# A word about Melania Trump. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001 "2017-01-24T02:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/121 "2017-01-28T18:13:45Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > What the hell does Hillary have to do with Melania? The campaign is over. It’s obligatory for Trump supporters to bring Hillary (or Bill) into every thread about Trump in an attempt to deflect attention. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/122 "2017-01-28T22:51:35Z")
His women are always stroking his ego, turning a bright smile in his direction as if on cue. Tiffany after his debate with Hillary keeps him at arm’s length but has to tell him “you did good” while stroking his arm, at the inauguration in that video there is Ivanka smiling brightly and raising her eyebrows up and down as if to placate him, then her smile turns upside down too. Melania giving it her all by keeping a wifely serene smile on her face, and we can’t hear him or read his lips but you can see the Donald’s jaw flapping before he turns around and the smile drops off his wife’s face as if he told her her pussy stank. The Donald has a self satisfied smirk on his face that says I just put Melania in her place and I feel good about it. The other young women around him are furtively cutting eyes at him, waiting to see where the viper will strike next. Very off kilter with the rest of the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/123 "2017-01-29T00:06:07Z")
I think it’s about time people started respecting her in her own right. She is an intelligent, beautiful woman. I am tired of seeing a headline almost everyday about how she messed up or people were in shock and it’s something so ridiculous. For example, supposedly the internet was set on fire because of a picture of her at the inauguration and, omg, she wasn’t smiling. Twitter was going crazy, she was frowning! No, I think not. I think she looked like she was contemplating what was going on. Her husband was about to be sworn in as leader of the free world. That’s some serious stuff. The media needs to start showing her the respect she deserves as First Lady. He’s free game because he chose to pursue the office and the liberal media will never let us think for a minute a conservative might bring some good ideas to the table. But, leave his wife alone. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/124 "2017-01-29T02:17:05Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > The media needs to start showing her the respect she deserves as First Lady. Because they did a bang-up job of that on Michelle Obama for the past eight years, who was also an intelligent, beautiful woman and who didn’t sit beside her husband and question the legitimacy of the president’s holding of office. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/125 "2017-01-29T02:31:44Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > The media needs to start showing her the respect she deserves as First Lady. And what did she ever do to deserve that respect? Should she be respected for marrying the most repugnant human being on the planet and shooting his offspring out of her vagina? There are women who have the babies of convicted serial killers, who deserve the same amount of “respect”. ---
**Author:** ![Manhole\_Eunuchsbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Manhole\_Eunuchsbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manhole_Eunuchsbane)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/126 "2017-01-29T02:32:10Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > He’s free game because he chose to pursue the office and the liberal media will never let us think for a minute a conservative might bring some good ideas to the table. But, leave his wife alone. She’s free game as well. She’s a public figure as is any First Lady. It kind of comes with the territory. And I’m not sure Donald qualifies as a true conservative. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/127 "2017-01-29T02:43:53Z")
> [@Manhole\_Eunuchsbane](#): > > She’s free game as well. She’s a public figure as is any First Lady. It kind of comes with the territory. And I’m not sure Donald qualifies as a true conservative. He doesn’t qualify as a human being. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/128 "2017-01-29T21:58:23Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Because they did a bang-up job of that on Michelle Obama for the past eight years, who was also an intelligent, beautiful woman and who didn’t sit beside her husband and question the legitimacy of the president’s holding of office. I don’t recall the press giving Michelle Obama a hard time. I’m not trying to start anything here or hijack the thread, I just don’t recall. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/129 "2017-01-29T22:03:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And what did she ever do to deserve that respect? Should she be respected for marrying the most repugnant human being on the planet and shooting his offspring out of her vagina? There are women who have the babies of convicted serial killers, who deserve the same amount of “respect”. Wow, I can tell you feel very strongly about this. The thing is though, as far as their marriage, none of us have a real clue about it. It’s like anyone else’s marriage with the exception of your own, or in my case, my own, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. We can speculate but since we aren’t privy to the details that’s all it is. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/130 "2017-01-29T22:07:55Z")
I knew I was going to take hits coming in here. I agree someone posted he’s not exactly a true conservative. I wouldn’t by any stretch of the imagination call him a liberal though 😁. I just think Mrs. Trump deserves some respect that’s all I came to say. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/131 "2017-01-29T22:13:17Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > I knew I was going to take hits coming in here. I agree someone posted he’s not exactly a true conservative. I wouldn’t by any stretch of the imagination call him a liberal though ������. I just think Mrs. Trump deserves some respect that’s all I came to say. Respect is _earned_, not deserved. He has done nothing worthy of respect in his whole life. ETA: I take that back. He appears to have been potty-trained. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/132 "2017-01-29T22:20:28Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Her husband was about to be sworn in as leader of the free world. That’s some serious stuff. If only he felt that way. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/133 "2017-01-29T22:30:12Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Her husband was about to be sworn in as leader of the free world. There’s another thread here about this phrase. Apparently the rest of the free world doesn’t want him either, so he was just being sworn in as President of the United States. Which, obviously, was bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/134 "2017-01-29T22:57:28Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > I don’t recall the press giving Michelle Obama a hard time. I’m not trying to start anything here or hijack the thread, I just don’t recall. Are you serious? Is your memory really that short? ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/135 "2017-01-29T23:45:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > There’s another thread here about this phrase. Apparently the rest of the free world doesn’t want him either, so he was just being sworn in as President of the United States. Which, obviously, was bad enough. I did see that other post, I think it came up after I had used the phrase. I agree, I should have just said President of the US. Hindsight is always 20/20. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/136 "2017-01-29T23:48:47Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Are you serious? Is your memory really that short? I am serious, I’m not saying it never happened, that would be ridiculous and unrealistic. From everything I know about her she seems like a good person. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/137 "2017-01-30T00:23:54Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > SAME DISCLAIMER > > I was just wondering the other day, what if a movement went viral for everyone who was already suicidal, to symbolically end their lives on inauguration day. And then thousands of people did. (I resisted, for good reason, the temptation to post this question before inauguration day.) What is “thousands of people did” based on, and are you referencing Americans? Also by “symbolically” do you mean actually killed themselves out of protest, or that they pretended to? I ask because I’ve heard people use the word to mean both (even though I’m not sure it technically does have both meanings) and in this case seems like if you meant thousands REALLY (not just “symbolically”) committed suicide, it’d be big news. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/138 "2017-01-30T01:28:22Z")
She married a monster for money. Who cares? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001/139 "2017-01-30T03:24:22Z")
> [@Manhole\_Eunuchsbane](#): > > She’s free game as well. She’s a public figure as is any First Lady. It kind of comes with the territory. Sure but it’s not like she planned on it. The decision to run was not hers. OTOH lots of jobs from POTUS on down involve having your family have to bear with decisions and burdens \*they \*did not ask for. So she has to take the heat, and we have to bear in mind she did not originally enlist for this. In the end, my adversary is not Melania, it’s Donald. So my antagonism must focus on him and not drift towards his spouse or his home life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-melania-trump/778001.md?page=6)