President Donald Trump on Monday took a break from his $10 million taxpayer-funded golf vacation in Scotland to announce new import tax increases on Americans and also to put forward a new explanation of why he broke from Jeffrey Epstein: because the child sex abuser was hiring away the help from Mar-a-Lago.

From Scotland, President Donald Trump addresses his past with Jeffrey Epstein, claiming he ejected him from Mar-a-Lago and rejected island invitations amid ongoing congressional investigation.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he "never had the privilege" of visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, saying he turned down an invitation from the convicted sex offender in what the president called a moment of good judgment.

The Republican-led House of Representatives shut down early for its summer break to avoid Jeffrey Epstein motions.The Senate GOP has been in see-no-evil mode the past week over the controversy swirling around the seemingly vanished “client list” of the high-flying financier and convicted pedophile who once palled around with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton among many other power players.

President Trump was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files while meeting with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland. This comes after the Justice Department interviewed Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.