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In Tuesday’s closing arguments of Trump’s hush money trial here, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the jury that the revelation of the “Access Hollywood” tapes — Trump’s “grab ’em by the p---y” moment, which set off the fateful effort to buy Stormy Daniels’s silence — was not the earthshaking event we all remember it being for the 2016 Trump campaign. Rather, Blanche said, it was just one of those things “that happens all the time in campaigns.” Share 1405 Comments More from Opinions HAND CURATED * Opinion|A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. November 30, 2023 Opinion|A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. November 30, 2023 * Opinion|How to identify ultra-processed foods May 23, 2024 Opinion|How to identify ultra-processed foods May 23, 2024 * Opinion|Angry at high drug prices? A letter in The Post is to blame (sort of). Earlier today Opinion|Angry at high drug prices? A letter in The Post is to blame (sort of). 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