Thirteen years before anyone could vote for or against Donald Trump, Robin Williams stood on a stage and sized him up in three words. 'This is a scary man.'

The clip is back. It has been resurfacing in waves since Williams first performed the routine in 2012, but this time the context is different.

On 14 February,a user on Xposted the footage with the caption: 'Robin Williams warned the US about Donald Trump and his links to Miss America pageants and underage girls in 2012. Really should have listened.' The post picked up millions of views within hours,according to The Blast.

In the bit, Williams compared Trump to the Wizard of Oz - a man who 'plays Monopoly with real buildings' - and took aim at his ownership of the Miss Universe Organisation, which also ran Miss USA and Miss Teen USA at the time. 'Isn't that a bit like Michael Vick owning a series of pet stores?' he asked, referencing the NFL player's 2007 federal conviction for running a dogfighting ring. He mocked Trump for calling his daughter Ivanka 'hot,' saying 'even people in Arkansas' found the remark disturbing.

At the time, Trump was a real estate developer and host of The Apprentice. He would not announce a presidential campaign for another three years.

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The timing is hard to ignore. Days before the video blew up, the US Department of Justice released millions of pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Trump appears thousands of times in those records,Axios reported. He has never been accused by authorities of wrongdoing connected to Epstein and has denied any involvement.

Trump and Epstein socialised throughout the 1990s and early 2000s at parties in Palm Beach and New York. In a 2002 interview, Trump called Epstein a 'terrific guy' and noted they both enjoyed the company of beautiful women,per PBS. He later said the two fell out in the mid-2000s after Epstein behaved inappropriately at Mar-a-Lago.

When Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019, Trump told reporters he was 'not a fan.' Epstein died in custody that year in what was ruled a suicide.

Robin Williams warned the US about Donald Trump and his links to Miss America Pageants and underage girls in 2012.Really should have listened.pic.twitter.com/vIe8ZTK8tm

Source: International Business Times UK