Trump says he doesn't draw but auctioned sketches suggest otherwise

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Trump says he doesn't draw but auctioned sketches suggest otherwise

Reuters
Fri, July 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM EDT
2 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has publicly denied that he draws, but numerous examples of his sketches have been sold at auction over the years, many dating from his time as a New York real estate developer, the New York Times said on Friday.

Drawings attributed to Trump, typically simple cityscapes or landmarks rendered in black marker and signed with his name, were donated to various charities in the early 2000s and have fetched thousands of dollars in later sales, the paper added.

"I don't draw pictures," Trump wrote on Truth Social this week, disputing a Wall Street Journal report about a 2003 birthday greeting for late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that bore Trump's name and featured a sexually suggestive drawing.

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[BoRaGard]

1. More proof that he's a liar. Hello G.O.P.? Can you get a clue?

Well, I know you can - but it's also clear that you don't give a shit that the felon you venerate systematically pisses on the Ten Commandments. So unchristian. So immoral and unethical. So dishonorable. So unAmerican.

[rsdsharp]

2. He's either lying or committed fraud.

Almost certainly, both.

[kimbutgar]

3. Every time he opens his mouth he lies !

Truth teller is not a word to EVER describe him.

BS is the only thing that comes out if his mouth !

[walkingman]

4. Suggests? Why doesn't the media just call him what he is....a liar? Fear?

[tanyev]

5. Actually, the exact quote is "I never wrote a picture in my life" because Liddle Donny doesn't English very well.

But thanks for polishing that up for him, Reuters.

[riversedge]

6. Yes, I read that earlier.

[marble falls]

7. He's modest. It's understood his reek itself draws flies.

[Chemical Bill]

8. Michael Cohen was on MSNBC saying...

Donald didn't draw the items for the auction, a staff member did, and Donald signed them. That could be true for the birthday card as well.

[Straw Man]

9. Right, but ...

Michael Cohen was on MSNBC saying...

Donald didn't draw the items for the auction, a staff member did, and Donald signed them. That could be true for the birthday card as well.

... it's a typical Trumpian double-bind: Either he's lying now, or he was lying when the earlier pictures were auctioned.