A lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, that appears to have been signed by Donald Trump, has resurfaced with seemingly cryptic phrases linked to a children’s book and the president’s own language.
The 2003 note, released Monday by Democrats on the Oversight Committee, reignited a controversy that has dogged the White House for months.
The commander-in-chief has dismissed the message as ‘fake’ and filed a $10billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, which first reported it. The paper denies the claim and stands by its reporting.
The Journal also published a handwriting analysis, claiming the ‘Donald’ signature matches Trump’s past writing.
The letter opens with the line, ‘There must be more to life than having everything,’ the famous first sentence of Maurice Sendak’s 1967 book ‘Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life.’
The choice is striking, as Sendak, celebrated for Where the Wild Things Are, was also condemned for In the Night Kitchen, a book critics slammed as ‘gratuitous’ and ‘pornographic.’
The apparent connection deepens as Sendak also published ‘We Are All in the Dumps’ with Jack and Guy in 1993, featuring a drawing of the Trump Tower
The birthday message continues with, ‘Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?’ and ends with, ‘A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday, and may every day be another wonderful secret.’
Both phrases echo Trump’s familiar style, such as in his 1990 book, he used ‘enigma’ to describe Don King and Mike Tyson, and again in 2004 when referring to Dan Rather. He has also repeatedly used the phrase ‘a wonderful thing’ in speeches and social-media posts.
President Donald Trump is under fire once again after a lewd birthday letter bearing his signature was released by Jeffrey Epstein ‘s estate
Sendak published We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy in 1993, featuring a drawing of the Trump Tower
The Journal also published a handwriting analysis, claiming the ‘Donald’ signature matches Trump’s past writing
The birthday letter was reportedly part of a private album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday, in which she asked friends to contribute photos, drawings, and personal notes.
Unusually, Trump’s message adopts a typewritten, almost theatrical style, an imaginary dialogue with Epstein, mirroring the way Trump often slips into third person when talking about himself.
The Journal highlighted examples from his 2015 campaign launch, ‘Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody.’
Then, in 2018, while speaking at a rally in Illinois, he said: ‘But because his name is Donald Trump, you have the haters and they continue to hate.’
In 2020, Trump said: ‘Nobody’s done more for the historically Black colleges and universities than Donald Trump. Nobody.’
Sendak’s Higglety Pigglety Pop! is about his pet dog, Jennie, going on adventures.
This is not the first time Sendak’s work has seemingly intersected with Donald Trump.
His ‘We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy’ is a picture book that reimagined two nursery rhymes to address homelessness, the AIDS crisis, and other social issues of the time.
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 1997
The birthday message features its own illustration, using a heavy black marker to trace around the text and form the shape of a woman’s hour-glass body with breasts. Trump himself has shown his artistic abilities over the years, doodling cityscapes auctioned for charity (pictured)
Though marketed for children, the layered illustrations were meant to resonate with adults as well.
One striking page shows homeless children gathered outside Trump Tower, shouting ‘Lost!’, ‘Tricked,’ ‘Trumped,’ and ‘Dumped!’ under the watchful gaze of a concerned moon.
The birthday message features its own illustration, using a heavy black marker to trace around the text and form the shape of a woman’s hour-glass body with breasts.
Trump himself has shown his artistic abilities over the years, doodling cityscapes auctioned for charity, which the Journal said features similar strokes to the birthday letter.
The letter opens with the line, ‘There must be more to life than having everything,’ the famous first sentence of Maurice Sendak’s 1967 book Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life
However, the signatures in Trump’s artwork do not match what is shown on the Epstein letter.
After Democrats released the note on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, ‘President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation.
‘As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it,’ Leavitt added.
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