this week guardian published The pre-election bombshell alleging that Donald Trump sexually assaulted a model in 1993 is the latest in a series of similar accusations dating back decades. Stacey Williams, now 56, claims Trump groped her during a visit to Trump Tower. He said the meeting was orchestrated by Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whom he was dating. Williams said guardian Trump felt his chest, waist, and buttocks. “I had this really disgusting feeling that it was orchestrated,” she later told CNN. “I was a piece of meat in some kind of strange and twisted game.” Williams also told her story during a public “Survivors for Kamala” Zoom call Monday night. The Trump campaign has denied the accusations.
With less than two weeks until the election, President Trump’s treatment of women is once again in the spotlight, while his harsh disdain for immigrants takes on an increasingly dark and poignant tone. “This election cycle, former President Donald Trump made mass deportations a top campaign promise,” my colleague Isabela Dias wrote. Isabella summarized Trump’s pledge in 2016 to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, saying it was a long-standing promise. his massive workshop raid; his Muslim ban; And a cruel family breakup. As Isabella shows, Trump’s plans for a second term would greatly expand these policies. He promised “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”
These two big themes of President Trump’s treatment of women and his far-right immigration policies first came together in the reporting I did during Trump’s 2016 campaign. My investigation at the time revealed that models working for Trump Model Management entered the United States on tourist visas that did not allow them to work. Former Trump models say they were encouraged to mislead federal officials and told to lie on customs forms. Once here, they live in cramped basement apartments, pay high rents, and are charged dizzying fees and charges, leaving many in debt and legally precarious. “It’s like modern slavery,” one model said. Another person said in the lawsuit that he “felt like a slave.”
Here’s a video summary of the media storm that followed publication.
As Trump tightens “zero tolerance,” don’t forget foreigners. Trump’s own company had no problem allowing people to enter the United States and work without permission. New York agency model @Trump model. This video reminds me of 2016 @Mother Jones Campaign Statement https://t.co/R5bvuhBdkF pic.twitter.com/KfVl6sFn6i
— James West (@jameswest2010) July 7, 2018
My research (a total of eight articles over eight months) made a powerful case for Trump’s duplicity. And as Trump mixed his business practices with his presidency, it foreshadowed his double standards. The story sent immediate shock waves throughout the campaign, albeit briefly during the scandal-plagued White House race. Models began leaving Trump Model Management, and insiders blamed the company’s rapid decline on Trump’s increasingly controversial public persona. The once-famous Trump brand has been tainted, they said.
Ultimately, after my reporting, Trump Models joined the list of defunct Trump ventures along with Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Airlines, and Trump Magazine. , everything can be fixed.
Read my original research here.
