💥 Why Deny the Obvious?

Women already know.

The Letter, the Lurid Drawing, and the Media Dance Around Trump and Epstein

How a trusted outlet like The Wall Street Journal confirmed what women already knew—and how the media is still squirming to deny it.

By Lisha Simmonds ©️2025. All rights reserved.
Rosaria™️ Journal | July 18, 2025

When women speak up, we’re asked for proof.
When the proof comes—handwritten, corroborated, and published by the Wall Street Journal—and still no one acts? That’s not disbelief. That’s deliberate suppression.

It’s one thing when anonymous internet sleuths raise questions about powerful men. It’s another when the Wall Street Journal—a paper known for its rigor, restraint, and conservative credibility—publishes the damning truth.

And yet here we are, watching a dance of denial unfold.

In a recent piece, the WSJ revealed a startling, if not completely shocking, detail: Donald Trump once sent Jeffrey Epstein a “R-rated drawing” of a woman along with a handwritten note. The contents weren’t printed in full, but the implication was clear. The tone was flippant, suggestive, and deeply familiar.

The story didn’t emerge from a progressive think tank or a tabloid newsroom. It came from the financial paper of record. And still—many Americans are pretending it didn’t happen.

🧾 The WSJ Is Not a Fringe Outlet

Let’s be clear: The Wall Street Journal is not a liberal watchdog or partisan click farm. It’s a conservative-leaning, Murdoch-owned institution that speaks the language of capital and legacy. It publishes with lawyers looking over every sentence.

So when they say Trump and Epstein exchanged lurid notes—and back it up with court records—it’s not gossip. It’s documented history. And yet, large swaths of the media and political class are choosing to pretend otherwise.

🕵🏽‍♀️ Selective Silence: How the Media's Dodging the Story

The reaction—or lack thereof—from mainstream outlets is telling.

• Fox News has barely touched it.

• CNN gave it a passing headline.

• The New York Times has yet to run a detailed breakdown.

• MSNBC danced around it without naming the full scope.

• Even Elon Musk tweeted to cast doubt on the letter’s existence altogether.

“This story is too real. Too dirty. Too close to the bone.”

They’ll cover the horse race. They’ll analyze Trump’s legal strategy. But when it comes to unpacking his documented relationship with Epstein? They hesitate—because it’s not just Trump who looks bad when Epstein’s archives speak.

📬 The Letter Confirms What Women Already Know

Let’s drop the act.

We heard the Access Hollywood tape. We saw the beauty pageant scandals. We lived through the public shaming of women who came forward.

Trump sending Epstein an R-rated drawing he drew of a woman was never far-fetched. It’s perfectly aligned with his documented behavior.

It wasn’t a revelation. It was a confirmation.

For survivors, this was the missing puzzle piece that fits seamlessly into a pattern we’ve long recognized: transactional intimacy, brash bravado, and a willful disregard for boundaries.

🧃 Why the Denial?

This isn’t just about protecting Trump.

This is about:

• Cognitive dissonance. Some Americans are desperate to believe he’s the victim of a smear campaign—despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.

• Structural fear. If letters like this are public, what else is out there? Who else gets exposed?

• Media complicity. Some executives at these outlets built careers on cozying up to power. This story blows open the idea that they were ever neutral.

💡 Final Thought: Respect the Evidence

The WSJ took a reputational risk in reporting what they found. That should be respected. Instead, we watch denialists twist themselves into knots, hoping the public forgets by next week.

But we won’t.

“When women speak up, we’re asked for proof.
When the proof comes from a paper of record and the world still shrugs, what does that say?”

Trump and Epstein may be the face of the scandal, but the system that protects them is what keeps it alive.

And we’re done pretending not to see it.

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