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Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels’s big interview | TheHill

posted onMarch 26, 2018
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Article snippet: on Sunday evening when CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired an interview with the adult-film star. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, detailed the sexual liaison she says she had with Trump in 2006. The White House has said that Daniels and other women who have made allegations about Trump’s behavior — allegations that range from consensual extramarital sex to sexual assault — are lying. What were the main takeaways from the Daniels interview? 1. It’s deeply embarrassing — and tawdry — for Trump It’s true — but beside the point — that many of the details in the Daniels interview had already been reported second hand. By telling her story on camera, on a top-rated network television show, Daniels changed everything. The interview will become “watercooler news” in a way that is not generally true of Trump’s White House personnel changes or of his battles with special counsel MORE. Therein lies the peril for the president, who often displays a thin skin in response to criticism or ridicule. Daniels said she asked Trump to take his pants down so she could spank him with a magazine with his face on the cover — and that he did so. The clip will likely be played on a cable news loop for at least the next 24 hours. Another eyebrow-raising detail is Daniels’s claim that Trump told her “You remind me of my daughter” — presumed to be a reference to MORE. Daniels had offered similar recollections to a magazine for a 2011 interview that was not published until earlier this y... Link to the full article to read more

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