‘Good Lord’: Wall Street Journal Report on Trump’s Alleged Birthday Message to Jeffrey Epstein Blows Up on Social Media
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Social media users reacted with shock to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday which detailed an alleged sexual birthday message President Donald Trump sent the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
According to the Journal, Trump sent Epstein a letter for the late sex offender’s 50th birthday in 2003 which contained a drawing of a naked woman, with Trump’s signature as pubic hair, along with the message, “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey […] Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
The report blew up on social media, with reactions including everything from shock to denial.
“Good lord, ick,” reacted Democratic strategist and SiriusXM host Max Burns, while MSNBC senior reporter Brandy Zadrozny wrote, “Oh my this is gonna be catnip for internet conspiracy theorists. Actually… not just them.”
“This is a soon-to-be ex-president,” declared liberal commentator Keith Olbermann, while Politico reporter Ben Jacobs mocked, “Condolences to everyone in Washington DC with a birthday between now and Labor Day who will now be wished ‘Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret’ by a dozen different people.”
Trump was defended by several prominent accounts on the right, however, who argued that the reported letter sounded “bogus” and not like the president at all.
“The letter sounds bogus,” reacted former Trump ally Elon Musk, who has spent the past few months accusing the president of being named in the Epstein files. “It really doesn’t sound like something Trump would say tbh.”
Megyn Kelly called the report “the dumbest attempted hit piece I’ve ever read,” while Trump adviser Alex Brusewitz claimed, “This is very clearly BS being peddled by the fake news hacks at the WSJ, which by the way, is way worse than The NY Times and WaPo now. You know it’s BS because they won’t publish the ‘letter.'”
President Trump denied writing the letter and threatened to sue the Wall Street Journal.
“This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he claimed in a statement. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women.”
