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AnotherMother4Peace

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36. Ivana died after "falling" down a flight of stairs. Trump hated her for her rape/abuse accusation & "bad advice".
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 12:20 PM
Jul 24
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/documenting-trumps-abuse-of-women
Documenting Trump’s Abuse of Women
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For his 1993 book, “The Lost Tycoon,” Harry Hurt III acquired Ivana’s divorce deposition, in which she stated that Trump raped her.
The part of the book that caused the most controversy concerns Trump’s divorce from his first wife, Ivana. Hurt obtained a copy of her sworn divorce deposition, from 1990, in which she stated that, the previous year, her husband had raped her in a fit of rage. In Hurt’s account, Trump was furious that a “scalp reduction” operation he’d undergone to eliminate a bald spot had been unexpectedly painful. Ivana had recommended the plastic surgeon. In retaliation, Hurt wrote, Trump yanked out a handful of his wife’s hair, and then forced himself on her sexually. Afterward, according to the book, she spent the night locked in a bedroom, crying; in the morning, Trump asked her, “with menacing casualness, ‘Does it hurt?’ ” Trump has denied both the rape allegation and the suggestion that he had a scalp-reduction procedure. Hurt said that the incident, which is detailed in Ivana’s deposition, was confirmed by two of her friends.

Hurt held on to his copy of Ivana’s sealed deposition for years. “It was sworn testimony,” he said. But eventually, when he was cleaning house during his own divorce, he said, “I threw it all out.” He went on, “The larger tragedy is that Trump might be elected President of the United States. I never imagined in my wildest nightmares that it would come to this.”

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Please tell us which dinner, when and what was said by whom and why he hasn't gotten over it. Thanks CurtEastPoint Jul 24 #1
It's been discussed hundreds of times on DU, and I assumed it's common knowledge, but I put the vid in the OP for you. Miles Archer Jul 24 #3
Still doesn't hurt to actually clarify EdmondDantes_ Jul 24 #6
Please do me a favor, don't lecture me on how to post Miles Archer Jul 24 #8
It was kind of you to clarify this with the vid. murielm99 Jul 24 #13
Amen robleb Jul 24 #16
Sometimes... littlemissmartypants Jul 24 #30
I have to agree with your view on this DFW Jul 24 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author live love laugh Jul 24 #18
Agree. BannonsLiver Jul 24 #9
Thank you. I appreciate it. CurtEastPoint Jul 24 #43
I assume the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner EdmondDantes_ Jul 24 #5
Seriously? I think you're asking a bit too much. live love laugh Jul 24 #17
White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011 samsingh Jul 24 #28
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DINNER HE'S TALKING ABOUT Mr.Bee Jul 24 #39
Trump never gets over any perceived insult. Swede Jul 24 #2
He really is that guy whose growth stopped sometime around middle school Torchlight Jul 24 #4
I agree. I believe it's what prompted him to run for President surfered Jul 24 #7
All one need do is see the look on his face during that light roasting. nt Lilithschyld Jul 24 #10
Goes back much further -- when he was shunned as a vulgar buffoon in Queens PSPS Jul 24 #11
You have to wonder, considering all that happened after, if Obama would do that if he had to do it over. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 24 #12
Obama didn't vote for the guy........ MyOwnPeace Jul 24 #21
I've wondered that myself over the years. Xavier Breath Jul 24 #38
Yes, I've always had this nagging feeling Disaffected Jul 24 #14
Brings tears orangecrush Jul 24 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Jul 24 #19
That was a major narcissictic injury Loki Jul 24 #20
Yes - exactly. Well said. nt AnotherMother4Peace Jul 24 #29
What's REALLY scary is . . . AverageOldGuy Jul 24 #22
Obama's monolog was MASTERFULL, and to think..... reACTIONary Jul 24 #23
Maybe he should just fucking die already Orrex Jul 24 #24
Good catch and good job! I look for you everywhere. May your most fervent wish come true. Your wish is my wish. Ninga Jul 24 #26
I agree he never got over the roast, and it was well deserved, but I sure wish Obama hadn't done that. Fil1957 Jul 24 #25
He never gets over anything. He's a steaming stew of revenge-seeking resentment. Sogo Jul 24 #27
Correct. nt wiggs Jul 24 #31
Play that in a loop Mz Pip Jul 24 #32
Tell dumbfuck Tulsi that Obama has immunity. spanone Jul 24 #33
We need to keep on laughing at trump LetMyPeopleVote Jul 24 #34
OMG - I love Obama. Vinca Jul 24 #35
Ivana died after "falling" down a flight of stairs. Trump hated her for her rape/abuse accusation & "bad advice". AnotherMother4Peace Jul 24 #36
Thanks for posting. We were so fortunate to have President Obama. Holy shit how did we get here? twodogsbarking Jul 24 #37
Good time Figarosmom Jul 24 #40
I hadn't watched the clip until 2 days ago Marthe48 Jul 24 #41
The Tim Scotts and Byron Donalds and other people of the non-white are what used to be called in the South LiberalArkie Jul 24 #42
To those who wish Obama hadn't delivered that narcissistic wound in 2011: just by his very existence Obama "hurt" Trump Hekate Jul 24 #44
That's not Obama, that's Nostradamus. twodogsbarking Jul 24 #45
None of us should Ever, Ever, Ever get over Trump's attempts to harass Obama. thought crime Jul 24 #46
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