Donald Trump threatens to 'spill the beans' on Ted Cruz's wife amid naked photo row
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Version 0 of 1. Donald Trump has threatened to “spill the beans” on the wife of Ted Cruz, prompting a war of words on social media with his rival for the Republican nomination The tweet, which threatened Cruz and his wife over a Facebook ad run by an anti-Trump Super Pac unrelated to the Texas senator, came minutes before the Arizona polls closed on Tuesday. Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife! Trump referred to the attack ad that featured a nude picture of a Trump’s now-wife, Melania, from a photoshoot for GQ in 2000. The frontrunner’s wife is lying on her front, so the image does not show her fully naked. The ad, which was targeted at female members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Utah, had a caption suggesting voters back Cruz lest Melania Trump become the next first lady. “Meet Melania Trump. Your Next First Lady,” it said. “Or, You Could Support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.” The image is widely available on the internet, and can be viewed here. Trump claimed the ad, distributed only in Utah where anti-Trump forces were hoping that Cruz reach the 50% threshold needed for him to win all the state’s delegates, was a personal attack from the Texas senator. Cruz quickly posted a response on Twitter writing: “Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought. #classless? Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless https://t.co/0QpKSnjgnE The dispute between the two men erupted shortly before polls closed in the Arizona primary and bore all of the hallmarks of the kind of viral controversy the Republican frontrunner has repeatedly has stoked in search of publicity. Earlier Trump had suffered from an off-key response to the massive terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday. The attacks came just one day after the Republican frontrunner called for the US to play a significantly smaller role in Nato, which is headquartered in Brussels and also flip-flopped yet again on sending ground troops to fight Isis. In response to the attack, Trump reaffirmed his support for torture and a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States while standing by his skepticism of Nato. |