As experts and internet sleuths worked to dissect and decipher the explosive emails released last week by the U.S. House Oversight Committee from estate of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein referencing President Donald Trump, the White House, reports The Poke, was working hard to change the narrative.
"Although the claims in the emails remain unsubstantiated, and Donald Trump maintains he had no knowledge of or involvement in Epstein’s sex-trafficking or abuse, his messages paint the president in a very bad light," they write.
"One exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and his brother, Mark, particularly grabbed the attention of the internet," they explain, referring to an email that went viral referring to Trump performing a sex act on someone named "Bubba," which sent the internet into a frenzy of speculation, with many assuming it meant former President Bill Clinton, whose nickname is, indeed, Bubba.
And while Epstein's brother quashed that rumor Sunday, saying it was not in reference to Clinton, the White House social media staff went into damage control mode, hyping the love story between Trump and First Lady Melania instead.
"With all the subtlety of a bulldozer crashing into the East Wing, the White House went straight to damage-limitation mode with this display of the world’s most unpopular – and unconvincing – lovebirds," The Poke writes.
The official White House X account posted a picture of the couple with the lyrics, "I can't help falling in love with you," and, The Poke says, "In case anyone hadn’t got the message …they had a back-up photo"—a picture of them holding hands with the caption, America's power couple."
Despite that, the message got through indeed, but it failed miserably, The Poke notes.
"As calming measures go, it was a complete failure. The guffaws could be heard on both sides of the Atlantic," they write.
"Nothing says soulmates like air kissing your spouse as if he’s the senile drunk uncle you have to put up with every Thanksgiving," posted liberal influencer Jo Jo From Jerz on X.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) used no words in his post on X, instead reposting the 'power couple' post with a picture of Trump and Epstein.
Missouri Democratic congressional candidate Fred Wellman posted on X, "Hahahahaha. You can actually smell the flop sweat from that building here in Missouri. Tick tock."
Author and activist Brooklyn Dad Defiant wrote on X, "LMAO, you clowns are ridiculous. You think everybody has a room temperature IQ, and that nobody has paid attention to the fact that Melania can't stand to be touched by the guy. That she doesn't even live with him. She designed a hat so that his lips couldn't reach her face. The guy almost never posts Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary to her. Biggest sham marriage ever. But sure, you post a sappy tweet because trump is implicated in the Epstein files, and you're trying to disassociate the image of him with LITTLE GIRLS."