What a week! Congress defunded NPR, PBS and USAID. Stephen Colbert’s terrible and unfunny late-night show got canceled by CBS. (LOL!) Illegal border crossings hit the lowest level in decades. The Supreme Court reined in activist judges. All of that, however, was overshadowed by the White House’s terrible messaging on the Epstein files (or lack thereof). So, what did President Donald Trump’s enemies do? The Wall Street Journal handed him a giant, indisputable ‘W’ on the Epstein files!
You’ve probably heard by now that the WSJ has published an epically fake news piece about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a fake news hit piece that is so desperately, obviously fake that it rivals the Russian potty dossier.
The story claims that Jeffrey Epstein’s pimp, Ghislaine Maxwell, assembled a book of personal birthday wishes from the pedophile’s “friends” in 2003. The WSJ obtained a copy of this alleged quote-unquote book. It supposedly contains a bizarre note from Donald Trump that was typed (not handwritten) in the form of an extremely bad stage play that might air on NPR. Along with a stick figure drawing of a chick with big boobies.
In related news, two men in red hats have attacked Jussie Smollett and poured bleach on him!
It’s amazing that the WSJ could get taken in by such an obvious hoax in 2025. President Trump has been in the spotlight for decades. Everyone knows that Trump speaks exactly like he writes and tweets.
And yet the WSJ couldn’t look at this pathetically silly, eighth-grade dialogue that sounds like it was written by AI, and determine that there’s no way Donald Trump ever wrote this:
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.
Donald: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.
Donald Trump does not speak or write like that. He never has. Part of the reason why he is so loved by his supporters is that he has his own unique style of speaking and writing. No one else writes or speaks like him. He uses the best words, some say! And that dialogue looks nothing like something that Donald Trump would ever write.
He also doesn’t write or speak in metaphors, and certainly not in cryptic codes for pedophilia, like, “Enigmas never age.”
It’s an obvious hoax, but once again, Trump Derangement Syndrome overrides the logic signals in liberals’ brains and they can’t resist themselves. The Murdoch media empire is about to join ABC News, CBS News, and other media outlets that have had to pay Donald Trump huge sums of cash in defamation lawsuits.
They deserve it. The Murdochs have always hated Donald Trump. They own the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and Fox News, among other media outlets. After they fired Tucker Carlson from Fox News a few years ago, the Murdochs told Tucker that he would have the full backing of their media empire if he ran for president in 2024 to challenge Trump.
Here are some questions the WSJ might want to ponder as their lawyers are prepping them for the incoming defamation lawsuit:
How’d you guys all-of-a-sudden find this letter from 2003? Why didn’t they upload the alleged note from Trump, instead opting to just tell us what was in it in newsprint form? Trump is known for sending people handwritten notes, in his own handwriting, so why was this one typed? In the huge volumes of tweets and letters that Trump has written, can you point to a single example where he’s ever spoken in cryptic riddles? And why did this supposed letter not appear in 2016, 2020, or 2024? Why is it just now appearing out of nowhere as the Democrats and the Deep State are trying to weaponize Jeffrey Epstein against Donald Trump?
Meanwhile, Trump has seized upon this huge misstep by his enemies. He’s ordered the DOJ to unseal all the grand jury transcripts from the 2019 indictment against Epstein. That’s a smart move. Those transcripts will reveal whether there were any co-conspirators abusing those girls, without having to release videos or pictures that could harm the victims.
Plus, the WSJ has now given the internet a new meme. People are sending themselves bawdy birthday notes from Donald Trump to mock the Murdochs.
President Trump also sent me a birthday card with a bawdy message. Feel free to use on air @cnn & @msnbc. pic.twitter.com/MNXFGdcc0T
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 18, 2025