Just saw a photo of Melania posing in front of Christmas trees. It is like

[applegrove]

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a form of trickle down for the people it seems. Like you should thank the Trumps for allowing you to look at them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-42200090

I guess I'm a little spikey and ornery today. I'm not happy the rich are not participating in the economy. At least in Canada people who spend money on non necessities pay a value added tax and we get health care.

[hlthe2b]

1. I think her theme for main areas of WH is intensely cold and eery.

I'm not a twitter user, but apparently there is a whole twitter flurry dedicated to that---and not just the creepy hallway.

She's as much a psychiatrist's dream as her narcissistic sociopathic husband.

[RKP5637]

4. Yep, both are case studies! n/t

[The Genealogist]

49. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!

Seeing the pictures, I was reminded of what the character of Delia Deetz did to that house in Beetlejuice. I find it cold and creepy, especially in contrast to the warm way the Obamas decorated.

[democratisphere]

2. We should thank the grinch drumpf's for allowing US to barely exist with their

tax shill.

[RKP5637]

3. Queen Milania? n/t

[sunonmars]

11. This...its like the photo of them in the gold covered room, crass and smacks of elitism.

[DangerousUrNot]

5. I wonder if she is rooting for Mueller?

I know she didn’t want him to run for President in the first place.
Also there is a ballerina dancing in the background, is that normal?

[applegrove]

6. Did not see the ballerina.

[DangerousUrNot]

8. Shes on the right of Milania in the background.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Pretentious, and silly! It is anything but warm, inviting, and gracious.

It reminds me of a commercial event, not something for the White House.

So damned creepy.

[onecaliberal]

7. The ice queen. Shes disgusting and her face appears frozen in the resting witch face.

[womanofthehills]

26. She sure does not look friendly!!

[Hekate]

43. It takes a whole lot of Botox to achieve that look

It's got to be a pretty grim life, living with the Orange Dotard.

[CatMor]

9. She never looks natural....

she's always staged. Her clothes never look comfortable.

[sunonmars]

13. She's all hair, make up and plastic surgery, that thing couldn't look natural if she tried.

[Polly Hennessey]

23. Oh, CatMor, I agree.

Melania always looks staged. I think her clothes are unbecoming and as you say she never looks comfortable. When I see her photos she looks remote and cold. Everything seems so sad.

[tblue37]

45. When she interacted with the 9-year-old kids at the WH Xmas decorating party,

she actually smiled warmly, and it seemed sincere.

I think she actually likes kids, and maybe wishes she could have had more than one. (Even getting Trump to let her have Barron was a negotiation.)

[kskiska]

54. True.

"A visitor to one of Trump's homes, late into Melania's pregnancy, recalls him remarking that he agreed to the baby on the condition that Melania would get her body back. “She promised him that everything would go back to the way it was,” says this guest; it struck this person as a “contract.” And he was simply rude to her."

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/donald-melania-trump-marriage

[smirkymonkey]

56. He's such a disgusting pig!

She should have divorced his fat orange ass right then.

[marylandblue]

12. Everything is so damn WHITE

Is this a message to the racists?

[Judi Lynn]

15. Could damned well be! White power.

It really wouldn't be beyond them, considering one of Trump's creepy aides too a photo in the briefing room holding his silly mitts in the form the most fiendish racists love, to signal "white power" to each other. Jesus H. Christ, what a bunch of scums.



"Stephen Miller"
Pathetic Dirtbag

[Hekate]

44. Nah. This was probably done with an interior design firm as an homage to Father Winter...

...in the Slavic countries as conceptualized by people used to decorating department store windows. Brrr.

Michelle O had flocks of ladies helping her put up ornaments sent in by people from all 50 states, that kind of thing. The Obamas had themed trees and sets everywhere, like the ones with figures of their two dogs at play. The White House chefs sent out a sculpted model of the WH to show off their prowess, iirc. There was not only a lot of color, but a lot of genuine emotional warmth and a sharing of the creative process.

Same with all the other First Ladies in my lifetime.

I truly feel sorry for Melania, star of her own production of Frozen.

[Judi Lynn]

14. It's not just you, applegrove. The image simply sucks. It is absurd, as it tries to impress.

That's not what people want to see from a President of their country.

We are not a nation of easily impressed idiots.







Interesting item from the ending of your article:

'Bah, humbug' for the media

Under previous administrations, the president held a press conference in the briefing room in December. Trump's not likely to do that.

One administration aide told me that she thinks it's beneath him to appear in the briefing room. Instead the president talks to reporters on the south lawn, in the Oval Office or on Air Force One, places where he seems to feel comfortable.

[ismnotwasm]

16. She looks like she did in the cameo of Zoolander

Poor thing.

[Me.]

17. It Looks Poorly Done

[Drahthaardogs]

18. Winter in Moscow?

That's the theme this year, right?

[janx]

19. That's what it looks like!

[lunasun]

29. Even weirder her just standing alone watching ballerinas for an Xmas WH photo shoot

[ProudLib72]

30. How does this even happen?

Did Dotard get on the phone and call up a dance school: "Umm, yes, this is Mr. Prisondent Bigly. I would like to hire some ballerinas to come to the WH and, um, ballerina around for a while".

What self respecting dancer would agree to this bizarre act of pretentiousness???

[lunasun]

31. How does this happen? Tax $$ ? I have no idea who pays for the Queen's amusement ...

Some are honored to perform at the royal court, I mean White House, I assume and abide

[tblue37]

46. There were kids there making Xmas decorations, and the dancers performed to music

from The Nutcracker as entertainment for the event.

[tblue37]

47. Here is a link to a pic of her decorating with the invited children:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=%2fbDauxKv&id=F59E8605B6AFF383241C501A0ED07B9323CB5E44&thid=OIF.rm6uA3nbcZZ%2fpN0RekDC%2bA&q=melania+kids+christmas+decorating&simid=219957257090&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

I didn't link to the source because it is a right wing site,

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

51. Is that Rod Serling standing off in the corner to the left?

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind....

[NBachers]

57. This looks like one of those photos where they didn't realize they'd photographed a resident ghost

until after the picture was developed.

Her reflection pointing down adds to the spectral quality. The all-white fails to plaster over the ever-encroaching evil.

Fellini-esque

[cwydro]

20. What is it with that dress?

I’m beginning to believe in aliens.

[applegrove]

21. She either goes sleeveless or she has some high fashion sleeves.

Sleeveless looks great. Other stuff is just weird.

[cwydro]

24. Something about her is just off to me.

Maybe it’s just him lol.

[lunasun]

33. I think she was going for an angelic , or a Christmas angel look all in white

Too bad everyone is probably too scared to tell her she looks ridiculous and is too old to pull off that shit

[cwydro]

36. She looks like something out of an early Star Trek to me.

Just weird.

[applegrove]

25. That's a bit much.

[Mike Nelson]

27. I apologize, in advance...

...for commenting on her looks. She looks cold, vacant and too plastic. I suppose it's good she kept her clothes on - after all, it is Christmas!

[George Eliot]

28. Buy a yacht, give someone healthcare. Buy a plane, give someone healthcare. I like that.

Pictures matter less but the healthcare sounds good. Actually, I think the picture is quite beautiful. It will likely go into the Trump trophy wives' photo album.

[58Sunliner]

32. Could not give a shit about her. The decorations are cold and the national tree is ugly.

Is it supposed to be reference to white privilege? Looks like Hitler decorated.

[3catwoman3]

34. Striking a pose seems to be the sole...

...ability in her skill set.

[Farmer-Rick]

35. Those ballerinas are kind of creepy

Not their fault. They seem to be very good dancers and look pretty. But because they seem out of place wandering around the White House, like lost spirits trying to find the stage.

That one behind Malaria almost looks as if she's squatting to pee. It's just that the camera caught her at the wrong moment. When you look closely you see she's in the middle of a move.

But when you see Malaria looking on them dancing with no expression, you wonder if she can see them at all. Are they spirits come to plague her? They certainly don't make her happy. So maybe they aren't people at all, just things moving around to decorate the awful lives of awful people.

Spooky

[Retrograde]

37. Because they've been reduced to accessories

for the White Queen's Winter Extravaganza: they're not dancers or artists anymore, they're animated decorations.

Seriously, if they were there to perform I'd expect an audience of more than one.

[tblue37]

48. There were a bunch of little kids there making Xmas decorations at different kiddie sized

tables. These dancers were entertainment for the event, dancing to music from The Nutcracker.

[Farmer-Rick]

62. Why are the ballerinas not on a stage?

They are wondering around like lost souls.

And that one pic where the White Queen is all so unhappy as she gazes onto their apparitional dancing.

I hope the children were not scared.

[Farmer-Rick]

61. The White Queen's Winter Extravaganza - very funny and true

[LeftInTX]

38. She poses like she is still modeling

It looks unnatural for the first lady.

She doesn't look bad in cameos. But when she poses, she looks like she wishes she was in Cosmo instead of the WH.

[applegrove]

39. Yes. They all pose in that family.

[applegrove]

40. Oh she is beautiful when she speaks. But yeah, the posing thing is strange.

[LeftInTX]

41. She used to be a model

She goes full "Cosmo model" in photo shoots.
She does what she she used to do in her previous life.

[applegrove]

42. But the sons do it too. Like they have so many cover shots in their backgrounds

too. I guess they do but it has great import to them. What about the articles inside. Don't they worry about that content? They certainly are the 'brand' family. Very odd. I mean even with fillers in their early twenties the Kardashians look like they are alive in photos.

[lunasun]

59. Are you claiming she modeled for Cosmopolitan ?? When?

However, Cosmo did have an article about her modeling career after 2016 with what she did in her previous life with photos see below in link
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/news/a57623/melania-trump-modeling-photos/

[LeftInTX]

60. No...but those poses in the WH shoot remind me of what I see in Cosmo or other fashion mags

[brush]

50. It's "let them eat cake-like".

[pangaia]

52. Jeeze that is a sick pic...

It's not even.... real

[applegrove]

53. I liked some of the Xmas trees in the WH done in green and blue this year. Those

we're pretty. White on green is pretty bland.

[Kath2]

55. In a way, I feel sorry for her.

If she really loves this man, she is a hateful POS.

[NBachers]

58. Arbeit macht frei

Tune up the symphony