The Porn Star And The President

Stormy Daniels opens up about her alleged fling with Donald Trump, while the US chief falls back to a familiar line

Defying US President Donald Trump’s lawyers and their threat to come after her for $US20 million, adult-film star Stormy Daniels told her story on US 60 Minutes on March 25 to ratings even he might envy: 22 million people tuned in (2 million more than for Trump’s own previous appearance on the CBS program in 2016) to hear alleged details of her having sex with Trump 12 years ago, and his lawyers’ recent attempts to keep her quiet about it. The White House refused to say whether Trump, 71, had watched. “I’m not going to get into what the President may or may not have seen,” Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah told reporters. “The President doesn’t believe that any of the claims Ms Daniels made in the interview are accurate.”