The MAGA universe crackled with fresh fury as President Donald Trump issued a sweeping denial about his artistic pursuits that is as untrue as many of his other lies.
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” Trump told the Wall Street Journal regarding their report about a lewd sketch allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein.
Yet auction houses tell a different story.
So you got these MAGA guys, see? Trump’s army. The ones who’d walk through fire for him barefoot.
They’re convinced, down in their gut, that the FBI’s got this file on Epstein. Not just any file. The file. The one with the names. The big shots. The guys who flew on the plane, visited the island. The list that would blow the roof right off the whole damn thing.
Who told them this? Donald Trump Jr. Dan Bongino. All the Q-Anon crackpots got in on the act.
Then, July 7th. The Justice Department boys, the suits in Washington, they drop the word: Nah. Forget it. No “incriminating ‘client list’.” Zip. Nada.
There’s nothing to see here, folks.
As for letting anything else out? Not “appropriate.” Not “warranted.” Case closed, go home.
Well, lemme tell ya. That landed like a brick in a bucket of milk. These loyalists? The hardcore? They felt it. Like a sucker punch.
Suddenly, guys who’d shout down their own mothers for Trump are looking sideways. Even Mike Johnson – the House Speaker, the Louisiana Republican, for cryin’ out loud – he breaks ranks. Says, nah, we gotta see more.
And Trump? He sees his own guys peeling off. What’s he do? He goes nuclear. Blasts the “PAST supporters.” Calls ’em “weaklings.”
Weaklings! The very guys who bled for him. But the heat’s on, see? The pressure’s building like steam in a manhole. So what happens Thursday? He folds. Does the about-face.
Tells Pam Bondi, his Attorney General, to go get that grand jury testimony released. Public. After saying it couldn’t be done. After calling his own guys names. Just like that.
Maybe Trump’s lawyers can help him survive by stalling.
That’s how it played. Faithful dogs get kicked. The suits say “trust us.”
And the boss, when the crowd starts booin’ his own players, throws ’em under the bus, then waves the flag they wanted all along.
Only in America, folks. Only in America.
Four authenticated Trump drawings have been publicly sold since 2017:
1. A 2005 New York skyline (featuring Trump Tower) sold for $29,184 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions (November 2017)
2. An Empire State Building sketch (c. 1990s) auctioned by Julien’s (February 2018)
3. A 2004 “You’re Fired” skyline/self-portrait combo sold at Heritage Auctions (2019)
4. A George Washington Bridge drawing (c. 2006) sold for $4,500 at Julien’s (2019)
White House spokesman Stephen Cheung later narrowed the denial, claiming the Wall Street Journal “printed fake news” and that Trump meant he “doesn’t draw things like the outlet described.”
This contradicts Trump’s own broader Truth Social statement: “I don’t draw pictures.”
The discrepancy fuels mounting pressure over Trump’s handling of Epstein-related files.
This follows Attorney General Pam Bondi’s July 11 announcement that she’ll seek court approval to release grand jury testimony – a reversal after the Justice Department declared on July 7 that “no incriminating ‘client list’ exists” and further document releases were unwarranted.
The Wall Street Journal’s Epstein report remains unverified by other outlets.
Trump has sued the publication, alleging defamation over its description of a 2003 birthday album entry featuring a nude female outline signed “Donald” with the message: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
His death was ruled a suicide despite widespread skepticism among Trump’s base, who demanded full transparency about Epstein’s associates.