Donald Trump: The Creep, The Kremlin, and the Curious Case of the Black Box
Donald Trump has never been subtle. He’s never been classy. And he’s certainly never been shy about sharing his ugliest impulses. Before you can even begin to ask if Russia has compromising material on him, you have to understand the man himself — the walking, talking red flag who seemed to think being a creep was part of his job description.
TRUMP'S PAGEANT YEARS: A PARADE OF PREDATORY BEHAVIOR
For two decades, Trump’s ownership of the Miss Universe Organization turned the pageant world into his personal playground. Trump didn’t just run the show — he starred in it, strutting through dressing rooms like a drunken frat boy stumbling into the wrong apartment.
In 2005, Trump bragged about it openly on The Howard Stern Show:
"I'll go backstage before a show... You know, they’re standing there with no clothes... And so I sort of get away with things like that."
That wasn’t just Trump being gross — that was Trump admitting, proudly, that he treated dressing rooms full of young women as his personal peep show.
Contestants later confirmed what Trump couldn’t stop himself from bragging about. Tasha Dixon, Miss Arizona 2001, described Trump strolling into the dressing room unannounced, leaving contestants scrambling to cover themselves.
"There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing... Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked."
Mariah Billado, Miss Teen Vermont 1997, remembered Trump walking in on teenage contestants — some as young as 15. When she told Ivanka Trump about it later, Ivanka allegedly shrugged and said:
"Yeah, he does that."
And for Trump, this wasn’t just a habit — it was the perk of ownership. In another appearance on Howard Stern, Trump even “joked” that being the pageant boss meant he was “obligated” to sleep with contestants: