An Uncontested Divorce? - Updated

Did Donald Trump Jr. make his bride Vanessa sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) when they got married? My guess? Yes. Is she wishing she'd been able to make him sign one? Probably.

Page Six, the New York Post's gossip page, has an unflattering article about a man Vanessa dated when she was very young. She was from a wealthy family, he became a gang member and criminal. It's not a pretty story, but it was a long time ago. Why publish this stuff now? Josh Marshall, at Talking Points Memo, has a theory, and note that in the third sentence, he's referring to Trump Jr.'s estranged wife:

For decades Donald Trump used The New York Post as a press tool to pump up his brand and attack enemies. The New York press world and the high octane real estate families who are fodder and enablers of it are all notoriously corrupt. And now – surprise, surprise! – The Post appears to be in the lead with dramatic dirt on Trump’s estranged wife – specifically, that in high school she dated and had a years-long relationship with a member of the Latin Kings, a notoriously violent Latino street gang which is the bigger brother, as it were, of MS-13, the street gang with roots in Central America and among Central American immigrants which Donald Trump endlessly cites as an example of the need for his draconian immigration policies.

… She has been married to Donald Trump Jr. for years and they have five children. I don’t want to paint her as a victim here. She’s been part of the Trump viper clan for years. But this is hardball and it’s no accident the Post is coming up with this stuff.

This is the latest in a string of attack pieces the Post has written about Vanessa Trump. It is almost certainly the case that these stories are being pitched to the Post as part of the Trump’s divorce strategy, either as payback or to make her seem like a bad mother or just to leverage the settlement. The Trumps play very rough. They have a longstanding relationship with the Post and its owner Rupert Murdoch. They play rough.

Thursday afternoon update: Apparently Jr. is now dating Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle. Read about it here.