To paraphrase the poet Marshall Mathers, will the real Bubba please stand up?
The name “Bubba” has been on the lips of many political-watchers recently, thanks to last week’s release of a spicy 2018 email exchange between sex offender and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his brother, Mark Epstein, that referenced current president Donald Trump “blowing Bubba.” In an email, which Mark has since characterized as being part of “a humorous private exchange between two brothers,” saying the message was not meant “to be interpreted as serious remarks,” Mark told his brother to ask Trump adviser Steve Bannon if Russian president Vladimir Putin had “the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.”
“You and your boy Donnie can make a remake of the movie Get Hard,” Mark wrote.
The public was quick to point out that former president Bill Clinton’s nickname is Bubba. In a statement to The Advocate, Mark said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to ‘Bubba’ in this correspondence is not, in any way, a reference to former president Bill Clinton.”
Ali Clark, a spokesperson for Mark, also noted that the Bubba in question is “a private individual who is not a public figure.”
Who could this Bubba, of “joke” infamy, be? We don’t know, but there’s another interesting Bubba in our midst.
Even before that email surfaced on November 12, as part of the release of a tranche of 20,000-plus documents related to the Epstein case, a politically connected Bubba was already making headlines: Meet C.R. “Bubba” Saulsbury Jr., whose family owns the luxury Texas hunting retreat Boondoggle Ranch, where guests can while away the hours “roughing it Texas style” with gigantic TVs and Golden Tee 2020 on demand, according to an archived snapshot featuring a description of the spot, whose website was recently wiped clean. The ranch drew attention when The Wall Street Journal reported that FBI director Kash Patel had recently visited, arriving by a taxpayer-subsidized government jet for a little R&R during the government shutdown. Bubba is known to be pals with Patel as well as Vice President JD Vance.
After the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform dropped the Epstein data dump, political gossip circles were abuzz about the true identity of Bubba.
