Six days ago it was predicted here that by this weekend we would all be talking about something other than Jeffrery Epstein. Obviously, that was a bad call. Not only is everyone still talking about this increasingly sordid episode, but Donald J. Trump is promising to sue the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch for billions of dollars because of it. (Which is, as someone might have pointed out to El Don, is not the best way to get everyone to stop talking about the Jeff Epstein files.)
According to the Journal in 2003 Epstein's girlfriend and fresh talent recruiter, Ghislaine Maxwell asked a bunch of his pals to send him greetings and congratulations on his 50th birthday. She collected all the responses and put them into a leather bound scrapbook. Donald Trump's alleged contribution to the collection opened with, "There must be more to life than having everything." Then it wandered off into a fictional conversation between Trump and Epstein with Trump saying, "Yes there is, but I won't tell you what it is." Epstein responds, "Nor will I, since I know what it is." Trump's next line is, "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey." Epstein answers, "Yes, we do, come to think of it." Then Trump adds, "Enigmas never age, have you noticed that? Epstein's answer is, "As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you." The note ended with Trump writing, "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday--and may every day be another wonderful secret." The WSJ reports this text was framed by a hand drawn outline of an anatomically correct female torso. It was signed, "Donald," where the pubic hair should be.
Almost at the same instant the Journal piece hit the internet a quote by Trump given during a 2002 interview with New York magazine became public. At that time Citizen Trump said of his friend, " I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said he likes beautiful women as much as I do and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it--Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
Adding insult to injury a couple of days before the WSJ story appeared Trump caught wind of it and called his old pal, Rupert Murdoch, asking him to kill it. The President now claims Murdoch agreed to, but the publication ran it anyway--which leads us to one of two conclusions. Either the most powerful media mogul in the world can't control his own staff, or Rupe Murdoch flat out lied to Donald Trump. Personally, I prefer the latter, it appeals to my appreciation of irony.
Suffice it to say, our man in the Oval Office went ape shit crazy. So much so it appeared he tripped off into full blown dementia. In Pittsburgh Trump claimed his late uncle, John Trump, who was a long time professor at MIT, told him a story about having Ted Kaczynski as a student. The problem being, Kaczynski, who is better known as, "the Unabomber," was never enrolled at MIT. In addition, dear old Uncle John died before Kaczynski was even identified and caught. Mr. Trump also claimed Joe Biden appointed his arch enemy du jour, Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell. Scads of media outlets showed that clip, then gleefully followed it with one of Donald Trump, "...proudly introducing my nominee for Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell."
Donald Trump vehemently denies he wrote the birthday note to that, "terrific guy," Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview he said, "This is not me. This is a fake thing." A moment later he added, "I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women. It is not my language. It's not my words."
While we have stone cold proof Donald Trump is a crudely obscene man and a sexual predator, when it comes to the Epstein birthday note, I actually believe him. That whole fantasy conversation between Trump and Epstein requires an imagination, not to mention literary knowledge and talent far beyond anything demonstrated by Donald Trump in the past, or present. (For God's sake, the guy said, "I never wrote a picture...") That, however, doesn't mean he didn't see it, approve it, and personally sign it.
What probably happened is Trump got a call, or email from Maxwell, then handed off the job of composing it to someone else--maybe even Maxwell herself--then read and signed the final product. Whether the artwork was his or not really doesn't matter. Why not? While Donald Trump has denied writing the note, he has never said he didn't see it or sign it.
Whatever the case, the issue, which Trump is desperate to get rid of now has new legs. We have the hard core conspiracy wing of MAGA, the Wall Street Journal, and Trump's pending lawsuit to thank for it. Indeed, this story is becoming oddly Shakespearian in a way. In it, Jeffrey Epstein has become to Trump what Banquo was to Macbeth. The former friend turned terrifying ghost who is now seated at the banquet table.
7-20-25
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