Trump is not the ideal role model. That statement is of course up for debate, but some of the things he has said or done were things our parents told us not to do in middle school.
“Don’t make fun of others.” “Don’t call other people hurtful names.” “Don’t cheat on your pregnant wife with a porn star and pay her $130,000 to keep quiet.” My parents couldn’t stress that last one enough.
The Washington Post reported last Friday that Trump encountered adult film star Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) in Lake Tahoe in 2006. Trump at the time had been married to Melania Knauss for one year, who was pregnant with son Barron Trump.
Ten years later, in October of 2016, Daniels was contemplating going public with the information just before the election. Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen then paid Daniels $130,000 in hush money. Trump and Daniels have both denied the report.
Whether or not this is true remains to be seen, but when it regards Trump, it would not be the least bit surprising. This is not the first woman to come forward with stories about sexual encounters with the president.
I’ve seen enough of “The Wolf of Wall Street” to know there’s almost a 0 percent chance Donald Trump hasn’t cheated on his wives multiple times with dozens of women. I don’t condone any of it, not even remotely. But I can at least understand his mindset. He’s a rich, successful man with billions of dollars, a ton of properties, manpower and resources. At the very least he feels some sense of invincibility when you can discreetly have extramarital sex with other women and all it takes is a few thousand dollars to keep them quiet (that is, if they weren’t planning on being quiet about it).
Regardless, this is an excellent opportunity to point out the irony of anyone who is married and continues to cheat on their wife.
It isn’t that Trump is known for being a man of high moral standards (he isn’t), but it’s so incomprehensible why Trump gets married. Shouldn’t he have the self-awareness to understand he isn’t the type to be with one person for the rest of his life? He isn’t the kind of man who settles down with one woman. The only settling he does is with women he uses to cheat.
Have some self-awareness and know if you’re the kind of person who can be in a committed relationship, or one that would rather have multiple partners. Having sex with porn stars isn’t necessarily bad, but having sex with a porn star while married to someone else is, quite frankly, deplorable.
You hurt so many people by cheating. You hurt yourself, your reputation and your significant others. A lot of the problems that stem from cheating are because people make a commitment that is eventually broken. Spare people the heartbreak and pain, and don’t commit to someone when you know you can’t remain with one person.
This ultimately won’t sway many Trump supporters from their position (nothing really does), but if it were a person you knew who cheated on their wife, you’d have a hard time looking at that person the same way. That’s the power of Trump. People don’t look at him any different despite the overwhelming evidence of dishonorable behavior.
