Presidential Material
What is this world coming to? We have learned recently that porn star Stormy Daniels (née Stefanie Clifford) intends to break her contractually agreed upon gag order regarding a laison that she may or may not have had with Donald Trump in 2006. The contract, signed in 2016, was a non disclosure agreement regarding any relationship with Donald Trump. For this agreement she received a payment of $130,000. She was paid by Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, who incidentally, has stated that the $130,000 was his own money (NICE lawyer!). Be that as it may, Ms. Daniels was contractually bound (for once) to keep her mouth shut, but now feels an overwhelming need to express her innermost feelings, and wants to “open up”. She’s shopping around for a book deal of the “kiss and tell” variety, thereby breaking her non disclosure agreement. This is SHOCKING. If you can’t trust a middle aged porn star who works under an alias, WHO CAN YOU TRUST???
Although I am not a legal scholar, I don’t think this will work out as well for Ms. Daniels as she expects. First, there may be breach of contract litigation. Second, I would think that publishers might be a bit “gun shy” about picking up this hot potato, thereby risking their own litigation. Third, if her “tell all” IS published, I imagine there would be some grounds to sue for recovery of any of the proceeds.
And, if Trump haters smell blood, I would tell them not count their eggs before they’re hatched.
Unlike the deluge of recent reports of unwanted sexual advances, this laison, if it occurred, would appear, de facto, to be CONSENSUAL; she’s claimed that the relationship lasted a year. Since, Ms. Daniels was not held captive during that year, it doesn’t look like this will be one of those: “He raped me again and again, day in day out, for a YEAR” narratives.
And, if the accusation of extramarital sex is thought to sully a President’s reputation, presidents Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy and even Dwight Eisenhower would have to stand up and argue otherwise. I think it’s safe to say that, combined, that group must have been involved in extramarital sex, approximately, a hundred times.
And, mere mortals (like you and I) might, surreptitiously, be a bit impressed. Here’s a sixty year old guy keeping up, presumably, with a professional porn star HALF HIS AGE! For a year! Wow! Now, THAT’s Presidential material!