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Trump Was Offered 'Five Women' In Russia (Original Post) L. Coyote Nov 2017 OP
Okay, I'll ask the obvious question jberryhill Nov 2017 #1
Because fiction is stranger than the truth? L. Coyote Nov 2017 #2
Not four, not six, but five jberryhill Nov 2017 #4
Excellent points. emulatorloo Nov 2017 #6
maybe that was his usual request Skittles Nov 2017 #5
Bingo. sandensea Nov 2017 #9
The way Trump bragged about it on the access hollywood tape ... might have had yuiyoshida Nov 2017 #12
He can't count to five! n/m bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #3
Apparently it takes a lot of pee to give his hair that yellow tint. jalan48 Nov 2017 #7
5 women MFM008 Nov 2017 #8
Yup. There's a pee tape out there. hedda_foil Nov 2017 #10
Trump said "nyet'. SergeStorms Nov 2017 #11
Women? Nope Johnny2X2X Nov 2017 #13
I heard they got it on tape! Dread Pirate Roberts Nov 2017 #14
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
4. Not four, not six, but five
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:03 PM
Nov 2017

Like, was five all they could muster, or did someone say "Oh, hell, no. Six is too many."

Here's the problem, and I see this all the time as a lawyer.

It would be one thing if he said, "The Russians offered to send up some prostitutes, and we said no."

Okay, fine... A Russian said, "Hey, do you want us to send up some prostitutes?" and he says, "Thanks, but no thanks."

I mean, we are talking about something that happened years ago, someone might remember it as "a prostitute" or "some prostitutes".

The problem with "five prostitutes" is that it sounds more like a response to "how many do you want?" or "how many do you got?" or "we got these ladies here ready to go."

Do you see what I mean?

Now, I will say, it is not a terribly unusual thing in Russia and a few other countries for business travelers to receive offers like this, because either (a) hotel management is running a side business or (b) someone is trying to get compromising goods.

But, either way, it's more along the lines of "we can send up whatever you want, if you want some company" and not "would you like five".

Five is just weirdly specific.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
12. The way Trump bragged about it on the access hollywood tape ... might have had
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:26 PM
Nov 2017

a ring of truth to it.

hedda_foil

(16,371 posts)
10. Yup. There's a pee tape out there.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:00 PM
Nov 2017

There's no way he'd be telling this story at all except to cover up for what really happened.

Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts)
13. Women? Nope
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:40 PM
Nov 2017

People mischaracterize prostitution. While adult women are prostitutes too, they are the exception in places like Russia. These were girls, probably 15 to 17 years old. Probably forced into sex work. Victims.

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