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STORMY DANIELS, THE adult film star who allegedly had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, is set to be interviewed on US TV tonight.
Daniels will appear on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live after Trump delivers his first State of the Union address as US President at 9pm local time (2am Irish time).
When he announced the interview last week, Kimmel said he had “many questions” for Daniels. His show is taped a few hours before being broadcast at 11.30pm (4.30am Irish time).
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s lawyer arranged a payment of $130,000 (about €105,000) to Daniels to prevent her from talking about the alleged affair before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump, facing sagging approval ratings in a midterm election year, is expected to discuss the US’s growing economy and calls for action on immigration and trade in his address.
White House officials have said Trump will appeal for bipartisanship in the speech, though it’s unclear if his rhetoric will be matched by any real overtures to Democrats.
Partisanship in Washington DC has only deepened in the year since Trump has taken office, driven in part by the president’s often personal attacks on his political rivals.
During a traditional pre-speech lunch with television anchors, Trump said: “Unity is what I’m striving for, to bring the country together.”
Contains reporting from the Associated Press
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That reminds me..when is Miriam O’Callaghan’s new talk show starting?
@Niccolo Saccho:
@Niccolo Saccho: tried to attach laughing face emoji, won’t attach, now sad face emoji
Stormy “Denials”….
RTE going with this story all day….No mention of anything positive about Trump…Back to Trump bashing….
@John003: Is there something positive about Trump to go with?
@Caoimhin O’Murchadha: More than there was with Irish Water
@John003: “No mention of anything positive about Trump”
He hasn’t done anything positive yet.
@John003: story is weeks old but the story that his wife bailed is a potential new revelation
@John003:
DT is the gift to the media that keeps on …etc….etc
@John003: You fluff Trump all day.
Jesus christ… this is the focus of the story rather than the SOTU speech. The absolute state of the Journal. Partisan hacks. Is this a news site or a gossip mag?
@Coner Willis: Neither has the interview with yer wan.
@Coner Willis: Oi. I may be lugged up and a drunatic but that doesn’t mean you can speak to me like that.
@Boutros Boutros-Ghali: No, but all they’re doing is informing us that the interview will take place. What is there to say about the SOTU before it’s happened?
@…….: Please accept my unreserved apologies.
@Coner Willis: They could tell us as much about the SOTU address as they can about this interview, they chose to do a story on the interview and nothing on the SOTU address. Really shows them up.
@…….: Did you sleep with Trump too?
@Alt Right Crybaby: What do you think?
@Coner Willis: you sound like the HSE.
@…….: Definitely.
@Alt Right Crybaby: Okay. Thanks for that.
@Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The dogs on the street know all there is to know about the SOTU. Happens every year. This interview is a once off event that the journal is bringing to our attention. Were you not aware until now that the SOTU was happening tonight?
@Coner Willis: The dogs on the street are omniscient.
@Coner Willis: Read the first paragraph here and tell me it’s not a clear example of bias http://jrnl.ie/3821672 Childish nonsense. No wonder people don’t take this site seriously.
@…….: “this is the focus of the story rather than the SOTU speech”
There is a separate article on the SOTU speech.
This one turned out to be a non story as she wouldn’t answer many of the questions.
Chewing gum for the eyes.
@Griff: No thanks Ted
@Griff: No thanks Ted. Anyway, I’ve got these crisps here. I get a cheese and onion one and a salt and vinegar one and I eat them in the same go.
@Griff:
Bubbles.
@Griff: Just talk… lol.
Another triumph for Trump.
Breaking News: Two adults have consensual sex.
@Coner Willis: The Trump Triumph (cough) rides (cough) again.
@Féach News: Breaking news – the POTUS paid $130Gs to a porn start to shut up because he was dipping his stick in her while his wife was home with their newborn. Still a hero to his Evangelical base.
@Philip G Roark: Breaking News — When Donald Trump allegedly paid this woman $130k, Barack Obama was POTUS.
@Tommy Roche: So it’s Obama’s fault? Seems legit.
@Tommy Roche: breaking news – tommy brings up something completely unrelated. Thinks he’s clever but cant see the point
@Philip G Roark: and why do you care? Doesn’t Jesus teach forgiveness. 130k to shut her up before the election is a good deal.
Good old “family virtues” Don would never cheat on his wife.
@Seán Ó Briain: again
@Seán Ó Briain: It doesn’t matter something like this doesn’t damage trump, afterall he only married melanie for her looks and the media dont like her anyway as she is the “trophy wife”. Its only presidents like Clinton and Obama that get damaged by this stuff because the media also put their wives up on a pedestal. Imagine the furore if Obama did the dirty on michelle, whereas with Trump he never invested much capital in melanie, she is wife number 3 i think.
Ew ! Girl what were you thinking ?
@Lauren Bundy: Do you mean to say that The Don is in some way unattractive?? I think you’ll find that the majority of women think otherwise.
@Coner Willis: You should really look up the meaning of majority!
@Anne Marie Devlin: Wait, did I say the majority of women? Oh God how stupid of me. What I meant to say was that the majority of his WIVES find him attractive.
@Anne Marie Devlin: money talks
I predict a catastrophic backfire.
@Boutros Boutros-Ghali: second that.
@Boutros Boutros-Ghali: I can see the headline now ‘Jesus Freak who believes in Bible predicts backfire’.
@Alt Right Crybaby: You’re really having difficulty reconciling my atheism with your simple world view, fella.
@Boutros Boutros-Ghali: You’re a hardcore Pro-Life Catholic, we’ve seen you at their pathetic Merrion Square marches, right up at the front too!
@Alt Right Crybaby: Is that the royal “we”, or do you have multiple personalities?
@Alt Right Crybaby: Every time I read your comments on every story, all I can think of is this. Thank you for your constant entertainment you absolute soy boy!
Ew.
If that was me I wouldn’t admit it for all the tea in China!
@Jane: Fame in the US is air time???
@Alois Irlmaier: she didn’t let anything slip. Funny interview but no information
The mainstream meeja really wants president Trump to widen his fan base with these pathetic narratives.
@Bairéid Rísteard: How is it pathetic? He had an affair.
Old habits die hard. Still using her mouth to earn money.
The irrational pro-trump bots from Russia are on full power
@alphanautica: Somebody talking about Russian bots, calling other people irrational lol
@alphanautica: I’m a Russian bot. Beep beep. Bop.
It’s between him and his wife.
@Dave O Keeffe: I know what I’d like to be between. Eh. Eh. Wha. Do you know what I mean like? Wink wink nudge nudge. Her big boobs like.
Seems like the wife snuck off to a hotel after this broke.
What a tosspot!
They make a lovely couple
I
Couldn’t
Less!
It’s the economy, stupid.
No one cares about this stuff as long as they’ve money in their pockets
@Chicken George: and the way trump is spending their economy won’t be strong for long
@Dave Harris: Nor will what’s left of their democracy, considering he’s fired or hounded anyone involved in the Russia investigation.
@Chicken George: Especially women for some reason.
Is this classed as red status ? Yellow status? Has to be orange status…..storm in a POTUS!
@Simon O’Connor: https://youtu.be/Npz2zEJt2pc Tick tock
Me too.
Lucky fu….
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