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U.S. President Donald Trump had an affair with a Playboy model at the same time he was in a relationship with a porn star and the National Enquirer tabloid paid the model $150,000 to prevent her story being made public, the New Yorker reported on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump had an affair with a Playboy model at the same time he was in a relationship with a porn star and the National Enquirer tabloid paid the model $150,000 to prevent her story being made public, the New Yorker reported on Friday.
The magazine's account of the relationship was based on notes handwritten by the model, Karen McDougal, who was Playboy's 1998 Playmate of the Year. The New Yorker reported that McDougal confirmed that she had written the notes.
The account had similarities with descriptions that adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and other women have given of sexual encounters with Trump, including private dinners and offers to buy them real estate.
The article has an interesting titbit about his dietary habits. The article states: “Trump, she said, always stayed in the same bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel and ordered the same meal—steak and mashed potatoes—and never drank.”
Trump’s gustatory experiences have made news in the past, when it emerged that he retains his love for fast food joints like McDonald’s and KFC.
In a tell-all book about the Trump presidential campaign, his two former aides dive into his food habits. The book, written by former top campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, tells that his dinner order consisted of “two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted.”
The book notes that “the orchestrating and timing of Mr. Trump’s meals was as important as any other aspect of his march to the presidency,” The Washington Post reported that on Air Force Force One there were four major food groups: McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza and Diet Coke’.
Bossie was the Deputy Campaign Manager to Trump. They write that exhaustive efforts went into ensuring hot fast food was delivered to Trump's plane just as he departed each of his rallies.
In the book, “Let Trump Be Trump,” Lewandowski describes how campaign staffer Sam Nunberg was purposely left behind at a McDonald's because the special-order burger was taking too long. "Leave him," Trump said.
On Saturday, the magazine reported that American Media Inc, publisher of the National Enquirer, paid McDougal $150,000 in 2016, soon after Trump became the Republican presidential nominee, for exclusive rights to her story, which it never published.
The article noted that American Media head David Pecker has described Trump as a "personal friend."
It reported that McDougal declined to discuss details of her relationship with Trump for fear of violating her agreement with American Media.
American Media told Reuters in a statement that the suggestion it "engages in any practice that would allow it to hold influence over the President of the United States, while flattering, is laughable."
The New Yorker reported that American Media said it did not publish McDougal's story because it did not find it credible.
The payment to McDougal by American Media was originally reported by the Wall Street Journal on November 4, 2016.
Trump allegedly began his affairs with McDougal and Clifford roughly three months after his wife Melania Trump gave birth to his youngest son Barron.
The White House did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. The New Yorker reported that a White House spokesperson said in a statement that Trump denies having had an affair with McDougal and called it, "more fake news."
Trump has denied having an affair with Clifford.
Earlier this week, Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen said he paid Clifford $130,000 from his personal funds during the 2016 presidential election campaign but said he was working alone and it was not a campaign expense.
Other women have accused Trump of making unwanted sexual advances toward them over the years. Trump has denied the accusations.
With inputs from agencies
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