Participatory Performance Mail Art (2025)
Size: 205kb (Digital)/ 8.5 x 11 inches (Printed)
On July 17, 2025, The Wall Street Journal first reported on the existence of a letter from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, written for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. President Trump denied the letter existed.
On September 8, 2025, the Journal published a copy of the letter. It bore what appeared to be Trump’s signature.
The denial continued. Trump insisted he had not written it, though the evidence was plain. The Epstein estate, for its part, turned the entire birthday book—including the letter—over to Congress.
The days that followed were a storm. Political activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air, temporarily, after a threat from FCC Chairman Brenden Carr. Trump announced that pregnant women should not take acetaminophen, claiming it caused autism, despite medical consensus that the drug is safe.
And almost immediately, the “Epstein Letter” disappeared from the headlines.
My own work, The Trump Letter, exists as a reminder that this document is real. It places Trump’s own words, as recorded by Bob Woodward in Fear: Trump in the White House, inside the silhouette of his profile. The phrases reveal his method. Deny. Deny again. Deny until nothing remains.
The Trump Letter begins as a PDF. It is not finished until it is downloaded, printed, and sent through the mail—or posted in public where it cannot be ignored.
Original “Donald Trump Letter” Blog Post
“Trump Letter” Social Media Slides
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Downloads
US Letter Size
trumpletter_85x11.pdf (225kb)
11 x 17 inch Poster
trumpletter_11x17.pdf
(227kb)
13 x 19 inch Poster
trumpletter_13x19.pdf
(227kb)
