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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social

Just marveling that I live in a time when people are earnestly arguing: "That letter linking the president to the world's most notorious pedophile can't be real. Trump's too stupid to use the word 'enigma.'"

jul 18, 2025, 5:50 am • 0 0

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Dale @dalegrauman.bsky.social

My read is that the word "enigma" is probably an in joke of some kind. My guess is that Epstein called the girls enigmas at some point, or something like that. It doesn't sound like something he'd say on his own, but it does sound on like something he'd repeat back or riff off of with a wink.

jul 18, 2025, 1:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dale @dalegrauman.bsky.social

I see now that your friend Colleen has already said a more sophisticated version of this, haha.

jul 18, 2025, 1:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social

It's clearly a coy reference to *something.* And even if this isn't some kind of code, Trump clearly has an affinity for the occasional word or phrase that he thinks sounds smart or official. His more recent obsession with, "Thank you for your attention to this matter," is the latest in that trend.

jul 18, 2025, 2:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Colleen Fellows @colleenfellows.bsky.social

Enigma is an anagram for gamine, a French word for young girl on the streets that is is alluring. I can completely see Epstein using that as a sly code for all of the young girls he was trafficking. Not hard to see that he could have shared that meaning with Trump.

jul 18, 2025, 6:21 am • 3 0 • view
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pdxcommuter.bsky.social @pdxcommuter.bsky.social

Maybe Ghislaine came up with that code? Per wikipedia, Ghislaine was born in France. Ghislaine's mom was French. Also, per wikipedia, Ghislaine had a degree in Modern History with Languages from Balliol College, Oxford.

jul 18, 2025, 4:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social

That was the phrase that jumped out at me, too, and I agree. I think that's a real possibility.

jul 18, 2025, 6:27 am • 1 0 • view