- By Sakshi Srivastava
- Fri, 18 Jul 2025 04:42 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Trump Epstein Files: US President Donald Trump is once again under scrutiny over his past ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published details of a peculiar and suggestive letter allegedly written by Trump for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. The letter, reportedly part of a “birthday album” assembled by Ghislaine Maxwell, features a typewritten fictional conversation between Trump and Epstein, overlaid on a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman.
The drawing, according to WSJ, includes anatomical details with the name “Donald” scrawled on an intimate part of the illustration. The letter ends with the line: “Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Content Of The Letter
The transcript inshe outline of the naked woman was a typewritten imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein, written in the third person. The transcript reportedly began with a note, saying, "There must be more to life than having everything."
"Trump: Yes, there is, but I won't tell you what it is.
Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.
Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday - and may every day be another wonderful secret."
How Trump Reacted
Trump quickly rejected the story as a fabrication, taking to his Truth Social platform to condemn the WSJ and its owner, Rupert Murdoch.
In an interview with the Journal on Tuesday evening, US president Donald Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the picture. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he said. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he said. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”
The US President also said he would file a lawsuit against the newspaper, which is owned by the conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, if it published the story: "I'm gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else," he said, according to the newspaper.
The Album And Its Contributors
The album, created before Epstein’s first arrest in 2006, included poems, photographs, and greetings from a range of individuals—some prominent in business and academia. The WSJ noted contributions from billionaire Leslie Wexner, former head of Victoria’s Secret, and attorney Alan Dershowitz, among others. It remains unclear whether this album was part of any Trump-era review of the Epstein investigation.
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Trump’s Past With Epstein
Trump and Epstein were known to socialize frequently in the 1990s and early 2000s. They were photographed together at numerous events that also included Maxwell and First Lady Melania Trump. The pair also features in a 1992 tape from the NBC archives that shows them partying at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The names of Trump, along with former President Bill Clinton, also appeared several times on flight logs for Epstein's private jet.
In a 2002 profile of Epstein in New York Magazine, Trump had said: "I've known Jeff for 15 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. No doubt about it-Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
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However, after Epstein’s first arrest in 2006, Trump claimed their friendship had ended. After Epstein's arrest in 2019, Trump said he hadn't talked to the sex offender for about 15 years. "I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him...I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you," Trump said in the Oval Office at that time. In 2023, a Trump spokeswoman told WSJ that the Republican had banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club at some point in the past, without elaborating.
