A brief history of potential first ladies who have had images of their naked bodies published on the front page of a newspaper during an election season: Melania Trump on Sunday’s New York Post.<\/p>\n
That’s it.<\/p>\n
The word “shocking” is thrown around in politics more often than a Frisbee on a college campus, but Sunday’s New York Post cover arguably deserves the distinction.<\/p>\n
It features a photo of Melania Trump, completely nude, with stars over her nipples. Her hands rest between her bare legs. Its screaming, all-caps headline reads, “The Ogle Office.”<\/p>\n
A line at the bottom of the page reads, “You’ve never seen a potential First Lady like this!”<\/p>\n
That is not an incorrect statement. The closest approximation is when Settimio Garritano, member of the paparazzi, took unauthorized photos of Jackie Onassis sunbathing nude on Skorpios Island in 1971 — years after President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.<\/p>\n
The only thing more shocking than the Post’s cover might be what appears in its late edition: a photo of a nude Melania, being held suggestively by another naked woman, who is nuzzling the potential first lady’s neck. Black strips are drawn over their nipples.<\/p>\n
Adding to the oddity of the cover is the fact that the New York Post endorsed Donald Trump in April. (Then again, maybe it’s not that surprising. The editorial announcing his endorsement stated, “His political incorrectness is one of his great attractions – it proves he’s not one of ‘them.'”)<\/p>\n
The photos were originally taken for and published in a 1996 edition of Max Magazine, a defunct French magazine. Accompanying their republication in the New York Post is an interview with Al\u00e9 de Basseville, the photographer who took the photos.<\/p>\n
\nToday’s cover: Melania Trump like you’ve never seen her before https:\/\/t.co\/wkoDGWTF9g<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/V375rBTUEw<\/a><\/p>\n
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