Donald Trump Jr.'s Denial Of Daddy's Doodles Fails Miserably
After The Wall Street Journal published a story revealing new details about PresidentDonald Trump's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the president declared the story to be fake news in a post on his Truth Social platform.
'These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don't draw pictures,' the president insisted in the post.
Many MAGA fans tried to defend their fearless leader by claiming they can't imagine him using 'enigma,' a word The Wall Street Journal reports he used in a birthday message to Epstein.
Trump Jr. defended his father with a post on X, in which he claimed his father 'has a very specific way of speaking' and insisted 'the insanity written in the Wall Street Journal AIN'T IT and everyone knows it.'
He added that 'in 47 years, I've never seen him doodle once.'
My father has a very specific way of speaking. People all over the world have mimicked it for decades. The insanity written in the Wall Street Journal, AIN'T IT and everyone knows it. Also in 47 years I've never seen him doodle once. Give me a break with the fake 'journalisming' https://t.co/bJ8oFWdTBZ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 18, 2025
Sadly for Trump Jr., his loyalty wasn't as strong as his ability to self-own in embarrassing, easily preventable ways.
You see, many folks on X were able to quickly find 'receipts' that contradicted Trump Jr.'s dubious claims in his attempt to dismiss the Journal's reporting.
Donald Trump's drawings span several years, with known pieces created in the late 1990's and early to mid-2000's. Some sketches were produced for charity auctions in 2003, 2004, 2005, and a George Washington Bridge drawing in 2006.https://t.co/eIXBcSGEpzhttps://t.co/ilYbOm5iOZ…
— Maile (@MaileOnX) July 18, 2025
lol he was a MASTER DOODLER, in fact, it's the one thing in life he was genuinely talented at pic.twitter.com/P2O3wpQrec
— Stefanie Iris Weiss 🔥⚡️🇺🇦 (@EcoSexuality) July 18, 2025
'Carson is an enigma to me' pic.twitter.com/7wnaXT2Tie
— Olga Lautman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) July 18, 2025
Interesting what you say that is false. pic.twitter.com/swy2p1EkA5
— Ford News (@FordJohnathan5) July 18, 2025
He never doodles pic.twitter.com/nZlxZtln1s
— L King (@71Elvis77) July 18, 2025
Here is another… pic.twitter.com/RnnJEPuK35
— BerserkerChilla (@2PercentChilla) July 18, 2025
Roflmao. He does doodle and he even uses big words sometimes, but in this case he probably just signed what someone drew for him (maybe ask ghislaine aunty, she probably knows) 😁
— omar ali (@omarali50) July 18, 2025
Have you read your father's books? pic.twitter.com/OuB40QtQYZ
— Berk (@AwayBerk) July 18, 2025
Aren't these your dads 'doodles' he sold? https://t.co/ff2ckBMdwl
— Lisa Christine •. (@lisachristinect) July 18, 2025
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