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So we can all agree that we're 99.999% sure that Donald is a rac/pist pedo right? He's been rich since birth, had everything handed to him because of his connections, and he preys on vulnerable minorities and children because he knows they can't do much about it by themselves. Someone once said that because rich people get everything, at some point they want things they morally/legally cannot have. But what about things they physically can't have, something they can spend a lifetime chasing and never get it?
In come people like putin, kim jong un, and most famously, Biden. What makes these ships so appealing is that they are in almost direct competition with Trump. They could go toe to toe with each other (metaphorically and literally). And after a lifetime of getting anything he wants, everyone blindly agreeing with him, someone who can say no to him and actually have power against him is appealing to both him and the people.
So why did he like Epstein so much? I believe it's the more rare instance of finding someone exactly like him. And believe me, there is no one quite like either of them. They both wanted things that are morally and legally out of reach and they worked together and enabled each other to reach it.
And even then, they may have gotten into conflict. Epstein had an extremely extravagant yet strange lifestyle that contested Trump's own despite Trump being so much richer than him, and I can see that creating some tension between the two.
Trump is drawn to those who can compete with him, in terms of wealth, lifestyle, and/or political power. That's why he felt so enamoured by Zohran Mamdani, because even with people working against him, he still won. He was drawn to Kim Jong Un because of his power over his country, though the mystery behind what goes on in NK's government might have played a role as well. He was drawn to Biden because he beat him in the 2020 election with views that oppose his(However my mental jury is still out on whether he was drawn to Elon Musk in the same way as them, as he may just be another pawn that blindly agreed to whatever Trump said until a certain point. I’m not even sure if he views him as competition).
So why did we not see anything between him and Kamala? Well the answer is simple; he doesn't believe that a woman could fairly compete with him in any universe, in any way. He's drawn to two Asian men decades younger than him, he's drawn to someone he keeps edging with nuclear war, and he's drawn to someone who has a completely different view of how the world should be, but he draws the line at a woman.