Via Newsletter New York Times. Seltsam, das Ganze. Sehr seltsam. Normalerweise geht mir so etwas am Arsch vorbei, hier jedoch hat es eine gewisse Komik. Für Insider. Sorry!


President Trump contradicted his earlier statements that he knew nothing of a payment to Stephanie Clifford, a.k.a. Stormy Daniels, the pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with him.


Now, Mr. Trump has suggested that the payment from his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, came from a monthly retainer he paid and could not be considered a campaign contribution.


The comments came after one of his new attorneys, Rudolph Giuliani, appeared to veer off-script on the episode.


The string of factual distortions that came to light suggest the president is losing control of his narrative, and it could come back to haunt him, our correspondent writes.