People point out similarity between Ivanka Trump’s new ‘private island’ and Epstein Island

The frequent online comparisons to Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous private island, heavily fueled by old photographs and long-circulated rumors, speak significantly less to any proven legal facts than to a deep, underlying public distrust of the ultra-wealthy and the politically connected. For staunch supporters of the multi-billion-dollar deal, opening up the shores of Sazan after entire decades of isolation as a closed military base sounds like overdue economic progress and global modernization. For fierce critics and environmental activists, however, the massive luxury development feels like history trying to repeat itself in a brand new sea, operating under new names, and casting the exact same old corporate shadows over public land.