Donald Trump’s legal and PR machine is in full denial mode after the Wall Street Journal released a jaw-dropping piece: a 2003 birthday tribute to Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly signed—and illustrated—by Trump himself. The page, pulled from a birthday book for Epstein’s 50th, includes a nude sketch with Trump’s signature stylized as pubic hair.
The letter set off a political grenade Monday, as social media exploded and the White House scrambled to push back. Trump claims he never saw the card, never signed it, and that the entire thing is fabricated.
But George Conway isn’t buying it—and he brought receipts.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Conway shared a 2006 letter Trump sent him, thanking him for helping Trump World Tower assemble “a tremendous board of directors.” The message ends with a signature that looks nearly identical to the one in the Epstein birthday sketch.
“Dear George: I wanted to thank you for your wonderful assistance in providing Trump World Tower with one very important ingredient, namely, a tremendous board of directors,” the letter reads.
“What a great group of people! What some people don’t comprehend is that I was having a very difficult situation. In any event, the building is doing marvelously, and for former Board Members, life goes on in a much more positive way!”
“Again, I very much appreciate your assistance.”
The letter closes with Trump’s unmistakable jagged signature—virtually identical to the one featured in the Epstein birthday tribute. Conway didn’t editorialize. He didn’t need to. The comparison spoke for itself.
While Trump’s allies dig in, trying to discredit the Journal’s report, Conway’s post undercuts one of Trump’s central defenses: that the signature is fake.
Others have joined the pile-on. Economist Geoff Wolfe posted letters he received from Trump over the years, showing signatures that match the style and structure of the one in the Epstein sketch. Same strokes. Same angles. Same Trump.
Still, the White House is insisting it’s all nonsense. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to discredit the story altogether.
“The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire ‘Birthday Card’ story is false,” Leavitt wrote on X. “As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it.”
Trump’s team has already filed a massive $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Journal and Rupert Murdoch, who owns the publication. Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich tried to bolster the claim of forgery by posting other versions of Trump’s signature and declaring, “time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, its not his signature. DEFAMATION!”
But the internet has a long memory—and an army of amateur forensics analysts. And now with Conway stepping in with verified correspondence, the argument that the signature is forged is looking shakier by the hour.
