July 18, 2025

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In 2003, Donald Trump wrote a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein. That’s not speculation. That’s what the Wall Street Journal just reported, backed by documents from Epstein’s own archive.

This isn’t just a polite note. It’s a window into a relationship Trump pretended didn’t exist. A relationship with a man who, by 2003, was already known in elite circles for trafficking girls. Trump knew. He had hosted Epstein. He’d been photographed with him. He’d even joked about his taste in “younger” women.

So why write him a birthday card?

In this episode of Off the Record, we break down the timeline, the article, and the disgusting hypocrisy of a political machine that still props up a man who was friendly with a known predator — and who wants to call everyone else a groomer.

We connect the dots the media won’t. Because Trump didn’t just look the other way. He picked up a pen and said “Happy Birthday” to a monster.

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