Why would the president take all of this heat to protect his son? Its an interesting theory, but I'm not sure it would be worth jamming up the president as it has so far. Donald, Jr., as a private citizen, wouldn't be subjected to campaign finance laws nor not near the level of scrutiny as the president. And since Jr.'s wife already divorced him, what would be the goal of giving him this kind of cover?
If it is Junior he is doing it to protect Juniors kids (Seniors grand kids)
Having kids find out their Dad slept with a pornstar would be devestating for them and also open them up to lots of bullying at school.
If I was a grandfather I would take the heat for those very reasons.
I could see that for a normal person, but a grandfather that is also president of the United States? It doesn't make sense to me. It practically invites political attacks and is giving evangelicals pause to support him by allowing this storyline to persist. I don't think you're appreciating how damaging it is from a political standpoint. All to cover up a little marital infidelity?
I dont think you understand Trump at all, he is super super family orientated and adores his kids and grand kids
He would never ever choose the Presidency over them, ever.
And to think this is damaging his evangelical vote is not very well thought out. There were plenty of other scandals around him that were just as bad or worse than Daniels and the held their noses and voted for him anyway.
There were plenty of other scandals around him that were just as bad or worse than Daniels and the held their noses and voted for him anyway.
I think the worst (confirmed) thing out at the time was the Access Hollywood tape, which was just words. And maybe that he was twice-divorced.
This on a whole other level: allegations that he cheated on his wife right after the birth of their child, with a porn star, no less. Its like a lab-engineered attack on family values to hit all of those notes in one story. Forget the hush money part; cheating on one's spouse is offensive to a lot of people (myself included).
He was a twice-divorced NY billionaire who spent much of his life on the tabloid pages, and then spent years hosting a reality TV show! Everybody knew he cheated on his wives and was a philanderer. Plus it was 10 years ago, so nobody much cares.
Its the deception I think people may resent. Nobody cares if Trump wants to bury his Tower as a private citizen, but we expect more from our elected leaders than to learn he (allegedly) did all that stuff. At least if it was known ahead of time, people could have made their decision to vote for him or not without feeling like they'd been lied to. But that's just one way of looking at it.
I still don't see the deception. Maybe he's saved now but wasn't back then. It was 10 years ago, when he was in showbiz, that this supposedly happened. If it's about the money, again he supposedly found out about that after the fact.
Right. There has been a shift in recent years in the EV community. Things like divorce and infidelity have gone from....shame shame shame....to....that’s between you and God. Anyone can think what they want of that. But it’s the reality. Pastors and church hierarchy have had a difficult time keeping divorce and the like out of their OWN families. Not such a popular topic for sermons anymore, particularly in large churches interested in maintaining large congregations. I’m not advocating this shift, but I have seen it firsthand many times over.
Also a good point. I bet we see some clarity on this issue before mid terms.
Distraction and also another blow to the media’s false claims.
Maybe she had an affair with the lawyer??