What to Know
In an age of the Epstein files, where so much communication that financier Jeffrey Epstein had with investors and friends was through emails, it should come as little surprise that journalist E. Jean Carroll shared one in the form of a valentine. She posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Donald Trump actually emailed her a digital valentine despite the pair having a sordid past wherein Carroll accused Trump of rape and he was forced to pay more than $80 million in damages.
So romantic, right? When Carroll posted a screenshot of the valentine that Trump allegedly sent to her, she shared her surprise and clear disgust and added that, yes, it’s a “real email.” But did Trump actually send her an email valentine years after she accused him of rape and he was found liable of sexual abuse? If you ask Trump’s ever-loyal supporters, they might not think so, but Carroll has done nothing to deter those who think Trump is just maniacal to do this.
Trump’s bizarre email to E. Jean Carroll came years after she accused him of rape.
Yes. This is a real email. No .I did not sign up on this mailing list. Yes. We are living in a crazy world. pic.twitter.com/heB9Kiu2YL
— E. Jean Carroll (@ejeancarroll) February 15, 2026
Valentines are usually reserved for loved ones and classmates. OK, maybe your dentist also sends you one, and in that case, an email valentine is totally acceptable. But for Carroll, the alleged email valentine she received was from Trump himself with a cheeky message that might have been meant to hit home for her specifically.
The body of the valentine says, “I sent you a love letter, but I haven’t heard back. It’s Valentine’s Day, E Jean! I love you, and I was pretty sure you loved me back! Is everything okay?”
There is a link to “open love letter.” A “preview” of the letter adds, “Roses are red, violets are blue. Do you still love Trump, as I love you?” It’s possible that Carroll was on some kind of mailing list and received this email as part of that.
However, it’s unclear why she would find herself on literally any kind of pro-Trump email list.
While many wouldn’t put it past Trump to be behind an email like that, others commented on Carroll’s X post to share how doubtful they think it is that Trump actually sent the valentine to her, well after they had any contact with each other.
“Hundred percent sure you signed up for this mailing list,” one obvious pro-Trumper commented on the X post.
Someone else wrote, “Well take some of the money you lied and extorted from him and find out who sent it.”
“Someone (or you) signed up, or you wouldn’t be on the list,” another user added. “It’s a templated message with mail merge fields that blasts out to everyone on the list.”
Others see the valentine as a way for Trump to further traumatize Carroll, should he be behind it. The email itself is from [email protected]. The website for political emails about Trump during his presidential run in 2025 does list this email as one of the many associated with information about the campaign at the time. Why someone potentially in Trump’s orbit or Trump himself used the email for this purpose is bizarre.
Someone pointed out in the replies to Carroll’s X post, “It’s a copy of a fund raising email he sent out to his followers. It’s creepy he mentions her name.”
Even if it’s just a widely sent marketing email, the fact that it says Carroll’s name and was sent to her specifically is a violation, considering what she went through with her accusations and the outcome that was very much not in Trump’s favor.
“That must have been slightly re-traumatizing,” another user wrote, directed at Carroll. “Likely intended to be also. Sorry for you.”
