You are stretching to even say they were good friends. Rich people run in circles. There is a reason DMGCC is 25k a year, after sign up cost, rubbing elbows out there builds connections that can pay for it.Trump flew on Epstein’s plane 7 times, although those flights did not go to the island. Trump was known to pal around with Epstein - deep enough into his orbit to use his personal jet 7 times.
As to whether he went to the island or not…hard to say as Trump has his own private jet. All We know for sure is Trump was a very good friend of Epstein…who you associate with says a lot about a person.