Bombshell report emerges of alleged Trump affair with Playboy model

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Donald Trump had an affair with former Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal — whom he met at a party for “The Apprentice” in 2006 while married to his wife Melania, according to an explosive report on Friday that details the great lengths the future president took to conceal his alleged indiscretions from the press.

McDougal wrote in an eight-page, handwritten note her friend, John Crawford, shared with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow that Trump “immediately took a liking to me, kept talking to me – telling me how beautiful I was etc.

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https://nypost.com/2018/02/16/ronan-farrow-details-alleged-trump-affair-with-playboy-model-in-new-yorker-piece/

MORE DIRTY:


https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal

[GusBob]

1. Color me cynical, but this wont even illicit a yawn from his supporters

when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and they would still get on their knees for him, he was right

[NewJeffCT]

3. Most of them will cheer him on

because they want to live vicariously through his perceived lifestyle of the rich and famous.

and the evangelicals will will give mulligan number 1,546

[GusBob]

6. Millions of deplorables are googling her name and reaching for their belt buckles as we type

not so much a high five as a low five for their hero

[Joediss]

36. Yes

Yeah , there is a bunch of Trumpers reach right now.

[oberliner]

7. But who actually cares if he had an affair?

Not sure how or why this is relevant to anything.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. In Addition To That. . .

. . .Melania knows. She's sheltered little twit, but she's not a complete idiot. She is sticking around for the lifestyle.

[oberliner]

9. Yeah - it's relatively standard operating procedure

Rich powerful guys who are able to have affairs with much younger women and are surrounded by attractive models generally take advantage of those circumstances. And their wives often find it more beneficial to stay married and maintain the lifestyle as you mention.

But, I guess, my point is: this is not the thing to criticize Trump about. It is not relevant to the actual serious damaging actions that we do need to attack him for.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. I Know This Might Be Tilting At Windmills. . .

. . .but there is a hair of a hope that some of the christian right will see affair after affair and finally decide they can't back this serial adulterer.

Probably not, but the only way we find out is to keep exposing it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Do you think if this was another president it would be front page news ?

And this quote from Trump is despicable:

According to multiple sources, Trump remarked that the friend liked “the big black dick” and began commenting on her attractiveness and breast size. The interactions angered the friend and deeply offended McDougal.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal

[oberliner]

11. Bill Clinton, for instance?

Did it matter to you that Bill was not faithful to his wife?

In terms of that quote, yes, that is despicable. Trump is an awful human being in every respect.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Well

Did it matter to you that Bill was not faithful to his wife?

Yes, fidelity is important in a relationship. Is fidelity important to you ?

Oh, please list all the porn stars and playmates who Bill Clinton had sex with and then paid for their silence.

Thank you in advance.

[oberliner]

17. Bill Clinton, JFK, LBJ, and FDR all had extramarital affairs

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Your list only includes Democratic presidents. I am sure that's just an oversight.

Did any Republican presidents have affairs ?

[oberliner]

19. Because Democratic presidents are the ones that I admire

The point being that those were all great presidents, extramarital affairs notwithstanding.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Would you agree

Would you agree Jimmy Carter, Harry Truman, and Barack Obama were great presidents, their lack
of " extramarital affairs notwithstanding " ?

[oberliner]

40. Absolutely

But I think the point I am trying to make is that having an extramarital affair is not really relevant one way or the other.

Republicans make awful presidents - even those that do not cheat on their wives.

Democrats make good or great presidents - even those that do cheat on their wives, such as the ones I mentioned.

That's my very broad and general take on the subject.

[Kingofalldems]

25. You noticed?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. I am sure it was a mere oversight.

[oberliner]

41. No, it was completely deliberate and the entire point of the post

Which I think you are still not understanding.

In my opinion, Democrats can still be great presidents even if they have extramarital affairs (examples being the ones I listed: Clinton, Johnson, Kennedy, and Roosevelt).

Republicans are awful presidents - and whether or not they have extramarital affairs is not what makes them so - it's the loathsome policies they support and promote.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

44. Being a great Democratic president and being faithful to your spouse are not mutually exclusive.

[oberliner]

43. Thanks for jumping in on this

Hopefully, my follow-up posts helped clarify things. I would not want to be misunderstood on this topic.

[WhiteTara]

55. Well there was * and Kinda Sleazy

I'm SURE Bush the Meaner had lots of women on the side. Nixon was such a dog, who would have an affair with him?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

56. I will give Dubya the benefit of the doubt.

I vehemently disagreed with his policies but I don't believe he was a fundamentally bad guy like Trump. From all indications he is a good father and husband. His children have turned out fine.


Warren G. Harding (R) had sex with a seventeen year old in a White House broom closet.

[WhiteTara]

57. I don't think that has anything to do with him having an affair.

I don't say he was a playboy in the WH, but I do think they were inordinately close

[Zoonart]

29. This does not compare.

This is. not a case of an affair of the heart or even passion. This is the malignant narcissist using everyone in his sphere as he pleases with no regard for anything but what HE wants. This is a feature and not a bug for his Trumpers, a super-man who takes what he wants, who gets what he wants with no fear of reprisal.
He is also notoriously mentally abusive to everyone around him, staff and family.

So lets not trot out the Democratic Presidents with feet of clay and lump them all together with "They all do. it", shall we newbie?

This is not the same.

[oberliner]

42. There is no doubt that Trump is awful in every respect

My only point is that his extramarital affairs are not all that relevant to what makes him an awful POTUS and despicable human being.

Great presidents have had affairs and have still been great presidents.

Trump is an awful president for other reasons that we are all well aware of here.

[tenderfoot]

46. To the party (GOP) that boasts of being morally superior than the other it may matter

Considering that the people that targeted Clinton (Gingrich, Barr, Livingston, Hyde, etc...) too had extra-marital affairs. While targeting Clinton.

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. Can you imagine the reaction if it was Barack Obama ?

[dalton99a]

24. The entire GOP/Christian conservative complex is not just ignoring/tolerating it

I bet they're applauding it

[GusBob]

20. Except for one leetle detail: these gals are getting paid off

which in the case of Stormy Daniels was illegal

and in most cases is known as blackmail

Ask John Edwards about that

[oberliner]

23. That is a significant point

Agreed.

[GusBob]

39. And I agree with you. This is SOP for the rich and famous. But there's another aspect to this

I had never heard of the "catch and kill" thing before, where the media buys a story and buries it

this actually increases the odds of blackmail, and for sure reeks of influence peddling

kinda the opposite of fake news if you think about it---hiding the truth

[MaryMagdaline]

30. Trump cares

He spent money on the coverup. Cannot afford to have Melania divorce him and challenge the prenup. The enemy of our enemy is our friend. Keep the pressure on.

[johnmont]

34. cheat

You Republicans didn't say that about Bill clintons affair!

[tenderfoot]

45. If Trump's abuse of a 13 year old comes to light, will you again bring up Bill Clinton?

Did you actually vote for Bill Clinton?

Just curious. Because you pull this "but Democrats do it" crap every time one Trump's dalliances is exposed or when a Republican does something really fucked up.

BTW, I really don't think you're a democrat, progressive, liberal, etc...

Just so you know.

[Kaleva]

48. His supporters are lost causes and not that important

The people who voted for Trump simply because they didn't like Hillary and thought Trump was the lesser of two evils are more important. The murky middle.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. Use this link instead. F the Post

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal

[Gabi Hayes]

4. Pecker

irony is long dead

Six former A.M.I. employees told me that Pecker routinely makes catch-and-kill arrangements like the one reached with McDougal. “We had stories and we bought them knowing full well they were never going to run,” Jerry George, a former A.M.I. senior editor who worked at the company for more than twenty-five years, told me. George said that Pecker protected Trump. “Pecker really considered him a friend,” George told me. “We never printed a word about Trump without his approval.”

Maxine Page, who worked at A.M.I. on and off from 2002 to 2012, including as an executive editor at one of the company’s Web sites, said that Pecker also used the unpublished stories as “leverage” over some celebrities in order to pressure them to pose for his magazines or feed him stories.

Several former employees said that these celebrities included Arnold Schwarzenegger, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, and Tiger Woods. (Schwarzenegger, through an attorney, denied this claim. Woods did not respond to requests for comment.) “Even though they’re just tabloids, just rags, it’s still a cause of concern,” Page said. “In theory, you would think that Trump has all the power in that relationship, but in fact Pecker has the power—he has the power to run these stories. He knows where the bodies are buried.”

[spanone]

5. this guy is a cesspool of moral shite

[dalton99a]

14. That's ok - give him a mulligan

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. See Post #10.

It was too despicable to put in the thread starter.

[no_hypocrisy]

27. OMG, Trump cheated on Stormy Daniels!

[MaryMagdaline]

31. Funny!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

28. Can't wait to hear Franklin Graham try to defend another one!

[MrsCoffee]

33. Mulligan on every hole.

[oberliner]

38. "It happened before he was President"

Is the argument he will use.

[rickford66]

32. Job security for the UXB squad.

[beaglelover]

35. I wouldn't doubt that Melanoma and Trump have an open marriage. I'm sure she doesn't mind....

keeps her from having to have sex with that pig. She got her power, money and child, she's happy to let him screw around behind her back.

[Kaleva]

49. Her attitude and behaviour towards him in public suggests she does mind.

[smirkymonkey]

50. I think she minds being humiliated in public. I don't think she minds the fact that

he sleeps with other people. She probably thinks, better them than me. Honestly, what woman in her right mind would sleep with that disgusting, orange tub of lard unless their was something in it for her financially. Nobody sleeps with him out of lust, and certainly not out of love.

[Kaleva]

51. Then these allegations being made public humilate her.

You may be right though. As long as there was discretion, she didn't mind at all as Trump was getting his jollies with other women and left her alone.

[beaglelover]

53. Shes back with him in FL.

It’s all better now. Trump gave her a gift.

[Kaleva]

54. Apparently they got into a screaming match on Air Force 1

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10241579

[sarcasmo]

37. Makes you wonder, how many stories Trump's buddy at the Enquirer buried?

[Kingofalldems]

47. Kick and rec.

Republicans not liking this thread.

[JDC]

52. Another Mulligan. He cheats at everything and on everyone

The American people most notably.

[BoneyardDem]

58. that surely is a loving, warm, emotional attachment baby Trump has for his absentee dad

reality: that looks bloody awkward