Years after women first came forward to accuse then-presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment, the issue is once again at the forefront of political discourse after another 26 incidents of “unwanted sexual contact” and 43 instances of inappropriate behaviour were detailed in a new book. The book, All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and
Years after women first came forward to accuse then-presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment, the issue is once again at the forefront of political discourse after another 26 incidents of “unwanted sexual contact” and 43 instances of inappropriate behaviour were detailed in a new book.
The book, All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator, draws on over 100 interviews — many exclusive — and adds to a list of nearly two dozen women who had previously accused him of sexual assault or misconduct.
The allegations were noted in an excerpt of the book published in Esquire, including a new interview with Karen Johnson, who said she was touched in an unwanted manner by mr Trump at a New Year’s Eve part in the early 2000s.
“When he says that thing, ‘Grab them by the pussy,’ that hits me hard because when he grabbed me and pulled me into the tapestry, that’s where he grabbed me — he grabbed me there in my front and pulled me in,” Ms Johnson said.
The accusations comes more than two years after the MeToo movement prompted women to come forward to accuse powerful men in entertainment and media of sexual assault or harassment. As those accusations surfaced, reports indicated that the president had sought to backtrack from his apology over the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he made vulgar comments about women. He also reportedly told aides that it wasn’t him in that video. He has also previously denied assaulting anyone or kissing anyone without consent.
But, the man on the bus who laughed along with Mr Trump in that tape, Billy Bush, pushed back on Mr Trump’s denials. Bush said that it most certainly was the man who would later become president speaking in the video.
1/36 Reuters photographer Hannah McKay (Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump walk away after holding a joint news conference at Chequers)
“This was the third and final time I was photographing Donald Trump during his working visit to the UK. I’d noticed he had a tendency to hold Theresa May by the hand when they used stairs, so I lay on the floor for fifteen minutes waiting for the pair to exit via some steps. As they did, Trump took May by the arm and shouted over his shoulder, “Yes” in response to the question “Mr. President, will you tell Putin to stay out of the U.S elections?” – from a reporter in the press conference.”
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2/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump confers with White House Communications Director Hope Hicks as Press Secretary Sarah Sanders listens)
“I stayed in the room after our reporters had left, and seemingly unnoticed like the cliched ‘fly on the wall’, I was witness to this unusual moment.”
Reuters
3/36 Reuters photographer Chris Bergin (A supporter of Trump and Republican senate candidate Mike Braun at an election night party in Indianapolis)
“I saw the colour-coordinated woman in the back of the ball room while covering mid-term elections. She stood out to me because she was lit by a single overhead light that created deep shadows.”
Reuters
4/36 Reuters photographer Shannon Stapleton (Stormy Daniels, puts her shoe back on after passing through a security screening, as she arrives at federal court)
“On the morning that I took this picture there was a mad scrum outside the courthouse to get a picture of Stormy Daniels. She didn’t enter the regular entrance of a media gauntlet that was set up for her. I placed myself by a window where I saw her passing through the metal detector. Shooting through the window was difficult but I was able to make the frame.”
Reuters
5/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump appears on the South Portico of the White House with the Easter Bunny during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll)
“There are many holiday events at the White House, but one of the most light-hearted happens during Easter, when the President shows up at the balcony of the South Portico accompanied by someone in a big Easter bunny costume. I didn’t have the best position, but towards the end, the bunny stood behind the President and I was able to take this shot.”
Reuters
6/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (Melania Trump wearing a jacket with the phrase “I Really Don’t Care. Do U?” on the back after a visit to the US-Mexico border in Texas)
“I could not see the words on Melania’s jacket when she boarded Air Force One. I only heard about it once airborne. But there was no way I was going to miss it again, and to my utter astonishment, she was wearing it once more upon her return to Washington.”
Reuters
7/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN’s Jim Acosta as he questions President Trump during a news conference following the midterm congressional elections)
“Covering politics has always felt to me like photographing a live theatre production – the actors and stage are usually set in a familiar way. But even if you’ve seen a specific play many times, there is always the possibility that there will be something exciting or new. It became obvious during this exchange that the dialogue was going in a different direction than expected, and I took it as a cue to make sure I gave the scene extra attention.”
Reuters
8/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (Trump boards Air Force One for travel to Ohio)
“We photograph departures and landings hundreds of times. Sometimes, as in this case, the clouds or the light can give you a little gift.”
Reuters
9/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (Donald and Melania Trump stand beside French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife on a visit to the estate of the first US President George Washington)
“I’m always happy for events that take us off the White House campus and provide new visual opportunities. This day, when the Trumps feted the Macrons at George Washington’s historic estate, it provided just the right contrast for the stylish leader-couples as they took their spots for an otherwise posed moment.”
Reuters
10/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump gestures after arriving in Pennsylvania to take part in the annual September 11 observance)
“Celebratory fist pumps on a national day of mourning and reflection caught even the most seasoned of us off guard.”
Reuters
11/36 Reuters photographer Peter Nicholls (Demonstrators fly a baby Trump blimp in London’s Parliament Square, during his UK visit)
“I took this picture of the Trump blimp from a wall at the back of Parliament Square, to get a clear view from above the crowd, as it was revealed for the first time, prior to a day of protests during his visit to the UK, mid-July.”
Reuters
12/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un walk together before their working lunch during their summit in Singapore)
“On a historic and difficult day, it was fun to look for the odd angle or expression. Here, Trump and Kim walk away after impromptu remarks to reporters – which clearly pleased the North Korean leader.”
Reuters
13/36 Reuters photographer Ronen Zvulun (Ivanka Trump and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stand next to the dedication plaque at the new US embassy in Jerusalem)
“I shot this picture when I was standing on a platform really close to Ivanka Trump. I knew exactly where to stand and what lens to use because I did a tour the day before. I knew this was the key picture we had been waiting for since the story broke some weeks before.”
Reuters
14/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (The imprint of French President Emmanuel Macron’s thumb across the back of Trump’s hand at a bilateral meeting at the G7 Summit)
“This is taken right after the first photo-op the two presidents had at the G7 summit after they had a tense back-and-forth on Twitter. They were smiling but Macron gripped Trump’s hand quite hard and I noticed that it left a visible impression on Trump’s hand.”
Reuters
15/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki)
“Body language can give an ordinary photo much more meaning, and here, Trump and Putin did not disappoint.”
Reuters
16/36 Reuters photographer Joshua Roberts (A father of a Florida shooting victim tries to shake hands with Brett Kavanaugh during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation)
“This moment happened in a break in testimony. Kavanaugh seemed surprised as Guttenberg approached but as he turned away he looked anxious. Kavanaugh later said he did not understand who Guttenberg was at the time.”
Reuters
17/36 Reuters photographer Carlo Allegri (First lady Melania Trump visits the Pyramids in Cairo)
“The First Lady had taken a tour of African nations and could not depart the continent without a visit to the incredible pyramids of Egypt where I, as part of the traveling press pool, was able to make this photo of her looking out over Giza Pyramid Complex.”
Reuters
18/36 Reuters photographer Brian Snyder (Trump and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint news conference in the White House)
“The East Room felt tense even before President Trump and Chancellor Merkel entered for their joint news conference. With Merkel’s podium behind the President’s from my vantage point, she seemed to want to keep an eye on him. The East Room was very full for the joint news conference, with photographers on ladders all around the perimeter.”
Reuters
19/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (White House counselor Kellyanne Conway gives an interview at the White House)
“This is a fairly common scene at the White House, especially with Kellyanne Conway. Often the press will wait yards off while she or another member of the Trump administration gives a live interview. Conway will then walk past the rest of the press, and everyone hopes that she will give another interview to the group.”
Reuters
20/36 Reuters photographer Francois Lenoir (President Trump attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Brussels)
“I like the contrast in the photograph. The presence of U.S. President Trump posing smiling and the lack of interest of the officials in the background.”
Reuters
21/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (Thomas Musolino wears a mask of President Trump while holding his daughter Gianna during a Trump campaign rally)
“The President’s rallies are well-known at this point, we attend a lot of them as members of the White House travel pool. This father-daughter situation really stood out from the crowd because of the juxtaposition of the mask and the tenderness between the two of them.” REUTERS/Leah Millis SEARCH “TRUMP POY” FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “REUTERS POY” FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
LEAH MILLIS
Reuters
22/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump observes a demonstration with US Army 10th Mountain Division troops as he visits Fort Drum)
“President Trump often talks about how much he likes big planes and tanks, and the ‘beautiful military.’ This summer he had a up-close look during a visit to a military base in New York state, where he signed the National Defense Authorization Act.”
Reuters
23/36 Reuters photographer Jim Bourg (Christine Blasey Ford closes her eyes as she is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh)
“The moment looks peaceful as if Christine Blasey Ford had closed her eyes in thought, but the image actually reflects the fact that in the nine seconds that she had her hand up to be sworn in to testify, she blinked several times. Blasey Ford began her testimony by saying: ‘I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school.'” REUTERS/Jim Bourg SEARCH “TRUMP POY” FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “REUTERS POY” FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
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Reuters
24/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Montana)
“As a White House photographer I’m always looking for a way to connect the President, Donald Trump, with a place. Before the mid-term elections Trump spent six days campaigning across the country, and at most of the rallies the visual elements were so similar that it was impossible to say whether we were in Florida or Alaska. In this case, though, the context was obvious. We arrived at a rally in Montana and I noticed a group of Native Americans wearing traditional headdresses behind the podium. For me this was the picture of the day.”
Reuters
25/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (Trump meets with supporters from a group called “Bikers for Trump” at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey)
“President Trump likes to be celebrated by supporters, and none better than a group known as “Bikers for Trump,” who visited him at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this summer. Unfortunately, it poured down that day and plans for an outdoor event gave way to a short visit inside the clubhouse for a group photo.”
Reuters
26/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (A protester is removed during acting CIA Director Gina Haspel’s testimony at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing)
“Just like sports, you have to follow the action. This time, I followed it out of the hearing room and into the hallway.”
Reuters
27/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (President Trump speaks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Convention)
“I took this photograph as the pool was being ushered out to leave right before Trump’s speech was supposed to end. These are the images we take after we have taken the literal, newsy ones.”
Reuters
28/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump and Melania at the Flight 93 National Memorial)
“A somber moment, this image came together because of the scale and symmetry of the wall panels and the people in the photo.”
Reuters
29/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo awaits the start of a news conference)
“I always say that as photojournalists we photograph through the lens of the lives we live, including the books we read, the music we listen to, the movies we watch. As I was waiting for President Trump to arrive at an event one day, I noticed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo standing right behind me in classic dark sunglasses. The image of John Belushi in the movie “The Blues Brothers” crossed my mind.”
Reuters
30/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump speaks during the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial in Paris)
“During a recent visit to France and just days after a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue, President Trump visited a WWI cemetery to honor American soldiers. As he spoke, I noted a gravestone at a side angle Ñ a single Star of David in the middle of rows and rows of crosses. I felt in this moment, the image carried more meaning than the words.”
Reuters
31/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (Alex van der Zwaan goes through security at the US District Court after arriving for his sentencing)
“Everyone has to go through security, no matter who you are. He seemed to embrace the inevitable as the woman with the wand asked him to turn around, facing him back towards the doors where many of the news media were still gathered.”
Reuters
32/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Missouri)
“In a last push before the mid-term elections, President Trump traveled for six consecutive days, attending two or three rallies a day, to boost Republican candidates. Most of the rallies were held in airport hangars for an easy flight in and out. Sometimes, the rallies were held in the middle of the night, like this one at Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia, Missouri.”
Reuters
33/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (President Trump holds his prepared questions as he hosts a listening session with high school students and teachers to discuss school safety at the White House)
“This event was loaded with raw emotion as school shooting victims from across the country described their experience as student-survivors or as friends and family who never stop mourning dead children. President Trump was given a hand-written card by one of his aides to help him navigate the emotional meeting, and pictures of the card helped tell the story of the day.”
Reuters
34/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump behind the reflection of a House chamber railing as Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress)
“The State of the Union speech is one of the most important political events at the beginning of the year. We usually photograph it from several fixed positions, but this year I was assigned to be the ‘rotating’ photographer, meaning I could move around on the balcony and shoot from different angles, but only during short windows of time. During one of those windows, I found an interesting play of light reflected off a gold-colored railing, which, at a certain angle, could be seen to fall over the president.”
Reuters
35/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (President Trump arriving at Nashville International Airport)
“One of my favorite photographers, Sam Abell, likes to quote his father: “Bad weather makes good pictures.” In addition to the weather, the controlled chaos of White House press handlers and Secret Service agents help make pictures like this possible.”
Reuters
36/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (White House Communications Director Hope Hicks leaves after attending the House Intelligence Committee closed door meeting)
“This is the product of about seven hours of waiting and lots of team work involving constant coordination to guess where to wait in order to capture Hope Hicks as she left the hill. Luckily, there were several cameramen along for the moment and their lighting captured her perfectly.”
Reuters
1/36 Reuters photographer Hannah McKay (Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump walk away after holding a joint news conference at Chequers)
“This was the third and final time I was photographing Donald Trump during his working visit to the UK. I’d noticed he had a tendency to hold Theresa May by the hand when they used stairs, so I lay on the floor for fifteen minutes waiting for the pair to exit via some steps. As they did, Trump took May by the arm and shouted over his shoulder, “Yes” in response to the question “Mr. President, will you tell Putin to stay out of the U.S elections?” – from a reporter in the press conference.”
Reuters
2/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump confers with White House Communications Director Hope Hicks as Press Secretary Sarah Sanders listens)
“I stayed in the room after our reporters had left, and seemingly unnoticed like the cliched ‘fly on the wall’, I was witness to this unusual moment.”
Reuters
3/36 Reuters photographer Chris Bergin (A supporter of Trump and Republican senate candidate Mike Braun at an election night party in Indianapolis)
“I saw the colour-coordinated woman in the back of the ball room while covering mid-term elections. She stood out to me because she was lit by a single overhead light that created deep shadows.”
Reuters
4/36 Reuters photographer Shannon Stapleton (Stormy Daniels, puts her shoe back on after passing through a security screening, as she arrives at federal court)
“On the morning that I took this picture there was a mad scrum outside the courthouse to get a picture of Stormy Daniels. She didn’t enter the regular entrance of a media gauntlet that was set up for her. I placed myself by a window where I saw her passing through the metal detector. Shooting through the window was difficult but I was able to make the frame.”
Reuters
5/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump appears on the South Portico of the White House with the Easter Bunny during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll)
“There are many holiday events at the White House, but one of the most light-hearted happens during Easter, when the President shows up at the balcony of the South Portico accompanied by someone in a big Easter bunny costume. I didn’t have the best position, but towards the end, the bunny stood behind the President and I was able to take this shot.”
Reuters
6/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (Melania Trump wearing a jacket with the phrase “I Really Don’t Care. Do U?” on the back after a visit to the US-Mexico border in Texas)
“I could not see the words on Melania’s jacket when she boarded Air Force One. I only heard about it once airborne. But there was no way I was going to miss it again, and to my utter astonishment, she was wearing it once more upon her return to Washington.”
Reuters
7/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN’s Jim Acosta as he questions President Trump during a news conference following the midterm congressional elections)
“Covering politics has always felt to me like photographing a live theatre production – the actors and stage are usually set in a familiar way. But even if you’ve seen a specific play many times, there is always the possibility that there will be something exciting or new. It became obvious during this exchange that the dialogue was going in a different direction than expected, and I took it as a cue to make sure I gave the scene extra attention.”
Reuters
8/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (Trump boards Air Force One for travel to Ohio)
“We photograph departures and landings hundreds of times. Sometimes, as in this case, the clouds or the light can give you a little gift.”
Reuters
9/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (Donald and Melania Trump stand beside French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife on a visit to the estate of the first US President George Washington)
“I’m always happy for events that take us off the White House campus and provide new visual opportunities. This day, when the Trumps feted the Macrons at George Washington’s historic estate, it provided just the right contrast for the stylish leader-couples as they took their spots for an otherwise posed moment.”
Reuters
10/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump gestures after arriving in Pennsylvania to take part in the annual September 11 observance)
“Celebratory fist pumps on a national day of mourning and reflection caught even the most seasoned of us off guard.”
Reuters
11/36 Reuters photographer Peter Nicholls (Demonstrators fly a baby Trump blimp in London’s Parliament Square, during his UK visit)
“I took this picture of the Trump blimp from a wall at the back of Parliament Square, to get a clear view from above the crowd, as it was revealed for the first time, prior to a day of protests during his visit to the UK, mid-July.”
Reuters
12/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un walk together before their working lunch during their summit in Singapore)
“On a historic and difficult day, it was fun to look for the odd angle or expression. Here, Trump and Kim walk away after impromptu remarks to reporters – which clearly pleased the North Korean leader.”
Reuters
13/36 Reuters photographer Ronen Zvulun (Ivanka Trump and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stand next to the dedication plaque at the new US embassy in Jerusalem)
“I shot this picture when I was standing on a platform really close to Ivanka Trump. I knew exactly where to stand and what lens to use because I did a tour the day before. I knew this was the key picture we had been waiting for since the story broke some weeks before.”
Reuters
14/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (The imprint of French President Emmanuel Macron’s thumb across the back of Trump’s hand at a bilateral meeting at the G7 Summit)
“This is taken right after the first photo-op the two presidents had at the G7 summit after they had a tense back-and-forth on Twitter. They were smiling but Macron gripped Trump’s hand quite hard and I noticed that it left a visible impression on Trump’s hand.”
Reuters
15/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki)
“Body language can give an ordinary photo much more meaning, and here, Trump and Putin did not disappoint.”
Reuters
16/36 Reuters photographer Joshua Roberts (A father of a Florida shooting victim tries to shake hands with Brett Kavanaugh during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation)
“This moment happened in a break in testimony. Kavanaugh seemed surprised as Guttenberg approached but as he turned away he looked anxious. Kavanaugh later said he did not understand who Guttenberg was at the time.”
Reuters
17/36 Reuters photographer Carlo Allegri (First lady Melania Trump visits the Pyramids in Cairo)
“The First Lady had taken a tour of African nations and could not depart the continent without a visit to the incredible pyramids of Egypt where I, as part of the traveling press pool, was able to make this photo of her looking out over Giza Pyramid Complex.”
Reuters
18/36 Reuters photographer Brian Snyder (Trump and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a joint news conference in the White House)
“The East Room felt tense even before President Trump and Chancellor Merkel entered for their joint news conference. With Merkel’s podium behind the President’s from my vantage point, she seemed to want to keep an eye on him. The East Room was very full for the joint news conference, with photographers on ladders all around the perimeter.”
Reuters
19/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (White House counselor Kellyanne Conway gives an interview at the White House)
“This is a fairly common scene at the White House, especially with Kellyanne Conway. Often the press will wait yards off while she or another member of the Trump administration gives a live interview. Conway will then walk past the rest of the press, and everyone hopes that she will give another interview to the group.”
Reuters
20/36 Reuters photographer Francois Lenoir (President Trump attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Brussels)
“I like the contrast in the photograph. The presence of U.S. President Trump posing smiling and the lack of interest of the officials in the background.”
Reuters
21/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (Thomas Musolino wears a mask of President Trump while holding his daughter Gianna during a Trump campaign rally)
“The President’s rallies are well-known at this point, we attend a lot of them as members of the White House travel pool. This father-daughter situation really stood out from the crowd because of the juxtaposition of the mask and the tenderness between the two of them.” REUTERS/Leah Millis SEARCH “TRUMP POY” FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “REUTERS POY” FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
LEAH MILLIS
Reuters
22/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump observes a demonstration with US Army 10th Mountain Division troops as he visits Fort Drum)
“President Trump often talks about how much he likes big planes and tanks, and the ‘beautiful military.’ This summer he had a up-close look during a visit to a military base in New York state, where he signed the National Defense Authorization Act.”
Reuters
23/36 Reuters photographer Jim Bourg (Christine Blasey Ford closes her eyes as she is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh)
“The moment looks peaceful as if Christine Blasey Ford had closed her eyes in thought, but the image actually reflects the fact that in the nine seconds that she had her hand up to be sworn in to testify, she blinked several times. Blasey Ford began her testimony by saying: ‘I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school.'” REUTERS/Jim Bourg SEARCH “TRUMP POY” FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “REUTERS POY” FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
JIM BOURG
Reuters
24/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Montana)
“As a White House photographer I’m always looking for a way to connect the President, Donald Trump, with a place. Before the mid-term elections Trump spent six days campaigning across the country, and at most of the rallies the visual elements were so similar that it was impossible to say whether we were in Florida or Alaska. In this case, though, the context was obvious. We arrived at a rally in Montana and I noticed a group of Native Americans wearing traditional headdresses behind the podium. For me this was the picture of the day.”
Reuters
25/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (Trump meets with supporters from a group called “Bikers for Trump” at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey)
“President Trump likes to be celebrated by supporters, and none better than a group known as “Bikers for Trump,” who visited him at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this summer. Unfortunately, it poured down that day and plans for an outdoor event gave way to a short visit inside the clubhouse for a group photo.”
Reuters
26/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (A protester is removed during acting CIA Director Gina Haspel’s testimony at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing)
“Just like sports, you have to follow the action. This time, I followed it out of the hearing room and into the hallway.”
Reuters
27/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (President Trump speaks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Convention)
“I took this photograph as the pool was being ushered out to leave right before Trump’s speech was supposed to end. These are the images we take after we have taken the literal, newsy ones.”
Reuters
28/36 Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque (President Trump and Melania at the Flight 93 National Memorial)
“A somber moment, this image came together because of the scale and symmetry of the wall panels and the people in the photo.”
Reuters
29/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo awaits the start of a news conference)
“I always say that as photojournalists we photograph through the lens of the lives we live, including the books we read, the music we listen to, the movies we watch. As I was waiting for President Trump to arrive at an event one day, I noticed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo standing right behind me in classic dark sunglasses. The image of John Belushi in the movie “The Blues Brothers” crossed my mind.”
Reuters
30/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump speaks during the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial in Paris)
“During a recent visit to France and just days after a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue, President Trump visited a WWI cemetery to honor American soldiers. As he spoke, I noted a gravestone at a side angle Ñ a single Star of David in the middle of rows and rows of crosses. I felt in this moment, the image carried more meaning than the words.”
Reuters
31/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (Alex van der Zwaan goes through security at the US District Court after arriving for his sentencing)
“Everyone has to go through security, no matter who you are. He seemed to embrace the inevitable as the woman with the wand asked him to turn around, facing him back towards the doors where many of the news media were still gathered.”
Reuters
32/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Missouri)
“In a last push before the mid-term elections, President Trump traveled for six consecutive days, attending two or three rallies a day, to boost Republican candidates. Most of the rallies were held in airport hangars for an easy flight in and out. Sometimes, the rallies were held in the middle of the night, like this one at Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia, Missouri.”
Reuters
33/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (President Trump holds his prepared questions as he hosts a listening session with high school students and teachers to discuss school safety at the White House)
“This event was loaded with raw emotion as school shooting victims from across the country described their experience as student-survivors or as friends and family who never stop mourning dead children. President Trump was given a hand-written card by one of his aides to help him navigate the emotional meeting, and pictures of the card helped tell the story of the day.”
Reuters
34/36 Reuters photographer Carlos Barria (President Trump behind the reflection of a House chamber railing as Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress)
“The State of the Union speech is one of the most important political events at the beginning of the year. We usually photograph it from several fixed positions, but this year I was assigned to be the ‘rotating’ photographer, meaning I could move around on the balcony and shoot from different angles, but only during short windows of time. During one of those windows, I found an interesting play of light reflected off a gold-colored railing, which, at a certain angle, could be seen to fall over the president.”
Reuters
35/36 Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst (President Trump arriving at Nashville International Airport)
“One of my favorite photographers, Sam Abell, likes to quote his father: “Bad weather makes good pictures.” In addition to the weather, the controlled chaos of White House press handlers and Secret Service agents help make pictures like this possible.”
Reuters
36/36 Reuters photographer Leah Millis (White House Communications Director Hope Hicks leaves after attending the House Intelligence Committee closed door meeting)
“This is the product of about seven hours of waiting and lots of team work involving constant coordination to guess where to wait in order to capture Hope Hicks as she left the hill. Luckily, there were several cameramen along for the moment and their lighting captured her perfectly.”
Reuters
But, beyond the remarks in that video — which Mr Trump’s team has dismissed as “locker room talk” previously — accusations of sexual assault and harassment persist. The latest, from Ms Johnson, was reported just ahead of her suing the president.
Here’s a roundup of those women who have accused Mr Trump of sexual assault or harassment.
Alva Johonson, a former Trump campaign staffer, said she had to avoid a kiss from Mr Trump while on a trip to Florida in August of 2016. The White House has denied this most recent accusation, as have some members of the Trump team who say they were present.
Jessica Leeds, a former traveling salesperson, alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt while on a first-class flight in the 1980s. Ms Leeds was in her late 30s at the time.
Ivana Trump, Mr Trump’s first wife, once used the word “rape” to describe an encounter with him. The accusation was made in a 1993 book following a divorce settlement between the two. She has since softened her language, saying that she didn’t mean the word in a “literal or criminal sense”.
Jill Harth, a former business partner of Mr Trump’s, said that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her on the lips, groped her breasts, and grabbed her genitals in what she described in a 1997 as an “attempted rape”. The encounter allegedly occurred at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, in one of his children’s bedroom. She also says that Mr Trump groped her under the table at a dinner with colleagues at the Plaza Hotel.
Kristen Anderson alleged that Mr Trump put his hand up her skirt and touched her genitals over her underwear at the China Club in Manhattan at some point in the early 1990s when she was in her early 20s. Ms Anderson was an aspiring model at the time.
Lisa Boyne accused Mr Trump of insisting that female models walk across a table at a New York restaurant in 1996, and then remarking on their underwear and genitalia. She was 25 at the time.
Cathy Heller says that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her on the lips during a Mother’s Day brunch at mar-a-Lago in 1997.
Temple Taggart, a former Miss Utah, alleged that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her on the mouth on two different occasions. The first incident was the first time that they met. The incidents occurred at the 1997 Miss USA pageant event, and in Trump Tower.
Mariah Billado, a former Miss Vermont Teen USA, has alleged that says that Mr Trump walked into a dressing room unannounced in 1997. She said that there were several teen beauty queens aged between 15 and 19 in the room naked at the time.
Karena Virginia alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her arm and touched her breast while she was waiting for a car after the US Open.
Bridget Sullivan, a former Miss New Hampshire, alleged that Mr Trump walked into the Miss USA pageant dressing room in 2000 while contestants were naked. She was 19 at the time.
Tasha Dixon, a former Miss Arizona, alleged that Mr Trump entered dressing rooms at the Miss USA pageant in 2001 while contestants were “half-naked”.
Melinda Macgillivray alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her buttock in a pavilion behind the main house of his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2003. They were in the middle of a group of people, she said, and it was during a concert performed by Ray Charles.
Jennifer Murphy said that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her after a job interview in 2005. She was 26 at the time.
Rachel Cooks alleged that Mr Trump kissed her forcibly on the lips outside the elevator in Trump Tower in 2005. She was 22 at the time.
Natasha Stoynoff alleged that Mr Trump pushed her against a wall and forcibly kissed her in a closed-door room in his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2005. Ms Stoynoff, a writer for PEOPLE magazine, was there to interview Mr Trump.
Ninni Laaksonen alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her buttocks while taking photos outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, and before Mr Trump appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. Ms Laaksonen was 20 at the time, in 2006.
Jessica Drake alleged that Mr Trump forcibly kissed her and two female friends in 2006, when she was 32. When she pushed him away, she said that he asked her: “How much?”
Samantha Holvey, a former Miss North Carolina, alleged that Mr Trump treated women like “meat” and would barge into dressing rooms to inspect women. She said the incidents occurred in 2006, when she was 20.
Summer Zervos alleged that Mr Trump grabbed her by her shoulders and forcibly kissed her, and groped her breasts, while she was a contestant on The Apprentice in 2007. She said the incidents took place at Trump Tower in New York, and at a hotel in Los Angeles.
Cassandra Searles, a former Miss Washington, said that Mr Trump grabbed her buttocks repeatedly in 2013 during the Miss USA pageant in 2013. She said that he also invited her to his hotel room.
Karen Johnson, who said Mr Trump pulled her into a tapestry by her crotch at a New Year’s Eve party in the early 2000s.
The White House and Mr Trump have denied the allegations. During a 2017 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the West Wing’s official position is that the women accusing Mr Trump of sexual assault or harassment are lying. Mr Trump has also suggested that the women who have come forward accusing him were not attractive enough for him to sexually assault them.
Several allegations have been made in All the President’s Women, and are not immediately availble to be listed here
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