The internet erupted this week after the House Oversight Committee released thousands of emails connected to billionaire child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Among the trove of documents was one particularly strange exchange between Epstein and his brother Mark, featuring a reference that immediately captured the attention of social media users: an offhand remark about Donald Trump allegedly performing a sexual act on someone identified only as “Bubba.”
The email, sent in March 2018, showed Mark Epstein urging his brother to ask former Trump adviser Steve Bannon whether Russian President Vladimir Putin “has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.” Jeffrey Epstein responded dryly: “and i thought- I had tsuris,” invoking the Yiddish word for “troubles.”
Once the email hit the public sphere, the internet had a field day. The term “Bubba” is long associated with former President Bill Clinton, who, like Trump, had known ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
That connection sent social media into overdrive, spawning jokes, memes, and half-serious theories about what (or who) the cryptic reference could be referring to. Users debated whether the line was a serious allegation, a coded message, or simply two brothers engaging in dark humor.
Mark Epstein Insists “Bubba” Is Not Bill Clinton
Amid the uproar, Mark Epstein issued a public statement attempting to tamp down the swirling speculation. His response, shared online Saturday by Business Insider’s Jacob Shamsian, asserted that the email exchange had been misinterpreted and that internet theories tying the remark to Bill Clinton were entirely misplaced.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to ‘Bubba’ in this correspondence is not, in any way, a reference to former President Bill Clinton,” the statement read. Continues…