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Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 07:10 PM Jul 17

Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.

Source: Wall Street Journal

The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796



Anyone got a link to non-paywall version?
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Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Jul 17 OP
Here: hlthe2b Jul 17 #1
And so he screams "fake" slightlv Jul 17 #2
I don't know... FBaggins Jul 18 #28
Thank you! Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #3
Thank you canetoad Jul 17 #11
Did the WSJ print the letter? lostincalifornia Jul 17 #4
Graphic description Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #7
Thanks. lostincalifornia Jul 18 #18
drip.......... drip........ drip.....drip...drip BaronChocula Jul 17 #5
Awaiting when the SCROTUS turns. Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #8
And with so many Americans being kicked off entitlements BaronChocula Jul 17 #10
Monica Lewinsky was a major news story MW67 Jul 17 #6
Edited by Rupert Murdoch Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #9
Is this the point at which the light goes on? Buddyzbuddy Jul 17 #12
Tug on one thread and see what unravels... Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #19
One can only hope. Buddyzbuddy Jul 18 #21
this orleans Jul 17 #13
Clearly written by autopen. Pinback Jul 17 #16
"We have certain things in common, Jeffrey." Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #20
icing on the cake orleans Jul 17 #14
But, but, but... llmart Jul 17 #15
A level of literacy that I assumed him incapable of greasing. Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #24
Lawrence O'Donnell is having a field day tonight Zorro Jul 17 #17
Lawrence mentions JD Vance is pouncing like a hungry tiger with his X post... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 18 #22
Gotta be a real doozy! Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #25
The wealthy are shifting the narritive IbogaProject Jul 18 #23
Like a protected class, the wealthy. Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #26
Time to move on. I'm raiding my piggy bank to put up a billboard. (sarcasm) usonian Jul 18 #27
Absolutely pictures can be worth a thousand thousand-word denials. Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #31
The thing itself is not a crime its between friends and no one elses business, until it is. Srkdqltr Jul 18 #29
When FBI bestows Trump and Epstein with decades of favorable treatment, I almost wonder why. Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #32
Epstein did not kil Epstein CNYHarris Jul 18 #30
His first cellmate was a hulking cop charged with a quadruple murder. Kid Berwyn Jul 18 #33

FBaggins

(28,288 posts)
28. I don't know...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:27 AM
Jul 18

I like the reply that says essentially “I can see Trump having sex with underage girls before I can accept that he used the word ‘enigma’ in a card”

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
7. Graphic description
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 08:13 PM
Jul 17

From WSJ (thanks hlthe2be):

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.

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
8. Awaiting when the SCROTUS turns.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 08:20 PM
Jul 17

Then Thiel’s bellhop comes couchhumping in to save the billionaire class. Yay.

BaronChocula

(3,045 posts)
10. And with so many Americans being kicked off entitlements
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 08:54 PM
Jul 17

they'll finally have the drive to become billionaires themselves. Everyone wins!

MW67

(41 posts)
6. Monica Lewinsky was a major news story
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 07:44 PM
Jul 17

For years why isn't this ? Liberal media strikes again, Demand Ghislaine Maxwell get her chance to testify in front of Congress like she offered before and release the Epstein files ,The American People deserve to know the truth !

Buddyzbuddy

(1,243 posts)
12. Is this the point at which the light goes on?
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:22 PM
Jul 17

Is it too optimistic to think, maybe this is the one thing he calls fake and they realize if this isn't fake then maybe he was lying about all of those other things aren't fake. The Russia thing, the Stormy Daniel's thing, the E.Jean Carrol thing, the lies about his financial success, the contributions, his love of God and Country, etc., etc., etc..

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
19. Tug on one thread and see what unravels...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:55 AM
Jul 18

…then the next one and the next…pretty soon, the cloak is gone and all the top secret criminality is open for all to see. The scales have started to fall from MAGA eyes. May they see what has cursed our nation for so long.

orleans

(36,296 posts)
13. this
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:49 PM
Jul 17


It isn’t clear how the letter with Trump’s signature was prepared. Inside the outline of the naked woman was a typewritten note styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein, written in the third person.
“Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything,” the note began.
Donald: 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.


https://archive.is/x5Bku

Pinback

(13,341 posts)
16. Clearly written by autopen.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:15 PM
Jul 17


Jeez, most 13-year-old boys have more maturity than this creep.

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
20. "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:08 AM
Jul 18

“Enigmas never age.”

Who knew the guy would one day steal bankers’ boxes full of top secret defense information, refuse to return it, and then lie about it to government investigators after he’s left office?

Language is a wonderful thing, a record of wisdom. Trump’s dialogue with a pal flows like it came from the pen of John Barron, anonymous publicist.

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
24. A level of literacy that I assumed him incapable of greasing.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
Jul 18

“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,980 posts)
22. Lawrence mentions JD Vance is pouncing like a hungry tiger with his X post...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:40 AM
Jul 18

Saying "release the letter". TACO Don does not want the letter released , but JD Vance does.

TACO goes up against Rupert Murdoch, TACO will be scorched in public, further humiliated and Vance becomes POTUS possibly. Imagine the horror of Vance. I shudder in my boots.

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
25. Gotta be a real doozy!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:04 AM
Jul 18

Thanks for the heads-up. I can already see Lawrence's barely contained glee as he pronounces every syllable:

"WE have CER-tain things in com-mon, JEF-frey."

And the best part is that justice may be coming for the person who has gotten away with bringing harm and death to others.

IbogaProject

(4,732 posts)
23. The wealthy are shifting the narritive
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:27 AM
Jul 18

Bye bye TACO, they got their big horrible bill and tax cuts, they are tired of the chaos and the naked corruption. All this should have been news b4 the election. https://archive.is/NunQn

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
26. Like a protected class, the wealthy.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:12 AM
Jul 18

And then came a crack in the dyke wall...

“How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files?” -- Elon Musk

"And just like that"...

Srkdqltr

(8,712 posts)
29. The thing itself is not a crime its between friends and no one elses business, until it is.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:27 AM
Jul 18

The cover up is usually worse than whatever it is. The denials when he could just say .. it was a funny nonsense between friends.
Another time, Another place.
People would think 🤔 ok.
But , it is now part of a attempted cover up and is suspicious.
Here and now.

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
32. When FBI bestows Trump and Epstein with decades of favorable treatment, I almost wonder why.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:33 PM
Jul 18

Remember Kenneth Starr, special prosecutor who looked where Lucianne Goldberg and Brett Kavanaugh told him to look?

From Rolling Stone:

In addition to Alan Dershowitz, attorney Kenneth Starr — yes, that Ken Starr — also defended Epstein in 2007 and reportedly played a “significant part” in helping to secure his plea agreement, according to Dershowitz. Also according to Dershowitz, the lawyer who investigated the Monica Lewinsky scandal was recruited to help Epstein because “Starr had experience in investigating sex investigations. He had experience as the solicitor general and as a judge. He had all the bases covered,” he told the Daily Beast in 2015. Along with Dershowitz, Starr was also listed as a recipient of emails from Florida prosecutors discussing withholding the terms of the plea agreement from Epstein’s alleged victims.

Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/jeffrey-epstein-political-connections-sex-trafficker-856642/kenneth-starr-856648/

It's a small world.



And very, very bad.

CNYHarris

(94 posts)
30. Epstein did not kil Epstein
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:56 PM
Jul 18

Trump killed Epstein, or extracted Epstein when the camera were disabled.

Epstein was either murdered or was sent to a US underground base where they do pet a file stuff to kids.

Kid Berwyn

(21,569 posts)
33. His first cellmate was a hulking cop charged with a quadruple murder.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:41 PM
Jul 18


Nicholas Tartaglione denied making the marks on Epstein’s neck when the presidents’ friend was found unresponsive in his cell the first time.

https://yonkerstimes.com/dirty-westchester-ex-cop-is-epsteins-cell-mate/

Epstein, for some reason, said he didn't like it when he woke up and found the killer ex-cop's hands around his neck.

Proof someone high up wanted to shut Epstein up before there had been a trial, let alone conviction.
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