Billy Baldwin's Donald Trump Jr. Message Goes Viral

A post from actor Billy Baldwin has gone viral after he criticized Donald Trump for cheating on his late ex-wife Ivana Trump—and he also referenced Jeffrey Epstein.

Responding to a tweet from Donald Trump Jr., the outspoken star of Netflix's Northern Rescue took to X, formerly Twitter, to say that he witnessed Donald Trump cheating with Marla Maples. Baldwin also called the former president a "disgusting pig."

Newsweek reached out to a representative for Baldwin, as well as a spokesperson for Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. for comment via email Tuesday.

On Saturday, Donald Trump Jr. took to X to endorse his father. Posting a meme, he said that "not one name" on the flight list for financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sexual abuse and later found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019, endorsed Donald Trump.

"Trump should get your vote just for his war on pedophiles and sex trafficking rings, alone," the meme reads. "Not one name on the Epstein flight logs has endorsed Trump. But! Every! Single! One! Has Endorsed Biden!" Donald Trump Jr. added in the caption: "Don't forget it!!!!"

Billy Baldwin and Donald Trump Jr.
From left: Billy Baldwin attends the red carpet at the 69th Taormina Film Festival on June 28, 2023, in Taormina, Italy; and Donald Trump Jr. sits in the courtroom for his civil fraud trial at... Daniele Venturelli/Adam Gray-Pool/Getty Images

On Sunday, Baldwin reposted Donald Trump Jr's post and added his thoughts, which has since gone viral. At the time of writing, his post had received more than 15.3 million views.

"Your father incessantly called Marla Maples at her apartment while I was there rehearsing with her," Baldwin wrote on X. "You were only about 10 years old at this time so perhaps you were not yet aware of what a disgusting pig and thief your father was."

Baldwin added: "He cheated with Marla for years before your dearly departed mother Ivana, now buried at a golf course, ever knew. Then he knocked her up and along came Baby Tiffany and the shotgun wedding. In closing I'd like to add that Daddy is on the #EpsteinClientList flight logs SEVEN TIMES... is he not?"

People took to the comment section to share their thoughts on Baldwin's claims. "Holy s*** Billy, you obviously chose violence this morning, not mad at it lol [laugh out loud]," one person wrote.

"Good God. The Trump family should teach the ultimate masterclass in gaslighting," posted another.

"Mr. Baldwin seems to know his facts," a third person commented, while a fourth added: "Billy Baldwin spitting fire."

While some people have lauded him for the tweet, others have written that they can't take Baldwin's claims seriously.

"But you're quiet about your special elite friends and politicians traveling to an island knowing good and well that children were being trafficked for sex. Where's Hollywood's outrage?" one person asked.

Another person shared screenshots of Baldwin walking alongside actor Danny Masterson and wrote: "Says the guy who just supported a rapist through his trial, walked with him down the street, not to mention he's your friend and married to your sister-in-law or did they just finalize their divorce? You have no room to talk Billy Baldwin."

The actor's tweets come after Donald Trump's name was included in a new court document relating to Epstein that was released Monday. It contains emails that were sent by Sarah Ransome, who has accused Epstein of sexual assault, to columnist Maureen Callahan, regarding incidents that involved Epstein and others, including Donald Trump.

"[A]nother friend... was one of the many girls that had sexual relations with Donald Trump... She confided in me about her casual 'friendship' with Donald. Mr. Trump definitely seemed to have a thing for her and she told me how he kept going on about how he liked her 'pert nipples,'" the document said. "I also know she had sexual relations with Trump at Jeffrey's NY mansion on regular occasions as I once met Jen for coffee, just before she was going to meet Trump and Epstein together at his mansion."

In response to the release of the documents, Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, told Newsweek: "These baseless accusations have been fully retracted because they are simply false and have no merit."

Ransome had later retracted all of her claims made about Epstein and others.

"I have spoken to my family at some length this morning and I would like to retract everything I have said to you and walk away from this," Ransome said in one of the emails included in the document.

Trump has not been charged with any crimes relating to Epstein. After Epstein died in 2019, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office ruled he committed suicide by hanging himself with a bedsheet, but Epstein's lawyers have challenged the ruling.

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