"The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker."
~ Wall Street Journal
"A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly 'Donald' below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.
The letter concludes: 'Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.'”
"Last night, The Wall Street Journal—owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns Fox 'News'—reported on a birthday card Trump sent to Epstein. At the bottom of the card, near Trump’s signature, it read: 'may every day be another wonderful secret.'”
~ Scott Dworkin
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #MAGA
/3
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-spin-machine-fails-miserably
"‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump & Epstein were close friends for 15 years. As Trump tries to claim he was ‘not a fan’ of Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of a their relationship.
It was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a 'terrific guy'. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s 'closest friend', and praised the future president as “charming”.
~ Adam Gabbatt
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles
/4
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/trump-epstein-friendship
"I think we should give Trump a break. After all, who among us hasn’t written a fan letter to a pedophile with a drawing of a naked woman signed where the pubic hair should be?"
~ Norman Ornstein quoted by Greg Dworkin
"On Thursday, a report emerged that the Wall Street Journal was preparing to publish an article highlighting new details of the relationship between Trump and Epstein. Trump was frantically attempting to kill the article, calling both WSJ publisher Rupert Murdoch and editor in chief Emma Tucker. Trump's efforts to intervene failed, and the Wall Street Journal published its article on Thursday evening."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
"Among the disclosures in the article, the revelation that drew the most attention involved a birthday card sent to Epstein on his 50th birthday by Trump. ...
Trump appears to be desperate, making wild claims that no one believes. The WSJ would not have proceeded with the article unless it had solid backup for its story."
"Moreover, the birthday card is consistent with Trump's description of his own behavior on the Access Hollywood tapes and the civil finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.
Trump's last line of defense appears to be ordering his followers to disregard news reports regarding his involvement with Epstein. That is a weak defense that will work with a subset of his followers."
"Trump denied that he ever wrote such a letter or, indeed, ever drew anything ever: 'I never wrote a picture in my life,' he told the Journal, adding later on Truth Social, 'I don’t draw pictures.' He called in every favor to try to stop the article’s publication, making phone calls to the paper’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, and its editor, Emma Tucker, and swearing he would sue if they published."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #MAGA
/9
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/an-enigma-wrapped-in-a-wonderful-secret-trump-epsitein-files-bondi
@wdlindsy Oh to be a fly on the wall when the prez of the US calls a publisher begging to NOT have a story published in a major news outlet!
What does he say? Does he whine? or threaten? or cajole?
Does he offer something in return?
William Lindsey 
f*cking b*tch club