Nick Confessore
@nickconfessore.bsky.social
Reporter for @NYTimes, staff writer at @NYTmag, @MS.NOW political analyst.
How Trump or his reps have characterized his relationship w/Epstein:
“A lot of fun to be with”
“No formal relationship”
“They did not socialize”
A business acquaintance
“There was no relationship”
“I was not a fan of his”
But our @nytimes.com report reveals an intense, complicated friendship. 🧵
“A lot of fun to be with”
“No formal relationship”
“They did not socialize”
A business acquaintance
“There was no relationship”
“I was not a fan of his”
But our @nytimes.com report reveals an intense, complicated friendship. 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How Trump or his reps have characterized his relationship w/Epstein:
“A lot of fun to be with”
“No formal relationship”
“They did not socialize”
A business acquaintance
“There was no relationship”
“I was not a fan of his”
But our @nytimes.com report reveals an intense, complicated friendship. 🧵
“A lot of fun to be with”
“No formal relationship”
“They did not socialize”
A business acquaintance
“There was no relationship”
“I was not a fan of his”
But our @nytimes.com report reveals an intense, complicated friendship. 🧵
NEW: "Don’s Best Friend": Documents and interviews reveal the intense, complicated relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
NEW: "Don’s Best Friend": Documents and interviews reveal the intense, complicated relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Reposted by Nick Confessore
Our deep dive into the recesses of Epstein's inbox found repeated instances of him seeking to exploit his Trump relationship. "I am the one able to take him down," Epstein wrote in December 2018. 🎁🔗 @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @nickconfessore.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Our deep dive into the recesses of Epstein's inbox found repeated instances of him seeking to exploit his Trump relationship. "I am the one able to take him down," Epstein wrote in December 2018. 🎁🔗 @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @nickconfessore.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
January 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A really thought-provoking package from the Monthly, examining new approaches to racial justice in higher ed in a post-affirmative action world -- >
The decades-long effort to push elite colleges to be more diverse has failed. Here’s a better strategy: demand more support for the underfunded colleges that already graduate most Black and Hispanic students, and plenty of white students as well...🧵 (1/5)
Open a New Front for Racial Justice | Washington Monthly
The effort to push elite colleges to be more diverse has failed. Here’s a better strategy: demand support for regional publics universities.
washingtonmonthly.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A really thought-provoking package from the Monthly, examining new approaches to racial justice in higher ed in a post-affirmative action world -- >
“The reversal of the years-old policy is a stark sign of how the company is repositioning itself for the Trump presidency in the weeks before it begins.”
@nytimes reports on Facebook dropping fact checking as Trump prepares to enter office. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
@nytimes reports on Facebook dropping fact checking as Trump prepares to enter office. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program on Facebook Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“The reversal of the years-old policy is a stark sign of how the company is repositioning itself for the Trump presidency in the weeks before it begins.”
@nytimes reports on Facebook dropping fact checking as Trump prepares to enter office. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
@nytimes reports on Facebook dropping fact checking as Trump prepares to enter office. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Three decades ago, Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet” disappeared from public view.
@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social & co. follow the lost masterpiece from Manhattan to a lakeside villa in Switzerland -- and ponder whether great art deserves to be seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/a...
@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social & co. follow the lost masterpiece from Manhattan to a lakeside villa in Switzerland -- and ponder whether great art deserves to be seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/a...
The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece
Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Three decades ago, Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet” disappeared from public view.
@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social & co. follow the lost masterpiece from Manhattan to a lakeside villa in Switzerland -- and ponder whether great art deserves to be seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/a...
@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social & co. follow the lost masterpiece from Manhattan to a lakeside villa in Switzerland -- and ponder whether great art deserves to be seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/a...