alphaboi867, I don’t understand how your post responds to the quoted post. **Lemur866 **didn’t mention a non-disclosure, nor has anyone else. So I don’t know what non-disclosure, real or theorized, you are talking about. And if he “skimps out on alimony” what kind of bidding war are you talking about? Are you saying he would try to pay off the media not to publish the fact that he is not paying alimony after she tells the media about it?
The post you responded to basically says that the child is insurance for the mother, because even if there is no alimony, even if by mutual agreement, she is going to get a shit-ton of money to care for her child and that will pay for luxurious living quarters, though not her furs and jewelry.
Odd, because after she disappeared from view for a while following the plagiarized speech and the discovery that she didn’t have the degree listed on her résumé, I thought that Donald might be taking a bit of distance from her, that he might have accused her of damaging his campaign. Later when I read about her staying in NY with her son, I thought that it was a good way to have a trial separation.
I think he’s more likely to divorce her than the reverse, but I’m no mind-reader.
If I had to make a bet as to who Trump has his eyes on (and without any proof what so ever suspect he may already be having an affair with) I would vote for Hope Hicks. She’s way too inexperienced to be communications director but putting her in that position meant she could trail Trump around everywhere on the campaign trail.
That’s not my point. I’m talking about how, if you are abused in the right way, you don’t want to leave. There’s a reason it often takes a lot of time convince an abused woman to leave their abusive husband. “But he still loves me!” “He promised he would never do it again!” And shit like that.
The type of abuse I described is emotional, not physical. It’s not as simple to deal with. There’s a reason why at least a quarter of the American public ate it up.
I don’t think he beats her or anything. I’m just proposing he treats her the way he does everyone else. I find it hard to believe he hasn’t been as hateful and emotionally abusive to her as he is to everyone he has contact with. And he probably also does that whole “you’re the best in the world” thing he does to people who gratify his ego.
It’s positive reinforcement and positive punishment. It’s a type of psychological manipulation that can break your spirit. It’s how a lot of people with personality disorder ever wind up in relationships. To be honest, it sounds more like borderline personality disorder, but, then, there’s a reason why the DSM-5 says they often overlap.
Before the inauguration. Doesn’t even escort his wife up the steps, charges into the White House before the others while leaving Melania behind again and why no outrage that he saluted a Marine?
Outside of Barron, what’s stopping her from getting out of this situation? I’m sure she signed some sort of pre-nup, but I have to imagine she’d still be set for life. Not sure there’s much here to be sympathetic about.
I would imagine there has been enormous pressure on her since Trump became the Republican nominee. If she raises Barron in NYC while Trump does whatever it is he does in Washington then the marriage is just a formality anyway. There has been talk for weeks, if not months, of Ivanka serving ceremonially in the role that the first lady usually plays.
I suppose, but at the end of the day it’s really up to the First Lady as to how active a role they choose to play. I know that the more recent crop of First Ladies (say from Nancy Reagan) have been fairly active and adopted numerous causes and such, but I’m not sure there’s much of an expectation on Melania.
Seems to me she was kind of setting the table for some sort of Anti-bullying campaign during the run up to the election. Perhaps she will make that her first cause. Somewhat understandable given the personality of her husband.
Yeah, I would have to imagine that some sort of disclosure pact would be involved. That said even if she signed an unfavorable pre-nup, if he’s half as wealthy as he claims to be she’s not going to need any other source of income for the rest of her life. I would think the only real hang-up to her divorcing him would be the custody hell that he could likely bring regarding Barron. Even then I would have to think that she has an advantage there as a mother and primary caregiver. I think he’d have a hard time making the argument that he is the more involved parent or caregiver, which he’d pretty much have to do.
