Time will tell whether the big bombshell from The Wall Street Journal is true. The New Republics Michael Tomasky has the rundown on what it means: Supposedly Trump drew a sexually explicit drawing and penned a suggestive note in Jeffrey Epsteins 50th birthday album in 2003.
Trump angrily denies it. We cant know for the time being whos right, but heres what we can say right now: The Journal story forced Trump to take an action that may well blow up in his face later.
In addition to threatening to sue the Journal, Trump also reacted by calling for the release of any and all pertinent grand jury testimony related to the Epstein matter, subject to court approval. Thats laughable. As many pointed out, the files on Epstein, a sex offender who died in prison in 2019, contain all sorts of other materials, like videos, recordings, FBI witness interviews, and more that could incriminate Trump (or others) if hes in there.
Now look at how Donald Trump Jr. responded to his fathers announcement:
LFG, of course, means lets fucking go. Don Jr. is jiu-jitsuing this announcement by inventing a new narrative: It is now Trump who is bravely demanding transparency on the Epstein files. Hes even calling the bluff of Democrats who (are pretending to) want the files release.
Also note that JD Vance retweeted Don Jr. on this, and MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk instantly echoed Don Jr., calling this a major move. The new story is being manufactured before our eyes: Trump is for full disclosure, and his demand is Totally Owning Democrats (in Trumps new mythology, Democrats created the files to manufacture a fake story against Trump). If the grand jury testimony doesnt incriminate Trump (which it likely wont), he will have been proven right.
