Last week, explosive emails from the estate of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, released by the U.S. House Oversight Committee, thrust President Donald Trump into the spotlight. As experts and internet sleuths scrambled to dissect the messages, the White House reportedly went into full-blown narrative control mode.
One email in particular, exchanged between Epstein and his brother Mark, set social media on fire. It referenced Trump performing a sex act on someone named “Bubba,” prompting speculation that it could mean former President Bill Clinton, whose nickname is, indeed, Bubba.
Even after Epstein’s brother clarified Sunday that the email did not reference Clinton, the White House tried to pivot. Their solution? A full-on PR push highlighting the “love story” of Trump and First Lady Melania.
“With all the subtlety of a bulldozer crashing into the East Wing, the White House went straight to damage-limitation mode with this display of the world’s most unpopular – and unconvincing – lovebirds,” The Poke reports.
The White House X account posted a picture of the couple with the lyrics, “I can’t help falling in love with you,” followed by a backup photo of them holding hands, captioned, “America’s power couple.”
The result? A spectacular fail.
“As calming measures go, it was a complete failure. The guffaws could be heard on both sides of the Atlantic,” The Poke noted.
Social media users did not hold back. Liberal influencer Jo Jo From Jerz wrote, “Nothing says soulmates like air kissing your spouse as if he’s the senile drunk uncle you have to put up with every Thanksgiving.”
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) silently mocked the attempt, reposting the ‘power couple’ photo alongside an image of Trump and Epstein. Missouri Democratic congressional candidate Fred Wellman wrote, “Hahahahaha. You can actually smell the flop sweat from that building here in Missouri. Tick tock.”
Brooklyn Dad Defiant delivered the most brutal takedown: “LMAO, you clowns are ridiculous. You think everybody has a room temperature IQ, and that nobody has paid attention to the fact that Melania can’t stand to be touched by the guy. That she doesn’t even live with him. She designed a hat so that his lips couldn’t reach her face. The guy almost never posts Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary to her. Biggest sham marriage ever. But sure, you post a sappy tweet because trump is implicated in the Epstein files, and you’re trying to disassociate the image of him with LITTLE GIRLS.”
The White House’s attempt to sanitize the situation not only failed—it became a viral spectacle, proving that sometimes, the harder you try to spin, the funnier it looks to the internet.
