# What's your Melania Trump theory? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254 "2018-06-01T13:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/41 "2018-06-01T18:33:10Z")
I figured her supposed Twitter post was fake, but I didn’t know there were conspiracy theories (real or humorous)! This is good reading! Here goes: I think the surgery was real, but she (or her handlers) have taken it as an opportunity to try to step away from the goings-on at the White House. You could see the beginnings of it with the half-hearted “Be Best”. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/42 "2018-06-01T18:48:48Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Here goes: I think the surgery was real, but she (or her handlers) have taken it as an opportunity to try to step away from the goings-on at the White House. And I would not blame her one whit if that were so. I would believe that the ailment was real as described but for full recovery she needs to be away from the frontline stress for a while. It is not an environment conducive to healing. Perfectly legitimate explanation and no more would be owed to public curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/43 "2018-06-01T18:50:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Loathe though I may be to defend the current administration and its family members, it’s really none of anybody’s business. Well, yes, except the fact that they put out a dishonest tweet about it. The one she supposedly sent was plainly not from her. What’s behind that, that they would need to lie? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/44 "2018-06-01T19:15:00Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > Well, yes, except the fact that they put out a dishonest tweet about it. The one she supposedly sent was plainly not from her. What’s behind that, that they would need to lie? Yeah, before the fake tweet I just assumed she had surgery and was recovering like they said. Even Trump saying she was at the window when she wasn’t I didn’t think too much about. But the fake tweet does have me wondering. It could all be nothing and they’ve made seem like something because everyone in the White House is very stupid, but I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/45 "2018-06-01T19:30:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I speculated at one point that she went in for an abortion. 🙂 You’re not the only person who’s wondered about that; however, at age 48, it’s actually quite unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/46 "2018-06-01T19:55:41Z")
Trump is heading to Camp David today, accompanied by several family members. But Melania doesn’t seem to be among them. > ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/47 "2018-06-01T20:05:20Z")
I’ll go big- she was alone with Mike Pence. Nature took its course and now she’s got a future theocrat in the oven. She’s been dividing her time between her obstetrician, her lawyer, and her eye makeup team. No time for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/48 "2018-06-01T20:39:02Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I think it was “Melanie” which broke her. Imagine being his wife for 12 years, you go into surgery, and he writes the wrong name on your get well card. > > Try it with your wives, gentlemen, and let me know how putting the wrong woman’s name on a card meant for your wife enriches your marriage. 😉 Do you think Trump actually bought a card himself, or bothered to sign it? I’m guessing it was some low level flunky who did both. “What’s her name again?” And holy crap, I had no idea she was 48. Isn’t that well past the Trump Wife Expiration Date? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/49 "2018-06-01T20:59:07Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Occam’s Razor So, you think she slit her wrists? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Maybe she finally got her eyes opened. She’s woke!! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/50 "2018-06-01T21:12:21Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Do you think Trump actually bought a card himself, or bothered to sign it? I’m guessing it was some low level flunky who did both. “What’s her name again?” > > And holy crap, I had no idea she was 48. Isn’t that well past the Trump Wife Expiration Date? Tweet/card, to the Twitterati it’s all the same. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/51 "2018-06-01T21:12:24Z")
Is he really germophobic? She could have gotten, say, a UTI that could have been treated at home but he didn’t want to have a sick person in the house. She can come back when he stops shuddering. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/52 "2018-06-01T21:30:32Z")
nm ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/53 "2018-06-01T21:38:11Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Unfortunately, he has 24/7 security around him that would leap to his defense. But would they? > [@kayaker](#): > > Loathe though I may be to defend the current administration and its family members, it’s really none of anybody’s business. Since when has that stopped anyone here? > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Nah. I think it’s much less dramatic. > > She never wanted this gig. She’s tried. Recently she was mocked for her latest attempt at being FLOTUS with her ill-considered BeBest campaign. Between that and the constant embarrassment of being married to someone who daily says and does everything possible to draw her to financial and personal ruination along with himself, she’s checking out. > > I can practically hear her: “You do what you want. I’m going back to New York and my normal life for as long as I can, before they drag you down – and us along with you. Fuck you, Donald.” I tend to go with this one. I think she’s had it. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/54 "2018-06-01T22:20:37Z")
Put me in the “she’s depressed, stressed, and/or fed up” camp. My guess is that the original medical issue was more or less as reported, but she’s not springing back from the recuperation process particularly well; she’d rather not have to make the considerable effort required to lead her life in the public eye right now. I don’t think highly of Melania Trump; anyone who would marry Donnie in the first place clearly has messed up values. But I almost - not quite, but almost - feel sorry for her. I can’t blame her if she totally hates her life right now. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/55 "2018-06-01T22:33:10Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Put me in the “she’s depressed, stressed, and/or fed up” camp. My guess is that the original medical issue was more or less as reported, but she’s not springing back from the recuperation process particularly well; she’d rather not have to make the considerable effort required to lead her life in the public eye right now. And Trump is thinking “No! Save the [_The American President_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes/qt2539443?mavIsAdult=false&mavCanonicalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0112346%2Fquotes)ing until closer to the reelection!” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/56 "2018-06-01T23:49:47Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Okay, I’ll bite: > > I think Melania want out of this marriage and the people in her orbit are putting ridiculous pressure on her to not pull that trigger. Supposedly they had a settlement all worked out and planned to divorce after Trump lost the election. > [@Velocity](#): > > I go by Occam’s Razor for this one: She had kidney problems as stated by the White House. In the same way that if the White House claims that clam soup and beef tenderloin were on the menu at a state dinner, I believe that clam soup and beef tenderloin were on the menu. > > Not everything needs a conspiracy theory. Agreed. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > But would they?.. If the Secret Service has an actual protocol for domestic violence involving in protectees presumably it would be to simply physically separate the parties, but what happens if one of those protectees is the President of the United States and s/he orders them not to intervene? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/57 "2018-06-02T01:32:29Z")
How long does a black eye take to fade? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/58 "2018-06-02T01:36:01Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > How long does a black eye take to fade? Depend on how long she can stay out of reach. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/59 "2018-06-02T01:55:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > But would they? Absolutely and without hesitation. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/60 "2018-06-02T02:49:00Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > The “interesting” thing is that her personal Twitter account recently changed her location from D.C. to NYC, while the FLOTUS account has her remaining in D.C. I KNEW it!! She bought her own condo in Trump Tower in 2016 (link: [Melania Trump Purchased $1.5M Apartment in Trump Tower Amid 2016 Campaign](https://people.com/politics/melania-trump-bought-apartment-trump-tower-2016-campaign/) ) Count me among those who think she gave Trump the bird and left to go back to New York. Or, she lives with her parents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254.md?page=4)