What Donald Trump’s exes have said about marriage with him — and their relationships after divorce

The previous realty designer has actually been wed 3 timeswith little (or no)time in between each marital relationship. Following his very first 2 divorces, both Ivana Trump and Marla Maples have actually had combined messaging about their previous hubby, with the previous implicating him of marital rape before recanting the accusation, and the latter stating being with him was “the emptiest, darkest place to be.”Though his 3 marital relationships (he has actually been wed to Melania Trump because 2005 are his most significant, public relationships, Trump has actually likewise ended up being understood for the a minimum of 26 sexual attack claims versus him, most especially from E. Jean Carroll; in 2023, a federal jury discovered him responsible for sexual assault and character assassination versus the guidance writer.Here is what the females formerly in Trump’s life have actually stated about him, from his very first partner to Stormy Daniels.

Ivana TrumpIvana (née Ivana Zelníčková)and Trump were wed from 1977 to 1990, and they invited 3 kids, Donald Jr., Ivanka (whose real name is Ivana Marie), and Eric Trump. Their marital relationship ended after his affair with his 2nd other half, Marla Maples. According to a 1990 Vanity Fair story about the headline-making divorce, Don Jr., then 12, is stated to have actually informed his dad: “How can you say you love us? You don’t love us! You don’t even love yourself. You just love your money.””The children are all wrecks,” Ivana informed renowned chatter writer Liz Smith” I do not understand how Donald can state they are excellent and great. Ivanka now gets home from school weeping,’Mommy, does it imply I’m not going to be Ivanka Trump any longer?’ Little Eric asks me,’Is it real you are disappearing and not returning?'”In a 1990 deposition throughout their divorce, Ivana stated as part of a sworn declaration that after Trump had an agonizing scalp decrease surgical treatment, in a rage, he pressed her to the flooring, took out pieces of her hair, and raped her. The scene was illustrated in the Trump biopic The ApprenticeShe later on modified her account openly. “During a deposition given by me in connection with my matrimonial case, I stated that my husband had raped me,” she stated in a 1993 declaration. “n one occasion during 1989, Mr. Trump and I had marital relations in which he behaved very differently toward me than he had during our marriage. As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he normally exhibited towards me, was absent. I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”

In 2015, when the accusations reemerged throughout Trump’s very first governmental project, she preserved: “I have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from Donald. The story is totally without merit. Donald and I are the best of friends and together have raised 3 children that we love and are very proud of.”Her combined messaging has actually continued in the years given that, typically revealing both assistance and pity for him. Appearing on a 2020 episode of the U.K. talk program Loose Women, she applauded him as “pro everything I believe in. He is Republican and so am I. He’s achieved so much, especially with immigration.”She likewise stated throughout a 2017 Good Morning America interview that she had a direct line to the White home, however avoided utilizing it since of Melania. “I don’t want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that, because I’m basically first Trump wife. Okay? I’m first lady,” she stated.”I think he’s missing a little bit of his old life,” she likewise confessed in a 2017 look on The Ray D’Arcy Program. “You know he was in Trump Tower, and he would go to Mar-a-Lago, he would go to play golf in Westchester, and things like that. Now from 8 o’clock in the morning to midnight, he’s working, working, working … I don’t envy him, I think he must be freaking exhausted.”

Marla MaplesMarla and Trump satisfied in 1984, when she was 21 and he was 38, and started a relationship while he was wed to Ivana. In October 1993, they invited child Tiffany Trump, and they got married in December 1993, with O.J. Simpson and Jeffrey Epstein in participation. They separated in May 1997 and separated in June 1999, and though Marla is bound to privacy concerning their marital relationship under the regards to their prenuptial arrangement and divorce settlement, she has actually brought up the subject periodically. Prior to Trump being chosen in 2016, Marla informed The Daily Beast . she has “always been more liberal” than her ex-husband. “I believe in gay and lesbian rights and I believe everyone on this planet has a right to choice. So, I just don’t feel it’s productive for me to go judging another person’s choices. I think it’s important for all of us to speak about what is important for us. I think — I even saw them advising Hillary today that she shouldn’t go out attacking — like some of the other candidates did — that she should really stick with her own strengths, and I kind of take that to heart.”

“There’s just issues that I was born caring about that may be a little different than what we’re seeing take — how can I say that?” she continued. “We’re seeing issues come to the forefront, for sure. I just believe we have to have positive dialogue and understanding.”

In December 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported that Marla alerted Trump about late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a long time pal of Trump. She cautioned her hubby that something was “off” with Epstein, supposedly informing Mar-a-Lago staff members that there was something “wrong,” with him, and revealed issue over the impact he had more than her then-husband. Personnel stated that Marla did not desire Epstein to hang out with her or Trump, which she notified Timothy McDaniel, who ran security at Trump’s homes in Florida, about her bookings.

Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, moreTrump has actually been wed to Melania because 2005, though several females have actually declared to have actually had relationships with, or been sexually pestered by, Trump throughout his relationship with his very first better half, amongst them Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Individuals author Natasha Stoynoff, Summer Zervosand numerous Miss USA and Miss Universe candidates(Trump owned the Miss Universe Organization).

Stormy has actually declared for many years that she and Trump had a sexual encounter in Nevada in 2006. He has actually constantly rejected the counter, in 2024, he was founded guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying service records, coming from a$130,000 hush-money payment made to the adult movie star by his attorney Michael CohenTestifying under oath, Stormy remembered Trump informing her before they made love: “You remind me of my daughter because she is smart and blonde and beautiful.”

Former Playboy design Karen, declared she had a 10-month affair with Trump throughout his marital relationship to Melania. In August 2016, American Media, Inc. (AMI)– publisher of the National Enquirer– paid her $ 150,000 for unique rights to her story under a practice referred to as”catch and kill,” reducing publication about her story throughout the 2016 governmental project.In 2016, People author Natasha declared that Trump pressed her versus a wall and “shoved” his tongue “down her throat” when she went to Mar-a-Lago to interview him and Melania, who was pregnant at the time. “Trump is much bigger — a looming figure — and he was fast, taking me by surprise and throwing me off balance. I was stunned. And I was grateful when Trump’s longtime butler burst into the room a minute later, as I tried to unpin myself,” she composed.

In 2016, previous The Apprentice candidate Summer openly declared Trump really strongly” kissed her, groped her breasts, and began “thrusting” himself at her throughout a conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and in 2017, she submitted a libel claim, which was quickly withdrawn weeks before Trump was set up to be deposed under oath.