That was after he starting stealing Trump’s girls (circa 2000). Epstein wanted in on his trafficking operation and Trump wasn’t about to share. Trump did block a real estate purchase from Epstein to keep him out of the neighborhood (circa 2004)

https://abcnews.com/amp/US/virginia-giuffres-family-donald-trump-knew-jeffrey-epstein/story?id=124238103

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-and-epstein-partied-together-then-a-palm-beach-mansion-came-between-them-20190801-p52cqv.html