At this point I look away from Trump a lot of the time because I can’t stand it, but this particular tidbit is especially…what it is.

Most bizarre was Trump’s explanation for why he finally banished Epstein from Mar-a-Lago more than 20 years ago.

“That’s such old history, very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time by explaining it,” Trump said. “But for years, I wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn’t talk because he did something that was inappropriate.”

Shockingly, Trump doesn’t mean all the sex trafficking and child rape. No, what he considers “inappropriate” and truly unforgivable is that Epstein “stole” employees from him.

“I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He did it again,” Trump complained. That’s when Epstein became “persona non grata” in Trump’s view. “I threw him out, and that was it. I’m glad I did, if you want to know the truth.”

The “employees” were young girls prostituted by Trump and then Epstein.

Even worse is the revelation that the employees Epstein “stole” were in fact underage girls, including then 16-year-old Virginia Giuffre, who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” to wealthy and powerful sex predators. She died by suicide in April.

“I don’t know,” Trump said when a reporter pressed him further about Giuffre. “I think she worked in the spa, I think so. I think that was one of the people — yeah, he stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know. None whatsoever.”

This revelation alone would be a presidency-ending scandal in a normal administration. Ghislaine Maxwell — the convicted sex offender Trump is considering pardoning — recruited and groomed Giuffre for Epstein’s sex trafficking ring at Trump’s own residence. Trump was aware enough of what was going on to hold a grudge against Epstein for “stealing” what he considered his property, but he remained silent.

By the way, where’s Ivanka these days?