Vance revisits WSJ’s ‘absurd’ attack on Trump

Vice President JD Vance again slammed The Wall Street Journal for its reporting that President Donald J. Trump penned a “bawdy” birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, a part of a Democrat push seeking to link him to the notorious sex trafficker.

According to the WSJ, the alleged letter included a doodle of a nude woman with a “pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly ‘Donald’ below her waist, mimicking pubic hair,” and was included in a “book” put together for the deceased financier’s 50th birthday in 2003.

Vance had previously described the sensational story as “complete and utter bullsh*t” and added to that criticism in a blistering Friday post to X, blasting the WSJ for refusing to show the White House the letter and the “absurd” idea that it would publish a major story attacking the president “without revealing the basis for the attack.”

The contention–which is pretty clear if you just read what I said–is that it’s bogus for the WSJ to publish a hit piece without showing us the letter.

I have no idea if the book exists–WSJ won’t show it to us. I have no idea if the letter exists–WSJ won’t show it to us. What… https://t.co/u5uEYqahKT

— JD Vance (@JDVance) July 25, 2025

“The contention–which is pretty clear if you just read what I said–is that it’s bogus for the WSJ to publish a hit piece without showing us the letter,” he wrote in the lengthy post, a response to MSNBC host Chris Hayes.

“I have no idea if the book exists–WSJ won’t show it to us. I have no idea if the letter exists–WSJ won’t show it to us,” Vance continued. “What I find absurd is the idea that Donald Trump was writing poems to Epstein, and I find it equally absurd that a major American paper would attack the President of the United States without revealing the basis for the attack.”

“We all know what’s going to happen. They’re going to dribble little details out for days or weeks in an effort to assassinate the president’s character,” the vice president said. “They won’t show us this book or allow us to refute it until they’ve wrung every bit of fake news out of the story. And everyone will just move on from the fact that the WSJ is acting like a Democrat SuperPAC. It’s disgraceful, and it’s why the president sued.”

“Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullsh*t. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it,” Vance previously said. “Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?”

Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it.

Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump? https://t.co/KHsTFOSl34

— JD Vance (@JDVance) July 17, 2025

Trump reacted to the smear job by suing The Wall Street Journal along with media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

“The Wall Street Journal printed FAKE letter, supposedly to Epstein,” Trump said in a Truth Social Post after the smear job was first published. “These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures.”

“I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I’m going to sue his ass off, and that of his third rate newspaper,” he added and then followed through.

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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.

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