Reference News, July 19 report. According to the website of the U.S. "New York Times" on July 18, President Trump strongly refuted an article published by the "Wall Street Journal" on the evening of July 17. The article reported that he had sent a birthday card with a sexual innuendo drawing to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. Trump said he did not "draw," but there are many of his hand-drawn works that have been auctioned.

The reason for Trump's refutation of the report was: "I don't draw." He wrote this on the "Truth Social" website.

But looking back at Trump's past, it can be found that he has had the habit of drawing casually for years - or at least appeared to do so. In the early years of this century, he regularly donated paintings to charity organizations in New York. Many of these paintings seemed to be drawn with a black marker, and they had his unique signature, which was not much different from the drawings on the birthday card that the "Wall Street Journal" described as being given to Epstein.

In his 2008 book "Trump: Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success," he wrote, "I usually spend a few minutes drawing something, usually a building or a cityscape of skyscrapers, then sign my name."

The report stated that after Trump became president, some of his signed paintings were auctioned for thousands of dollars - although he wrote in his book, "Art may not be my strength."

Trump strongly denied the report by the "Wall Street Journal" and threatened to sue the media organization.

For years, Trump has donated his artworks to various charities, and many of his paintings depicted the Manhattan skyline. The "Wall Street Journal" said that the time of donation of these paintings coincided with the time when Trump sent a birthday card to Epstein. The card "had printed text, with the outline of a naked woman outside the text, seemingly drawn with a thick marker, and had Trump's signature." (Translated by Guo Jun)

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