The president of the United States is now calling a porn star 'horseface' on Twitter
President Trump on Tuesday celebrated a federal judge's decision to dismiss Stormy Daniels' defamation lawsuit against him, and launched an insult her way in the process.
Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump in 2006, was ordered to pay his legal fees after a judge said on Monday that Trump calling Daniels' allegations "a total con job" did not constitute defamation.
This was the first time Trump called Daniels out by her (misspelled) name, aside from one formal string of tweets using the porn star's real name in May. With the newest tweet, Daniels joined the long list of women whose appearances Trump has publicly disparaged. Trump has apparently called Daniels "Horseface" in the past, but "privately," The New York Times' Maggie Haberman reported.
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Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti have vocally criticized the president ever since Daniels confirmed the leaked story of her alleged affair with Trump. The duo launched scathing tweets in response to Trump's insult, calling him a "misogynist" and joking about his apparent "penchant for bestiality." Kathryn Krawczyk
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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