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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:42 AM May 2020

Former Miss Finland tweets that Trump "grabbed" her inappropriately on the set of The Late Show 2006





Ninni Laaksonen
@ninni_laaksonen

Trump groped me before an appearance at The Late Show with David Letterman in 2006. We were photographed outside the building. He stood right next to me and suddenly he squeezed my butt. He really grabbed my butt.
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Former Miss Finland tweets that Trump "grabbed" her inappropriately on the set of The Late Show 2006 (Original Post) Mrs. Overall May 2020 OP
Not the first or only one dalton99a May 2020 #1
If only there was some instance where Trump was bragging about wanting to grab women inappropriately Tommy_Carcetti May 2020 #2
+1 dalton99a May 2020 #3
We can only dream... BamaRefugee May 2020 #45
Practice sociopath distancing GreatCaesarsGhost May 2020 #4
This. MontanaMama May 2020 #26
It's the safe thing to do. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #33
MIKA, JOE, CHRIS, FOX: INVESTIGATE! DonaldsRump May 2020 #5
This has been out there since 2016, before he was even elected. His POS base doesn't care, in fact Celerity May 2020 #6
His base wishes they were him and could get away with shit like this... Wounded Bear May 2020 #12
Some of his female supporters not only accept it, but want it: Mrs. Overall May 2020 #14
that pic is just a sickening today as it was four years ago, gag Celerity May 2020 #18
Do you think she has a clue that she... 3catwoman3 May 2020 #23
Looks like Ivanka in the background. Ivanka is his type. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #29
This clip makes me do a pretty good impersonation of a cat evicting a hairball. AtheistCrusader May 2020 #37
If that is what he does to his own daughter in public, imagine how he is behind the scenes. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #41
She was wearing Ivanka's shirt. CaptYossarian May 2020 #43
She does not. SAD. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #40
The shirt she usually wore while working on her car?? Bengus81 May 2020 #30
Embarrassed for her. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #36
Not just his base - Ms. Toad May 2020 #35
seems to me a steady stream of stories like this mopinko May 2020 #7
Ahh, but IOKIYAR... Wounded Bear May 2020 #13
like i said- people say numbers dont lie for a reason. mopinko May 2020 #15
Not Sure In Mano e Mano ProfessorGAC May 2020 #48
"When you're famous..." greenjar_01 May 2020 #8
He just believes they are all there cilla4progress May 2020 #9
And what a face it is. Scarsdale May 2020 #21
And the response from the right-wing noise machine will be Vogon_Glory May 2020 #10
Press doesn't care. DURHAM D May 2020 #11
Aw, come on. He has already told us that he just can't stop himself. Grammy23 May 2020 #16
My neighbor's daughter is a black belt. CaptYossarian May 2020 #44
It's only important to the major media if your party is against pussygrabbing maxrandb May 2020 #17
We are truly living in Bizarro World moose65 May 2020 #19
Democratic candidates are held to a higher standard. Scarsdale May 2020 #24
Maybe... moose65 May 2020 #47
Gerrymandering, plus Scarsdale May 2020 #49
Yeah, but he's no Democrat, so no one will care, even if it's in graphic detail in slo-mo n/t DFW May 2020 #20
The "Liberal Media" doesn't seem to live up to its name. NoMoreRepugs May 2020 #22
It never has...nt Wounded Bear May 2020 #50
She asks a great question here: Kingofalldems May 2020 #25
But, but we have to keep the focus on BIDEN! Harry Walpurgisnacht May 2020 #27
pussy grabbing seems ok, doubt butt grabbing will have an impact NRaleighLiberal May 2020 #28
Donald was really busy cheating on Malignia in 2006 when Ilsa May 2020 #31
I expect the breathless media will be all over how Trump can possibly move on from this.... NT Happy Hoosier May 2020 #32
that account has been suspended.... IcyPeas May 2020 #34
K&R UTUSN May 2020 #38
That tweet has been removed. ananda May 2020 #39
Laaksonen's Twitter account has already been suspended. PufPuf23 May 2020 #42
Kinda weird. This is old news Major Nikon May 2020 #51
From Jared's diary, later that night... BamaRefugee May 2020 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author sarcasmo May 2020 #52

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)
2. If only there was some instance where Trump was bragging about wanting to grab women inappropriately
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:44 AM
May 2020

And if only that was on tape for the entire world to see and hear...and if only it was broadcast before the 2016 election...

Celerity

(43,317 posts)
6. This has been out there since 2016, before he was even elected. His POS base doesn't care, in fact
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:55 AM
May 2020

they love it.


Former Miss Finland becomes 12th woman to accuse Trump of Sexual Assault

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/27/former-miss-finland-becomes-12th-woman-to-accuse-trump-of-sexual/

October 27th, 2016



also here is a Finnish source


Former Miss Finland tells about her meeting with Donald Trump: ”He squeezed my butt”

https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000001939677.html

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
12. His base wishes they were him and could get away with shit like this...
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:19 AM
May 2020

at least the male half does. I've never understood why the female supporters accept this shit.

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
14. Some of his female supporters not only accept it, but want it:
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:22 AM
May 2020

There are Trump supporter websites with these t-shirts for sale.



3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
23. Do you think she has a clue that she...
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:00 PM
May 2020

...is not his "type" and that he would not be taking her up on her generous offer?

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
29. Looks like Ivanka in the background. Ivanka is his type.
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:32 PM
May 2020

Looks like Ivanka in the background. Ivanka is his type.

Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
41. If that is what he does to his own daughter in public, imagine how he is behind the scenes.
Mon May 4, 2020, 01:12 PM
May 2020

If that is what he does to his own daughter in public, imagine how he is behind the scenes.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
43. She was wearing Ivanka's shirt.
Mon May 4, 2020, 01:26 PM
May 2020

Seriously, hasn't Miss Finland been anywhere near a phone or a computer since 2006?

Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)
35. Not just his base -
Mon May 4, 2020, 01:08 PM
May 2020

there was a similar comment, made as an "I" statement, as the first post in a thread here yesterday. It made me ill.

mopinko

(70,078 posts)
7. seems to me a steady stream of stories like this
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:58 AM
May 2020

is a pretty effective counter to joe's one flimsy alleged "crime"

numbers have a way of sneaking past brain filters.

mopinko

(70,078 posts)
15. like i said- people say numbers dont lie for a reason.
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:23 AM
May 2020

wont work on everyone, but i'm seein some cracks opening in the rw brain in my world.

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
48. Not Sure In Mano e Mano
Mon May 4, 2020, 06:26 PM
May 2020

Normally I'd completely agree.
But, this is one case where whataboutism can be fairly weaponized.
Dredge up all they can regarding PINO and it defangs the snake their using to attack Joe.

cilla4progress

(24,726 posts)
9. He just believes they are all there
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:01 AM
May 2020

for the grabbing.

I fault everyone who took this sociopath at face value.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
21. And what a face it is.
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:55 AM
May 2020

Orange peel skin, fat face, lizard eyes. Repulsive to the max. He really thinks women like this type of attention. WRONG.

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
10. And the response from the right-wing noise machine will be
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:17 AM
May 2020

(A) crickets.

Or

(B) Accusations that Ms. Laaksonen misremembers and that it was either Joe Biden or George Soros who put his hands on her tushie.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
16. Aw, come on. He has already told us that he just can't stop himself.
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:23 AM
May 2020

He just automatically grabs what he wants. Can’t you cut a guy some slack??

maxrandb

(15,320 posts)
17. It's only important to the major media if your party is against pussygrabbing
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:26 AM
May 2020

There's no controversy when the party supports and endorses sexual assault.

Only controversy sells.

If Retrumplicans gave one fuck about pussygrabbing, this would get prime media attention.

There's no news there.

President assaults women? + Party of president is ok with assault?

= Not a story worth covering

Oh, they may spend a second letting Susan Collins express "deep concern", but that's about it.

moose65

(3,166 posts)
19. We are truly living in Bizarro World
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:37 AM
May 2020

If 20 or 30 more women come forward with their stories about Trump, it would cause barely a blip or a passing mention in the press. It is truly unbelievable what has been normalized in the Trump era. In fact, we've gotten to the point where every insult, every tweet, and every pussy-grab can be written off as "Trump being Trump."

It's not unique to Trump either, although he is the most egregious example. I've never understood why John Edwards became a pariah while Newt Gingrich, who pretty much did the same thing that Edwards did, is still taken seriously and still makes the talking-head rounds on cable news. And of course, the Clenis still provokes the right-wing to this day.

I still can't figure out what it is about Trump that causes them to defend him. Trump literally has NO redeeming qualities. He is repulsive, stupid, narcissistic and butt-ugly. He can't put together a coherent sentence. He knows nothing about ANY issue.

Any Democrat who did one-millionth of what Trump has done would be run out of town on a rail.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
24. Democratic candidates are held to a higher standard.
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:05 PM
May 2020

We LIKE it that way. Low life republicans can take their trashy, uncouth candidates and spend all their time trying to defend them. Remember David Vitter the (R) who had prostitutes changing his diapers, and he would call them from "work" He got a standing ovation when he returned to the Senate. Now his wife who declared that if her husband EVER did what Bill Clinton did, she would pull a Bobbitt on him, she is now a judge. Imagine that. Hillary is STILL being punished for what Bill did. Republicans "settle" democratic voters want CLASSY, intelligent, empathetic candidates, and we get them. We prefer the cream of the crop, not the barnacles that cling to the bottom of the ship.

moose65

(3,166 posts)
47. Maybe...
Mon May 4, 2020, 06:09 PM
May 2020

I mean, I can’t see Democrats nominating the Democratic version of Trump (whatever that would be), but Republicans run these crazies and WIN!! I guess that says more about the electorate than the candidate.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
49. Gerrymandering, plus
Mon May 4, 2020, 07:09 PM
May 2020

Russian interference helps the gop, too. The democratic politicians do not lower their standards to "win". tRump did NOT win the election, Hillary did, and they know it.

 
27. But, but we have to keep the focus on BIDEN!
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:30 PM
May 2020

Miss Finland is a beauty queen: she has no credibility! Tara Reade has tons of credibility. In fact, she keeps gaining credibility with every new version of the tale she tells!

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
31. Donald was really busy cheating on Malignia in 2006 when
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:49 PM
May 2020

she was pregnant with Barron. I suppose the insufferable orange ass couldn't stand looking at her that way.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
51. Kinda weird. This is old news
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:39 PM
May 2020

She revealed it back in 2016. Makes you wonder why the account was suspended.

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
46. From Jared's diary, later that night...
Mon May 4, 2020, 02:16 PM
May 2020

"she smiled, and and savored every moment that his hands were exploring her body, reveling in the touch of her former lover. I can't deny that I felt some strange stirrings deep inside, as if I too was longing for those strong, stable hands to roam freely"....

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