# Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428 "2016-11-19T15:52:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2301 "2017-08-05T13:47:15Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
>
> If someone shows him this weeks issue of Newsweek magazine his babysitters are going to have their work cut out for them.
> 
> The cover picture
> 
> [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/04/newsweek-stunning-portrait-lazy-boy-trump/EPoskHcL5gBk78qx9MvcwO/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/04/newsweek-stunning-portrait-lazy-boy-trump/EPoskHcL5gBk78qx9MvcwO/story.html)
> 
> And the actual article.
> 
> [Trump, America's Boy King: Golf and Television Won't Make America Great Again - Newsweek](http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-gop-white-house-potus-bannon-643996.html)
> 
> It’s brutal. He’s going to flip out. And you know some ones gonna show it to him.

I read an article- no idea where, so no cite but I’ll try to find it later- that talked about how Melania sought out unflattering or mean articles to bring them to his attention. This was presented as a sign of her love for him, so that he could address these issues in the press.

That is not how i took it.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2302 "2017-08-05T14:50:19Z")

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> [@raventhief](#):
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> I read an article- no idea where, so no cite but I’ll try to find it later- that talked about how Melania sought out unflattering or mean articles to bring them to his attention. This was presented as a sign of her love for him, so that he could address these issues in the press.
> 
> That is not how i took it.

She gives the impression of being obsequiously obedient rather than intelligent. She likely noticed Trump’s minion gathering negative articles to bring to his attention and noticed that he rewarded their efforts in helping compile his list of enemies, so she wanted to curry similar favour from the Great Orange Menace.

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**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:** [August 5, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2303 "2017-08-05T15:08:20Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> She gives the impression of being obsequiously obedient rather than intelligent. She likely noticed Trump’s minion gathering negative articles to bring to his attention and noticed that he rewarded their efforts in helping compile his list of enemies, so she wanted to curry similar favour from the Great Orange Menace.

Just shows how good she is at it.

😃

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2304 "2017-08-05T15:08:24Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> She gives the impression of being obsequiously obedient rather than intelligent. She likely noticed Trump’s minion gathering negative articles to bring to his attention and noticed that he rewarded their efforts in helping compile his list of enemies, so she wanted to curry similar favour from the Great Orange Menace.

I believe that at this point what they have is more of a negotiated agreement than a marriage. I believe she wants out, I believe the rumors that she has a serious boyfriend. I think they’ve struck some sort of arrangement that if she sticks it out for the duration of the Presidency he’ll pay her off and let her leave and not look too hard at what she does when she’s alone in NYC.

I do remember reading a news story back in the spring about how she was his biggest fan, working tirelessly monitoring the media from her home in Trump Tower but I think it was just one of those angles that Team Trump workshopped then rejected as unbelievable. And that says a lot.

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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2305 "2017-08-05T16:02:51Z")

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> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> The Obama economy is still chugging along.
> 
> Once Trump does the tax cut, get-me-re-elected, textbook republican strategy shuffle, combined with splurge military spending, the Trump economy will put America firmly in the shitter. It’s a slow motion train-wreck, completely unavoidable with republican control of congress, that is utterly predictable and painful to watch.

Oh yeah, because the Repub economic system worked so well in Kansas, under Brownback  
I like the way Dump is trying to take credit for “economic numbers” he had jack shit to do with. But yeah, he’ll find some way to fuck that up too, I bet.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2306 "2017-08-05T18:17:02Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
>
> If someone shows him this weeks issue of Newsweek magazine his babysitters are going to have their work cut out for them.
> 
> The cover picture
> 
> [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/04/newsweek-stunning-portrait-lazy-boy-trump/EPoskHcL5gBk78qx9MvcwO/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/04/newsweek-stunning-portrait-lazy-boy-trump/EPoskHcL5gBk78qx9MvcwO/story.html)
> 
> And the actual article.
> 
> [Trump, America's Boy King: Golf and Television Won't Make America Great Again - Newsweek](http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-gop-white-house-potus-bannon-643996.html)
> 
> It’s brutal. He’s going to flip out. And you know some ones gonna show it to him.

I protest! That’s not an accurate portrayal of Trump! He’s waaaaaay fatter than that!

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2307 "2017-08-05T18:23:39Z")

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> Oh yeah, because the Repub economic system worked so well in Kansas, under Brownback
> 
> I like the way Dump is trying to take credit for “economic numbers” he had jack shit to do with. But yeah, he’ll find some way to fuck that up too, I bet.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this). Classic logical fallacy. Trump credits himself with fortunate coincidences.

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2308 "2017-08-05T18:25:04Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> I believe that at this point what they have is more of a negotiated agreement than a marriage. I believe she wants out, I believe the rumors that she has a serious boyfriend. I think they’ve struck some sort of arrangement that if she sticks it out for the duration of the Presidency he’ll pay her off and let her leave and not look too hard at what she does when she’s alone in NYC.
> 
> I do remember reading a news story back in the spring about how she was his biggest fan, working tirelessly monitoring the media from her home in Trump Tower but I think it was just one of those angles that Team Trump workshopped then rejected as unbelievable. And that says a lot.

He should doesn’t spend much time with his pre-adolescent son, does he?

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**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:** [August 5, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2309 "2017-08-05T18:34:48Z")

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> [@Biffster](#):
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> He should doesn’t spend much time with his pre-adolescent son, does he?

Anyone notice [how tall he is](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tmz.com%2F2017%2F03%2F17%2F0317-donald-barron-melania-trump-ap-3.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2Fperson%2Fbarron-trump%2F&docid=yH_9hnjiLCtgMM&tbnid=poNp1EoVAa2F7M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwj72te53cDVAhVKwVQKHUeBCUkQMwg_KAMwAw..i&w=718&h=559&bih=789&biw=1517&q=barron%20trump&ved=0ahUKEwj72te53cDVAhVKwVQKHUeBCUkQMwg_KAMwAw&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=559&imgdii=UqeApDWSolpEyM:&vet=10ahUKEwj72te53cDVAhVKwVQKHUeBCUkQMwg_KAMwAw..i&w=718) for an 11 year old?

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2310 "2017-08-05T18:44:49Z")

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Say what you want about Melania, but at least she’s the ultimate FLILF!

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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2311 "2017-08-05T18:46:05Z")

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> [@digs](#):
>
> Short straw gets the 2 am shift.

Shorter straw gets diaper change duty.

> [@SteveG1](#):
>
> Oh yeah, because the Repub economic system worked so well in Kansas, under Brownback  
> I like the way Dump is trying to take credit for “economic numbers” he had jack shit to do with. But yeah, he’ll find some way to fuck that up too, I bet.

Fortunately, he hasn’t gotten a chance to actually do anything.

I don’t think that most of the time, you can really tell what effects a president has had on the economy except in hindsight, and even then, it’s a bit controversial what those effects were.

Some of the time, a president’s actions do have a very noticeable and immediate effect, unfortunately, that is usually for the worse. If GDP goes up another 5% under 4 years of donnie, the most that can really be said there is that he didn’t do anything to fuck anything up, for which we can be grateful. If the economy drops a bit 5% or so, that can be chalked up to business cycles, and isn’t really his fault. If the GDP crashes and goes down 50%, that can probably be laid directly at his feet.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2312 "2017-08-05T18:52:01Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
>
> If someone shows him this weeks issue of Newsweek magazine his babysitters are going to have their work cut out for them.
> 
> The cover picture
> 
> [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/04/newsweek-stunning-portrait-lazy-boy-trump/EPoskHcL5gBk78qx9MvcwO/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/08/04/newsweek-stunning-portrait-lazy-boy-trump/EPoskHcL5gBk78qx9MvcwO/story.html)
> 
> And the actual article.
> 
> [Trump, America's Boy King: Golf and Television Won't Make America Great Again - Newsweek](http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-gop-white-house-potus-bannon-643996.html)
> 
> It’s brutal. He’s going to flip out. And you know some ones gonna show it to him.

This isn’t an actual photograph, surely! I figure someone took a picture of a guy in a recliner and photoshopped Trump’s face on it. I’m not at my computer and can’t research at the moment. A friend of mine just called and said he was sure it was a real photograph of Trump in those circumstances. I say it’s the equivalent of a political cartoon, right?

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**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:** [August 5, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2313 "2017-08-05T18:57:03Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> This isn’t an actual photograph, surely! I figure someone took a picture of a guy in a recliner and photoshopped Trump’s face on it. I’m not at my computer and can’t research at the moment. A friend of mine just called and said he was sure it was a real photograph of Trump in those circumstances. I say it’s the equivalent of a political cartoon, right?

There are artists that can _draw_ a remarkably photograph-quality picture.

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2314 "2017-08-05T18:57:58Z")

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Yeah, definitely not real.

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2315 "2017-08-05T19:04:45Z")

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[This, on the other hand, was a real photo](http://time.com/4591211/time-person-of-the-year-2016-behind-the-cover/) that he actually posed for.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2316 "2017-08-05T19:22:51Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> I do remember reading a news story back in the spring about how she was his biggest fan, working tirelessly monitoring the media from her home in Trump Tower but I think it was just one of those angles that Team Trump workshopped then rejected as unbelievable. And that says a lot.

“Working tirelessly monitoring the media” sounds so much classier than “mindlessly watching TV”.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2317 "2017-08-05T21:13:46Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> I believe that at this point what they have is more of a negotiated agreement than a marriage. I believe she wants out, I believe the rumors that she has a serious boyfriend. I think they’ve struck some sort of arrangement that if she sticks it out for the duration of the Presidency he’ll pay her off and let her leave and not look too hard at what she does when she’s alone in NYC.

“Personal trainer”, I’m guessing.

> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
>
> I do remember reading a news story back in the spring about how she was his biggest fan, working tirelessly monitoring the media from her home in Trump Tower but I think it was just one of those angles that Team Trump workshopped then rejected as unbelievable. And that says a lot.

Translation: Sits around the house bored and depressed, drinking vodka, leafing through stacks of fashion magazines and tabloids.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2318 "2017-08-05T21:33:42Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
>
> There are artists that can _draw_ a remarkably photograph-quality picture.

Yes, I know.

> [@voltaire](#):
>
> Yeah, definitely not real.

I didn’t think so.

Thanks, y’all.

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2319 "2017-08-06T00:35:45Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> I believe that at this point what they have is more of a negotiated agreement than a marriage. I believe she wants out, I believe the rumors that she has a serious boyfriend. I think they’ve struck some sort of arrangement that if she sticks it out for the duration of the Presidency he’ll pay her off and let her leave and not look too hard at what she does when she’s alone in NYC.
> 
> I do remember reading a news story back in the spring about how she was his biggest fan, working tirelessly monitoring the media from her home in Trump Tower but I think it was just one of those angles that Team Trump workshopped then rejected as unbelievable. And that says a lot.

Perhaps that was the same article? When I read it, I laughed and thought “She probably hates him too - and probably really enjoys bringing negative press to his attention. All in the guise of being a devoted wife.”

“Look Donald, look at the all the mean things that are being said about you! Here, there is another stack of clippings, read these carefully as well, _darling_.”

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/2320 "2017-08-06T00:40:10Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
>
> “Personal trainer”, I’m guessing.

The VP of Global Security for Tiffanys - dude named Hank Siemers.

Of course, all the sites reporting on this are pretty sleazy.

> **[Man Melania Trump is allegedly cheating with has photo shared on social media](https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/06/man-melania-trump-is-allegedly-cheating-with-has-photo-shared-on-social-media-001749225.html)**
>
> Tiffany's head of security rumored to be in an affair with first lady, and his photo is making the rounds online.

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