Here is something very interesting. A reader whom I know personally as a former law enforcement officer reached out to tell me that in the 1980s when he was involved working on a task force against child pornography and pedophilia, "pedophiles used the term "enigma" as a code word for young kids, male or female, since it is an anagram of "Gamines." I subsequently searched online for confirmation of this and didn't find anything, but as I said, this is afrom a law enforcement friend whom I consider very reliable. Now ....if you read the birthday note with this in mind, it's pretty chilling:
Voice Over: “There must be more to life than having everything.”
Donald: “Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.”
Jeffrey: “Nor will I, since I also know what it is.”
Donald: “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”
Jeffrey: “Yes, we do, come to think of it.”
Donald: “Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?”
Jeffrey: “As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.”
Donald: “A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
If anyone can find any reference online to "enigma" meaning this, pls share.
I suggest it sounds like it was written by a third party - someone like Maxwell with insider information of the connection between Trump and Epstein. The language is somewhat subtle, sophisticated and indirect (that “come to think of it has a UK English vibe to it). I wonder if this is one time Trump is telling the truth.
I’m not a supporter of Donald, btw. I think he is compromised as Hell with Epstein.
Seems plausible that Maxwell drafted and illustrated the card or had someone do it and merely presented it to Trump to sign. It seems very much out of character for Trump to have crafted the card himself. Some of the content may even have been added after he signed it.
Yes, quite possible Trump put his name to it. The defamation case will be interesting if it goes ahead. Hard to imagine that wsj hasn’t checked their facts carefully. This could cost them many, many millions if they’ve got it wrong.
I'd argue it sounds just like Trump: trying to be funny, but not; trying to be sly, but ham-fisted; trying to make himself seem like someone he admires (we have certain things in common). It's a pathetic attempt.
Interesting that Murdoch Inc published it. I wonder if the big boys are either pulling the plug on someone who's exceeded his use by date, or if they're reminding him who's in charge.
Michael, I love reading your precise reasoning. You have a mind like a steel trap.
That said, this entire Epstein saga is the perfect "shiny object" to distract us while Trump, his inner circle, sycophants, and Republican enablers in Congress and on the Supreme Court systematically dismantle our Constitution-based democratic republic. Yes this was a horrific episode in the life of any teenage girl sucked into the Epstein-Maxwell orbit. In the end though, it is a personal catastrophe for the girls. Everything else that is happening, but displaced on the news and in social and alternative media, is an ongoing existential threat to our country and individual well-being.
I definitely have thoughts along those lines and in fact almost made then”shiny object” reference. And this may fade away like everything else. But what seems to set this apart and make it worth staying on, is the degree to which it is doing something no other shiny object ever has—which is fracture MAGA. I think we will soon know whether it’s just another shiny object or something more significant. Could go either way.
And now the real shinynobject has been dangles in the form of Tulsi Gabbards claims she has the receipts on an Obama conspiracy …just in time to distract the MAGAverse from Epstein.
What makes me raise eyebrows? NOBODY related to those rapes (and the count speculates it could have been a thousand girls) has been indicted???? WTF! Brush it under the rug cuz too many influential pedophiles would have to answer.
The benefit of running a bipartisan pedophile ring. Sadly, no one else is ever going to be prosecuted, especially under this administration, and Maxwell will most likely be pardoned if she keeps her mouth shut and is not murdered first. My heart goes out to all the young women and girls who were raped and abused.
It makes sense that the only reason Trump would have used, and correctly spelled, “enigmas” is because he’d heard others in his circles use it as a code word for young girls. “Enigmas never age” is an odd thing to say. Makes much more sense when it’s a word used to describe “gamines.” One dictionary defines the word gamines as “young, slight girls.”
In context, it is accurate because Trump’s use of the word “enigmas” was used over 20 years ago and with a specific meaning in a specific situation. That predates the comment about Carson, in which the word was used differently.
Are the "Karma Cops" closing in? Step back, take a longer, wider view.
Can someone fire, humiliate, frivolously sue, stiff payment, cheat on, ruin the careers of and indirectly cause the suffering and deaths of - thousands of people and NOT have a payback day?
I don't think so.
The pendulum always swings both ways. Despite currently having enormous power over Congress and his "flock" - all that could go away in a New York Minute when it becomes clear that his legacy will be his being called the "Pedo President".
I'd love to hear Paula White Cain defend that. Or maybe...she is already clearing out her White Office?
And let's not neglect another aspect of human nature. People are nasty and vengeful. And the "piling on" can be relentless when someone shows a weakness .
Lesson from Nixon: the coverup is sometimes a dead giveaway and often worse than the act itself. Tricky Dickie went from winning 49 states and 520 electoral votes to being forced from office in 2 years. Things move more quickly 50 years later.
Trump's people will start to coalesce behind him, looking for any reason to excuse whatever has his done. He will hit the WSJ story with his favorite mantra, "Fake news" and turn up the hoax story. All music to hard core MAGA ears. The grand jury evidence will be redacted and cherry picked. His followers that turned on him will engage in self flagellation so they can re-enter the cult. What else do they have, really?
Hoping you are wrong, but decent probability that exposing this tawdry disgusting criminal relationship between Epstein and Trump doesn't make all of his base turn against him. MAGA types have told me that Trump is the imperfect vessel of God's deliverance from the sins of this society. Imperfect indeed.
There is a very high bar to clear for grand jury papers to be made public particularly given Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal against sentencing is still live. This is a ruse for getting turned down and saying to base: I tried. The big, bad judge wouldn't let me
They can only go so far in battling Murdoch whose Fox News channel is the mainstay of Trump’s propaganda machine. Take that away and his house of cards collapses.
I've noticed a pattern with trump. He likes to admit his crimes (brag?) In a way which he thinks is clever e.g. ''l don't need any more votes, l've got enough''. He also likes to include a hint of threat, as with this card ''l've got the goods on you'' is what's hinted at here. So this card is both an admittance of crime and a hidden (not too well) threat to Epstein. It's also absolutely typical of trump's methods.
when the file is finally realised, with redactions, it will be about clinton and other dem celebs. the base will be appeased, the dems humiliated. trump, with dictator level powers now, doesn't need to please his maga base anymore than stalin needed to please the soviet base once his grip was truly iron.
This may means the elite who enabled 47 are ready to turn on him. The Murdocks who own WSJ are a signal and that they aren't afraid of a costly lawsuit and the chance of losing after multiple media outlets lost them.
Trump’s denials here only put him in further danger. First, his signature can obviously be authenticated by handwriting experts, and second, the claim that he doesn’t draw pictures, already debunked, will erode his tenuous credibility. And if he goes all the way with his threatened lawsuit he will be deposed during discovery. This will likely lead to yet another TACO moment.
If it’s not enough that he’s an obvious pedophile — so smart of Trump to keep this in the news cycle for years as his lawsuit is litigated while he’s freaking out that the Epstein files are still in the news cycle.
Here is something very interesting. A reader whom I know personally as a former law enforcement officer reached out to tell me that in the 1980s when he was involved working on a task force against child pornography and pedophilia, "pedophiles used the term "enigma" as a code word for young kids, male or female, since it is an anagram of "Gamines." I subsequently searched online for confirmation of this and didn't find anything, but as I said, this is afrom a law enforcement friend whom I consider very reliable. Now ....if you read the birthday note with this in mind, it's pretty chilling:
Voice Over: “There must be more to life than having everything.”
Donald: “Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.”
Jeffrey: “Nor will I, since I also know what it is.”
Donald: “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”
Jeffrey: “Yes, we do, come to think of it.”
Donald: “Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?”
Jeffrey: “As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.”
Donald: “A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
If anyone can find any reference online to "enigma" meaning this, pls share.
I suggest it sounds like it was written by a third party - someone like Maxwell with insider information of the connection between Trump and Epstein. The language is somewhat subtle, sophisticated and indirect (that “come to think of it has a UK English vibe to it). I wonder if this is one time Trump is telling the truth.
I’m not a supporter of Donald, btw. I think he is compromised as Hell with Epstein.
I tend to agree it sounds like Maxwell could have written it for Trump to sign.
This is trump 20 years ago. He could string together coherent words back then.
Yes, could be.
That's debatable.
Either that, or the KGB*, seeing as how it works both sides of the political spectrum to tear us apart. *Today’s SVR and FSB
Seems plausible that Maxwell drafted and illustrated the card or had someone do it and merely presented it to Trump to sign. It seems very much out of character for Trump to have crafted the card himself. Some of the content may even have been added after he signed it.
Yes, quite possible Trump put his name to it. The defamation case will be interesting if it goes ahead. Hard to imagine that wsj hasn’t checked their facts carefully. This could cost them many, many millions if they’ve got it wrong.
Unless TACO.
Trump has done plenty of sharpie sketches over the years.
I'd argue it sounds just like Trump: trying to be funny, but not; trying to be sly, but ham-fisted; trying to make himself seem like someone he admires (we have certain things in common). It's a pathetic attempt.
I wonder if “pal” stands for something?
If so, we might not want to know. It could cause us to 🤮
Higglety Pigglety Pop!
As if this whole thing wasn't creepy enough...
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Found in Oxford English dictionary
noun: gamine; plural noun: gamines
1. 1. a young woman with a mischievous, boyish charm."a long-legged, short-haired gamine" mid 19th century: French, feminine of gamin (see gamin).
Interesting that Murdoch Inc published it. I wonder if the big boys are either pulling the plug on someone who's exceeded his use by date, or if they're reminding him who's in charge.
Or they’re blowing it up to keep us focused on it while they finish tearing down the constitution
There is that
Or vice versa.
Murdoch and Trump had a spat about tariffs 1-2 months ago.
It’s a ruse, Murdoch plant a story and take a fall to safe trump, and the Epstein story disappears. Murdoch is ruthless.
Murdoch IS ruthless. Guess we'll see how it plays out.
Had the same thought!
Michael, I love reading your precise reasoning. You have a mind like a steel trap.
That said, this entire Epstein saga is the perfect "shiny object" to distract us while Trump, his inner circle, sycophants, and Republican enablers in Congress and on the Supreme Court systematically dismantle our Constitution-based democratic republic. Yes this was a horrific episode in the life of any teenage girl sucked into the Epstein-Maxwell orbit. In the end though, it is a personal catastrophe for the girls. Everything else that is happening, but displaced on the news and in social and alternative media, is an ongoing existential threat to our country and individual well-being.
I definitely have thoughts along those lines and in fact almost made then”shiny object” reference. And this may fade away like everything else. But what seems to set this apart and make it worth staying on, is the degree to which it is doing something no other shiny object ever has—which is fracture MAGA. I think we will soon know whether it’s just another shiny object or something more significant. Could go either way.
And now the real shinynobject has been dangles in the form of Tulsi Gabbards claims she has the receipts on an Obama conspiracy …just in time to distract the MAGAverse from Epstein.
You are absolutely correct—a prurient distraction while the hollowing out of democracy and the rule of law accelerates.
What makes me raise eyebrows? NOBODY related to those rapes (and the count speculates it could have been a thousand girls) has been indicted???? WTF! Brush it under the rug cuz too many influential pedophiles would have to answer.
The benefit of running a bipartisan pedophile ring. Sadly, no one else is ever going to be prosecuted, especially under this administration, and Maxwell will most likely be pardoned if she keeps her mouth shut and is not murdered first. My heart goes out to all the young women and girls who were raped and abused.
So true. But if it leads to a psychopath no longer controlling the military and the nuclear codes...there is that,
“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,”
“It’s not my language. It’s not my words.”
Sounds kinda like, "She's not my type."
I’m sure he never “wrote a picture “, but he probably drew this one!
It makes sense that the only reason Trump would have used, and correctly spelled, “enigmas” is because he’d heard others in his circles use it as a code word for young girls. “Enigmas never age” is an odd thing to say. Makes much more sense when it’s a word used to describe “gamines.” One dictionary defines the word gamines as “young, slight girls.”
Really not accurate because Trump said Ben Carson was an enigma when they were both running for the Repblucan nomination.
In context, it is accurate because Trump’s use of the word “enigmas” was used over 20 years ago and with a specific meaning in a specific situation. That predates the comment about Carson, in which the word was used differently.
Are the "Karma Cops" closing in? Step back, take a longer, wider view.
Can someone fire, humiliate, frivolously sue, stiff payment, cheat on, ruin the careers of and indirectly cause the suffering and deaths of - thousands of people and NOT have a payback day?
I don't think so.
The pendulum always swings both ways. Despite currently having enormous power over Congress and his "flock" - all that could go away in a New York Minute when it becomes clear that his legacy will be his being called the "Pedo President".
I'd love to hear Paula White Cain defend that. Or maybe...she is already clearing out her White Office?
And let's not neglect another aspect of human nature. People are nasty and vengeful. And the "piling on" can be relentless when someone shows a weakness .
Lesson from Nixon: the coverup is sometimes a dead giveaway and often worse than the act itself. Tricky Dickie went from winning 49 states and 520 electoral votes to being forced from office in 2 years. Things move more quickly 50 years later.
Publish the drawing
Trump's people will start to coalesce behind him, looking for any reason to excuse whatever has his done. He will hit the WSJ story with his favorite mantra, "Fake news" and turn up the hoax story. All music to hard core MAGA ears. The grand jury evidence will be redacted and cherry picked. His followers that turned on him will engage in self flagellation so they can re-enter the cult. What else do they have, really?
Hoping you are wrong, but decent probability that exposing this tawdry disgusting criminal relationship between Epstein and Trump doesn't make all of his base turn against him. MAGA types have told me that Trump is the imperfect vessel of God's deliverance from the sins of this society. Imperfect indeed.
Imperfect vessel by God doesn’t mean God approves of what he’s doing. God has a plan and his ways are higher than ours.
I hope I am wrong as well. But it seems to me that there is no bottom to the level of despicable behavior that they will accept from their leader.
There is a very high bar to clear for grand jury papers to be made public particularly given Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal against sentencing is still live. This is a ruse for getting turned down and saying to base: I tried. The big, bad judge wouldn't let me
Good point. He needs to be forced to release all of it, as the grand jury testimony is likely pretty sparse.
They can only go so far in battling Murdoch whose Fox News channel is the mainstay of Trump’s propaganda machine. Take that away and his house of cards collapses.
A fair point.
I've noticed a pattern with trump. He likes to admit his crimes (brag?) In a way which he thinks is clever e.g. ''l don't need any more votes, l've got enough''. He also likes to include a hint of threat, as with this card ''l've got the goods on you'' is what's hinted at here. So this card is both an admittance of crime and a hidden (not too well) threat to Epstein. It's also absolutely typical of trump's methods.
I thought it read like a threat also.
when the file is finally realised, with redactions, it will be about clinton and other dem celebs. the base will be appeased, the dems humiliated. trump, with dictator level powers now, doesn't need to please his maga base anymore than stalin needed to please the soviet base once his grip was truly iron.
Let’s hope
Mind blown.
This may means the elite who enabled 47 are ready to turn on him. The Murdocks who own WSJ are a signal and that they aren't afraid of a costly lawsuit and the chance of losing after multiple media outlets lost them.
Heart warming to look at these two creeps gaze lovingly into each other’s soul-dead eyes …
Trump’s denials here only put him in further danger. First, his signature can obviously be authenticated by handwriting experts, and second, the claim that he doesn’t draw pictures, already debunked, will erode his tenuous credibility. And if he goes all the way with his threatened lawsuit he will be deposed during discovery. This will likely lead to yet another TACO moment.
If it’s not enough that he’s an obvious pedophile — so smart of Trump to keep this in the news cycle for years as his lawsuit is litigated while he’s freaking out that the Epstein files are still in the news cycle.