Donald Trump has his hands full at the moment, and that will be the case for many months to come. The former president aims to retake office in the 2024 presidential election, and he will again face Joe Biden, who is running for re-election.
While Donald Trump’s decision to run for president once again was already big news, it’s nothing compared to the many lawsuits the former The Apprentice star is in the middle of. As of now, Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The charges stem from an alleged attempt to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to prevent her from discussing a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump years prior, which Donald Trump is denying.
Last week, Stormy Daniels – whose real name is Stephanie Clifford – took the stand as a witness in the former president’s criminal hush money trial. There, she revealed quite intimate details about the former president. However, it didn’t only include details about him. It also concerned his wife and former first lady Melania Trump.
In 2018, the Trump Administration was left in shock as allegations against Donald Trump and the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels went public. The president said he was innocent, but that didn’t stop Melania Trump from making her mind up.
Donald Trump – Stormy Daniels
While Donald Trump and Melania Trump handled their duties in Washington, the president’s past also caught up with him. And according to a new book, Melania wanted to take full advantage of it by humiliating her husband.
In January 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump had arranged a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels – whose real name is Stephanie Clifford – in October 2016 to prevent her from discussing a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump in 2006.
Of course, it was a big scandal. However, Trump consistently denied having an affair with Daniels. Meanwhile, in February 2018, Michael Cohen, a former private lawyer for Donald Trump, said he had indeed paid Daniels but used his own money and, therefore, Trump’s company or campaign money had nothing to do with it.
Cohen later contradicted both statements under oath. Moreover, he stated that Donald Trump directed him to make the payment.
Melania Trump has been through plenty in recent years. Her husband has been involved in many trials and still is. However, she hasn’t been at his side in the courtroom.
When the allegations against Donald Trump and the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels went public in 2018, it’s safe to say that Melania wasn’t happy about them.
Stormy Daniels reveals intimated detail about Donald and Melania Trump during trial
In her book American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden, New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers writes that Melania refused to join her husband on a trip abroad and instead traveled to Mar-a-Lago without him.
“[FLOTUS press secretary Stephanie] Grisham, who traveled with her on that jaunt, said that the first lady had wanted to communicate her anger to the president,” Rogers writes, as reported by People Magazine.
Further, Grisham told Rogers that Melania “was pissed at Trump and wanted him to be a little humiliated that she took off.”
While Donald Trump continues his presidential campaign, he appeared in court last week. Meanwhile, Stormy Daniels took the stand, talking about her life, career, and, of course, encounters with Donald Trump.
It was at that point Stormy Daniels revealed a quite intimate detail about Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s life.
As Daniels recalled the night she and Donald Trump were said to have had together, she revealed that the presidential candidate told her,” We don’t sleep in the same room,” meaning Donald and Melania.
Stormy Daniels gave many details about her and Donald Trump’s alleged private meetings. She testified that she had accepted Trump’s invite because it was a way to get out of a dinner with her adult film company colleagues.
Moreover, she went on to describe her alleged sexual encounter with the former president, saying that she was shocked when seeing him on the bed with barely any clothes.
“The intention was pretty clear: somebody stripped down to their underwear and is posing for you,” Stormy Daniels told the court.
“He stood up between me and the door. Not in a threatening manner. He didn’t come at me, he didn’t rush at me. Nothing like that. When I exited he was just up on the bed, like this.”
Donald Trump allegedly compared Stormy Daniels with his “beautiful” daughter
Daniels continued: “I had my clothes and my shoes off. I removed my bra. We were in missionary position,” saying she “left as fast as I could” after the meeting.
“I told very few people that we had actually had sex because I felt ashamed that I didn’t stop it,” she added.
When Stormy Daniels said she had a “very brief” conversation with Donald Trump about Melania, Trump closed his eyes, shaking his head.
Melania Trump was not the only other family member Stormy Daniels mentioned. She also claimed that Donald Trump had compared her to his “beautiful” daughter, Ivanka.
“You remind me of my daughter because she’s smart, blonde, and beautiful, and people underestimate her,” Stormy Daniels claimed Trump said.
Also, they discussed the possibility of her appearing on The Celebrity Apprentice.
“I said, ‘Even you don’t’ have this much power.’ He said, ‘You remind me of my daughter because she’s smart, blonde, and beautiful, and people underestimate her.’ The way he framed it did actually make perfect sense.”
Melania Trump has made only a few public appearances in recent months. In January, she and the Trump family went through a devastating loss as her mother, Amalija Knavs, passed away at age 78.
Melania Trump will watch “every ounce” of trial, her former press secretary says
Last year, when Donald Trump was indicted for the first time, the former first lady was not at his side, and questions about their marriage were raised.
While Melania Trump has said she wants to return to the White House, her husband’s trial has taken the spotlight. While she has put all her energy and effort into helping their son, Barron Trump, graduate from high school and protecting him from the media, now, she will be stuck in front of the television. At least that is what Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s former chief of staff and press secretary, says.
The first trial witness was the former National Enquirer publisher, David Pecker, who testified against Donald Trump. He previously had admitted that he had used his media company to help the former president’s campaign bury damaging stories against him, which included the affair allegations from Stormy Daniels.
Speaking to CNN, Stephanie Grisham said, “I can guarantee [Melania] is watching every ounce of coverage, and when that [information about Pecker’s private email] came out, it piqued her interest.”
“Melania is very much about proof, show proof. And so if some more damaging stuff should come out that she didn’t know about because, of course, her husband continues to deny all of the details here, about Stormy especially.”
Grisham concluded, “If some other stuff comes out, I think that’ll be really interesting to watch because you can’t really dispute things that are in writing and that’s something she always paid quite a bit of attention to, was proof.”
Donald Trump has yet to take the stand, and time will tell what the outcome will be. Meanwhile, his family, not least Melania Trump, has stayed relatively quiet.
Donald Trump reveals plan for Melania Trump
Many people, not least Trump voters, have wondered what role Melania Trump will play in her husband’s presidential campaign. Therefore, during a town hall meeting in February, Fox News Host Laura Ingraham asked Donald Trump if Melania would join him at his rallies.
“It’s a question I’m asked a lot, that Jill Biden is everywhere,” Ingraham said. “She’s campaigning everywhere for Joe Biden and she did in 2020.”
She continued, “Will we see more of your secret weapon, for those of us who know your wife, Melania? Will we see more of her this time around, given her ability to speak so many languages… [she’s] so wonderful with children and everyone? I think a lot of people here want to see more of her.”
Donald Trump didn’t take long to answer, which was somewhat expected. Right now, her dedication lies with their son, Barron.
“They love her, I’ll tell you,” Trump responded. “And you know her. She’s a very brilliant person. She speaks many languages, the whole thing.”
“Her life revolves around that boy, [he’s] so important to her. At the same time, it also revolves around our country and the success of our country. She’s raised a lot of money for charity.”
“She’s going to be out a lot”
The former president continued, “She’s a private person. It’s funny; she was a very successful model, very, very successful, and yet she was a private person. She’s going to be out a lot, not because she likes doing it, but she likes the result. She wants to see this country really succeed.”
“[The people] love the fact that she’s not out there so much. You know, a lot of first ladies will go out. They want to be everywhere. They get angry at their husband because he’s not introducing them. If I didn’t introduce Melania she’d be very happy about it. She’s just a different kind of a person. And she loves the country.”
Donald Trump concluded, “She’s gonna be out quite a bit, and she loves his country, and she wants a great, and she says hello.”
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