Donald Trump says his opponents can talk about his personal life all they want
Donald Trump gave his Republican and Democratic rivals permission to dig into his past on Tuesday, saying they can bring up his personal life on the campaign trail.
When asked if his fellow candidates would be acting fairly by bringing up any of his previous "indiscretions," Trump said "Yes, they would be." He has been commenting on Bill Clinton's marital infidelity, calling it "fair game" since he's part of his wife's campaign. Hillary Clinton said earlier Trump has a "penchant for sexism," and before a rally in Iowa, Trump told reporters "all I did was reverse it on her because she's got a major problem, happens to be right in her house. So, if she wants to do that, we're going to go right after the president, the ex-president. We'll see how it all comes out, and I feel very confident that it'll come out very well for us."
Trump's own personal life has been tabloid fodder for years, from his divorce from Ivana Trump in the early 1990s to his affair with Marla Maples, who became his second wife. He has been married to his third wife, Melania, since 2005
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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