Trump was your age when he said it and a private citizen in a private conversation.
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While it is true that Donald Trump was a private citizen when he made those remarks, the conversation took place while he was wearing a microphone to film a segment for a television program.
*Timeline: The recording was made in September 2005. At the time, Trump was the star of the NBC reality show The Apprentice and was preparing for a guest appearance on the soap opera Days of Our Lives.
*Context of the Conversation: Trump was on a tour bus with Billy Bush, then a co-anchor for Access Hollywood. Although the conversation was casual, both men were wearing microphones for a "behind-the-scenes" interview segment.
*Presence of Others: Reports from NBC News and other outlets indicate that at least seven other people were on the bus during the recording, including a camera crew, a producer, and Trump’s own security and PR representatives.
"Public Release: The footage remained unaired for over a decade until it was obtained and published by The Washington Post on Octoberb7 2016, during Trump's first presidential campaign.
*Billy Bush’s Professional Fallout: Billy Bush, then a co-host on NBC’s Today show, faced immediate backlash for laughing and participating in the conversation. He was suspended within days and then fired from NBC on October 17, 2016. Bush has repeatedly expressed that he was "ashamed and embarrassed" by his participation in the conversation, acknowledging it as "bystander abuse".
*Trump Initial Reaction: On October 7-8, 2016, he apologized, calling it "locker room talk" and stating, "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize".
Long-term Legal and Political Impact: The tape later served as evidence in the civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, where a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse in 2023. It was also a central theme in his 2024 hush-money trial, where prosecutors argued it created a "crisis" that motivated payments to Stormy Daniels to avoid further negative press.
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