{"id":31109,"date":"2025-07-19T01:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31109"},"modified":"2025-07-19T01:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:48:54","slug":"trump-denies-graphic-epstein-letter-by-saying-hes-never-doodled-then-his-past-drawings-resurface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31109","title":{"rendered":"Trump Denies Graphic Epstein Letter by Saying He&#8217;s &#8216;Never&#8217; Doodled. Then His Past Drawings Resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<h1 class=\"article-heading text-headline-300\">Trump, Who Has Sold His Doodles in Past, Denies Report of Graphic Epstein Letter by Saying He &#8216;Never Wrote a Picture in My Life&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Internet sleuths quickly shut down Trump&#8217;s assertion that he has never once doodled, unearthing several of his past drawings that have sold for thousands of dollars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/cX8E-pORSN7rXl4I9hMiWuAn1Ok=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x329:751x331)\/Donald-Trump-Empire-State-Building-sketch-071825-9379237755b744609e65402d923cb906.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump; Trump's Empire State Building doodle\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/cX8E-pORSN7rXl4I9hMiWuAn1Ok=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x329:751x331)\/Donald-Trump-Empire-State-Building-sketch-071825-9379237755b744609e65402d923cb906.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Donald Trump; Trump's Empire State Building doodle\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Donald Trump&#8217;s 1990s sketch of the Empire State Building (right) sold through Julien&#8217;s Auctions for $16,000.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :<\/span><\/span>Andrew Harnik\/Getty; Julien&#8217;s Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reportedly obtained a 2003 letter from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, which allegedly included a sketch of a naked woman and a cryptic note about making each day &#8220;another wonderful secret&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Trump slammed the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s bombshell report about the letter as false, claiming, &#8220;I never wrote a picture in my life&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Internet sleuths quickly poked holes in the president&#8217;s rebuttal by tracking down multiple doodles that Trump has sketched and signed over the years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Almost immediately after <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> dismissed the latest allegation about his friendship with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/elon-musk-calls-out-doj-after-fbi-found-no-evidence-of-jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-11767369\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, internet sleuths identified a major flaw in his denial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On Wednesday, July 17, <em>The<\/em> <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/trump-reportedly-told-epstein-they-have-certain-things-in-common-in-lewd-birthday-card-11690275\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">a graphic letter that Trump allegedly gave Epstein<\/a> for his 50th birthday in 2003. While the newspaper didn&#8217;t show a copy of the letter \u2014 which was reportedly part of a collection of well wishes that <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/crime\/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-sentence-sex-trafficking-jeffrey-epstein-accomplice\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a> assembled from friends of the billionaire \u2014 they described its contents as &#8220;bawdy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker,&#8221; <em>WSJ<\/em> claimed. &#8220;A pair of small arcs denotes the woman\u2019s breasts, and the future president\u2019s signature is a squiggly &#8216;Donald&#8217; below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><em>WSJ<\/em>\u00a0reported that Trump&#8217;s birthday message also included an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein. In the fictional exchange, Trump says, &#8220;We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.&#8221; Epstein replies, &#8220;Yes, we do, come to think of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?&#8221; Trump then asks Epstein, who answers, &#8220;As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;The letter concludes: \u2018Happy Birthday \u2014 and may every day be another wonderful secret,&#8217; &#8221; <em>WSJ<\/em> claimed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/l6FG0rThYb8v4DSDiClBDZF_u6k=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-1-071725-ccd7fc2be6ef4cc1a3016f54ef4dae20.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/l6FG0rThYb8v4DSDiClBDZF_u6k=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-1-071725-ccd7fc2be6ef4cc1a3016f54ef4dae20.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/l6FG0rThYb8v4DSDiClBDZF_u6k=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-1-071725-ccd7fc2be6ef4cc1a3016f54ef4dae20.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump pose together at Mar-a-Lago in 1997.<\/span>Davidoff Studios\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In an interview with <em>WSJ<\/em>, Trump denied writing the letter and threatened to sue them &#8220;just like I sued everyone else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;This is not me. This is a fake thing. It\u2019s a fake\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>story,\u201d he told the outlet. &#8220;I never wrote a picture in my life. I don\u2019t draw pictures of women&#8230; It\u2019s not my language. It\u2019s not my words.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The internet quickly latched on to the president&#8217;s claim that he &#8220;never wrote a picture in his life.&#8221; Within minutes, critics began digging up a variety of well-documented Trump doodles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block\">\n<h2 id=\"midcirc__heading_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__heading mntl-text-block\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div id=\"midcirc__card-list_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__card-list mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Ex-Casino Boss Claims Trump and &#8216;Best Friend&#8217; Jeffrey Epstein Were Once Caught Bringing Underage Girls to Casino Floor<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/C8WsBN_DS1s88PqTBERTAqCbbBY=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()\/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-1-071725-ccd7fc2be6ef4cc1a3016f54ef4dae20.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/C8WsBN_DS1s88PqTBERTAqCbbBY=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()\/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-1-071725-ccd7fc2be6ef4cc1a3016f54ef4dae20.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Trump Lashes Out at Reporter for Asking About Jeffrey Epstein<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/nA8GTeCJtGjlZh95w5sUjczmWOc=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()\/donald-trump-81ab629ef0fa4780b257bc3c26c82c31.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/nA8GTeCJtGjlZh95w5sUjczmWOc=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()\/donald-trump-81ab629ef0fa4780b257bc3c26c82c31.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger compiled several Trump sketches into <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/1946050175589364153\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">a photo collage on X<\/a>, with the caption, &#8220;Trump loves to draw. Just saying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Others were found on auction sites, including a 2004 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/buy\/auction\/2020\/fine-manuscript-and-printed-americana\/donald-trump-original-drawing-of-a-cityscape\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">cityscape skyline<\/a> that was listed and auctioned off at Sotheby&#8217;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliensauctions.com\/en\/items\/31547\/donald-trump-drawing-of-empire-state-building\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">a sketch of the Empire State Building<\/a> that sold for $16,000 at Julien&#8217;s Auctions, a 2005 rendition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sqft.com\/donald-trumps-sketch-of-manhattan-skyline-heading-to-auction\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLnOBlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFQbGZjeXlvQm9rUVpsTHpZAR6-u290T0yDdi66HmCqShpSk0hMqpDsk-hanAGoGEWJGF851r6kLfKGXa38Cw_aem_70YN-RCeZB-kQGaIJlr30A\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">the Manhattan skyline<\/a> that went for $29,184 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, and a drawing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelandlittle.com\/items\/394591\/donald-trump-original-artwork-money-tree-drawing\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\">a tree with money falling from it<\/a> that sold for $8,500 at Leland Little.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">All of the auctioned doodles appear to feature the president&#8217;s distinctive signature.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Trump even admitted to his prolific scribbling prowess <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Trump_Never_Give_Up\/B5PGeWuAor0C?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;bsq=doodle\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">in his 2010 book<\/a>, <em>Trump Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges Into Success.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Each year, I donate an autographed doodle to the Doodle for Hunger auction at Tavern on the Green,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s a great event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/k1oa-EffBeTzqmod3_3pt9M08Ac=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(681x238:683x240)\/donald-trump-book-signing-071825-1-6806bb3232504f9f8a91b6b576409fc3.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump signs a copy of his new book &quot;Think Big and Kick Ass&quot; at Barnes &amp; Noble on 5th avenue in New York City\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/k1oa-EffBeTzqmod3_3pt9M08Ac=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(681x238:683x240)\/donald-trump-book-signing-071825-1-6806bb3232504f9f8a91b6b576409fc3.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/k1oa-EffBeTzqmod3_3pt9M08Ac=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(681x238:683x240)\/donald-trump-book-signing-071825-1-6806bb3232504f9f8a91b6b576409fc3.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt='Donald Trump signs a copy of his new book \"Think Big and Kick Ass\" at Barnes &amp; Noble on 5th avenue in New York City' style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Donald Trump signs a copy of his new book &#8220;Think Big and Kick Ass&#8221; at Barnes &amp; Noble on October 16, 2007.<\/span>George Napolitano\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Despite the counter-evidence was presented, Trump&#8217;s eldest son, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1946203487605260669\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">took to X<\/a> to also try refuting the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> article.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;My father has a very specific way of speaking. People all over the world have mimicked it for decades. The insanity written in the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> AIN\u2019T IT and everyone knows it,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Also in 47 years I\u2019ve never seen him doodle once. Give me a break with the fake &#8216;journalisming.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">California Rep. 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