For Those Who Were Disappointed in the 60 Minutes Interview [View all]

[MineralMan]

It was not full of salacious details about the encounter between Trump and a porn actress. A lot of people seem to have wanted it to be, but CBS wasn't about to engage in that sort of thing on their broadcast. So, they were disappointed.

However, what we did hear about was a dreary account of an older man and younger woman who did engage in sex. There was a spanking with a magazine, sexual intercourse and that's enough information about that for TV. There was very believable information about a threat made against the woman. There was information about the signing of an NDA in exchange for a fairly large sum of money, an agreement made through coercion and fear, according to this woman.

What we heard about was a tawdry little incident and some threats. It would have been boring, except for the fact that the man in the event is now the President of the United States. A man who cheated on his wife at a time when that wife was having a child of the man. It was a picture of a President who is so afraid of this becoming news that threats were made, signatures given and money exchanged.

I wasn't disappointed. The porn actress was believable. The story is outrageous. Threats? Coercion? We've had other Presidents who were unfaithful to their wives, but nothing like this unseemly chain of events. It's news. It's disgusting. Now, we've seen it, and there's no doubt more to come.

We've seen Donald Trump as a boorish, stupid man who cheated and then tried to cover it up. It's not an uncommon story, but that man is acting as President. Combined with his other terrible flaws, it's enough to realize that he shouldn't be in that position.