Peeping Don, Brunswick Beacon

Brunswick Beacon, 08.21.25

Trump owned the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants from 1996 to 2015. On Howard Stern’s April 11, 2005, show, Trump bragged about what he got away with as owner. “I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed,” Trump said. “No men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in, because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it. … ‘Is everyone OK?’ They’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women, and so I sort of get away with things like that.” 

Bridget Sullivan, a former Miss New Hampshire, said Trump strolled through the dressing rooms backstage at the 2000 Miss USA pageant and stared at the naked contestants. “We were all naked,” she said, “He’d hug you just a little low on your back.” 

Four girls who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants — some as young as 15 — were changing. “I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here,’ ” said Mariah Billado, the former Miss Vermont Teen USA. Trump, she recalled, said something like, “Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before.” 

Trump was best friends with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Wall Street Journal described a birthday drawing Trump sent Epstein of a naked woman with the message, “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey. A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” 

Trump wants to keep people from discovering the “wonderful secret” he shares with Epstein. He turned on “past supporters,” who he called “weaklings” and “stupid, foolish Republicans,” saying, “I don’t want their support anymore!” All because they want to know what “wonderful secret” Trump has “in common” with his “pal” Epstein, the man a Florida judge called “the most infamous pedophile in American history.” Mariah Billado already knows. 

Michael Maisel 

Sunset Beach