I get the impression that Trump viewed kompromat honey traps as an all-you-can-eat buffet, and Epstein was only a tip of the iceberg. It lessens the individual

I get the impression that Trump viewed kompromat honey traps as an all-you-can-eat buffet, and Epstein was only a tip of the iceberg. It lessens the individual power each has over you when you can play them off against one another - "Yes Mr Putin Sir, I would love to do that for you but I have to check with Israel and everyone else first". So probably all of the above - Israel via Epstein, Putin via whomever Trump got all those loans from, etc.