Of all the demographics of people that
Donald Trump has managed to offend during his time in office, women have to be the biggest one. He's tried very hard to tick off LGBTQ folks and people of color but - after being accused of assault by 20 women, outed as a philanderer by
a porn star and a
Playboy model, and exposed as a misogynist after his "grab them by the p***y" comments came to light - the president has truly excelled in his alienation and objectification of women.
Most of these things were known about before Trump even announced that he was running for office, but, more recently, new allegations about affairs he's had while married to Melania have made the press. And, understandably, the first lady has seemed a little more distant from her husband than usual in the past few weeks.
But allegedly she isn't the first wife that The Donald has cheated on.
In 1985, when Trump was still married to his first wife, Ivana, the president had a meeting with businessman Peter de Savary. The pair had arranged to meet for lunch in order to discuss a prospective partnership and, while de Savary had come accompanied by his wife, Trump turned up alone.
While there, de Savary says, the former Apprentice host made an excuse to leave the meeting - but he lied about where he was going.
"Halfway through the lunch he [Trump] says: 'Excuse me, I’ve got a very important conference call to make,' and he disappears," de Savary said. "Then, a minute later, Lana, my wife, says: 'I need to go to the loo.' She comes back very rapidly, ashen-faced."
This prompted de Savary to ask what was the matter, to which his wife responded: "I took the second on the left as you said, and the girl who was serving us lunch had her skirt up and Trump was having sex with her in the corridor."
When he returned, de Savary acted as if he had no idea what had happened. Instead, he carried on discussing his business proposition with Trump, and "naively" told him his entire idea for what to do with Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he liked it, and the pair would work 50-50 on the project.
Months later, however, de Savary called Trump to follow up on their agreement - but the president had backtracked on what he'd said. “Peter, I loved everything you said, absolutely fantastic — I’m doing it all myself,” Trump apparently said.
De Savary felt betrayed by this, and continues to resent Trump to this day. "That’s the man you have as a president," he said. "Takes 'conference calls' and doesn’t respect a handshake."
Trump and Ivana eventually divorced in 1992 after he had an affair with actress Marla Maples. The president then went on to marry Maples, but that marriage also ended in divorce just six years later.
So far, the White House has
denied all assault allegations against Trump, and has stated that the claims of affairs from Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal are "fake news". They have yet to address the claims made by de Savary.
