President Donald Trump denied once again that he wrote a 50th-birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein, stating that the well-wishes in question are “not my language.”
In July, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump penned a message to the deceased sex trafficker in 2003, before Epstein’s run-ins with the law. It depicts a doodle of a woman’s torso, inside of which is an imaginary dialogue between the two men that concludes, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Trump denies authoring the message and is suing the Journal for libel. The president is seeking $10 billion.
On Monday, the newspaper published the doodle and message for the first time. The signature resembles that of Trump’s. Nonetheless, the White House denies that it’s Trump’s John Hancock.
On Tuesday night, Trump and some cabinet officials went to Joe’s Seafood near the White House. Before dining, the president took questions from reporters outside, where one asked, “Mr. President, did you sign the Jeffrey Epstein birthday letter?”
Trump replied:
It’s not my signature. And it’s not the way I speak. And anybody that’s covered me for a long time– no, that’s not my language. It’s nonsense. And frankly, you’re wasting your time. All you do is trying to get off the great successes of D.C. and about 200 other
things we’ve done that were so successful. And this is a great, great success. And we have so many– I don’t think any president in their first eight months has had anywhere near the success that we’ve had.
Another reporter asked Trump if he plans to meet with Epstein’s victims.
“Nobody’s suggested that,” he responded. “I haven’t even thought about that. Thank you all very much.
Trump’s unusual jaunt to an area eatery appeared to be prompted by a reporter, who seemed to irk the president when he said Trump had not dined at any restaurants in D.C. amid his ongoing military clampdown in the city.
“Do you want me to prove you wrong?” Trump told the reporter, who responded in the affirmative.
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