
First Lady Melania Trump's sweeping statement distancing herself from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came under intense scrutiny as commentators and observers are at a loss to decipher what triggered the statement at a tumultuous time like the US-Iran war which entered a ceasefire phase now. Melania, in her statement, aid she was not Epstein's victim and she was not introduced to her husband, President Donald Trump, through Epstein. She set the record straight that she never set foot on Epstein's plane or private island.