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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:16 PM Jun 2020

Melania Trump Leads FEMA Briefing on Hurricane Preparedness and People Have Questions





Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. WTAF...............................

I just can't , seriously what is this.

The first spouse, whether woman or man, has no official duties nor title in the United States. There are a million good policy reasons to keep it that way. If one absolutely must put a family member in government, make it official and appoint a spouse to a specific position for specific purposes. The spouse is not supposed to simply take on duties that belong to the presidency under any circumstances.

This tweet below should leave us all breathless and afraid.

Trump wants a government where his daughter is a senior adviser who speaks in official meetings, his son-in-law is perhaps the second most powerful person in the White House and runs programs, his kids work as campaign officials, with their wives and girlfriends getting paid, and now Trump’s idiot, spoiled brat, unsmiling, miserable, “wife,” is being “briefed” by FEMA on hurricane preparedness. In other words, Trump is running this like the Trump organization, a small, tight, criminal, family enterprise with as few people involved as possible.
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Melania Trump Leads FEMA Briefing on Hurricane Preparedness and People Have Questions (Original Post) sunonmars Jun 2020 OP
WTF? ploppy Jun 2020 #1
Didn't you see it? leftieNanner Jun 2020 #7
She's NOT from Croatia! 2naSalit Jun 2020 #55
Oops Slovenia nt leftieNanner Jun 2020 #60
The only emergency management she's done is to get off horny businessmen on request. sunonmars Jun 2020 #13
You got that right Tribetime Jun 2020 #23
Same place she got her human credentials. paleotn Jun 2020 #38
From Trump University. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #46
Moscow Centre? Nasruddin Jun 2020 #53
She was just there to see if they had located moose and squirrel. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #2
+++++++++ NNadir Jun 2020 #6
There aren't enough LOLs for this one!!! leftieNanner Jun 2020 #9
hahahah! Grasswire2 Jun 2020 #26
Winner JDC Jun 2020 #31
HA!! paleotn Jun 2020 #49
Perfect! Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #61
She probably just came to ask if Merde-a-Lardo would be affected. jls4561 Jun 2020 #3
She must have a better throwing arm than Trump Solly Mack Jun 2020 #4
Maybe she's the pole dancing entertainment act for the recess? nt Fresh_Start Jun 2020 #5
Good lord... we're circling the drain chia Jun 2020 #8
He is too busy crapping his diapers Jamastiene Jun 2020 #10
Birther Troll Doesn't Give A SHIT. Cha Jun 2020 #11
Can you IMAGINE the clamor on FOX had Obama asked Michelle to handle official duties? Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #12
I remember when Hillary sat in on an official meeting Retrograde Jun 2020 #30
This has got to be a hoax, right? lunatica Jun 2020 #14
My ability to discern satire is being sorely tested. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #15
They had pictures Kaiserguy Jun 2020 #41
Oh. My. God. KatyaR Jun 2020 #16
I thought this was the Onion Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #17
Her sole talent is taking her clothes off, area51 Jun 2020 #18
In case of emergency... soothsayer Jun 2020 #21
COULD WE STOP PRETENDING SHE'S SOME FUCKING VICTIM NOW? Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #19
THANK YOU !!! uponit7771 Jun 2020 #56
Melania was there only because Ivanka had a nail appointment . . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #20
Your last sentence is exactly it. Trump enterprises have always been family only... Hekate Jun 2020 #22
She doesn't even speak English dreamland Jun 2020 #24
"Hurricanes! Be best!" Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 #25
"Ever since hurricane took young Dorothy to Oz we strategitize preparedness..." forgotmylogin Jun 2020 #33
Ok, he's just trolling us now. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #27
Good post. The First Lady title needs to. be retired delisen Jun 2020 #28
They should pummel her with technical questions in French, Italian, and German nt Shermann Jun 2020 #29
kind of belittling FEMA putting her in the "lead" IcyPeas Jun 2020 #32
The attendees should have hired clowns and magicians to sit in their seats. lindysalsagal Jun 2020 #34
To be fair, her nickname is Hurricane Melania, because of her overwhelming blowing skills. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #35
FEMA? LudwigPastorius Jun 2020 #36
it's like a really bad joke. barbtries Jun 2020 #37
Like the porn queen is so qualified CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #39
Here comes another mismanaged Trump disaster. C Moon Jun 2020 #40
Heading towards New Orleans LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #47
The barrel is empty /nt bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #42
Well, I'm sure that eastern Europe gets more than its share of tropical hurricanes, so...... dameatball Jun 2020 #43
I picture him sitting on the crapper on a dark bathroom bearssoapbox Jun 2020 #44
How bout the gutless pubes that sat round the table. Dios Mio Jun 2020 #45
Hillary Clinton led Health Care in the 90s. She was qualified. Melanoma is not. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #48
...now he's just mocking us. NotHardly Jun 2020 #50
Does she even WX? Aviation Pro Jun 2020 #51
WTF? Totally Tunsie Jun 2020 #52
at some point, the editorial staff of the Onion... dhill926 Jun 2020 #54
They could print a real story and we would think ... aggiesal Jun 2020 #57
It's for a youth program she's involved in Sympthsical Jun 2020 #58
tweeted back... SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2020 #59

leftieNanner

(15,137 posts)
7. Didn't you see it?
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:24 PM
Jun 2020

I'm sure it was in her credentials somewhere. Wait a sec. Let me look in my files. That college degree she got? Wasn't it included? Maybe emergency management is different in Croatia.



Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
10. He is too busy crapping his diapers
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:25 PM
Jun 2020

to do anything. So, he sends his highly UN-qualified family out to do everything for him. It's a damn three ring circus and we are footing the bill. We need a government not a damn three ring circus. WTF?

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
12. Can you IMAGINE the clamor on FOX had Obama asked Michelle to handle official duties?
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:26 PM
Jun 2020

Conversely, can you imagine being a Republican (me either) and seeing this and saying, "hey, I don't have a problem with this"?

Me either.

Can you imagine being a reporter and not setting off the alarms?

Me either.

This is a mockery of our institutions and democracy. Not an alternative. A mockery.

Retrograde

(10,143 posts)
30. I remember when Hillary sat in on an official meeting
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 05:20 PM
Jun 2020

during Bill’s term: you could have heard the GOP outrage on the moon.

I’m sure they’ll express their displeasure any time now

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
14. This has got to be a hoax, right?
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:30 PM
Jun 2020

If not then he must be hoping all the flack and anger he’s getting will be redirected to her.

Nevilledog

(51,167 posts)
15. My ability to discern satire is being sorely tested.
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:31 PM
Jun 2020

Looked twice for the source being The Onion.

Did they have an interpreter there to help her with the big words?

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
41. They had pictures
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:23 PM
Jun 2020

the same ones they would have use for Trump. This is a picture of a big wind and so on.

Hekate

(90,766 posts)
22. Your last sentence is exactly it. Trump enterprises have always been family only...
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:40 PM
Jun 2020

...answerable to nobody else.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
27. Ok, he's just trolling us now.
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 05:08 PM
Jun 2020

This can't be for real. It just can't be. She's not qualified to hand out samples at a grocery store let alone lead a FEMA briefing in front of others who must be vastly more knowlegeable.

CountAllVotes

(20,877 posts)
39. Like the porn queen is so qualified
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:22 PM
Jun 2020

I mean afterall she does speak 666 languages and has that Epstein Visa going for her right?





bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)
44. I picture him sitting on the crapper on a dark bathroom
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:32 PM
Jun 2020

Blubbering, sweating& shaking like crazy.

His chubby little mushroom fingers twittering like a madman...

On a dead phone.

(Someone's taken the battery out but hes so out of it, he doesn't realize it.)

dhill926

(16,351 posts)
54. at some point, the editorial staff of the Onion...
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 07:08 PM
Jun 2020

are going to throw their hands up in the air and say, "we quit!"

aggiesal

(8,921 posts)
57. They could print a real story and we would think ...
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 07:21 PM
Jun 2020

Oh, it's the onion.
And literally not believe this is true.

Watch tomorrow!

Sympthsical

(9,091 posts)
58. It's for a youth program she's involved in
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 07:36 PM
Jun 2020

When I read the initial story, I thought she was in any way being involved in FEMA matters and nearly had a heart attack out of sheer disbelief.

It’s for a program she’s involved in raising awareness among youth about hurricane preparedness. That doesn’t bother me that much. First Ladies do many programs targeting children.

And besides, it’s not like she’ll ever actually do anything about it anyway.

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