even a single agreedâupon year.
So, âwhen did Trump kick Epstein out of MarâaâLago?â
Putting it together:
- There is no publicly verified exact date (like âMarch 2003â) for Epsteinâs ban from MarâaâLago.
- Trump and later White House statements in 2025 say it was around twenty years earlier , implying earlyâmid 2000s.
- Some reporting pegs the reason as Epsteinâs behavior toward a teenage girl at or connected to MarâaâLago, but still without a precise timestamp.
So the most accurate short answer is: Trump says he banned Epstein from MarâaâLago roughly twenty years before his 2025 commentsâlikely in the earlyâmid 2000sâbut there is no exact confirmed date in public records.
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