Trump’s Valentine’s Post Overrun With Brutal Epstein Taunts
The White House received endless Epstein Valentine’s Day notes.
The White House’s Valentine’s Day message quickly took a far less romantic turn, at least judging by the reactions.
What was intended to be a celebratory post featuring President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump quickly spiraled out of control on Saturday, with internet users flooding the comments section with messages of a very different kind: relentless reminders of the president’s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Less than an hour after the Valentine’s Day message was posted on X, reactions poured onto social media, resulting in a seemingly endless stream of satirical and altered images. Users removed Melania from the original photo and juxtaposed the 79-year-old Trump with the deceased convicted sex offender in a series of obscene images.
One widely shared post featured a doctored image of Trump sitting across from Epstein at a candlelit dinner, the two men exchanging glances. The caption, written in bright pink letters, read: “Pedophile Valentine’s Day.” The post garnered thousands of likes within hours.
This was just the beginning.
Other internet users followed suit, posting their own versions of Trump and Epstein-themed Valentine’s Day cards, often using the same offensive message. One image mimicked the original White House post but replaced the caption with: “Happy Valentine’s Day to all the pedophiles. We will protect you.”
Another internet user put the First Lady back at the center of the controversy, altering her image to show her alongside Trump, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell in a parody of the “Friends” characters, using the show’s iconic font.
This wave of mockery wasn’t just a simple online outburst of anger; It was part of a growing obsession—shared by both parties—with the Epstein files, which have rocked Washington since the Justice Department released a batch of 3.5 million documents related to the Epstein investigation late last month.
Now, some members of Congress themselves are making the same demands as those expressed in these satirical images.
One of the responses, repurposed to depict Trump, Melania, Epstein, and Maxwell in a satirical cartoon, read: “Release the Epstein files”—a slogan that resonated with members of Congress who have publicly disagreed with Attorney General Pam Bondi, 60, over the Justice Department’s handling of the documents.
This internal dispute within the Republican Party erupted Wednesday morning after a heated hearing during which a photo of Bondi revealed that her office had accessed members’ research files while they were reviewing the unredacted Epstein files.
The anger isn’t confined to the Capitol.
Online, users have also begun attacking Bondi directly, with some responses posted on Valentine’s Day ridiculing her alongside Trump. One satirical image showed Bondi whispering in Trump’s ear, captioned: “Protector of Pedophiles.”
The documents mention Trump more than 5,300 times, but the unredacted files reviewed by lawmakers this week reportedly mention the president more than a million times.
Nevertheless, the sheer volume of redacted documents has fueled much speculation and intensified calls for full transparency from both sides.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna have joined forces to introduce a bill that would compel the Justice Department to release most of Epstein’s remaining documents.
Masey also became embroiled in a public dispute with the Justice Department over the timing and scope of the publications, in a crucial confrontation with a close associate of Epstein, who argued for his resignation.
