Podcast: Does the Stormy Daniels affair threaten Trump’s presidency?

Washington Correspondent Suzanne Lynch on the scandal that continues to escalate

As circumstances surrounding a payment made to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, have become more opaque, the danger to US president Donald Trump has increased.
As circumstances surrounding a payment made to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, have become more opaque, the danger to US president Donald Trump has increased.

Of all the controversies swirling around US president Donald Trump, his alleged affair with a porn star seemed an unlikely one to cause him serious long term problems.

But as the circumstances surrounding a payment made to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, by Trump attorney Michael Cohen have become more opaque, the danger to Trump has increased.

On today’s World View podcast, Suzanne Lynch tells Foreign Editor Chris Dooley about the many twists, turns and U-turns in the controversy so far, and what it could mean for the Trump Administration.

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