Wall Street Journal Says Trump Wrote Vulgar Epstein Note; He Threatens To Sue

India-West News Desk

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump now finds himself on the defensive in a controversy he long weaponized. After years of fanning conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein’s death and hinting at Democratic involvement, Trump is lashing out over a Wall Street Journal story that ties him — directly and graphically — to the disgraced financier.

WSJ’s July 17 article says that Trump, then a real estate tycoon, contributed a sexually explicit birthday note to a 2003 compilation for Epstein. The letter, in WSJ’s report: ‘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. 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.’

Trump’s response was swift and typical of how he has always run his life. In a Truth Social post, he slammed the piece as “false, malicious, and defamatory,” and – threatening legal action against the Journal, its parent company NewsCorp, and its longtime chairman Rupert Murdoch.

At the same time, Trump attempted to go on offense, saying he had instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release select materials from Epstein’s past criminal cases. However, this fell short of a full unsealing of court records, a demand frequently made by conspiracy-minded Trump supporters over the years.

The backlash from his base has been growing. A recent Justice Department and FBI review found no evidence of foul play in Epstein’s 2019 jailhouse death — contradicting years of innuendo pushed by Trump allies like Kash Patel, now the FBI director.

Many in the MAGA sphere now feel blindsided. Trump, they say, once framed Epstein’s death as a cover-up to shield powerful Democrats. Now, critics argue, he appears to be backtracking when scrutiny turns inward.

Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on federal child sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide, but many on the right claimed he was murdered to keep him from exposing an elite sex trafficking ring. Trump leaned into that narrative during the 2020 campaign, often suggesting that incriminating files would be released “soon.”

Up until last week, Trump, Bondi, and other figures in his circle had continued hinting that secret Epstein files would be unveiled. But the memo released by the DOJ squashed that claim. There are no such files.

Now, with the scandal turning back on Trump, his previous remarks are being reexamined — including a 2002 quote to New York magazine where he said of Epstein: “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”