![]() ![]() In some other, earlier epochs in American life-specifically, in the eighties, to which Trump still spiritually belongs-they would indeed have served as a distraction from almost every other controversy going. (There are always such things going on around Trump.) The publication of the photographs was obviously expected to outrage some and enrage others and distract everyone. And it did serve as a distraction from all the other, still more embarrassing things that were going on around the candidate. This may seem odd, but in truth Trump has a long history of actively feeding information to the press that more normally constituted citizens might find embarrassing. (It does have a terrific sports section.) Since Murdoch’s Post is the only paper in New York to be resolutely pro-Trump, there seems to be a decent chance that the pictures were published with Trump’s acquiescence, if not his aid. It looks like and poses as a populist paper, but it actually loses money (the sum, in recent years, has been estimated as being in the tens of millions) and exists principally to give its owner, Rupert Murdoch, a paper platform in New York City. But to think this is to misunderstand the role of the Post as it exists today, which is as a sort of Potemkin tabloid. The appearance of the photos in the Post would, one might have thought in an earlier time, suggest that they were intended to shock or offend the Trump campaign. (And another assumption being that her declaring that she’d written it was the kind of white lie that all political spouses are expected to tell, like saying that they love getting up early on winter mornings and campaigning in Iowa.) This was a hard début in the role of the nominee’s wife, though, in fact, she was treated extraordinarily gently, the assumption being that, despite her having declared that she had written the speech herself with as “little help as possible,” she was not really responsible for it. Melania’s most notable previous appearance had occurred when she said a few words at the Republican Convention, which were quickly discovered to be, in part, actually Michelle Obama’s words. The nudes, alone and à deux, of Melania Knauss (to use her name when the photos were taken, back in the nineties), appeared in the New York Post the weekend before last. It shows an unexpected maturity in American life, and then something predictably depressing about the hypocrisy within it, too. Still, it is worth ruminating over for a moment, before it passes away, for two reasons. The story of Melania Trump’s old nude photos, and their odd blossoming into a fable of the trials of immigration, will probably remain as a footnote to this bizarre Presidential campaign, though footnotes to this campaign are rather like footnotes to “Finnegans Wake”: the text itself is so confounding that there isn’t a sentence that might not call for one. ![]() Photograph by Eric Thayer / The New York Times / Redux Best of all, it connects to the sprawling rooftop terrace that spans 1,700 square feet and boasts dazzling city views.The story of Melania Trump’s nude photos shows an unexpected maturity in American life, and the predictably depressing hypocrisy within it, too. Upstairs, a space currently configured as a lounge can also easily be turned into another bedroom or home office. In addition, the main floor features a trio of bedrooms, including a generously portioned primary suite equipped with a walk-in closet and monochromatic white bath. (A minimalist kitchen with a wood-topped island also adjoins the space.) ![]() Spread across 3,000 square feet, the four-bedroom residence is anchored by a cavernous great room spanning the entire width of the building-nearly 50 feet across-as well as windows on three exposures: north, east and south. Photo: wikimedia commonsįor the past 16 years, Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has owned this sun-splashed Manhattan duplex, perched atop a five-story boutique condominium in the heart of West Chelsea, a stone’s throw from major art galleries like Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, and David Zwirner. Kate Winslet at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. ![]()
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