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riversedge

(80,047 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 06:20 PM Saturday

BREAKING: There are massive calls across the U.S. for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after...

Maybe I am out of it--but this is the first I have heard this.....(I did read today that Lutnick went to Epstein's island).


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BREAKING: There are massive calls across the U.S. for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after it was revealed he took his children to Epstein Island for a family vacation.


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BREAKING: There are massive calls across the U.S. for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after... (Original Post) riversedge Saturday OP
No resignation from shithole.............. Lovie777 Saturday #1
This is a no-brainer. Anyone who willingly went to that place... Mark.b2 Saturday #2
This entire fucking administration is one gigantic criminal racket. Initech Saturday #3
Who thinks that pic is Epstein Island? WarGamer Saturday #4
No it can't be. underpants Saturday #10
Because Little St. James has no harbor? WarGamer Saturday #13
Who said it was Epstein Island? Sneederbunk Saturday #34
"massive"? wishful thinking. onenote Saturday #5
He should resign for just being a dumbass. GoodRaisin Saturday #6
Add Scott Bessent vapor2 Saturday #29
All he does is go on Fox News and say stupid shit while kissing Trump's ass. Initech Saturday #33
Wonder if the objectional massage tables were available for him? Swede Saturday #7
Just an old Russian woman Pinback Saturday #32
Seppuku instead. niyad Saturday #8
This clickbait stuff is annoying JBTaurus83 Saturday #9
He took his kids there, knowing who Epstein was? mercuryblues Saturday #11
Maybe he considered it... regnaD kciN Saturday #16
Child labor? mercuryblues Saturday #27
Nutlick underpants Saturday #12
That's not Greg_In_SF Saturday #14
Just last year, Lutnick claimed that in 2005... Wiz Imp Saturday #15
They bdamomma Saturday #17
What charges would Greg_In_SF Saturday #19
He's bdamomma Saturday #21
I hear ya! Greg_In_SF Saturday #26
Also, I heard this morning cilla4progress Saturday #18
It's a big club bdamomma Saturday #23
US Commerce Secretary Lutnick planned Epstein island visit, emails show IronLionZion Saturday #20
I haven't heard any mass calling for the orange asshole to resign either Bev54 Saturday #22
The entire cabinet has no morals, ethics or loyalty to the Constitution mdbl Saturday #24
I would bdamomma Saturday #25
He'll never resign Diraven Saturday #28
I would not be surprised if every cabinet member is tied to Epstein liberal N proud Saturday #30
It's a start. Then, can the whole Trump Regime resign? CaptainTruth Saturday #31

JBTaurus83

(997 posts)
9. This clickbait stuff is annoying
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 06:45 PM
Saturday

There are no massive calls for this. No one associated with Dump is going anywhere due to Epstein. The USA is not Europe, there is no accountability here.

Wiz Imp

(9,312 posts)
15. Just last year, Lutnick claimed that in 2005...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:01 PM
Saturday
Lutnick recalled Epstein opening the doors to the room as he was showing them the mansion and that it had a massage table in the middle of it surrounded by candles. He said he asked Epstein how often he got massages.

“And then he says, ‘Every day,’” Lutnick said. “And then, he like gets, like, weirdly close to me, and he says, ‘And the right kind of massage.’”

After that, Lutnick said they quickly left, and in the quick journey it took them to get back to their own home, the couple agreed to “never be in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.”

“If that guy was there, I wasn’t going because he’s gross,” Lutnick said.


Lutnick's family planned a vacation to Epstein's island in 2012 (It's unclear if they ever actually went). Lutnick also invited Epstein to a 2015 Hillary Clinton fundraiser in 2015. It seems Lutnick didn't think Epstein was so "gross" after all.

bdamomma

(69,354 posts)
21. He's
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:17 PM
Saturday

the Secretary of Commerce correct?? He's not on the up and up. Who knows what skeletons he has in his closet. Lutnick?? or Nutnick? They are corrupt and serving the mafia thug.

IronLionZion

(51,010 posts)
20. US Commerce Secretary Lutnick planned Epstein island visit, emails show
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:34 PM
Saturday
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmlr0nk8y9o

In one email from December 2012, Lutnick's wife Allison wrote to Epstein's assistant: "We are looking forward to visiting you. We will be coming from Caneel Bay in the morning. We are a crowd... 2 families each with 4 kids ranging in age from 7-16! 6 boys and 2 girls. I hope that's okay. We would love to join you for lunch."

In another email, sent to a redacted recipient days before his wife's email, Lutnick writes: "Hi Jeff, We are landing in St. Thomas early Saturday afternoon and planning to head over to St. Bart's/Anguilla on Monday at some point... Does Sunday evening for dinner sound good?"


Bev54

(13,328 posts)
22. I haven't heard any mass calling for the orange asshole to resign either
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:18 PM
Saturday

and there sure is a lot of horrendous stuff in the released documents about him and I am pretty sure I cannot imagine what else they are hiding. My mind is still having a difficult time learning the depravity of so many reprobates.

mdbl

(8,287 posts)
24. The entire cabinet has no morals, ethics or loyalty to the Constitution
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:27 PM
Saturday

Why should he resign when that's why he was hired?

bdamomma

(69,354 posts)
25. I would
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:28 PM
Saturday

like to see some golf courses exhumed for buried bodies. Dumping bodies in the ocean was probably a choice too for these bastards.

Diraven

(1,857 posts)
28. He'll never resign
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:43 PM
Saturday

Everyone is taking their cue from Trump. Just lie and deny ever meeting Epstein, despite mountains of obvious evidence to the contrary. There's literally nothing anyone can do as long as the DOJ controls all the evidence, is running the cover-up, and refuses to consider prosecuting anyone except Democrats.

liberal N proud

(61,178 posts)
30. I would not be surprised if every cabinet member is tied to Epstein
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:19 PM
Saturday

Epstien was tied to Russia thus making the entire regime compromised. How many in Congress are also compromised?

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