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You Can See the Moment When Trump Crushes Melania's Soul (Original Post) rsacamano Jan 2017 OP
Trump: " I'm getting a new wife" SummerSnow Jan 2017 #1
Why not ask the man behind them if he may have overheard anything? randr Jan 2017 #2
It could have been some kind of coded message that only she knows (too well) LiberalLovinLug Jan 2017 #24
Who is the man behind Melania? femmocrat Jan 2017 #3
He seemed to like whatever The Loser said. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #6
He is standing next to Ivanka truebluegreen Jan 2017 #18
this boy-potus heaven05 Jan 2017 #4
I can't wrap my mind around that Red Knight Jan 2017 #15
I couldn't agree more Plucketeer Jan 2017 #22
I'm quite sure SoCalNative Jan 2017 #5
He is a horrible man. Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #7
Melania (aka Kaitlyn Jenner) jrthin Jan 2017 #8
Why say "aka Kaitlyn Jenner?" Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #10
Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #13
Ugh. This is ugly on several levels. truebluegreen Jan 2017 #19
I would bet 100 to 1 Melania wanted to march with us Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #9
Thought Process TlalocW Jan 2017 #11
He's a tyrant in all respects. Do what he says or else. jalan48 Jan 2017 #12
There is no doubt in my mind that he is an abuser. Mira Jan 2017 #14
In this clip it only shows him already looking at her, so we mostly see 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #16
I think this is the footage that Trumpsters claimed was "reversed" by the evil media. lapucelle Jan 2017 #17
From posts elsewhere, with video that shows a wider frame. spike jones Jan 2017 #20
Looked like her original smile was Fake; to please her husband captor impeachtrumpquick Jan 2017 #21
From watching his mouth move, I think he said colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #23

LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
24. It could have been some kind of coded message that only she knows (too well)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:09 PM
Jan 2017

Like "Just wait til we get back to NY" "You know what's coming to you" etc.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
3. Who is the man behind Melania?
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 10:56 AM
Jan 2017

Is that Jared? Wonder if he heard it.

Of course it could have been in Russian!

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
18. He is standing next to Ivanka
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:39 AM
Jan 2017

so yes it could be Jared but I don't know him by sight. And he certainly seemed to hear whatever it was, and be pleased by it.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
4. this boy-potus
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 10:58 AM
Jan 2017

hates his wife.....and by extension ALL women....why would such a large percentage 47%-51%, numbers I've seen vary, vote for this predator....that I just don't understand...but then again I can't understand 8% AA votes for this POS, 19% asian votes, 35% latino votes.....just mind blowing....

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
22. I couldn't agree more
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jan 2017

She can't HELP but know of her husband's infidelity. And you know she's forced to jump thru hoops and balance a cup on her nose, like a trained pooch. He likely said to her - in this moment - "Remember the pre-nups."

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
7. He is a horrible man.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:00 AM
Jan 2017

We learned that during the campaign when we were forced to learn about this person. I would rather have never known anything about him. Period. I never watched his tv show. It felt horrible even in passing over it clicking channels.

I have no doubt she is an abused wife. What forms of abuse, we may never fully know. She might tell us in a book when she outlives him. Actually, all the wives and sideline women will talk when they outlive him.

jrthin

(4,837 posts)
8. Melania (aka Kaitlyn Jenner)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:01 AM
Jan 2017

Never had a soul. If she did, she would not have sold herself to the orange turd and the during the Obama years asked about Obama's birth certificate. Like attacks like.

Response to Equinox Moon (Reply #10)

TlalocW

(15,391 posts)
11. Thought Process
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:14 AM
Jan 2017

"Oh, god, he's turning around to say something. Okay, big fake model smile at whatever he's saying. Just a little while longer, and you're back in New York. Ugh, is he still talking? Nod and smile. Don't lose your meal ticket. Finally! He's turning back around." *Returns to dark thoughts of where she went wrong in life*

TlalocW

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,043 posts)
16. In this clip it only shows him already looking at her, so we mostly see
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:30 AM
Jan 2017

The back of his head, and the side part of his face that is exposed beyond that indicates that he's smiling because his cheek is lifted up. Then his cheek very abruptly flattens and he turns to face the camera with a grim expression that includes self-satisfaction and self-approval at whatever he just suddenly lashed out at her with. Whatever it was, it was very deliberate and something he knew would really get to her - and she couldn't/wouldn't do anything about it because they were in public with all eyes on them.

It's like he was waiting for when her guard was most down.

He's an abuser, he tortures her and enjoys it, and he doesn't care who knows it. But he knows she does. This time she was so utterly taken aback by it that her facade cracked. And he loves that he made her feel like shit because his inauguration is a total fucking bust and someone must pay.

lapucelle

(18,319 posts)
17. I think this is the footage that Trumpsters claimed was "reversed" by the evil media.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:36 AM
Jan 2017

Jezebel is calling the gif Melania/Melancholia

Slate has a "reversed" gif, and you can see that the timing of Trump's head turn and Melania's expression changing do not match up in the right wing "alternative fact" version.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/01/23/watch_melania_trump_s_smile_melt_into_a_frown_at_the_inauguration.html

spike jones

(1,686 posts)
20. From posts elsewhere, with video that shows a wider frame.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:43 AM
Jan 2017


http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/revealing-moment-between-trumps


watch it again. Who is he REALLY looking at when he turns. I think that is the more revealing moment. I caught it. and you bet your butt so did Melania. She is miserable. She tries her best to cover her discomfort here and in the vid when the Predator-in-Chief leaves her behind when they got to the WH, but it's taking a toll on her. Men might not catch it..and nothing at ALL against men, but women see this from a mile away. Probably because we've been in that situation.. I sure have. not at the WHITE HOUSE or with cameras.. but to be disrespected like that. He sure has a thing for his daughter. It's quite sick


Got it. He looked right past his wife to the beaming gaze of daughter Ivanka. Melania is nothing more than window dressing, which has been evident for years. In unguarded moments, Melania's habitual expression is sadness, as if she knows she has made a bad bargain with life, but has resolved to live with it.
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