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"Enigmas never age" — Was Trump's alleged note to Epstein hiding an anagram for "gamines?" [1]

['Ellsworth Toohey']

Date: 2025-07-18

Jeffrey Epstein's past is filled with dark secrets, but his early career as a math teacher at the Dalton School is sometimes overshadowed by his legacy as a sexual predator convicted of sex crimes involving underage girls. As a mathematics instructor, Epstein was known for his intelligence — he excelled at numbers, logic, and puzzles. That skillset almost certainly included an awareness of anagrams, wordplay that rearranges the letters of a word to create new meanings.

Recently, The Wall Street Journal on a bizarre and unsettling artifact: an alleged birthday note from Donald Trump to Epstein, included in a leather-bound album of messages compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003. The note supposedly contained typewritten dialogue framed by a hand-drawn outline of a nude woman.

Here's the text as quoted by WSJ:

"Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything," the note began. Donald: Yes, there is, but I won't tell you what it is. Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is. Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey. Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it. Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that? Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you. Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.

What does Enigmas never age mean?

That phrase—"Enigmas never age"—is unnerving in context. One chilling possibility: the word "enigma" is an anagram of "gamine", a French word referring to a slight, sometimes childish young girl. Given Epstein's history of sexually abusing minors, the linguistic coincidence is difficult to ignore.

Could "enigma" have been a code word for Epstein's underage victims? There's no definitive evidence, but Epstein was intellectually capable and secretive enough to communicate in layered ways. The theme of secrecy runs through the note's language, especially its closing: "may every day be another wonderful secret."

In Epstein's world, secrets were everything — whether financial, social, or deeply criminal. A hidden anagram, woven subtly into a birthday message, would be hauntingly on-brand for a man who hid depravity behind wealthy charm and mathematical precision.

Previously:

• Trump fires federal prosecutor who headed Epstein-Maxwell investigation

• TDS details Trump's relationship with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

• Metadata implies FBI's 'raw' Epstein jail footage was spliced

• I've seen photos of 'topless girls of an uncertain age sitting on Trump's lap,' says biographer

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