Trump’s 2016 $130,000 Payment to a Former Porn Star
Back in 2016, before the presidential election was a hot‑pot of headlines and heat‑shirt concerns, the White House’s legal whiz Michael Cohen allegedly slipped a hefty sum—$130,000 (about S$170,000)—into the pockets of a former adult‑film actress to keep a scandal from surfacing.
Who’s the Sally Princess?
- Stephanie Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, claims she met former President Donald Trump at a celebrity golf event in 2006, a year after he married Melania.
- She says the alleged meeting took place sometime after that, according to sources the Wall Street Journal had on hand.
The Deal
- In October 2016—just a month before the election—Cohen brokered the payment and sealed it with a nondisclosure agreement.
- While the White House slammed the story as a “recycled report,” opponents remind us it was a private treaty that could have changed the political landscape.
Reactions and Overtumptious Ballads
During the campaign, a video surfaced showing Trump bragging about “impunity” with women, catapulting several accusations of sexual misconduct into the spotlight.
What’s the Truth?
- Trump has denied the allegations, calling them “lies” and even suggesting the tape was doctored.
- However, former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush—alongside seven others—claimed to have witnessed Trump’s lewd remarks.
At the end of the day, the pentagon of politics remains a place of swirling rumors, questionable agreements, and the ambitious cat-and-mouse game that was 2016. Still, the question remains: Did a 71‑year‑old president have a minute to remember the drama that never made it to the airwaves? Only the voters—and the pot‑of‑dough—can decide.
