# Melania Trump reveals plan to leverage presidency to ink ‘multi-million dollar’ endorsement deals **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211 "2017-02-07T06:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/21 "2017-02-07T18:19:04Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > At least they said she was an _ex_ prostitute, right? Judge Roy Bean: [Bean apologizes to the marshals’ wives] _I understand you have taken exception to my calling you whores. I’m sorry. I apologize. I ask you to note that I did not call you callous-ass strumpets, fornicatresses, or low-born gutter sluts. But I did say “whores.” No escaping that. And for that slip of the tongue, I apologize._ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/22 "2017-02-07T22:38:26Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > To be fair, I can’t see any indication that she actually has any such plan. Just that she’s claiming to have had such a plan in order to get more damages from the _Mail_ for ruining that alleged plan by calling her an ex-prostitute and thus damaging her brand. So being called a prostitute interfered with her plans to sell herself for money? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/23 "2017-02-07T22:53:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So being called a prostitute interfered with her plans to sell herself for money? being called an _ **ex** _-prostitute ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/24 "2017-02-07T22:56:55Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > To be fair, I can’t see any indication that she actually has any such plan. Just that she’s claiming to have had such a plan in order to get more damages from the _Mail_ for ruining that alleged plan by calling her an ex-prostitute and thus damaging her brand. If all the ones she’s bringing lawsuits against can string it out long enough, the discovery phase could be very interesting. I can’t believe that didn’t occur to her lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/25 "2017-02-08T01:30:13Z")
Maybe Donald and Melania could deliver the State of the Union on QVC, with limited commercial interruption. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/26 "2017-02-08T01:59:50Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > being called an _ **ex** _-prostitute This is so offensive. She is not an \*\*\*ex-\*\*\*prostitute. Sorry you were having so much fun I had to pipe in. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/27 "2017-02-08T03:18:02Z")
It is SO UNFAIR of the Lame Stream Media to call Melon a prostitute! She did NOT have pre-Trump sex with New York millionaires in exchange for cash! She had sex with those millionaires in exchange for limousine rides, fancy dinners, shopping sprees, and penthouse apartments! TOTALLY A DIFFERENT THING. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/28 "2017-02-08T05:07:59Z")
Melanoma isn’t FOTUS - Ivanka is. Isn’t she…? Or is Bright Sun of Juche just dating her at the moment? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/29 "2017-02-08T08:58:33Z")
How can you be even a titch taken aback by this? The family’s very first interview saw Ivanka hawking a thousand dollars bauble from her tacky jewellery line. First time they are interviewed! And that’s where she wants to take the conversation! This IS who they are. All of them. Stop expecting them to be otherwise. If you’re gonna deal with it, you’re going to have to accept what’s right there to see. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/30 "2017-02-08T11:17:21Z")
Personally, **elbows** , my surprise isn’t that they’re being themselves. You don’t get class when all you have is arse - my surprise is that they’re _allowed_ to be their feejitwit themselves while _in Office_. I suppose I expected some kind of kibosh on that. Or a casino. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/31 "2017-02-08T14:14:26Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > How can you be even a titch taken aback by this? **The family’s very first interview saw Ivanka hawking a thousand dollars bauble from her tacky jewellery line.** First time they are interviewed! And that’s where she wants to take the conversation! > > This IS who they are. All of them. Stop expecting them to be otherwise. If you’re gonna deal with it, you’re going to have to accept what’s right there to see. See? This is the problem with the hysterical Left. No accuracy at all! It was _ten_ thousand dollars. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/32 "2017-02-08T17:38:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It was _ten_ thousand dollars. roflmao ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/33 "2017-02-08T17:41:43Z")
First Lady? I thought she was the Third Lady. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/34 "2017-02-08T21:04:59Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > First Lady? I thought she was the Third Lady. Meow ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/35 "2017-02-08T21:23:21Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It’s so wonderful to finally have a classy, dignified couple in the White House! As weird as Melania’s\* nakedly mercenary \*treatment of the government of the USA is, I’m still more weirded out that anyone thought Don Fart and the Slovene trophy were “dignified.” “Cute,” I could see; they’re kind of creepy to me, but ymmv. “Classy” is less defensible; maybe some of their superficial trappings are, but them not so much. But “dignified”? Not at all. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/36 "2017-02-08T21:33:53Z")
I was being sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/37 "2017-02-08T21:42:03Z")
All of my concern is devoted to what her husband is doing. I literally have no room for her antics. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/38 "2017-02-08T21:48:54Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > At least they said she was an _ex_ prostitute, right? Whats the time limit on that prenup again…? > [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Every First Lady has a cause. I swear I can’t say that sentence out loud without pronouncing a hard “t” at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/39 "2017-02-09T00:30:06Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > As weird as Melania’s\* nakedly mercenary \*treatment of the government of the USA is, I’m still more weirded out that anyone thought Don Fart and the Slovene trophy were “dignified.” “Cute,” I could see; they’re kind of creepy to me, but ymmv. “Classy” is less defensible; maybe some of their superficial trappings are, but them not so much. But “dignified”? Not at all. Did you see where _GoT_ actress Sophie Turner (among others) started [trolling](https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/sansa-the-savage?utm_term=.lxDxVRjNR#.dm9o1WEqW) someone who was praising the Trumps as a couple? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211/40 "2017-02-09T01:21:39Z")
I feel so ashamed of having pitied her previously. I feel humiliated, duped, betrayed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-reveals-plan-to-leverage-presidency-to-ink-multi-million-dollar-endorsement-deals/779211.md?page=3)