# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/141 "2018-06-05T14:24:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I still think he wasn’t planning on winning at all - he was planning to run as an extended PR / money-making stunt, lose narrowly, and then complain about how he was totally cheated while he went back to his golden tower to count his cash. I think he was planning to start the anti - Hillary/Obama network that would rival FOX. Sort of like he’s doing now. ---
**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 7, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/142 "2018-06-07T00:05:05Z")
> [@FatOrangeCat](#): > > If this is the case, where does Sarah Huckabee Sanders fit in? Certainly not a size 7 dress. My latest theory is that it was stock manipulation. Melania goes missing, Revlon stocks plummet on forecast diminished sales, Donald buys up Revlon and then trots her out and the stock rebounds and he makes a killing. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/143 "2018-06-07T00:13:15Z")
Oh a fat joke. So clever. My guess for Melania is a clinical depression and think that if such is even a possibility she should be allowed her private space. She may be a public figure but she is not the elected official. We have no need to know. ---
**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 7, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/144 "2018-06-07T00:55:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I still think he wasn’t planning on winning at all - he was planning to run as an extended PR / money-making stunt, lose narrowly, and then complain about how he was totally cheated while he went back to his golden tower to count his cash. Me too. To the extent he considered what being President of the United States would be at all I think he vaguely imagined his life could be like Vladimir Putin’s. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/145 "2018-06-07T01:04:02Z")
Ironic if dozens of candidates who vied for the presidency failed to win, and someone who doesn’t want to win wins. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/146 "2018-06-07T01:46:56Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Oh a fat joke. So clever. > … Yeah. I couldn’t possibly care less about what SHS puts into her mouth (and how it does or does not affect her weight); what concerns me is the steady stream of lies and invective that comes out of it. If we’re gonna pick on her, let’s pick on her for that. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/147 "2018-06-07T02:15:07Z")
> [@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. 😉 That was sad. You know what got me is Trump’s grandstanding about “The people love you, honey”. Couldn’t be bothered to say “I love you”. I’m sure that felt grand for Melania. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/148 "2018-06-07T14:29:52Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Oh a fat joke. So clever. Yeah, points for skilfully grabbing the feed line but demerits for the joke itself. Sometimes you just gotta let them go by without swinging at them. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/149 "2018-06-07T16:04:07Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > She may be a public figure but she is not the elected official. We have no need to know. So we can’t wonder, speculate, or joke about it? 😕 ---
**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 7, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/150 "2018-06-07T18:09:06Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Certainly not a size 7 dress. You might want to check out [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856128). ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/151 "2018-06-07T22:37:52Z")
I think we are being prepped for Melania to be replaced with a Kardashian. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/152 "2018-06-08T21:47:19Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > To the extent he considered what being President of the United States would be at all I think **he vaguely imagined his life could be like Vladimir Putin’s**. So, “single,” then. ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/153 "2018-06-08T23:49:07Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > I think we are being prepped for Melania to be replaced with a Kardashian. The Kardashian women have too much dignity to marry Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/154 "2018-06-08T23:57:53Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > The Kardashian women have too much dignity to marry Trump. That’s the harshest Trump burn I’ve seen all day. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/155 "2018-06-09T00:26:25Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > She won’t be attending the G7. > > [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390485-melania-trump-wont-travel-to-g7-singapore-summits](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390485-melania-trump-wont-travel-to-g7-singapore-summits) And next year, I guess neither of them will be attending the G6 ---
**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 9, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254/156 "2018-06-09T03:33:32Z")
Apparently there was more to the medical procedure than originally revealed. “Trump Says a ‘Big Operation’ Kept Wife, Melania, From G-7” > **[Trump Says a ‘Big Operation’ Kept Wife, Melania, From G-7 (Published 2018)](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/us/politics/trump-melania-surgery.html)** > > Until President Trump stepped in front of the cameras on Friday, there had been no leaks about the first lady’s closely guarded condition. > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON — President Trump revealed new details on Friday about the closely guarded medical condition of Melania Trump, the first lady, saying that she underwent a four-hour operation and that her recovery would keep her from traveling abroad with him. > … The article actually doesn’t reveal much in the way of details. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-melania-trump-theory/815254.md?page=7)