Trump flips his own script when it comes to Stormy Daniels
The president directly engaged women who accused him of sexual impropriety during the campaign but has stayed uncharacteristically quiet on the porn actress.
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA 03/16/2018 05:02 AM EDT
President Donald Trump has adopted a time-honored strategy for coping with allegations that he had an affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels: Ignore them.
The president and his top aides have said nothing publicly about the controversy this week, even as Daniels’ lawyer has engaged in repeated provocations, including revealing that she had an interview with the prime-time news show “60 Minutes”.
Trump hasn’t directly addressed the Daniels saga since the story surfaced earlier this year, instead letting White House staffers and his personal lawyer deny allegations that she was paid hush money before the 2016 election to keep quiet about their affair.
The muted response is unusual for a president who has rarely shied away from a fight. More than a dozen women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct. The president has refuted those allegations — often loudly.
“A woman I don’t know and, to the best of my knowledge, never met, is on the FRONT PAGE of the Fake News Washington Post saying I kissed her (for two minutes yet) in the lobby of Trump Tower 12 years ago. Never happened!” Trump tweeted earlier this year in response to a story about allegations that he kissed Rachel Crooks on the mouth in 2006.
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