Donald Trump Reacts After Report Reveals His 50th Birthday Letter to Jeffrey Epstein
July 17, 2025
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Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. You can get in touch with Gabe by emailing g.whisnant@newsweek.com. Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant.
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President Donald Trump responded to a Wall Street Journal story published Thursday that revealed an alleged birthday letter sent by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.
The letter bearing Donald Trump’s name, reviewed by the Journal, reportedly features several lines of typewritten text surrounded by the outline of a naked woman, sketched in marker. The illustration also includes two small arcs representing breasts, with Trump’s signature—a “Donald”—positioned below the waist, resembling pubic hair.
The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
The president told the Journal on Tuesday, “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. It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”
He also said he would file a lawsuit against the publication 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.
Newsweek has reached out to the White House via email on Thursday evening for comment.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. AFP/Getty Images
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