Writer E. Jean Carroll at the TIME 100 gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, NY on April 25, 2024 (Image: Shutterstock)
She's never signed up for his campaign emails and she's never wanted to. Still, E. Jean Carroll posted on X that she got a Valentine's Day note from President Donald Trump, the man she has accused of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid 1990s.
"Yes. This is a real email. No. I did not sign up on this mailing list. Yes. We are living in a crazy world," said Carroll.
The email reads, in part, "I love you, and I was pretty sure you loved me back! Is everything okay?"
It isn't clear how Carroll, who has successfully sued Trump for defamation twice, ended up on the campaign's email list, but the campaign is known to purchase and trade email lists for fundraising.
"This is the stupidest time to be alive. The least plausible storyline. This entire era would never get greenlit," said Dr. Karen Stenner, a political psychologist and behavioral scientist.
"Saying it’s surreal is an understatement," commented Daniele Angrisani, founder of FocusAmerica.it
Severalothers expressed their disgust at the email.
Caroll's civil defamation suit required a jury to find whether or not they believed that Trump assaulted her. It was ultimately called sexual abuse and she was awarded a combined total of $88.3 million. As of this month, she hasn't seen a dime from Trump. Trump, who has appealed the case, lost at the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in September 2025, when it rejected his appeal, but the legal process continues.
He has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the judgment. They are scheduled to review the petition on February 20, 2026 in a closed-door conference. Typically, the high court takes up only a few such petitions annually.