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BREAKING: Donald Trump Sent Jeffrey Epstein a 50th Birthday Letter and Drew a Nude Woman

Trump threatened the Wall Street Journal. It published it anyways.

In a striking moment of editorial independence, The Wall Street Journal has published an exclusive report linking President Donald Trump to a disturbing artifact from the life of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a birthday album compiled in 2003 by Ghislaine Maxwell that includes bawdy letters from Epstein’s powerful circle of friends. One letter, allegedly from Trump, features sexually suggestive text inside a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman. The letter concludes with the words, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

Trump, in an interview with the Journal, denied any involvement, calling the document “a fake thing” and threatening legal action against the publication. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he told reporters. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”

Yet The Wall Street Journal stood firm — and published anyway. This is what journalism should be like, unafraid of legal threats from the President. The Wall Street Journal is facing threats, and I probably will too for publishing this piece on my platform. But, like the Journal, I am not afraid of this President. Subscribe today and help me continue doing this work:

The album, previously unreported and reviewed by WSJ journalists Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo, is a leather-bound collection of letters, poems, jokes, and illustrations sent to Epstein on his 50th birthday. According to the report, the collection was assembled by Maxwell, later convicted of sex trafficking minors on Epstein’s behalf.

The letters came from an array of high-profile friends and associates — business moguls, lawyers, academics, and celebrities. Among the contributors were billionaire Leslie Wexner, attorney Alan Dershowitz, and now, apparently, Donald Trump.

What sets Trump’s letter apart is not only the vulgarity of its imagery but the timing. It was allegedly written before Epstein’s first arrest in 2006, when the financier was still enjoying open access to America’s elite social and political circles — including Trump’s.

The president’s response was swift and vehement. After being contacted by the Journal, Trump called the story “fake news” and accused the media outlet — long seen as a conservative standard-bearer — of fabricating evidence. He also turned his ire toward his own supporters, some of whom have recently demanded full transparency around the so-called “Epstein files.”

“I’m gonna sue The Wall Street Journal, just like I sued everyone else,” Trump said.

Whether a lawsuit materializes remains to be seen, but WSJ’s decision to go public — despite the president’s threats — signals a rare and bold challenge from a media outlet that has not traditionally been hostile to Trump.

This story touches on more than just another Trump-Epstein headline. It represents a fracture within the conservative establishment and raises difficult questions for voters. Can Trump maintain his outsider persona when faced with mounting evidence of past complicity in elite circles? And more urgently, what else lies in the unpublished corners of the Epstein files?

With the Journal’s exposé, a mainstream conservative publication has taken a decisive step — against one of its own — to shine a light on Epstein’s entanglements with the rich and powerful. For Trump, who has relied on loyalty and media deference, this may mark a turning point.

One thing is now clear: The Wall Street Journal is no longer in Trump’s corner.

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