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 knewâand how the media is still squirming to deny it.
By Lisha Simmonds ©ïž2025. All rights reserved.
Rosariaâąïž Journal | July 18, 2025
When women speak up, weâre asked for proof.
When the proof comesâhandwritten, corroborated, and published by the Wall Street Journalâand still no one acts? Thatâs not disbelief. Thatâs deliberate suppression.
Itâs one thing when anonymous internet sleuths raise questions about powerful men. Itâs another when the Wall Street Journalâa paper known for its rigor, restraint, and conservative credibilityâpublishes 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 âR-rated drawingâ of a woman along with a handwritten note. The contents werenât printed in full, but the implication was clear. The tone was flippant, suggestive, and deeply familiar.
The story didnât emerge from a progressive think tank or a tabloid newsroom. It came from the financial paper of record. And stillâmany Americans are pretending it didnât happen.
đ§Ÿ The WSJ Is Not a Fringe Outlet
Letâs be clear: The Wall Street Journal is not a liberal watchdog or partisan click farm. Itâs 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 notesâand back it up with court recordsâitâs not gossip. Itâs documented history. And yet, large swaths of the media and political class are choosing to pretend otherwise.
đ”đœââïž Selective Silence: How the Media's Dodging the Story
The reactionâor lack thereofâfrom 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 letterâs existence altogether.
âThis story is too real. Too dirty. Too close to the bone.â
Theyâll cover the horse race. Theyâll analyze Trumpâs legal strategy. But when it comes to unpacking his documented relationship with Epstein? They hesitateâbecause itâs not just Trump who looks bad when Epsteinâs archives speak.
đŹ The Letter Confirms What Women Already Know
Letâs 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. Itâs perfectly aligned with his documented behavior.
It wasnât a revelation. It was a confirmation.
For survivors, this was the missing puzzle piece that fits seamlessly into a pattern weâve long recognized: transactional intimacy, brash bravado, and a willful disregard for boundaries.
đ§ Why the Denial?
This isnât just about protecting Trump.
This is about:
Cognitive dissonance. Some Americans are desperate to believe heâs the victim of a smear campaignâdespite 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.
đĄ 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 wonât.
âWhen women speak up, weâre asked for proof.
When the proof comes from a paper of record and the world still shrugs, what does that say?â
Trump and Epstein may be the face of the scandal, but the system that protects them is what keeps it alive.
And weâre done pretending not to see it.
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