White House spin on Epstein spirals out of control

OP's comment: It's hilarious now that the MAGAt spin is that Trump is too stupid to write something coherent and gramatically correct.


White House spin on Epstein spirals out of control
Everyone except MAGA media is talking about the "wonderful secret"

By Sophia Tesfaye
Senior Writer
Published September 10, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)




(Salon) We are currently watching what it is like when Donald Trump’s White House loses control of a narrative, and the truth escapes containment.

From the beginning, when Elon Musk dropped his now-deleted bombshell claim that Trump is “in the Epstein files,” the response from the White House and its supporters in MAGA media has been fascinating. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., abruptly sent lawmakers home early this summer for a month-long break after a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to vote for the Department of Justice to release the files. Upon returning to Capitol Hill last week, Johnson bizarrely claimed Trump was actually an FBI informant spying on Jeffrey Epstein. The president, meanwhile, sued Rupert Murdoch after the Wall Street Journal reported in July on a letter attributed to Trump for a book Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for the convicted sex offender’s 50th birthday in 2003. The message included a crude drawing of a naked female figure, with Trump’s signature as pubic hair, along with the message, “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey […] Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump denied having written the letter, claiming, “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women.” After the Journal published a photo of the letter on Monday, along with a comparison of Trump’s signatures, drawings and commonly used phrases over the years, the White House insisted the signature was a fake.

“It’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it. President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X. Taylor Budowich, who serves as White House deputy chief of staff for communications, echoed the sentiment with a sample of Trump signatures meant to discredit the Journal.

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Trump’s sycophants in MAGA media, from Charlie Kirk to Matt Gaetz, repeated the same talking points. The usual suspects repeated White House threats to sue the Journal. All Monday evening, reporters, Trump devotees and detractors shared copies of documents he signed on social media and dissected the signatures like they were analyzing the Zapruder film. The prose, some of the president’s media supporters contended, was too poetic and well-punctuated to be written by Trump. .................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/09/10/white-house-spin-on-epstein-spirals-out-of-control/