The release on Monday of the birthday messageDonald Trump allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 not only looked bad for the president, but it was really embarrassing for Vice President JD Vance.
The Democrats on the House Oversight Committee posted the message to the disgraced financier on social media.
The letter features what appears to be Trump’s signature with a drawing of a female body around a message that reads, in part, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
The Wall Street Journal reported the letter’s existence back in July, and Trump previously called it fake and sued the publication.
🚨🚨HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist.
Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files! pic.twitter.com/k2Mq8Hu3LY
After the letter was made public on Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich claimed the signature on the note didn’t match Trump’s more recent signatures on official documents.
“Time for @newscorp [the company that owns the Journal and Fox News] to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature. DEFAMATION!” he said on X.
White House press secretary Karoline Levitt also claimed the birthday message was a hoax.
“As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it,” she said on X.
However, the signature on the card does seem to match other instances of the president signing only his first name.
As a result, Trump was brutally mocked on Monday after the publication of the letter, and so was Vance, who, back in July when the birthday message story first broke, took to X todeclare the Journal’s story “complete and utter bullshit.”
Time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature. DEFAMATION! https://t.co/O6iKk4SYF5pic.twitter.com/T0wlp36P9h
— Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) September 8, 2025Considering the signed letter was made public on Monday, Vance is in the position of looking ridiculous.
And people piled on the vice president, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who noted that Vance’s original “complete and utter bullshit” post “aged nicely.”
This aged nicely. pic.twitter.com/JoynPazM5n
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 8, 2025Hey VP @JDVance, turns out the story isn’t bullshit, and your boss lied about the birthday note. You going to apologize now amirite? https://t.co/HlFO9hHg2tpic.twitter.com/njOuEqwwHx
— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarcia) September 8, 2025Of course, maybe you'll claim this drawing, with good wishes and Trump's signature, is not from the birthday book James Comer and his Oversight Committee received in response to their subpoena to Epstein's estate lawyer but, if so, good luck with that.
2/https://t.co/EcHU3xqBrYpic.twitter.com/wqaHWl706j
Ruh roh https://t.co/aKm4HohXJJ
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2025Now that Epstein’s estate has published the birthday card that Trump sent to Epstein, I’d love to follow up with JD Vance here! Any comment, you hack? pic.twitter.com/mQk5pzzGGB
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) September 8, 2025Remember this? This CLOWN JD Vance defended Trump's letter to Epstein and called WSJ story "utter bullshit."
What is he gonna defend now??
The letter is here and signed by Trump himself.
Democrats MUST impeach both Pedo Trump and Clown Vance next year. 🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/cvS4Q27LMx
JD's personal quest to be wrong about as many things as humanly possible is truly something to behold, but that's your brain on MAGA I guess https://t.co/w2YodukyyMpic.twitter.com/kbdCPzaos7
— Jessiah (@thepondering_) September 8, 2025Remember when JD Vance asked “where is this letter?”
Here it is, JD. https://t.co/rreWUyu6Ah
So JD Vance was wrong. The WSJ story was not complete bullshit. What else is Trump hiding about his relationship with Epstein? https://t.co/S68nmHjSE4
— Aaron Astor (@AstorAaron) September 8, 2025I'm still waiting for JD Vance to thank the Democrats for finally exposing Epstein's co-conspirators.
Say thank you, JD! pic.twitter.com/FqiQGWsGnn
Vance didn’t react to the mockery on Monday. Instead, he commented on Leavitt’s post, where she doubled down on her claim the Epstein message was fake.
The vice president claimed that “the Democrats don’t care about Epstein,” and “don’t even care about his victims,” which is “why they were silent about it for years.”
The Democrats don't care about Epstein. They don’t even care about his victims. That's why they were silent about it for years. The only thing they care about is concocting another fake scandal like Russiagate to smear President Trump with lies.
No one is falling for this BS. https://t.co/u3pHgBtQDf
The birthday drawing attracted other social media reactions as well.
Why did Trump draw a pre-teen girl? pic.twitter.com/8V8KjKg0O3
— Kim Leclerc 🇨🇦 (@kimleclerc) September 8, 2025This isn't a drawing of an adult woman.https://t.co/gSwdQSAUFKpic.twitter.com/KpUXkCm98v
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) September 8, 2025It does make you wonder what they had in common pic.twitter.com/DAWsZVwR4s
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 8, 2025Starting to wonder if maybe something wasn't quite on the up-and-up with these two fellows.
— Kyle Cordes (@kylecordes) September 8, 2025President Trump filed a $10 billion dollar lawsuit against the @WSJ, its owners, publisher and two reporters, for reporting the existence of the letter, apparently produced below in compliance with subpoena, which he denied existed. https://t.co/bPhyqDE5S5
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) September 8, 2025That’s FBI Informant Donald Trump to you https://t.co/rV6Fvn9M5u
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 8, 2025Remember when Trump said the birthday card he signed and sent to Epstein “doesn’t exist”?
Anyway, here it is: pic.twitter.com/QdpTKe25lz
Don't know what I expected exactly, but this is somehow worse than that https://t.co/0S4xcQRSTS
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) September 8, 2025The constant denials and lying just mean you’re going to get your lies rubbed in your face and it ultimately makes any malfeasance (or even lack of malfeasance!) look worse than it might be. But, Trump’s browbeaten most MAGA into line on this (w/ lots of egg on their face) https://t.co/Xrg6yFa3BQ
— Blake Allen (@Blake_Allen13) September 8, 2025But wait! I thought trump was an FBI Informant! Oh wait, that was last week's story. pic.twitter.com/6DbTp91aVg
— Impeach Trump a 3rd Time! (@Christo12919382) September 8, 2025
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