Jimmy Kimmel didn’t let President Donald Trump‘s birthday pass quietly, spoofing the controversial card Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein and putting his own spin on it.
Kimmel wrote, “Happy 80th Donald! A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday and may every day be another wonderful secret.” But the real punchline was in the artwork. While the original card allegedly featured the silhouette of a woman, Kimmel replaced it with a cartoonish figure seemingly designed to resemble Trump.
The comments section quickly filled with reactions, including, “Perfect drawing! Maybe the best drawing ever,” and, “Not accurate. Where’s the fupa?” Many others joined in by posting variations of, “Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day.”
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The alleged 2003 birthday card from Trump to Epstein first surfaced in a 2025 Wall Street Journal report and was later released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Rather than a traditional birthday greeting, the message was written as a dialogue between characters named “Donald” and “Jeffrey.”
The roast is just the latest in a string of Epstein-related jabs Kimmel has aimed at Trump and his family. He previously took aim at Trump after the president skipped son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson, joking on Jimmy Kimmel Live, “DJ TJ and his new bride, Bettina, were married on Saturday on a small island in the Bahamas. It was a small ceremony with about 40 guests, none of whom were his father.”
Kimmel continued, “Daddy Donald sent his RSVP via Truth Social. He wrote, ‘While I very much wanted to be with my son Don Jr. and the newest member of the Trump family, his soon-to-be wife Bettina, circumstances pertaining to government and my love for the United States of America do not allow me to do so.’ See, he can be warm when he wants to. He loves Don Jr. He just loves the United States more. He had circumstances pertaining to the government to get to.”
Adding another Epstein-related joke, Kimmel quipped, “And also, flying to a private island makes him miss his friend Jeffrey, who he lost.”