The White House’s Valentine’s Day message quickly turned into something far less romantic—at least in the replies.
What was meant to be a feel-good holiday post featuring President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump was swiftly hijacked Saturday, as social media users flooded the comment section with a very different kind of message: relentless reminders of the president’s ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Within an hour of the Valentine’s Day post going live on X, the replies devolved into an endless stream of memes and edited photos. Users nixed Melania from the original photo to pair Trump, 79, with the late convicted sex offender in a barrage of crude images.
One widely circulated post featured a doctored image of Trump seated across from Epstein at a candlelit dinner, the two gazing into each other’s eyes. Splashed across the image in bright pink lettering: “Pedo Valentine Day.” The post racked up thousands of likes within hours.
That was just the start.
Other users piled on with their own versions of Trump and Epstein-themed Valentine’s cards, many leaning into the same blunt message. One image mimicked the White House’s original post but replaced the caption with: “Happy Valentine’s Day to All the Pedos We Will Protect You.”
Another dragged the first lady back into the mix, editing her alongside Trump, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell into a parody of the Friends cast—complete with the sitcom’s signature font.
The trolling spree wasn’t just random internet chaos. It tapped into a growing—and increasingly bipartisan—fixation on the Epstein files, which have roiled Washington in since the Department of Justice released a tranche of 3.5 million documents related to the investigation into Epstein late last month.
And now, some of the same demands that were echoed in memes are being made by lawmakers themselves.
One reply, edited over a Muppets version of Trump, Melania, Epstein, and Maxwell simply read: “Release the Epstein Files”—a slogan that has gained traction among lawmakers who are now openly clashing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, 60, over the Justice Department’s handling of the documents.
That internal GOP feud exploded earlier this Wednesday following a contentious hearing in which a photograph of Bondi revealed that her office had reviewed lawmakers’ search histories while examining the unredacted Epstein files.
The outrage isn’t limited to Capitol Hill.
Online, users have also begun targeting Bondi directly, with some Valentine’s Day replies taking aim at her alongside Trump. One meme showed Bondi whispering into Trump’s ear, stamped with the label: “Pedophile Protectors.”
The documents have referenced Trump over 5,300 times, but reportedly unredacted files viewed by lawmakers this week mention the president over a million times.
Still, the sheer volume of redacted documents has fueled speculation and intensified calls for full transparency from both sides.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna have joined forces to propose legislation that would compel the DOJ to release the bulk of its remaining Epstein records.
Massie has also been publicly sparring with the Justice Department over the pace and scope of the disclosures in a showdown on X, supporting the resignation of a powerful Epstein associate.
The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment.
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