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Eugene

(65,820 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:17 PM Sunday

Trump says he doesn't draw but auctioned sketches suggest otherwise

Source: Reuters

Trump says he doesn't draw but auctioned sketches suggest otherwise

Reuters
Fri, July 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM EDT
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has publicly denied that he draws, but numerous examples of his sketches have been sold at auction over the years, many dating from his time as a New York real estate developer, the New York Times said on Friday.

Drawings attributed to Trump, typically simple cityscapes or landmarks rendered in black marker and signed with his name, were donated to various charities in the early 2000s and have fetched thousands of dollars in later sales, the paper added.

"I don't draw pictures," Trump wrote on Truth Social this week, disputing a Wall Street Journal report about a 2003 birthday greeting for late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that bore Trump's name and featured a sexually suggestive drawing.

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Trump says he doesn't draw but auctioned sketches suggest otherwise (Original Post) Eugene Sunday OP

More proof that he's a liar. Hello G.O.P.? Can you get a clue? BoRaGard Sunday #1

He's either lying or committed fraud. rsdsharp Sunday #2

Every time he opens his mouth he lies ! kimbutgar Sunday #3

Suggests? Why doesn't the media just call him what he is....a liar? Fear? walkingman Sunday #4

Actually, the exact quote is "I never wrote a picture in my life" because Liddle Donny doesn't English very well. tanyev Sunday #5

Yes, I read that earlier. riversedge Sunday #6

He's modest. It's understood his reek itself draws flies. marble falls Sunday #7

Michael Cohen was on MSNBC saying... Chemical Bill Sunday #8

Right, but ... Straw Man Yesterday #9

BoRaGard

(6,413 posts)

1. More proof that he's a liar. Hello G.O.P.? Can you get a clue?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:19 PM

Sunday

Well, I know you can - but it's also clear that you don't give a shit that the felon you venerate systematically pisses on the Ten Commandments. So unchristian. So immoral and unethical. So dishonorable. So unAmerican.

rsdsharp

(11,079 posts)

2. He's either lying or committed fraud.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:20 PM

Sunday

Almost certainly, both.

kimbutgar

(25,578 posts)

3. Every time he opens his mouth he lies !

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:25 PM

Sunday

Truth teller is not a word to EVER describe him.

BS is the only thing that comes out if his mouth !

walkingman

(9,576 posts)

4. Suggests? Why doesn't the media just call him what he is....a liar? Fear?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:28 PM

Sunday

tanyev

(47,162 posts)

5. Actually, the exact quote is "I never wrote a picture in my life" because Liddle Donny doesn't English very well.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:04 PM

Sunday

But thanks for polishing that up for him, Reuters.

riversedge

(76,640 posts)

6. Yes, I read that earlier.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:51 PM

Sunday

marble falls

(67,049 posts)

7. He's modest. It's understood his reek itself draws flies.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:55 PM

Sunday

Chemical Bill

(2,846 posts)

8. Michael Cohen was on MSNBC saying...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:10 PM

Sunday

Donald didn't draw the items for the auction, a staff member did, and Donald signed them. That could be true for the birthday card as well.

Straw Man

(6,887 posts)

9. Right, but ...

Reply to Chemical Bill (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:13 AM

Yesterday

Michael Cohen was on MSNBC saying...

Donald didn't draw the items for the auction, a staff member did, and Donald signed them. That could be true for the birthday card as well.

... it's a typical Trumpian double-bind: Either he's lying now, or he was lying when the earlier pictures were auctioned.

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