My favorite version was “Melania, light a candle in the tower if you need help!”
(a Game of Thrones reference)
It would be more difficult, but not impossible. Melania would probably have to face a vicious public attack from Trump. And her prenup could be very restrictive to the point where she might end up with substantially less than what she has now if she left.
It’s interesting how much all this criticism parallels similar speculation among right-wingers about the Clinton marriage. How it was a loveless and miserable business arrangement, how she humiliated herself (by tolerating all the infidelity) in order to have what she wanted (access to the ladder to power), etc.
Did anybody else notice that something seemed to be awry with Trump, Melania and Ivanka in the reviewing stand? Trump seemed okay and had said something, but Melania was turned slightly away from him and seemed to be talking in the kind of way I’ve seen women talk when they’re unhappy or put out with their husband, and Ivanka looked like she was fighting back tears. Then when the camera came back to them ten or fifteen minutes later there was a brief glimpse of Ivanka and she appeared to have a small streak of mascara under her right eye, as though it smeared as she wiped away a tear. Then sometime later she appeared okay and looked like her usual self. (I was amused when at about this time she stood up and turned her back to the crowd to take a sip of water from a bottle in order to prevent anyone from taking unflattering photos.) Anyway something seemed amiss but I haven’t heard or read anything about it. And of course Melania and Ivanka both were in fine form that night at the various balls. So who knows? I doubt there’s an answer but it’s something I’ve been curious about ever since.
I don’t think all these people posting revealing videos of Melania letting the smile drop off her face once The Donald looks away are doing her any favours. Now she needs to keep her game face on from the second she steps out the door till she collapses at night. It must be exhausting.
Yeah, that.
Except that there’s no crime I can think of that’s bad enough for the punishment of being married to Donald Trump. Even marrying Donald Trump.
I am knee-deep in friends that are rabidly liberal, mostly women, and detest Trump. The consensus seems to be pity towards Melania. She acts like someone very miserable and way out of her depth. While Obama was clear that Michelle had the last word when he decided to run for president, it seems to me that few people think Trump extended the same courtesy to Melania
I, for one, would not switch lives with her for all the money Trump says he has.
Sure, I pity her and it is possible The Donald is such a super-villain he would stealthily have her family murdered, or torture her kid, if she left, but I find it much more likely she’d have a life of luxury as his ex-wife, even if it would be less luxury, so I can’t quite see her as a victim.
If nothing else, she could make a fortune on book sales.
Have you seen any evidence that she can read and write?
Plagiarism is a kind of writing.
Melania Trump is not the president of the USA. There are bigger fish to fry, without being distracted trivially.
II found this fascinating. As much as I despise him, I feel sorry for her. Clearly this couple has some issues. Perhaps as simple as a fight the previous night. More likely they’re both completely unprepared for what’s to come. But holy shit, if you didn’t know they were married, you’d never believe it.
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How would it be handled and what would be the fallout if she were to commit suicide while First Lady?
From a human standpoint, it would be tragic obviously, but we on this messageboard have certainly set our humanity aside from time to time while arguing far fetched macabre hypotheticals before.
Hell, some of us have set aside our humanity when discussing very real and personal issues.
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Depends on if she left a note and what it said. If it said “This son of a bitch has been banging his daughter for years” that’s one thing, if it said “Oh, I am just not worthy to breathe the same air as this living god among men” it’s another.
The administration would blame Obama. Kellyanne Conway would say that she is simply living an alternative form of life and isn’t it terrible what Hillary did with her emails?
The media would be nonstop 24/7 for about a week.
His supporters would shrug their shoulders and the female ones would dance with glee- “Yes! He’s available!” Republicans would say Melania slipped on a bar of soap that Michelle left in the shower.
It is all rather sad. Maybe he’s more affectionate in private, but he seems to treat her as an ornament who is purely there for the purpose of making him look good. The official Christmas pictures I’ve seen featured Donald alone - no wife, no kids, just Donald. And the pictures of the two of them entering the White House, Donald striding ahead while the Obamas solicitously walk in with Melania, were likewise disturbing.
I don’t think there’s been a presidential couple that looked so distant in my lifetime - the Obamas were openly affectionate, both Bushes clearly love their wives as did Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon. Even Bill, for all his philandering, seems to genuinely love Hillary. I think you’d have to go back to LBJ (who was a terrible husband) for a comparison.
Anyhoo, I wish her well, whatever she decides to do. I also wish that the “Finally we have a classy First Lady” crowd would shut up but *that *ain’t happening.
To use an extremely recent counter-example, Michelle Obama seemed very comfortable in the role. I really don’t think Barack Obama would have run for President without her agreement and counsel. Laura Bush seemed okay with it, too.
This is a stunning change from recent history. Jackie Kennedy was JFK’s greatest political asset. Nancy Reagan was Ronnie’s Rock of Gibraltar. Rosalynn Carter was Jimmy’s soulmate. And Michelle was Barack’s full and equal partner. We’ve gone from these examples of strong and loving partners to an unwilling trophy wife.
That’s pretty damn insulting. She actually had a life before The Donald, speaks multiple languages, and worked in multiple countries. Insinuating she is illiterate is pitiful, she’s probably literate in more languages than any three random Americans put together.
In other words, do you have evidence she can’t?.
I see no reason to attack her personally.
I think perhaps that once she retired from modeling she had no desire to be in a public spotlight and here she is, she’s stuck in it for the rest of her life. Maybe she entered into a trophy wife marriage and if she did so knowingly, so what? Maybe she just wants to concentrate raising her kid rather than having a high powered career - that’s as valid a choice as being a doctor or lawyer.
Yeah, I wonder if she’s happy and/or abused, I wonder that about a lot of people, but I think a lot of people are projecting onto her.
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Amazing how suddenly everyone’s an expert on Melania, able to interpret her every look and reveal her innermost thoughts. Heaven forbid that they should be projecting their own feelings on to her. I mean that couldn’t happen, could it?
As much as I hate Trump, I see no reason to attack Melania or their son Barron. I completely agree with the OP’s statement: In my IMHO, Mrs. Trump is in a position she did not want to find herself in with a person she seems to have zero connection to. I certainly understand being shy or overwhelmed by the situation. While nobody can truly know, I’m wondering if she’s not shy or overwhelmed as much as she is profoundly frightened of the pickle she’s in.
What she does or doesn’t do in her position remains to be seen. Yes, there is a tradition of First Ladies having a platform or cause, but it isn’t a law. Maybe Melania just wants to be behind the scenes and live as normal a life as she and her son can.