The photo spread online as demands grew for the White House to release the so-called Epstein files in July 2025. China's experimentation with creating supersoldiers is a "disturbing" reality, according to a former senior intelligence officer.

Trump previously had a relationship with the late disgraced financier, who died in a jail cell in 2019 as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges.

The persisting furor over files related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has forced President Donald Trump into an unfamiliar role: trying to shut a conspiracy theory down.