President Donald Trump raised eyebrows on social media for the way he responded to questions Monday about the disgraced late financier. Trump denied ever visiting Little Saint James, the private Caribbean island Epstein owned where child sex trafficking allegedly occurred.

“One year ago our Country was DEAD, with almost no hope of revival,” he wrote on his Truth Social site on Sunday, the six month anniversary of his second term. “Today the USA is the ‘hottest’ and most respected Country anywhere in the World. Happy Anniversary!!!”

Trump's remarks were his latest effort to distance himself from the political furor over his administration's handling of files related to Epstein's case and renewed questions over his past relationship with the disgraced financier,