Popular US publication The New York Post courted some controversy due to its Sunday issue, whose cover featured aspiring First Lady Melania Trump during her days as a model. That is, very young, very daring, and very nude. Featuring the headline The Ogle Office -- You've never seen a potential First Lady like this!, the publication featured a number of the former model's nude photos, which were taken 20 years ago, nine years before she met Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Though the publication was quite successful in the fact that top conservatives were indeed outraged, the Trump camp has been remarkably relaxed about the otherwise racy feature. In fact, Jason Miller, the Trump campaign's senior communications adviser, even remarked in an interview with CNN's Reliable Sources that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the racy photos.

"They're a celebration of the human body as art. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. She's a beautiful woman," he said.

In a lot of ways, there really is nothing wrong with the fact that the aspiring First Lady used to be involved in the fashion scene during her 20s. After all, the nude photos were taken and published in a European magazine during the peak of her career as a model, long before she met Donald Trump, and long before she became involved in the U.S. presidential race.

Nevertheless, the contents of The Post's feature did incite debate among rival groups, with some denouncing the publication for attacking the potential First Lady and others being appalled at Melania Trump's actions during her modeling days. Thus, considering the sure-fire way the former model's nude photos would incite, and the fact that Trump's camp has been incredibly relaxed about the matter, many are speculating that the photos were released to The Post by Trump himself.

The possible reason? Trump's ongoing feud with the Khans, who have recently criticized him during the Democratic National Convention. The Khans are parents to U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in action in Iraq back in 2004. Khizr Khan, the former soldier's father, gave a scathing criticism of Trump, stating that the billionaire had "sacrificed nothing" in his life.

True to form, Trump hit back through social media, retorting that he did sacrifice many things in his life. After this, however, trump went a little bit too far, pointing out that the fallen U.S. soldier's mother was silent during her husband's entire speech. Trump further alleged that she was probably not allowed to speak, due to her being a Muslim woman.

Unsurprisingly, Trump's retorts against the Khans were received very negatively by the public. After all, it is one thing to talk back to critics, but if those critics are the parents of a fallen U.S. soldier, things become a little bit different.

If the Trump camp is indeed behind The Post's leaked nude photos, one could not help but feel sorry for the aspiring First Lady. After all, it seems like she is being thrown under the bus once more. Less than two weeks ago, she incited controversy after her speech was found to have been plagiarized from no less than U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama. 

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