Trump, himself, has boasted about his artistic benevolence, and in a 2010 book titled, Trump Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success, he wrote: “Sometimes being a giver will open you up to new talents. Each year I donate an autographed doodle to the Doodle for Hunger auction at Tavern on the Green. It takes me a few minutes to draw something. … Art may not be my strong point, but the end result is help for people who need it.”So he couldn’t have made that “bawdy” drawing on that birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
Mike Johnson: "The president and I talked about that ridiculous allegation this morning. He said it's patently absurd. He's never drawn such a picture. He's never thought of drawing such a picture. And he said, 'Did you see the language of this bogus supposed communication?' He… pic.twitter.com/pLdh8Kpjah
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 18, 2025
It’s in a scrapbook Ghislaine Maxwell assembled for Epstein. In 2003. I guess Obama commissioned it; while he was a first term Illinois Senator?
The man’s mind is a Waring Blender set permanently on high speed.
That lying little Southern Baptist liar. As the AP reported a couple of years back:WASHINGTON (AP) — Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn’t exist.
ReplyDeleteThe establishment of the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law was supposed to be a capstone achievement for Louisiana College, which administrators boasted would “unashamedly embrace” a “biblical worldview.” Instead, it collapsed roughly a decade ago without enrolling students or opening its doors amid infighting by officials, accusations of financial impropriety and difficulty obtaining accreditation, which frightened away would-be donors.
There is no indication that Johnson engaged in wrongdoing while employed by the private college, now known as Louisiana Christian University. But as a virtually unknown player in Washington, the episode offers insight into how Johnson navigated leadership challenges that echo the chaos, feuding and hard-right politics that have come to define the Republican House majority he now leads.