Trump is still claiming that the stories about his election night rage are false, but he did offer an apology to Melania Trump and Sean Hannity.
Trump Is Furious And Blaming Melania Trump For Telling Him To Support Oz
Trump is furious over Mehmet Oz's loss to John Fetterman in the PA Senate race and he is blaming his wife Melania Trump.
Trump’s PAC Is Paying Melania Trump’s Fashion Designer Even While Under Investigation For Fraud
The DOJ is investigating Trump's Save America PAC for fraud, but that hasn't stopped them from using donor funds to pay for Melania Trump's fashion designer.
Trump Spent $60,000 Of Money He Raised To Fight “Voter Fraud” On Melania Trump’s Fashion Designer
Trump's Save America PAC was supposed to be fighting "voter fraud," but he spent $60,000 on Melania Trump's fashion designer.
Melania Trump Claims That She Didn’t Know The Capitol Was Under Attack On 1/6
Melania Trump claimed that she didn't denounce the violence on 1/6 because she wasn't properly informed that the Capitol was under attack.
Melania Trump Refused To Issue A Tweet Condemning Violence On 1/6
Melania Trump's former friend and chief of staff Stephanie Grisham shared a text exchange where the former first lady refused to condemn 1/6 violence.
Melania Was the Most Beautiful!: Watch as Lara Trump Throws a Fit Over Jill Biden’s Vogue Cover
During her time in the White House, Conservative media spent lots of time telling the public about how great Melania Trump was. At the same time, the former First Lady was doing not so great things. Her 2016 RNC speech was plagiarized from Michelle Obama. And who could ever forget her infamous jacket.
Melania Trump Busted For Illegally Using Private Email For Government Business
First Lady Melania Trump has been caught using a private email account inside the White House to conduct government business.
Melania Trump’s Former Friend: White House Is Filled with “Suspicion, Deceit, Deception”
A former friend and advisor of Melania Trump has blasted the entire Trump family and the administration, claiming the White House is riddled with suspicion and deceit.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff once described herself as the First Lady’s best friend and worked on President Donald Trump’s inauguration but now she’s written a book lasting the Trumps.
Opinion: I Blame Donald Trump for Spreading COVID In The Rose Garden
From the very beginning of the Covid pandemic, Donald Trump did everything wrong. He ignored the warnings in his intel briefings. Then he denied it was here. After that, he claimed the pandemic was a hoax invented by the “Democrat Party” because even a pandemic was really all about him. He did nothing until it was virtually uncontrollable, then, when he suggested drinking bleach, he claimed he was following the science.
Jealous Melania Trump Attacked Michelle Obama
An upcoming book takes the mask off of First Lady Melania Trump by revealing that she's jealous of Michelle Obama and just like her husband.
Steve Schmidt Takes Down Trump And His Birther Wife For Defiling The White House
Steve Schmidt said that Donald Trump is defiling the White House, as he called out both the president and his birther wife.
Birther Melania Trump Claims Democrats Are Dividing America By Criticizing Trump
Melania Trump claimed that Democrats divided America by criticizing her husband at the Democratic National convention.
Melania Trump Sounded Like A Hostage In Convention Speech Disaster
With her husband creepily peering at her, Melania Trump read the words of her script with the passion of a hostage reading propaganda.
White House To Sell Melania Trump As The New Jackie Kennedy At Convention
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro previewed tonight's Republican convention by calling Melania Trump the Jackie Kennedy of her time.
Typically Candidates Only Speak Once at Convention. Trump Will Speak Every Night of the RNC.
Over the last few months, while the COVID-19 pandemic has raged out of control, Republican senators and congresspeople have remained silent. This behavior has highlighted just how tight a grip ovr the party that Donald Trump has over the party.
Another example of this iron grip will be evident during August’s Republican National Convention. Normally, the party’s candidate only speaks once. In 2020, Trump will be speaking each night of the event.
According to the Wall St. Journal, “[Trump] be actively incorporated throughout the four-day convention, including one day when the president will honor doctors, nurses and other workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
There will also be no shortage of appearances by the President’s children during the debate. While conventions are usually used to introduce America to the party’s up and coming starts, the RNC will feature speeches by Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump.
Melania Trump will also be making a speaking appearance one of the nights of the convention. The First Lady’s 2016 was heavily criticized for borrowing heavily from Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech.
Trump will also use the event to rail against socialism. The Journal reports, “[the campaign]
is planning to feature former residents from Cuba or Venezuela… who will admonish the policies of the Democratic Party, which the president has compared with socialism.”
Trump Was Reportedly “Dreading Facing Melania” after the Access Hollywood Tape
Donald Trump was afraid to face his wife following the leak of the infamous Access Hollywood tape. A new book about the First Lady outlines the fall out in their relationship.
Trump’s comments about women on Access Hollywood became an issue during the 2016 election. The then Republican candidate told a TV host in 2005 that he could “grab them by the pussy.”
Following the tape’s release to the public, Trump was nervous about seeing Melania Trump, according to The Art of Her Deal, a new book by journalist Mary Jordan.
“Trump was quiet,” Jordan writes. “[Former New Jersey Governor [Chris] Christie knew what Trump was dreading: facing Melania.”
“Trump was so embarrassed that, as one person in the room recalled, ‘He turned red; red was coming up his neck to his ears,” the book claims.
“‘I think he understood early on that it was going to create ramifications for him at home, too,'” Jordan goes on to quote.
Christie, who played a major role in Trump’s campaign, reportedly explained: “Everybody was saying, ‘You should go upstairs and see Melania. Why don’t you go upstairs now and see Melania?'”
“That night he seemed frightened to go face his wife,” another one of Jordan’s sources said.
When Trump finally did speak to Melania, she showed off her “fury quietly and deliberately.” She was also worried that the release of the tape could cost them the presidency.
“Now you could lose,” Melania reportedly told Trump. “You could have blown this for us.”
The future First Lady eventually issued a public rebuke of her husband, though the same statement also defended his character. Mary Jordan’s book has been controversial, but she is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
Melania Trump Blocked Ivanka’s Attempt to Rename First Lady’s Office the “First Family Office”
Ivanka Trump tried to get the First Lady’s Office renamed during the early days of her father’s presidency. According to a new book, Donald Trump’s eldest daughter made an early power play.
The President’s daughter wanted the First Lady’s Office renamed the “First Family Office” and pushed for the change in 2017. Trump had just become president.
At the time, First Lady Melania Trump was still living in New York with her son Barron and Ivanka was enjoying the perks of the East Wing – the part of the White House reserved for the First Lady.
In The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump, author Mary Jordan claims the First Lady delayed moving to Washington, D.C. as leverage to renegotiate her prenuptial agreement.
It was during this period that the President’s daughter tried to gain greater influence. One power move involved trying to rename her stepmother’s office to reflect the Trump family’s role.
Melania Trump blocked the attempt and once she arrived in the White House, she took steps to prevent Ivanka making similar moves.
“With Melania away, Ivanka used the private theater, with its plush red seats, and enjoyed other White House perks,” Jordan writes in Washington Post.
“Some said she treated the private residence as if it were her own home. Melania did not like it. When she and Barron finally moved in, she put an end to the ‘revolving door’ by enforcing firm boundaries.”
The administration has denied there is any truth in these claims.
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Melania Trump Delayed Moving to White House to Renegotiate Her Prenup
Melania Trump reportedly put off moving to Washington, D.C. in order to renegotiate her prenuptial agreement with the President. Mrs. Trump famously stayed in New York at the beginning of this administration.
According to a new report in The Washington Post, the First Lady remained in New York City after Trump’s inauguration as leverage to negotiate a better prenuptial agreement.
At the time, the official explanation was that Mrs. Trump wanted her son, Barron, to finish the school year without disruption. Her decision led to speculation.
A new book The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump, claims she stayed behind as a negotiating tactic. The book’s author is Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan.
The First Lady was reportedly upset by revelations that became public during the campaign regarding Trump’s behavior toward women.
In particular, the infamous Access Hollywood tape may have prompted her to seek better terms.
In a hot mic moment with presenter Billy Bush, Trump said he could do what he wanted to women because he was a celebrity, even claiming he could “grab them by the pussy.”
Melania Trump used her time in New York to calm down following the incident and, importantly, “to amend her financial arrangement with Trump—what Melania referred to as ‘taking care of Barron.’”
President Trump has been divorced twice. His divorce from Marla Maples has been the subject of much media reporting.
Trump reportedly placed strict conditions on his financial support of their daughter Tiffany.
Trump Campaign Orders Red, Trump-Branded Face Masks
The Trump campaign has branched out into a new type of merchandise – face masks. Though the President has declined to wear one, his reelection campaign could soon be selling them.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign has ordered red masks branded with “Trump” as part of its appeal to senior citizens.
The campaign may give the masks away or distribute them in exchange for political donations. They already sell a wide range of merchandise, including the infamous red hats.
The president's re-election campaign has ordered red, Trump-branded face masks for supporters. Campaign officials have discussed giving away the masks at events or in return for donations.
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Trump Spends Melania’s Birthday Rage Tweeting About Not Winning A Nobel Prize
On his wife's 50th birthday, Donald Trump spent the afternoon rage tweeting jealously about people who won a Nobel Prize for reporting on Russia.
Melania Trump Tantrums Over White House Tennis Pavillion As Coronavirus Kills Americans
First Lady Melania Trump is tantruming over criticism that she is spending her time building a White House tennis pavilion as Americans die from coronavirus.
Hillary Clinton To Melania: ‘She Should Look Closer To Home’ When It Comes To Online Bullying
Former Democratic presidential candidate and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lashed out at current first lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” program, criticizing the White House program for being hypocritical.
Considering the many ways that Trump’s husband, President Donald Trump, has behaved in office so far, it’s not hard to see why Clinton made the comments she did.
Appearing this week on the Bravo program “Watch What Happens Live” with host Andy Cohen, Clinton was asked to give her views on Trump’s signature program as first lady.
“I think she should look closer to home,” Clinton said of Trump’s efforts.
According to the White House’s website, “The mission of BE BEST is to focus on some of the major issues facing children today,” including, among other traits, encouraging kids to live with “kindness” in their day-to-day lives.
“It is our responsibility as adults to educate and reinforce to them that when they are using their voices—whether verbally or online—they must choose their words wisely and speak with respect and compassion,” the program states.
However, critics have often lambasted the “Be Best” program for failing to address one of the biggest perpetrators of bullying (online and offline) that currently works in Washington D.C. — President Trump himself.
Trump’s examples of bullying behavior are too numerous to write out. He has, for example, complained and led crowds in booing climate activist Greta Thunberg after she won TIME magazine’s Person of the Year honors, besting him for the award.
Trump also tweeted out what many considered to be racist comments about four congresswomen of color, telling them they should “go back” to their countries of origin, to fix their problems first, before complaining about what he’s doing as president (three of the four women were born in the United States).
….and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how….
Melania Trump Gets Loudly Booed At Youth Summit
First Lady Melania Trump was booed loudly while addressing a youth summit at the University of Maryland Baltimore College.
Melania Trump Met With Massive Protest At Boston Hospital
Melania Trump could escape protesters in Boston as health care professionals greeted her with signs protesting her husband's treatment of migrant kids.
Opinion: Patriotism Means Rejecting Trump’s Sh*t hole Vision for America
The most patriotic thing an American can do is reject Donald Trump’s sh*t hole “vision” for America. It’s not because Donald Trump proposed it. It’s because his “vision” consistently brought war and political instability every time it was tried by ordinary countries in history who were trying to achieve the exceptionalism that America already has. Exceptionalism doesn’t mean perfection.
The founding fathers realized that. It’s why the Constitution includes the right to seek redress of grievances from the government.
Anyone who is an immigrant and has engaged in the political process of their chosen country has heard someone tell them to “go back to wherever it is you came from.” Typically, the people who say this envision a country that is racially uniform, practices the same religion and has a monolithic voice. It even eats meatloaf every Monday, and does its laundry on Tuesdays. Of course, that country never did exist, but that doesn’t stop cons like Donald Trump from promising a “return” to that country.
In the end, people of this mentality will tell any immigrant, regardless of their skin color, to go back to where they came from if they propose actually making the American dream possible. I know it, because I’m a Jewish, white immigrant and people have said it to me. Between you and me, they are such snowflakes!
I understand the privilege aspect of my identity. My skin color gives me privileges that are denied to American citizens who have more pigment in their skin than I do. This troubles me. We saw how ugly privilege makes us when Donald Trump said of four American citizens that they should “go back to where they came from.”
I also live in the world of the immigrant. Anyone who knows I wasn’t born here and reads my articles or discusses politics with me will often say, if you don’t like it why don’t you go back to where you came from,
I don’t owe them answers just as the Squad doesn’t owe Donald Trump an explanation. They do owe it to their district to represent their wishes and fight for their rights.
And no, I’m not going anywhere. I have a right to call out corruption. I have a right to call Trump a stupid, racist and misogynistic gas bag. The Constitution says so. I listen to the Constitution, not Donald Trump.
As someone wise pointed out, when I walk down the street, I can “pass” as a “real” American. I’m also someone with a platform. That means I have to use my voice responsibly in defense of people who are often targeted and blamed for the world’s problems. I also have an obligation to call out the personal failings of Donald Trump and his supporters.
I’m not here to detract from the fact that immigrants who are people of color get treated especially badly by those for whom assimilation really means accept being treated worse than we would treat animals and shut up.
I am here to unequivocally condemn Donald Trump and the sh*t hole vision he has for this country. But I’m also here to say that we don’t solve anything by asking why white people aren’t put in cages when the objective is to condemn putting any human being in a cage.
The America we want, the one that is multicultural, multi-racial and democratic is still an aspiration. But we won’t get there by discouraging participation in the work of solving our problems and of improving life for everyone who lives here.
Unlike most people who adopted America as their home, I have a platform to defend the America that really is great. It’s the America in which everyone has the right to free speech and redress of grievances under the Constitution.
There are no qualifiers restricting those rights to Mayflower Americans, Americans who were born here or even recently naturalized American citizens. Those rights belong to every person who lives in America.
So when Mr. Trump resorts to the ancient trope of telling critics to “go back where they came from,” if that really is his logic, he (and his Slovenian born third wife) should go with it.
If Melania is so unhappy with an America that elected Barack Obama, no one is stopping her from going back to Slovenia where the majority decide what, if any, civil rights the minorities in their population are allowed to have. Back in 2015, Slovenians rejected marriage equality by referendum. They’d probably like Trump’s way of seeing things on other minorities. In America, though, marriage equality is a right because the Constitution says so. It’s not a privilege to be bestowed on same sex couples only if the majority population votes for it.
Both appear to be unhappy with the America most of us embrace. They are rich, (thanks to the America they think isn’t that great) and could live very well in Russia, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else they may wish to live.
Most of America rejected Trump’s sh*t hole “vision” for America that literally takes the worse moments of world history and the worse political models and wraps them up into one Trumpy horror picture show.
But now, I ask myself and everyone who shares my sentiments regarding the Trumps, have we solved anything? Has telling people who point to things we could improve on to “go back to where they came from” given a single mother a better paying job or, if needed, the skills to make doing that job possible? Is college more affordable? Is healthcare more accessible? Have we stopped climate change, the epidemic of gun violence or the corruption that the Trumps exploit every day?
Are we any closer to seeing Donald Trump’s tax returns? Are we any closer to stopping the war Russia wages on our democracy every day? Are we any closer to getting Republicans to either grow spines or get out so that someone with a spine can replace them?
Americans want answers to these and many more questions. Americans want government to solve these problems and many more. Whether those Americans were born here or somewhere else, citizens or residents, every one of us has a Constitutional right to demand the government that works for us, do its job. Mr. Trump still doesn’t understand that as president of the United States, he is employed by every one of us. We’re the ones who get to make demands and judge his performance. He doesn’t have a right to say that
Americans who oppose his policies have to leave. That may be how it works in the countries he admires; that’s not how it works in America.
We don’t have to agree with the Squad on anything else, but we owe it to them and to America to defend their right to speak out and work to represent the hopes and aspirations of the people in their districts. We also owe it to the America that is based on ideas – not bloodlines.
By Trump’s belief system, when Europe sent us Donald and Melania Trump, it’s very clear it didn’t send us its best people. It sent us people with the problems of narcissism, racism, misogyny, greed, laziness and corruption.
It sent us people who hate America because it is a country of ideas. They want a country of bloodlines. The Trumps think they have a right to reduce us to the very thing that makes other countries ordinary. By Trump’s logic, Germany is his country. Trump’s country caused two world wars and Melania’s country was on the sidelines of the worst genocide in Europe since World War II. She knew what ideas made that genocide possible and she brought them with her when she immigrated to America.
Loving America means wanting it to do better than Germany did under Hitler and Slovenia did when it was part of the former Yugoslavia.
It doesn’t mean telling Americans to “go back to where they came from” no matter where they came from or how recently.
Those of us who look like we can “pass” as “real Americans” owe our country better than silence when Donald Trump reaches into his bag of racist tropes to attack any member of Congress, indeed any citizen or resident.
In fact, we owe what so many demand of all Muslims when one Muslim commits a terrorist act.
We must condemn white supremacy and those who advocate it. We must stand up with the people they target. We must condemn misogyny and those who defend it. We owe it to ourselves, to the America that is great, to stand with those who they target.
We must condemn those who hate the fact that our diversity is our strength. And we must stand together in opposition to their sh*t hole “vision” for America that replaces exceptionalism with an ordinary failing state.
Melania Trump decries cyber bullying as Trump lashes at critics via tweets
Mrs. Trump has chosen cyber bullying for her focus issue as the American First Lady, leaving some to say there is irony in the decision because of her husband’s reputation as a bully towards his critics, especially on social media.
President Trump has frequently used his twitter account to attack his rivals, the media, and other public figures on topics ranging from their physical appearance to their intelligence.
The same day his wife was to speak at the cyber safety event, Trump sent out a stream of early morning tweets that began in the 3 o’clock hour lashing at critics with disparaging language like “Democrat thugs,” “Crooked Hillary”, former FBI agent Lisa Page “& her lover”, among other things.
Mrs. Trump repeated prior claim that she feels like she is the most, or one of the most, bullied persons in the world.
“As I have said before, it is not news or surprising to me that the critics and the media have chosen to ridicule me for speaking out on this issue. And that’s OK,” she told the Family Online Safety Institute’s (FOSI) annual conference in Washington where she talked about promoting civility online. “I remain committed to tackling this topic because it will provide a better world for our children. And I hope that, like I do, you will consider using the negative words as motivation to do all you can to bring awareness and understanding about responsible online behavior.”
Mrs. Trump said, “Today’s technology provides people with digital shields to hide behind and being anonymous often takes the place of being caring and responsible, which can lead to children and adults feeling empowered to be kind and at times cruel.”
Here’s the list of tweets from her husband this morning:
. EARLY MORNING TWEET FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THAT READS:
“The White House is running very smoothly and the results for our Nation are obviously very good. We are the envy of the world. But anytime I even think about making changes, the FAKE NEWS MEDIA goes crazy, always seeking to make us look as bad as possible! Very dishonest!”
10. NEXT TWEET FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT READS:
“The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. They are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. They are a disgrace to our Nation and don’t…”
11. NEXT TWEET FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT READS:
“….care how many lives the ruin. These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years. They won’t even look at all of the bad acts and crimes on the other side. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY!”
12. NEXT TWEET FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT READS:
“Universities will someday study what highly conflicted (and NOT Senate approved) Bob Mueller and his gang of Democrat thugs have done to destroy people. Why is he protecting Crooked Hillary, Comey, McCabe, Lisa Page & her lover, Peter S, and all of his friends on the other side?”
13. NEXT TWEET FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT READS (English):
“The only “Collusion” is that of the Democrats with Russia and many others. Why didn’t the FBI take the Server from the DNC? They still don’t have it. Check out how biased Facebook, Google and Twitter are in favor of the Democrats. That’s the real Collusion!”
Trump aide Ricardel forced out after showdown with first lady
Melania Trump’s office took the extraordinary step of issuing a statement on Tuesday saying that Ricardel should be ousted. While first ladies historically have been known to pressure their husbands over official business, they do not typically issue statements about it.
Opinion: Melania Trump’s Inner Romanov Came Out To Fire Mira Ricardel
Melania Trump has a Romanov complex. There were signs of it with the casual way she throws tax payer money away, beginning with her decision to stay in New York for several months following her husband’s inauguration.
Yes, she cited Barron’s schooling as the reason and perhaps she was truly concerned about that. But, the fact remains, while her husband was looking for ways to take healthcare away from people, most of those people were paying for additional security to spare Barron of the “hardship” that comes with moving in the middle of a school year.
More recently, on her first solo trip to Africa, Melania spent $100,000 on a hotel room that she never intended to use. Then we saw the wardrobe choices when meeting with people in distress. When she joined Donald in Puerto Rico, following Hurricane Maria, Melania still insisted on attire that was perhaps a bit impractical for the occasion. Then there was the jacket with a message she denied was a message – until recently.
These incidents, while revealing of a woman who lives in an especially privileged bubble, bear little consequence.But, Melania’s Romanov complex kicked into high gear after mid-terms. Perhaps the timing is merely coincidental, but the political message is unmistakable. Melania is under the mistaken impression that by virtue of her marriage to Donald Trump, national security personnel and Donald’s Chief of staff are accountable to her.
This is wrong on so many levels, but it is also revealing of a Melania that is more like her husband than, perhaps we would like to admit.
Again, we had the warning signs when she acknowledged being a birther. Ok, there was room for the possibility that Donald forced her to join him on television to sell the racist conspiracy theory as a reality. Perhaps when she went on the campaign trail with Donald, Melania was forced into silence about his regular incitement of hatred of pretty much everyone in America except racist white guys.
When Melania lied about her academic credentials, and her ability to speak five languages maybe it was because Donald made her indulge in the over sell.
But there is still more, as we see a Melania who seems … distant to the plight of other human beings. Melania showed zero sympathy for immigrants, despite being an immigrant.
She said she supports her husband’s views on undocumented immigrants, even though the available information suggests that she may well have been an undocumented immigrant for a period when she first started modelling in the United States. There’s the broken promise of the press conference to explain the gaps in her story, like the small detail that immigrants with work permits don’t have to return home every six months to get their passports stamped.
When Melania was caught plagiarizing one of Michelle Obama’s speeches, she showed an unwillingness to take responsibility for her actions. Instead she did something very Trumpian. She blamed staff.
Melania’s be best campaign was a poor attempt at a knock off of the Obama administration’s effort to address cyber bullying. But maybe that’s because she lives with the biggest cyber bully so criticism would be seen as criticizing him.
In various degrees of absurdity, one can find some way to deny the possibility that Melania is very much like Donald.All doubt was removed when she took it upon herself to “recommend” in the form of a public statement delivered by her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham; that a senior National Security advisor, Mira Ricardel, be fired – over seats on an airplane.
“It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that (Ricardel) no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House,”
The First Lady is not supposed to have a public position on whether a member of the president’s staff is “deserving” of their position or not.
It’s so crazy, I had to wonder, what’s next. Will Kellyanne get fired if she refuses to buy Barron a pony?
Not that Melania Trump has any constitutional authority to influence White House personnel decisions and indirectly policy. And last time I checked, former models whose first priority is being a wife and mother generally aren’t national security experts.But Melania’s inner Romanov wasn’t a fluke as proven when she went after John Kelly’s job as Donald Trump’s chief of staff.Apparently, she had disagreements with General Kelly so she wants him fired. One can only imagine reaction had word have gotten out that Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton even thought of having their husbands’ chiefs of staff fired, or anyone else in the White House.
Yes, the comparison matters, because like her husband is changing norms – not for any other reason than to expand their respective powers while neglecting responsibilities – like honoring Vets on Veterans’ Day.
This is so very unlike America. It’s more consistent with the mindset and practices of a despot or a Tsar in old Russia. If you were employed by the Tsar or a despot, then yes, deference and submission to family members was a thing.
In America, First Ladies are strong and independent women. Melania is not the first to have those traits. As we know, first ladies have a history of using their voices – some more effectively than others. We also know Melania is no Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Onassis, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama.
But, they managed their staffs and focused on the parameters of their job, rather than interfering with the personnel and policies made by the person who is elected to make those decisions.
Trump Calls Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’ As Melania Claims to be the Most Bullied Person
From the most powerful bully pulpit in the world, Donald Trump called Stormy Daniels "Horseface" Tuesday morning, as he mocked her for the lawsuit she filed against him after her defamation suit against the president was dismissed because Trump's threats against her were protected by free speech laws.
Twitter Toasts Melania For Saying She Is ‘The Most Bullied Person’
In an exclusive interview with ABC News during her tour of Africa, first lady Melania Trump claimed she is the “most bullied person in the world.” Needless to say there are a lot people who disagree with her, and many of them went to Twitter to express their opinions.
“EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump says her “Be Best” policy platform targeting online bullies is personal. “I could say that I’m the most bullied person in the world,” she tells ABC.”
EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump says her “Be Best” policy platform targeting online bullies is personal. “I could say that I’m the most bullied person in the world,” she tells ABC. https://t.co/9jzGiHoBDz pic.twitter.com/k2vwyWaErB
Book Says Melania Would Not Go On TV With Trump After ‘Access Hollywood’
Bob Woodward describes in his new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” not only a White House filled with conflict and chaos but also one with a frosty relationship between the first couple.
Woodward says that first lady
Melania Trump refused to be seen on television
Omarosa Says Trump Asked Cohen To Protect Him From Melania
Trump's bad day gets even worse as Omarosa dropped a new tape and told Chris Matthews that Trump asked Michael Cohen to protect him from his wife.
Melania Trump’s Parents Used Chain Migration to Become U.S. Citizens
In November of last year Donald Trump tweeted:
“CHAIN MIGRATION must end now! Some people come in, and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil. NOT ACCEPTABLE!”
CHAIN MIGRATION must end now! Some people come in, and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil. NOT ACCEPTABLE! pic.twitter.com/PQGeTTdRtX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2017
And last December Trump said “chain migration” and the diversity visa lottery program were to blame for two terror attacks in New York City. At the time the president said:
“We’re gonna end both of them. We’re going to end ‘em. Fast. Congress must get involved immediately, and they are involved immediately, and I can tell you we have tremendous support.”
Then in January we reported that:
“President Donald Trump is ramping up calls on the U.S. Congress to stop legal immigrants from sponsoring extended family members who want to move to the United States, saying so-called “chain migration” poses a threat to national security.”
And now it turns out that Melania Trump’s parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, just became U.S. citizens through the process of “chain migration” that has been so heavily criticized by Trump. The Knavs were sworn in as U.S. citizens earlier Thursday, during a ceremony in New York. The couple is from Slovenia, where Melania Trump was born and raised.
The attorney for the first lady’s parents told The New York Times on Thursday that their daughter had sponsored them for a green card, and that they applied for citizenship once they were eligible using the family-based migration rules.
When asked if the couple became citizens through chain migration, Wildes replied, “I suppose. It’s a dirty — a dirtier word.” Wildes told ABC News “they applied on their own.”
“It stands for a bedrock of our immigration process when it comes to family reunification,” he told the Times.
The couple had to have their green cards for five years to become eligible for citizenship, and Wildes said that the Knavs fulfilled the five-year requirement.
Trump and many conservative members of Congress have criticized the family based immigration process and have demanded it be replaced with a merit-based system that would prioritize immigrants with certain skills for green cards.
The president has called for an end to “chain migration” and has demanded that the process be evaluated in any forthcoming immigration reform.
But many have been critical of the president for allowing his own wife to use a system that he has said should not be used for others. Former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign Robby Mook wrote on Twitter:
“Any discussion of immigration policy from this point forward must focus on the immigration record of Trump’s own family. How they got citizenship, what public benefits they received. His own policies require this line of inquiry.”
Any discussion of immigration policy from this point forward must focus on the immigration record of Trump’s own family. How they got citizenship, what public benefits they received.
His own policies require this line of inquiry. https://t.co/yVsHJTbf1y
Melania Trump Charges For Pictures And Mandates They Can Only Be Used In Positive News Stories
Melania Trump cut a deal where news organizations indirectly paid the Trumps royalties for pictures that were only to be used for positive coverage.
Melania Trump Stages Shelter Photo-Op While Canceling Real Detention Center Visit
Melania Trump visited a church-run shelter and staged a photo-op for the press while canceling the visit to the real detention center.
Rumors Continue As White House Says Melania Will Appear Tonight
Abducted by aliens? Living with the Obamas? Secretly living in New York?
First Lady Melania Trump has not been seen in public since May 10th, and the rumor mill on social media has been going wild with speculation: where is she and what is she doing? Is her health OK?
The intrigue began with Melania’s mysterious kidney ailment that sent her to the hospital for five days in May. But since then, very little information has been given about her medical condition, and she has made no official appearances.
Finally, today, it has been reported that the First Lady will reappear tonight at a Gold Star event at the White House.
But even this announcement, made by her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, is not without mystery, because the press has not been invited and will not attend tonight’s ceremony for families who have had loved ones killed in battle.
If Melania does indeed appear at the reception tonight it will be the first time she has been seen in public, either alone or by her husband’s side, since May 10th, nearly a month ago. First Ladies live in the public eye, and their every move is scrutinized 24/7. For them to completely disappear for weeks at a time is highly unusual, to say the least.
More speculation about the First Lady’s whereabouts and her physical condition arose yesterday when it was reported that she would not accompany President Trump on his trip to the Far East for the North Korean summit and other meetings. Again, it is highly unusual for First Ladies to stay home on these kinds of lengthy trips abroad that will entail many public appearances and ceremonies for the President.
The fact that the press is not invited tonight in some ways is stoking the rumor mill even more. What is all the secrecy about? The more Melania’s whereabouts and condition are kept secret, the more the media want to know what is really going on.
One interesting side twist concerns a tweet that was posted to the First Lady’s Twitter account on Wednesday. This was supposed to give assurances she was OK, but it appears that the tweet was not actually written by Melania.
“I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I’m doing. Rest assured, I’m here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people! ” she supposedly wrote.
I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I'm doing. Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people!
When Trump Was Asked About Melania’s Health, He Babbled About Her Poll Numbers
During a lunch with Republican Senators, Trump was about his wife’s health and started rambling about her poll numbers.
This is so Trump:
Trump told senators today that Melania is doing well and thanked them for the well wishes.
Then he started talking about her poll numbers. He said they were really great and that he's told her not to run against him, according to a person briefed on the lunch.
White House Admits Melania Trump Stole Anti-Bullying Program From Obama
In a statement from the White House, the administration admitted that Melania Trump added her name to the 2009 Obama era FTC anti-bullying document and branded it as her own.
The White House Communications Office said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA :
Yesterday, First Lady Melania Trump unveiled Be Best, her initiative meant to support children and the many issues they are facing today.
After giving a strong speech that was met with a standing ovation and positive feedback, the focus from opposition media has been on an educational booklet, “Talking with Kids About Being Online” produced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2009. Mrs. Trump agreed to add Be Best branding and distribute the booklet in an effort to use her platform to amplify the positive message within. As she said in yesterday’s speech, she is going to use Be Best to promote people and organizations to encourage conversation and replication, and helping the FTC distribute this booklet is just one small example.
Despite providing countless outlets with ample background, information, and on-the-record comments from the FTC, some media have chosen to take a day meant to promote kindness and positive efforts on behalf of children, to instead lob baseless accusations towards the First Lady and her new initiatives.
As stated by Nathaniel Wood, Consumer and Business Education Division Associate Director, FTC, “We frequently work with members of Congress, the White House, other government agencies, and the private sector. As a small and independent civil law enforcement agency, the FTC encourages our partners to help spread our message to consumers. We were excited that Mrs. Trump distributed this important information about staying safe online. We look forward to continuing to work with her and others to help parents and children use the Internet safely and responsibly.”
Our office will continue to focus on helping children and I encourage members of the media to attempt to Be Best in their own professions, and focus on some of the children and programs Mrs. Trump highlighted in her remarks yesterday.
The Trump White House has no ideas of their own. Trump so badly wants to be as competent and popular as Obama that his wife is plagiarizing from Michelle Obama on a regular basis. Journalists who point out the fact that Melania Trump is stealing her ideas from the previous First Lady are not engaging in cyberbullying. Reporting the facts is not a form of cyberbullying.
What Melania Trump did was attach her name and Be Best to someone else’s idea.
This is exactly what should be expected from a First Family that specializes in fraud and corruption.
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The Mismanaged Trump Campaign – Not Melania – Is To Blame For Plagiarized Speech
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Brian Kilmeade Says it’s Okay for Melania Trump to Plagiarize
"It actually applies to her life. It talks about her parents and the values and the values she wants to put to her kids."
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