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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOur First Lady is MIA
Let's hope Don the Con didn't beat the crap out of her during one of his storied rage attacks and she is in hiding until the bruises heal.
dameatball
(7,399 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,192 posts)You win the $130,000
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)pwb
(11,287 posts)She is our first third lady.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Don't worry, it's an easy mistake to make.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)But at times, I do feel for her. I believe she loves their son
and has been very unhappy with this whole situation. Don't get me wrong, she is likely involved in way more than we even know. I read on Twitter, from a pretty reliable source she is in New York and we will be paying for her security, just like before.
I know this is just a wish, I hope somehow Mueller can somehow get to her. (I realize this is highly unlikely) A girl can dream.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)but maybe if she's willing??
msongs
(67,435 posts)Xolodno
(6,398 posts)...and the whole "kidney" thing is bullshit. To note, she was hospitalized shortly after it was confirmed that Trump reimbursed Cohen over the Stormy Daniels issue by Giuliani. My money is on that she is being heavily sedated.
She knows they are not coming out of this unscathed. Trump will be bankrupt after this and they will have nothing. Her son will have to live with the stigma of the "Trump" name. The only people who don't seem to understand this is Trump, Don jr., Ivana and her husband. And we already know that other foreign governments consider Kushner "naive", so...
My hope, she isn't on suicide watch.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)I feel sorry for him that he has to be reminded who his father is.
Xolodno
(6,398 posts)...changed the name, country and just dove off into obscurity.
Granted Trump is no Hitler, as of this time of writing, but no one has gone from being a TV Star to universally despised by over half the country. You can be despised and forgotten, however, when your fathers name is going to be enshrined in history for the worse...you can't out run that.
kimbutgar
(21,177 posts)NY. Their father was Hitlers nephew. I wonder if they are twitler supporters?
Xolodno
(6,398 posts)If I were trying to run away from a legacy of horrid proportions, I'd do everything to be inconspicuous.
Going to bet we saw the same documentary, just at different times. Even their close friends did not know the family "secret". And the irony, they are the only line to procreate in the family....and none of them have children, did they decide to? or was it was just a weird coincidence? But the irony, Adolf Hitler placed value on procreating, such as loosening the sex laws in Germany, getting angered at US immigration laws as it promoted taking the "best" genetic citizens. And yet, his family line is going to vanish. But is that surprising? It's his policies that resulted in his own sister being part of the "final solution".
kimbutgar
(21,177 posts)What a sad legacy to have!
treestar
(82,383 posts)And it really isn't their fault. And they are descended from Hitler's siblings. Hitler had no descendants.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)dflprincess
(28,082 posts)She may be irate that his affair has been so public but she knew what he was when she married him.
The only thing that might make her have a breakdown is the fear of a RICO investigation resulting into all those assets being forfeited. Then she'll have to deal with the thought that she sold herself for nothing.
raccoon
(31,118 posts)FakeNoose
(32,722 posts)Can anybody blame her?
Mz Pip
(27,453 posts)It takes awhile to plastic surgery to settle down. Just speculating here. Donald has a habit of doing trade ins for newer models.
no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)Just askin' . . . . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford%27s_disappearance_and_extramarital_affair
kskiska
(27,045 posts)on the Appalachian Trail.
csziggy
(34,137 posts)But the image is amusing.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Internet bullying at its finest. It's not a good look.
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)She may not have run, nor won office in her own right, maybe never even wanted to be first lady, but she did assist Trump's campaign and DOES personally benefit from her position (and at considerable taxpayer expense).
So, I'm not sure how merely wondering what happened to her is "internet bullying at its finest"...
JI7
(89,262 posts)When sexual sexual assault allegations came out.
B2G
(9,766 posts)'Wondering where she is'.
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)She may not have wanted him to run for President, but she MARRIED him before that event. (Not sure if he was divorced from the prior wife when Melanoma started dating him, and really don't care, but being the mistress is a bad look, IMO.) In any event, I doubt that she was dragged unwilling to the altar, and that makes all the difference.
Baron is a child. He should be off limits. Melanoma is a fully grown woman with a mouth and two feet in good working order. She deserves every bit of ridicule she gets.
You lay down with a POS you are gonna get up stinking too.
Laura
JI7
(89,262 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)I may change my tune if she would publicly denounce her husband and divorce him.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)Hypocrisy about cons is everywhere.
JI7
(89,262 posts)And bigotry.
Thanks for the laugh.
Bullying they said...
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)They deserve NO mercy.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)bragging about assaulting women.
She deserves every bit of criticism she gets.
B2G
(9,766 posts)It's disgusting tabloid bullshit speculation. But whatever.
JI7
(89,262 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)grumpyduck
(6,246 posts)for a fact that she was indeed hospitalized?
Although I totally feel that it's none of my business, it did occur to me that she might have had a breakdown or something similar. The timing just ddn't add up to anything else.
R B Garr
(16,973 posts)She slipped out the back, Jack.
Made a new plan, Stan.
That porn actress stuff has to be humiliating and shows no sign of letting up.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)A little nip tuck Chuck
Took too many pills Bill
She just wants be free.
R B Garr
(16,973 posts)Ilsa
(61,697 posts)I had figured she Stormy-sized her rack.
And I wonder if some of her previous work needed some maintenance?
She talked trash and lies about Obamas and HRC. She's fair game. She should have divorced him before he became the Oaf of Office.
pamela
(3,469 posts)That's my guess.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)RB, you came up with the idea - great stuff!
But NightWatcher, you hit that one out of the park!!!!
sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,817 posts)... that it isn't just the RW that promotes bullshit speculation as something worthy of discussion.
R B Garr
(16,973 posts)White House divorce. The spectacle would be worth it. How many First Ladies have been dragged through this public humiliation before. Its only natural to wonder how much shell endure.
NanceGreggs
(27,817 posts)... it would be our business because it would have an impact on Trump's thinking (or what passes for thought).
However, speculating that Melania might be laying low because she was physically abused is the kind of thing one expects from FOX-News:
"No one has seen Michelle Obama for weeks - let's hope she isn't off selling crack somewhere."
"No one has seen Bill Clinton lately - let's hope he's not shacked-up with some 11-year-old girl."
R B Garr
(16,973 posts)I see what you mean by that. Phone reading a lot and I cant even see thread authors or responses in sequence, so I scroll through quickly. Probably why I missed them.
NanceGreggs
(27,817 posts)Let's hope Don the Con didn't beat the crap out of her during one of his storied rage attacks and she is in hiding until the bruises heal."
R B Garr
(16,973 posts)I did see that OP but glossed over it because there have been multiple OPs about it and I lost track and honestly, I didnt take it seriously. I kind of took that printed comment to be a satire. Its not a good thing to make a joke about, though. You made some valid points about it.
Still am looking for divorce headlines, though! She surely must be eyeing the door.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)she's not the one who should feel ashamed.
NanceGreggs
(27,817 posts)... she was ever the victim of abuse?
This is turning into "some people are saying" bullshit - and equally undeserving of discussion.
treestar
(82,383 posts)and we don't know what the Dotard is like behind closed doors, but he is bad enough in public. It is speculation but not out of the realm of the possible.
But most likely is she is just taking a break after the surgery.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Du has gotten ugly lately.
rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Hekate
(90,773 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Last edited Tue May 29, 2018, 07:52 AM - Edit history (1)
If Michelle Obama has gone missing for more than two weeks.
B2G
(9,766 posts)So we're no better than them.
Proud?
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)JI7
(89,262 posts)but always quick to defend right wingers.
Exactly.
The speculation would be a lot uglier than anything we've come up with.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)with and shopped with everyday, and no one detailing her and protecting her. I read this in a magazine article prior to the election. The article talked about what her average day was like. She dropped her son off and picked him up from school every day. School was within walking distance. Afterwards she shopped, had her hair done, or a massage for facial. She had lunch out with her girlfriends everyday. Their home in Trump Towers consisted of the top three floors of Trump Towers. She had her own floor. Trump had his own floor (which is what Stormie Daniels said about him sneaking her into his bedroom), and Barron had his own floor. When he sneaked Daniels into his bedroom, she asked him what about his wife, what if she caught them? He told Daniels that his wife had her own floor and never came on his floor. These people have to be the loneliest people in the world though I have no empathy for any of them except the young son Barron. Her parents live in a condo near theirs though the article didn't say it was in Trump Tower. She obviously despises Trump and wants to spend as little time near him as possible. She also has her own suite in the White House away from him.
As I recall reading when the Obamas were in the White House, an article that described the family quarters in there. Barrack and Michelle shared a bedroom suite on one side of the floor. The girls had separate bedrooms across the Living Room area on the other side of the floor. The Living Room area between the two sides of the family quarters floor was a vast open living room space that was used for greeting personal friends and guests when they had functions at the White House. Michelle's Mother had a room on the floor above them. Also I recall during the Clinton administration, Hillary had converted one of the rooms on the family quarters floor into a kitchen so that they could have a place for "normal" family meals to sit and converse about their day with their daughter. I don't know if the Obama's kept that room as a kitchen when they moved in or converted it back to whatever purpose it served before the Clinton's moved in.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)First lady Melania Trump on Monday ripped a report in which a longtime friend told Vanity Fair that she didnt want to be the first lady come hell or high water.
Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions. As a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. Trump, rather than focus on her positive work as First Lady as a supportive wife and mother, a spokeswoman for Trump said in a statement to CNN.
As has been stated on the record many times before, she is honored by her role, the spokeswoman added.
Chris Matthews is just now airing an excerpt of an interview with trump in 1999, and Chris asks Melania, who's in the audience, to stand up, and answer just one question - would she want to be First Lady - and she said yes.
Hekate
(90,773 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)want to clear that up. That was my opinion and I concluded that based on all the things that they said in the article, that I stated above. That she had friends who she shopped with and lunched with everyday, and that her parents had a condo nearby, and she could walk her son to and from school every day. The article never asked her if she wanted to be first lady probably because no one thought he was a serious candidate and was going to win. The article just talked about her life in New York, her interests, and living in Trump Towers. When he won and she didn't come to Wash DC after he was inaugurated and he said that she would relocate after school ended in June, I recalled that article, which by then had been more than a year ago when I read it at a nail shop and it was about 6 months old even then. I just didn't believe she would ever move to Washington since the focus of that article seemed to focus on how much she loved her life in New York.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)and she HAD to tell the truth, I truly believe she would say HELL NO. I never wanted this.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Why would she? She was already supposedly rich, didn't have to work. It's not like moving to the White House would have impressed her. And it's not like she has ever shown any dedication to the common good, so she would hardly be thinking, Oh, good, I'll be able to do more work on my social mission.
It's been widely reported that she cried when he won, along, of course, with most of the world, only in her case, it was entirely selfish, no doubt. She had what passed for a good life (though it sounds really dire to me), and this can be no fun at all. I bet you she's had to spend more time with that horrible husband than ever before, and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
treestar
(82,383 posts)She doesn't really seem to do much about her alleged causes.
treestar
(82,383 posts)So weird. How does a family live like that?
Link to tweet
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Ilsa
(61,697 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Anyone know where the child is? Would school be over for him already?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Most likely still working on the programmed responses.
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)Damn you!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,469 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Michelle is MIA??
Still cant get over it.
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)about her appearance, she may not want to be seen until she feels completely up to it. Most of us are OK with, "yeah, this was how I looked when I left the hospital!", but she may not be.
On the other hand.....
treestar
(82,383 posts)taking a break after having a surgery would make sense.
onecaliberal
(32,887 posts)mountain grammy
(26,644 posts)Imagine! Maybe there's a real Melanie....
Freethinker65
(10,036 posts)Unless she is found to be doing to something nefarious, this is really of no concern.
I don't know about missing her...
lame54
(35,317 posts)this is her chosen project
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)had nothing to do with her kidney.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Trump has her committed to keep her quiet.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)I'm not a fan - I think she is a pretty empty person who made her choices in life and has to live with it. But we don't really have the right to expect her to show herself in public. She is likely either recovering from the kidney surgery, or simply in hiding due to the scandals around her husband. This country has a long history of expecting the spouse of the president to fulfill a certain role, even giving them the title of "First Lady." This might have made sense when women's lives were little more than extensions of their husbands'. But in an age of feminism and female presidential candidates, the very concept of "First Lady" is antiquated. Melania does not exactly strike me as a feminist, but still, she was not elected to anything, so let her hide. I'm sure she is waiting with baited breath to file those divorce papers.
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)Apparently, as early as 1999, just prior to marrying Trump, she DID say she would welcome becoming First Lady. So, this didn't come out of the "blue"... She DID work to elect her husband, including her embrace/dissemination of some pretty ugly Trump lies (e.g., birtherism) and promotion of his policies--so she IS a political figure, unlike her minor son.
It is a difficult balance between privacy and public right to know, but her basic whereabouts, I think is not so invasive as to expect. There are now few expectations of a first lady--as, I think there should be, but unless she wants to cede the title (and the substantial publicly-funded benefits that confers), then there is a minimum of public interaction/information sharing that that DOES warrant.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)I agree that she played a role in getting her husband elected, and that she echoed his BS, but why do you want to see her, especially since she is currently likely in recovery from surgery? She adds nothing positive, so let her hide.
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)care, entertaining allowance, decorating allowance and on and on and on--her every whim and desire attended to--not to mention the gifted or highly discounted designer clothing she gets from designer houses solely because of her position.
Really? DId you not KNOW that? If she wants to eliminate her title and go private, fine, but she should reap only the security benefit that other family members get.
I love how Americans go nuts over the Royal Family and their living lavish lifestyles off the people. Yet, the Royals AT LEAST do very significant public good and appearances on behalf of the country's nonpartisan interests. Yet, we should expect NOTHING from our "Melania Trump" version of "Royalty"?
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)I know she gets those things. But she does not get paid a salary, and that is because " "First Lady" is not a real job. It is just a traditional expectation and a patriarchal one at that. I get healthcare through my spouse's employer but I'm not expected to do some work for them. Get rid of the expectations for the fake First Lady job and she won't need PR people. Security is there to protect the president's family from US, so to expect a song and dance in return is absurd. Household expenses are paid by the president.
I could not care less what Melaniadoes - I have too little respect for her - but I've always found the idea of a woman being an extension of her husband 's career, to be patriarchal and absurd. Do you think Bill Clinton would have stepped into the traditional First Lady role if Hillary had won? Or is it only women who are defined by their spouse's job?
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)ANYTHING but live her own life in as private a way as possible... But all the benefits associated with being a ACTIVE FIRST LADY should go away. She can't have it both ways. No trading off the position--no having a press/PR person to call up Vogue for a cover spread or some designer to comp her expensive clothing BECAUSE she is First Lady.
And, yes, had Bill Clinton become the "First Gentleman" or whatever we might call it, he would not get those benefits either, unless he chose to become an extension of our National interests in representing our Nation internationally and fostering projects beneficial to the American people on behalf of the Nation. My guess is that he would have embraced the latter, enthusiastically and gladly.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)I really find the concept of a First Lady to be anachronistic. I don't know of any other country who has this kind of title for the president or prime minister's spouse (although American news sources routinely refer to other countries' presidential spouses with this title). I just think it is weird.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Demsrule86
(68,643 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Nervous breakdown ( who could blame her) or abortion. But the bruises healing, l keep picturing her in the big sun glasses during the time of the hurricaines. My wife suggested that she might be covering bruises back then. Whatever it is, I bet its his fault.
FREE MELANIA!!!!!!!
heaven05
(18,124 posts)I bet he hurt her in some manner for some perceived slight to his boyhood. She is not allowed to be seen until she completely heals.