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| Melania Trump |
The New York Post on Monday published a front-page picture of the 46-year-old Slovenian-born Mrs Trump naked with the headline "Menage a Trump", prompting accusations of misogyny.
On Sunday, the paper ran a front-page picture of a nude Mrs Trump, with stars covering her breasts, under the title "The Ogle Office".
“These were photos that are 20 years old, before Mrs Trump met Mr Trump,” Jason Miller told CNN. “They’re a celebration of the human body as art.”
Monday's New York Post, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, showed a nude Mrs Trump, who will become the next First Lady if Mr Trump wins November's presidential election, being hugged by another nude woman as she lies in bed.
The controversial, conservative radio host, Rush Limbaugh, suggested that the publication of the pictures may help her husband win over gay and lesbian voters.
“And the single, white male vote, particularly the some - or no college educated white male vote. Yeah, I mean, isn’t this kind of stuff that makes people big stars today on Twitter and Facebook, TMZ? I mean, this is just the Kardashians in a sense of the subject type stuff. I mean, it’s relatable.”
Both naked pictures were reportedly taken in 1995 when Mrs Trump was 25 and working as a model, before she met Mr Trump.The pictures were published the following year in Max, a now-defunct French magazine.The New York Post was the first national newspaper to endorse Mr Trump for president in April.