Dear Mr. Trump,

It is a crying shame, Sir, that Stormy Daniels does not want to abide by the hush-money agreement she wiggled out of you. I understand that you paid $130,000 – or you had your close associates pay that amount, most likely from your campaign account, now that I think about it – to assure she kept her mouth shut. Now, Sir, it seems she wants to go on television and reveal all. It’s really a diversion from the important public policy issues that you are supposedly tending in the White House that your infidelity to your charming wife, Melania, should be discussed at all, let alone broadcast to the whole world.

What is this world coming to, when beautiful porn stars go back on their word?

It seems like the party injured by a breach of contract has a variety of possible remedies: enforcement, damages, and recision.

It doesn’t look like enforcement of the contract is going to work. Rats. But, you know, the contract wasn’t really valid in the first place if it was against public policy.

If we assume that the contract was valid – your money for her silence – then you might claim consequential damages. Will her talking about your affair cause you damage?  Hmm. It doesn’t seem so. It will probably raise your standing among your supporters. They likely wish they were in your shoes. First, having all that money to give away, and, second, having Stormy Daniels when you felt like it.

But, recision, Sir, is the key, the one remedy is that left to you. Sue her for return of your funds! I don’t think she’d fight you on that. And then you can return the funds to your campaign account, or wherever you got it from, so everything will work out all right.

This is not legal advice, you understand. I am not offering such as I am no longer a member of the Bar. It’s just common sense.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger