"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
"Vice President JD Vance called the story 'complete and utter bullshit,' asking 'Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?'
This was flailing, back-to-the-wall damage control. Trump’s claim that 'I don’t draw pictures' was disproven within minutes of his making it. In fact, a plethora of comparable black-Sharpie doodles drawn by him around that time are already a matter of public record."
Joyce Vance tells us why Trump's call to have Bondi release grand jury material from the Epstein case is yet another diversionary red herring:
"Release of the grand jury material, or as Trump would have it, only the bits that are 'pertinent,' isn’t automatic. ...
Bondi is giving Trump cover so he can try to ride this dispute out."
"She acceded to his order that she ask the court to release what is just a small fraction of the material from the Epstein investigation, only testimony of witnesses prosecutors brought before the grand jury when they sought their indictment. And she does it knowing that it’s unlikely to succeed or could take some time."
"If the Trump letter to Epstein were forged—never reviewed by federal prosecutors, as the Journal reports, or deemed by DOJ to be fake—Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino would know it, and one or two or all three of them would’ve leapt to Trump’s defense.
Instead, we got spittle-flecked but substance-free ravings from Vice President JD Vance, who couldn’t possibly know the truth of the matter."
~ Brian Beutler
"One thing is now clear: The Wall Street Journal is no longer in Trump’s corner."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #MAGA
/14
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-donald-trump-sent-jeffrey
Trump threatened the Wall Street Journal. It published it anyways.
"A week ago, I wouldn’t have thought I’d be writing about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal once, much less a second time in four days. But here we are. And that is the point. The story isn’t going away, no matter how badly Donald Trump wants it to … and he wants it badly."
~ Dan Rather
"Right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes: 'We're gonna look back at the MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history. The liberals were right - we will see Trump as a scam artist. The Republicans must be hanged in the midterms. Trump must fucking pay for this. You don't need our support anymore? Forget about the midterms.'"
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #MAGA
/16
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-172-71725
… Press Sec Karoline Leavitt finally addressed questions I and others have raised for months about discoloration in Trump’s hands, swollen ankles, and dragging his right leg when he walks: "I know that many in the media have been speculating about bruising on the president's hand and also swelling in the president's legs.
"'The 2026 midterms, it just needs to be a Democrat avalanche. The Republicans are traitors - they shit on on our face.'”
"For the first time in memory, a significant chunk of Trump’s online base is taking off the blinders. They’re not just furious that Trump is calling the Epstein files a Democratic smear job—they’re seeing it in the context of broader betrayals."
~ kos
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #MAGA
/18
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/17/2333789/-This-could-be-the-final-straw-for-MAGA
"Up until this week, Trump’s grip on his base has been sui generis in American politics, and he’s worn their support as armor through two impeachments, 88 criminal charges, two assassination attempts and one massive, improbable political comeback. Yesterday, though, Trump verbally nuked MAGA voters who are upset about the handling of the Epstein case."
~ Politico Playbook
"He called them 'weaklings,' and said that his 'PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit," hook, line, and sinker.' (Interestingly, this is one of the rare Trump Truth posts that the pugilistic Trump War Room account on X did not repost.)"
"You have to feel for Donald Trump’s Maga base. The one huge secret they didn’t want disclosed was that he actually really hates them."
~ Marina Hyde
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #MAGA
/21
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/donald-trump-maga-jeffrey-epstein-list
The Guardian offers a video of Trump supporters burning their MAGA caps now.
"The Epstein affair is only a symptom. It should be placed in the context of the regime’s behavior on a much wider scale. If it drives a wedge within MAGA, good and fine. The real objective is to highlight the corruption and its ensuing damage to democracy and the health and welfare of all Americans. Epstein is just one more thing."
~ Mark Mansour
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