Biographer Wayne Barrett: Trump pitched his employees to Playboy for a nude spread

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http://theslot.jezebel.com/donald-trump-reportedly-wanted-his-women-staffers-to-po-1784835548

In his 1991 book, Trump, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, The Downfall, The Reinvention, reporter Wayne Barrett included two short paragraphs on Trump’s “sexual fantasy life,” which apparently included him pitching a spread of his employees to Playboy (although it’s unclear exactly when he may have done this):

He even tried to get Playboy to do a spread called “The Girls of Trump,” wooing his most shapely staffers, including a former beauty queen secretary, into posing for the magazine with a sliding scale of offers on everything from full nude to breast to “wet-lip” shots. It was all part of the rakish ethos of phony glamour that he consciously fostered, even to the extent of concealing from public view a very efficient secretary with a pimplish facial condition. This unappeasable appetite led him, as his own notoriety soared, into celebrity worship, and he became a starstruck groupie, attaching himself to Don Johnson, Michael Jackson, and just about anyone else who would allow him to climb into photographs with them. He was both projecting a larger-than-life image and reveling in it, a dangerous psychic combination.

The magazine has run similar features with other companies and organizations, including “Women of Enron,” “Women of Starbucks,” and “The Girls of the Big 10,” though these weren’t pitched or condoned by the companies mentioned.

[tblue37]

1. He also pitched Marla to Playboy after they were married--but she refused to

pose nude for Playboy, despite being pressured by Donald, who had personally negotiated the $1 million fee for the shoot.

Wanna bet Melania's nude GQ shoot was set up by Trump? They were dating seriously by the time she did it.

[pnwmom]

2. I bet you're right! I hadn't realized the timing of the Melania photos. n/t