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Donald Trump allegedly once asked his wife, Melania Trump, to strut her stuff in a two-piece to entertain some dudes he was hosting ... this according to a new secret recording.

The story comes courtesy of NYT/'60 Minutes Australia' -- which just aired a segment citing conversations that Aussie billionaire Anthony Pratt claims to have had with DT while he was in office ... and some of his anecdotes about 45 were apparently captured on tape.

In one of the audio clips, you can hear Pratt recount a time he claims went down sometime in 2019 -- when Trump was apparently hanging with him and some other business big shots during a dinner. Pratt says Trump told them about once asking MT to walk around a pool in her bikini ... so that all the other men there could get a look at what they were missing.

Unclear when exactly Trump might've made this request or where -- but from the sounds of it ... he said it sometime during his presidency. In any case, Pratt says Melania fired back at her husband ... allegedly saying, "I’ll do that when you walk around with me in your bikini."

It's not all that surprising Trump might say something like that -- but what's somewhat shocking is that he potentially said this while he was serving as POTUS and her FLOTUS.

Of course, Melania comes from a modeling background ... something DT has always taken pride in. But to hear that Melania took his odd request and turned it on her hubby is pretty wild too -- especially when you consider they don't seem to be all that close these days.

Anyway, there are larger bombshells in this report ... including claims Pratt made about DT allegedly spilling state secrets to him very casual-like. The bigger takeaway that the Times notes here is special counsel Jack Smith has talked to Pratt as part of his probe into DT.

Donald Trump supuestamente una vez le pidió a su esposa, Melania Trump, que le modelara en bikini a algunos tipos... esto de acuerdo a una nueva grabación secreta.

La historia viene por cortesía de NYT / '60 Minutes Australia', que acaba de emitir un segmento que cita las conversaciones que el multimillonario australiano Anthony Pratt afirma haber tenido con Trump mientras estaba en el cargo y algunas de sus anécdotas fueron aparentemente capturadas en la cinta.

En uno de los clips de audio se puede escuchar Pratt recordando anécdotas que ocurrieron en 2019, cuando Trump estaba aparentemente hablando con él y algunos otros peces gordos de negocios durante una cena. Pratt dice que Trump les contó que una vez le pidió a Melania que caminara alrededor de una piscina en bikini, para que todos los demás pudieran echarle un vistazo a lo que se estaban perdiendo.

No está claro cuándo exactamente Trump podría haber hecho esta petición o dónde, pero por lo que parece, lo dijo en algún momento durante su presidencia. En cualquier caso, Pratt le dice Melania que  le respondió a su marido, supuestamente diciendo: "Voy a hacer eso cuando usted camine conmigo en su bikini".

No es tan sorprendente Trump podría decir algo así, pero lo que es algo chocante es que potencialmente dijo esto mientras él estaba sirviendo como Presi.

Por supuesto, Melania viene del mundo del modelaje, algo que Trump siempre se ha enorgullecido. Sin embargo, Melania recibió la extraña petición y la volvió en contra de su marido de manera bastante firme. Por si no lo sabías, la pareja no ha estado muy unida últimamente.

De todos modos, hay polémicas más grandes en este informe. Pratt dice que Trump comentaba secretos de estado de manera muy casual en las conversaciones. Lo más importante que señala el Times es que el abogado especial Jack Smith ha hablado con Pratt como parte de su investigación sobre DT.

Los comentarios de Dave Chappelle sobre Israel/Palestina provocaron que algunos miembros del público se marcharan luego de decir que Israel está equivocado en este conflicto.

El comediante hizo los comentarios inflamatorios jueves durante un show en Boston (donde los teléfonos celulares fueron confiscados) y de acuerdo con el Wall Street Journal, se metió en el tema de Oriente Medio hacia el final de su set, donde parecía mayormente del lado de Palestina.

Según personas que estaban presentes, Dave empezó diciendo que los estudiantes que apoyan públicamente a Palestina no deberían perder sus ofertas de trabajo (algo que ha estado ocurriendo últimamente), lo que le llevó a abordar de lleno la lucha que está teniendo lugar en el extranjero.

Al parecer, condenó el ataque terrorista contra Israel que fue llevado a cabo por Hamás, pero luego dijo que la respuesta a los palestinos en Gaza ha sido desproporcionada, acusando a Israel de cometer crímenes de guerra con su campaña de bombardeos e incluso afirmando que los EE.UU. era responsable de ayudar e instigar "la matanza de civiles inocentes".

En medio de estos comentarios, alguien del público le dijo que se callara, lo que al parecer le molestó y le hizo responder, aunque no está claro lo que dijo exactamente.

Sin embargo, Lo que WSJ dice que se comunicó, fue que Dave estaba enojado por que Israel cortó el agua y la electricidad en Gaza al mismo tiempo que atacaba con explosivos.

Como resultado de esto, dividió a la audiencia, algunos aplaudieron "Free Palestine" y otros se opusieron con preguntas sobre Hamás. Al final, algunas personas se levantaron y se fueron. Dave, mientras tanto, supuestamente terminó diciendo que dos errores no hacen un acierto.

Dave Chappelle's comments on Israel-Palestine caused some attendees of a recent comedy show of his to walk out -- and it's because he said Israel is in the wrong in this conflict.

The comedian made the inflammatory remarks Thursday during a show in Boston -- where cell phones were confiscated -- and according to the Wall Street Journal ... he got into the Middle East topic toward the end of his set, where he seemed to mostly side with Palestine.

Per people who were apparently in attendance, DC launched in on this by first saying students who are publicly supporting Palestine shouldn't lose job offers -- which has been a thing lately -- which then led him to fully address the fighting going on overseas.

He reportedly condemned the terrorist attack on Israel that was carried out by Hamas, but then said the response/retaliation to Palestinians in Gaza has been disproportionate -- accusing Israel of committing war crimes with their bombing campaign ... and even claiming the U.S. was responsible for aiding and abetting "the slaughter of innocent civilians."

Amid these remarks, somebody in the audience told him to shut it ... which apparently ticked him off and caused him to lash out -- although what exactly he said isn't clear.

What WSJ says was communicated, generally, though was that Dave was angry about Israel cutting off water and electricity to Gaza ... while continuing to pound them with explosives.

As a result of this, it divided the audience ... some cheered "Free Palestine" and others pushed back with questions about Hamas. Eventually, some people straight up got up and left. Dave, meanwhile, supposedly ended by saying that two wrongs don't make a right.

A man known in social justice circles has claimed to have helped with the release of two American hostages amid the Israel-Hamas conflict -- but the family's calling BS.

Shaun King has been trending all weekend over a post he threw up Friday -- which seemed to be him taking credit, at least in part, for the safe return of Judith Raanan and her teenage daughter, Natalie Raanan.

King said he was grateful Natalie and her mother had been freed, adding ... "As I said last week, Natalie and her family have been supporters of mine and have protested police violence in America alongside us."

He continued, "I am also thankful for the Qatari government for helping to negotiate this. Dozens of us worked frantically behind the scenes to help make this possible."

King finished by saying ... "I spoke to Natalie's family this afternoon and they are anxiously awaiting more updates."

Well, his version of events apparently doesn't quite align with what the Raanan family's aware of -- 'cause they're saying they straight up don't know this guy. The family released a statement, saying ... "Today we came across bizarre posts on the Instagram page of one Shaun King, who turns out to have millions of followers, who claims that our relative Natalie Raanan supports the anti-Israeli messages he uploads to his page."

The family goes on ... "First and foremost, we make it clear that he is lying! Our family does not and did not have anything to do with him, neither directly nor indirectly. Not to him and not to anything he claims to represent." They go on to say Natalie has never met Shaun, and she first learned about him today amid all the speculation ... of which there's been much.

The Raanan family says folks shouldn't buy what King's selling ... and that his claims amount to misinformation -- which they say is spreading like wildfire. They also note they have more family members and loved ones in captivity that they're working to have released.

Now, as for King ... he's already defending himself by now sharing who exactly he spoke with -- and as it turns out, he says it was a brother of Natalie's ... going to post receipts of conversations he says he had with the guy, detailing his efforts to have her freed.

He also claims he just spoke to the Raanan family -- presumably the same people who released this blistering statement -- and insists they're being forced to distance themselves from him. So, at this point ... there seems to be conflicting accounts over what's going on.

Bill Maher has an urgent message for kids who are considering college -- DON'T GO ... and if you must, avoid Harvard at all costs because it will turn you into an idiot.

The 'Real Time' host unloaded on elite colleges, which have lost their tolerance for ideas that don't check the "right" boxes.

He, of course, raised the war currently raging in the Middle East, where the prevailing view on college campuses is to excuse and/or ignore the worst terrorism since the Holocaust and support Hamas. He noted 34 student groups at Harvard signed a petition condemning Israel, and 5 groups retracted their support, saying they didn't read the petition carefully enough.

Bill calls Harvard and other elite schools a daycare center where the toddlers can fire the adults. Of course, the President of Harvard and the other schools have approached the war and other issues with deafening silence.

But boy, did BM go in on Harvard, saying if ignorance were a disease, Harvard Yard would be the Wuhan Wet Market.

And then he ticks off a list of Harvard grads, including Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis, Pat Robertson, Tom Cotton, Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, George W. Bush, calling them eminently face-punchable!

Dee Snider is cool with politicians on both sides using his band's anthem on the campaign trail ... but he's drawing a line when it comes to anyone spewing QAnon conspiracies.

We got the Twisted Sister frontman at LAX and our photog asked him where he stands on politicians playing "We're Not Gonna Take It" ... now that campaign season is about to heat up.

Dee says Republicans and Democrats have his blessing to play the song at rallies, appearances and in ads ... but says the same does not hold true for any candidates who go full QAnon.

The issue with QAnon for Dee ... it's all a bunch of lies and BS, and he feels there's already enough of that in the world.

Dee's made his feelings on QAnon well-known on social media over the years ... and he's doubling down here.

We also asked Dee how he feels about the U.S. military using the song as a battle cry now that another war has erupted ... and he explains why the armed forces are more than welcome to rock out to Twisted Sister.

We're getting a first look at the American mother and daughter hostages just released by Hamas terrorists -- both looking alive and well -- escorted by members of Israel's armed forces.

Judith Raanan and her teenage daughter, Natalie, can be seen in a new photo shared by the Israel Defense Forces, while holding the hands of a man in a flak jacket.

As we reported, Judith and Natalie were visiting Israel from Chicago earlier this month to celebrate a family member's birthday and the Jewish holiday season when Hamas attacked.

Hamas said in a statement they released the mother and daughter for "humanitarian reasons" ... claiming it was done to prove to the world that "claims made by Biden and his fascist administration are false and baseless."

The Prime Minister of Italy is pretty clearly not into threesomes, because she just broke up with the father of her child after he apparently floated the idea to another woman.

PM Giorgia Meloni said she was dunzo with Andrea Giambruno, her partner of 10 years, writing on Instagram ... "I thank him for the splendid years we spent together, for the difficulties we went through, and for giving me the most important thing in my life, which is our daughter Ginevra."

Giambruno was involved in numerous shenanigans, reportedly musing about having a "threesome, even a foursome."

He also reportedly asked a colleague of his, "Can I touch my balls while I talk to you?"

And, according to Italian media, he was caught on a hot mic asking a woman, not his partner, for sex.

He's made many outrageous comments, including a warning to women not to get drunk if they wanted to avoid rape. BTW ... the PM co-signed on that thought.

As for Meloni ... she said, "I will defend what we were, I will defend our friendship, and I will defend, at all costs, a seven-year-old girl who loves her mother and loves her father, as I was unable to love mine."

Está claro que a la Primera Ministra de Italia no le gustan los tríos, porque acaba de terminar con el padre de su hijo después de que, supuestamente, este le propusiera la idea a otra mujer.

La primera ministra Giorgia Meloni dijo que ya no está interesada en Andrea Giambruno, su pareja desde hace 10 años, en un post de Instagram que dice: "Le doy las gracias por los espléndidos años que pasamos juntos, por las dificultades que atravesamos y por darme lo más importante de mi vida, que es nuestra hija Ginevra".

Giambruno estuvo involucrado en numerosas travesuras, al parecer musitando sobre tener un "trío, incluso un cuarteto".

También le habría preguntado a un colega suyo: "¿Puedo tocarme los huevos mientras hablo contigo?".

Y, según medios italianos, fue pillado pidiendo sexo a una mujer, no a su pareja.

Ha hecho, además, muchos comentarios escandalosos, incluida una advertencia a las mujeres para que no se emborrachen si quieren evitar una violación. Por cierto, la Primera Ministra también estuvo de acuerdo en este pensamiento.

President Biden is urging Americans to support the war efforts in the Middle East and Ukraine ... he says we all have to come together to help defeat terrorists and tyrants.

The Prez just made his case for Congress to approve billions more in military aid to help Israel fight Hamas and Ukraine fight Vladimir Putin ... selling Americans on the battle between good and evil.

In a rare speech Thursday from the Oval Office, Biden says Americans must put their petty differences aside and unite against the bad guys ... he says if the U.S. gives up the fight in Gaza and Ukraine, it will only embolden our enemies across the globe.

POTUS says he's going to ask Congress to approve more military aid to help fight wars overseas ... while reiterating he won't send American troops to fight Russia.

We haven't seen a lot of rah-rah speeches from Biden in office ... and he's pretty animated here, at least by his standards.

The Prez says it's all part of keeping up with America's calling as a global leader ... and he says the world is watching and counting on us to save the day.

El presidente Biden está instando a los estadounidenses a apoyar los esfuerzos de guerra en el Medio Oriente y Ucrania, argumentando que todos tenemos que unirnos para ayudar a derrotar a los terroristas y los tiranos.

El Presidente acaba de hacer su caso frente al Congreso para aprobar miles de millones de dólares en ayuda militar para apoyar la lucha de Israel contra Hamás y de Ucrania contra Vladimir Putin, poniendo a los estadounidenses en una batalla entre el bien y el mal.

En un raro discurso pronunciado el jueves desde el Despacho Oval, Biden dijo que los estadounidenses deben dejar sus mezquinas diferencias de lado y unirse contra los malos ... dijo que si Estados Unidos renuncia a la lucha en Gaza y Ucrania, solo envalentonará a sus enemigos en todo el mundo.

El Presidente añadió que va a pedir al Congreso que apruebe más ayuda militar para apoyar los combates en el extranjero, al mismo tiempo que reiteró que no enviará tropas estadounidenses para luchar contra Rusia.

No hemos visto muchos discursos entusiastas de Biden en el cargo, pero estuvo bastante animado en esta oportunidad, al menos para sus estándares.

El Presidente dijo que todo es parte de mantenerse con la vocación de Estados Unidos como un líder mundial y agregó que el mundo está mirando y contando con ellos para proporcionar una solución.

Historian Peter Kuznick fears for the fate of humanity ... warning of a third world war and a nuclear winter if conflicts across the globe continue to escalate.

The author and American University professor joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday, and we asked him just how close we are to World War III, given the war in the Middle East.

Peter says things were already trending towards a doomsday scenario as a result of the war between Ukraine and Russia and the situation in Taiwan ... and he fears recent developments in Gaza may push things over the edge.

The way Peter sees a nightmare situation unfolding -- Israel invades Palestine, forcing Hezbollah to join the war -- and then other countries are drawn into battle.

From there, Peter says it's an all-out world war ... and it's pretty much guaranteed nuclear warheads will be used.

Peter explains how even a small number of nukes would create a nuclear winter capable of killing 2 billion people across the globe ... telling us it would be worse than ever imagined.

El historiador Peter Kuznick teme por el destino de la humanidad, advirtiendo sobre la posibilidad de una tercera guerra mundial y un invierno de armas nucleares si los conflictos en todo el mundo siguen escalando.

El autor y profesor se unió a nosotros en "TMZ Live" este jueves, donde le preguntamos qué tan cerca estamos de la Tercera Guerra Mundial, dada la situación en el Medio Oriente.

Peter dice que las cosas ya estaban tendiendo hacia un escenario apocalíptico como resultado de la guerra entre Ucrania y Rusia y la situación en Taiwán, pero teme que los recientes acontecimientos en Gaza pueden empujar las cosas aún más allá.

Desde la perspectiva de Peter se podría desplegar un escenario de pesadilla, en el que Israel invade Palestina, obligando a Hezbollah a unirse a la guerra y luego arrastrando a otros países a unirse al conflicto también.

A partir de ahí, Peter dice que se vendría una guerra mundial total y que es más o menos seguro que se utilizarían armas nucleares.

El historiador explica cómo incluso un pequeño número de armas nucleares crearía un invierno capaz de matar a 2 mil millones de personas en todo el mundo, diciéndonos que sería peor de lo que hemos incluso imaginado.

Ian Kinsler wasn't repping the Rangers or Astros last night, the former MLB star had a bigger cause on his mind than the ALCS ... the 4x All-Star, who is Jewish, threw out the first pitch wearing a Team Israel jersey.

Kinsler is a special assistant to the Rangers general manager ... and the organization invited him to kick off Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX with the ceremonial first pitch.

IK was born in America but obtained Israeli citizenship (dual citizenship w/ U.S.) a few years back when he wanted to play for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Ian then went on to serve as the manager for the Israeli team at the World Baseball Classic in 2023.

Since the horrific attack two-and-a-half weeks ago, Kinsler says he's been following the situation on the ground closely.

Kinsler is just one of many star athletes and celebs who have spoken out since October 7 ... 1,400 Israelis have been killed since the incursion began.

Perhaps none have done more than Floyd Mayweather, who sent his plane full of supplies to Tel Aviv over the weekend. He also FaceTimed IDF special forces soldiers and walked in a pro-Israeli march in Los Angeles.

Ian Kinsler no representaba ni a los Rangers ni a los Astros, la ex estrella de la MLB tenía en mente una causa mayor que la ALCS. El cuatro veces All-Star, que es judío, realizó el primer lanzamiento con una camiseta del Equipo Israel.

Kinsler es un asistente especial del gerente general de los Rangers, y la organización lo invitó a iniciar el tercer Juego de la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Americana en Globe Life Field en Arlington, con el primer lanzamiento ceremonial.

Ian nació en Estados Unidos, pero obtuvo la ciudadanía israelí (doble nacionalidad con EE.UU.) hace unos años cuando quiso jugar para Israel en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 2020 en Tokio. A continuación, Ian pasó a ser el mánager del equipo israelí en el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol de 2023.

Desde el horrible ataque de hace dos semanas y media, Kinsler dice que ha estado siguiendo de cerca la situación.

Kinsler es solo uno de los muchos atletas y celebridades que se han expresado desde el 7 de octubre, 1.400 israelíes han sido asesinados desde que comenzó la incursión.

Quizás ninguno haya hecho más que Floyd Mayweather, que envió su avión lleno de suministros a Tel Aviv durante el fin de semana. También se comunicó por FaceTime con soldados de las fuerzas especiales de Israel y participó en una marcha proisraelí en Los Ángeles.