WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has publicly denied that he attracts, however quite a few examples of his sketches have been offered at public sale through the years, many courting from his time as a New York actual property developer, the New York Occasions stated on Friday (Jul 18).
Drawings attributed to Trump, sometimes easy cityscapes or landmarks rendered in black marker and signed together with his identify, have been donated to varied charities within the early 2000s and have fetched hundreds of {dollars} in later gross sales, the paper added. In his 2008 e-book “Trump By no means Give Up: How I Turned My Largest Challenges Into Success”, nonetheless, Trump acknowledged his inventive contributions.
The deal with drawings comes as President Trump is underneath strain, together with from his supporters, to launch the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata. The Justice Division had introduced final week it could not launch any extra proof in regards to the intercourse trafficking investigation into Epstein, who killed himself behind bars whereas awaiting trial in 2019.
TRUMP SUING WSJ OVER EPSTEIN LETTER LINK
On Thursday, reporting by the Wall Avenue Journal described a sexually suggestive letter and an specific drawing that the newspaper says bore Trump’s identify, which was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s fiftieth birthday. Trump denied writing the letter, calling it “false, malicious, and defamatory.”
“I do not draw footage,” Trump wrote on Reality Social this week, disputing a Wall Avenue Journal report a few 2003 birthday greeting for late financier and intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein that bore Trump’s identify and featured a sexually suggestive drawing.
On Friday, Trump sued the Wall Avenue Journal and its homeowners, together with Rupert Murdoch, looking for at the very least $10 billion in damages over the report.
