Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
66 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
CNN about to discuss the missing Melania. Not seen for 23 days now. (Original Post) MoonRiver Jun 2018 OP
Please post cliff notes, I can't watch right now 4139 Jun 2018 #1
Thanks for the tip mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #2
I have the same feeling. Maybe they're trying to be respectful. MoonRiver Jun 2018 #3
I agree. They know something. dailymail staying away from it, and they loooove stuff like this Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #43
I believe I saw her... Hugin Jun 2018 #4
... MoonRiver Jun 2018 #5
I did, too PJMcK Jun 2018 #6
Was she carrying a parental authority/right to travel letter Totally Tunsie Jun 2018 #58
Raptured enid602 Jun 2018 #66
I just think mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #7
Yeah, the tweet did more harm than help. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #23
If you recall, she issued a statement through her spokeswoman the day after the Roseanne firing politicaljunkie41910 Jun 2018 #46
I wouldn't put it past Trump to have manufactured this 'mystery'. Demit Jun 2018 #8
I believe you may have a point there jberryhill Jun 2018 #10
Good point.. of course he would.. assholes. Cha Jun 2018 #21
Deflection... Heartstrings Jun 2018 #25
Hilarious.. Trevor Noah on the missing Melania.. Cha Jun 2018 #9
LOL, Melania may be haunting Chumpy MoonRiver Jun 2018 #14
23 days, she should be honest with 'the people'.I speculate- domestic violence wounds or Sunlei Jun 2018 #11
oh have to add another speculate- her feet had large 'crushed lumps' top of feet middle- Sunlei Jun 2018 #13
Yeah, years of wearing heels can make wearing flat shoes impossible. Hugin Jun 2018 #19
Laura Bassett, Huff Post, said tweets sound more like Chump than Melania, MoonRiver Jun 2018 #12
Family, minus Melania and Barron, went to Camp David to be precise Arazi Jun 2018 #38
She is recovering from plastic surgery Alpeduez21 Jun 2018 #15
Did she look Cha Jun 2018 #16
Only to Trump. MrsCoffee Jun 2018 #18
But if she hates him and wants out of the marriage, why would she care what he thinks of smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #41
Maybe one of those wealthy men has snatched her up. MoonRiver Jun 2018 #42
If she's on her way out and wants to look her best to catch the next one, meadowlander Jun 2018 #64
Maybe they're trying to get the robotic look gone. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2018 #31
Yeah.. the Cha Jun 2018 #36
My one reason for wondering about this theory Generic Other Jun 2018 #55
but they are saying she will be gone thru June. plastic surgery healing doesn't take 55 days Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #44
Barron wasn't seen boarding the helicopter to Camp David either. PearliePoo2 Jun 2018 #17
Maybe she left him. milestogo Jun 2018 #20
That's what my husband keeps saying gollygee Jun 2018 #33
Make that "buy her back". Totally Tunsie Jun 2018 #59
Many people are saying she's in the sinkhole dalton99a Jun 2018 #22
I'm sure the White House knows where she is and exactly what's going on. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #24
Yes, many people are saying that... Heartstrings Jun 2018 #27
how long does it take for bruising to disappear from some surgical enhancement procedure? samnsara Jun 2018 #26
This is my question too. Is healing from bruises affected by your age? Probably. PearliePoo2 Jun 2018 #29
She can afford the best makeup. it doesn't take 1.5 months (they are saying she's gone thru June) Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #45
She's notdarkyet Jun 2018 #28
I think if it was plastic surgery she would not have planned it now. mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #30
Maybe she fled the US before tRump seals the borders to keep people in. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2018 #32
It is weird to me why this really matters at all. nt USALiberal Jun 2018 #34
Because, rightly or wrongly, being First Lady has become a ceromonial position Tom Rinaldo Jun 2018 #35
I'm with you... handmade34 Jun 2018 #39
I saw her drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's Dennis Donovan Jun 2018 #37
I saw her yesterday left-of-center2012 Jun 2018 #40
I heard she was out hiking the Appalachian Trail salin Jun 2018 #48
Good one left-of-center2012 Jun 2018 #49
I'm betting she's not even in the country. Seriously. Vinca Jun 2018 #47
She's probably gone somewhere Donny has completely forgotten about Totally Tunsie Jun 2018 #61
its all about him, if I were Potus and my wife was unhappy, i'd resign and save the relationship sunonmars Jun 2018 #50
Melania's silent, safe protest against Trump? empedocles Jun 2018 #51
I still say she had a tumor on her adrenal gland, which sits on the kidney. Frustratedlady Jun 2018 #52
If this were Michelle Obama would the media have been this quiet? jalan48 Jun 2018 #53
Imagine if it was Hillary as POTUS and Bill was missing for a month..... sunonmars Jun 2018 #54
Yep. The media's a big problem. Normalizing to the extreme. jalan48 Jun 2018 #57
It once took me over a month to get over radical noodle Jun 2018 #56
I think it's related to receiving bad or too much silicone. NurseJackie Jun 2018 #60
You are all wrong. She's living with the Obamas-per Chicago Tribune. mulsh Jun 2018 #62
5000 dead in PR, 1500 children missing. sellitman Jun 2018 #63
It's interesting that on this issue, there are NO White House leaks. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2018 #65

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
2. Thanks for the tip
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:20 AM
Jun 2018

I have it on now.

I think it has been strange that no reporters have been mentioning it.
I feel like they know something is wrong.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
3. I have the same feeling. Maybe they're trying to be respectful.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:24 AM
Jun 2018

But at some point it will just become too weird to ignore.

Hugin

(33,228 posts)
4. I believe I saw her...
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:27 AM
Jun 2018

walking along the street yesterday. She seemed to be whistling a little tune.

This is nowhere near DC or Mar-A-Largess.

PJMcK

(22,075 posts)
6. I did, too
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:31 AM
Jun 2018

I thought I saw her in the international departures gate at JFK in NYC. She was walking hand-in-hand with a young boy of about 11 or 12 years old.

I wondered where they were traveling to. They were a nice looking mother and son but they seemed in an awful hurry. I hope they made their flight.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
58. Was she carrying a parental authority/right to travel letter
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 02:03 PM
Jun 2018

with a seismic Donald J. Trump signature copy and pasted?

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
7. I just think
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:34 AM
Jun 2018

If nothing is wrong ,he would put a quick look on camera to stop the rumors.
The tweet didn't help at all.

bearsfootball516

(6,378 posts)
23. Yeah, the tweet did more harm than help.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:21 AM
Jun 2018

It clearly wasn’t written by her, and only added fuel to the fire that something is being hidden.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
46. If you recall, she issued a statement through her spokeswoman the day after the Roseanne firing
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:20 PM
Jun 2018

about the Comic who made a statement about Ivanka. Of all the things going on in the news, that's what she chose to speak out about, and we don't even know whether that was actually her. Maybe Drumpf did it, or dictated the statement so people wouldn't be asking where she is.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
8. I wouldn't put it past Trump to have manufactured this 'mystery'.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:35 AM
Jun 2018

He loves to manipulate the news. Maybe he's forced her to lie low, so he can produce her and again mock the press and accuse them of making up "fake news."

Cha

(298,116 posts)
21. Good point.. of course he would.. assholes.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:07 AM
Jun 2018

OTOH.. wouldn't it be remiss for reporters not to ask where the FL is?

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
25. Deflection...
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:27 AM
Jun 2018

While we're distracted, by yet more of his madness, he's tearing down our democracy....

Cha

(298,116 posts)
9. Hilarious.. Trevor Noah on the missing Melania..
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:38 AM
Jun 2018


"trump pointed her out to reporters in the wh window.. when they looked no one was there."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017494945#top

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
11. 23 days, she should be honest with 'the people'.I speculate- domestic violence wounds or
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:43 AM
Jun 2018

major face lift (she did have 4 rows of deep furrows on each side of her face) she's divorcing or separated from the president. Trying to get off drug addiction and/or she's had a major mental health breakdown.

She could be in renal failure from 'surgery' or caught a rotting/infection from hospital stay.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
13. oh have to add another speculate- her feet had large 'crushed lumps' top of feet middle-
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:48 AM
Jun 2018

(can't miss those lumps)those heels cause major crippling foot damage- she may be recovering from foot surgery.

Hugin

(33,228 posts)
19. Yeah, years of wearing heels can make wearing flat shoes impossible.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:06 AM
Jun 2018

Maybe foot surgery.

Or maybe she's shacked up with H.W. being his caregiver now that Babs is gone.

Whatever, I can't believe I'm actually talking about this... But, of all of that scum she's the only person I could remotely see having a conscience. She's not blood after all.

To figure out the possibilities, I guess I'd scroll back three weeks and look at what was in the news then based on what we know now. Maybe her NDA with Trump was in the care of Cohen and she figures it was grabbed in the raid. It's possible the NDA or Pre-nup was among the crumbs deemed privileged or not and it may be soon part of court records. One thing is definite, the extent of Trump's infidelities WILL become public and she is ashamed to have bought his bullshit.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
12. Laura Bassett, Huff Post, said tweets sound more like Chump than Melania,
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:44 AM
Jun 2018

and we have every right to know why she's missing. WH needs to come clean. Family, minus Melania, all went to Florida for the weekend. That's about it, except that Melania seems more "independent" than other FLOTUS. Huh?

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
38. Family, minus Melania and Barron, went to Camp David to be precise
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 10:24 AM
Jun 2018

Where's Barron as well? 12 yr old boy on summer vacation is in hiding with mom? Who does that?




Hint: domestic violence victims...

Alpeduez21

(1,761 posts)
15. She is recovering from plastic surgery
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:50 AM
Jun 2018

The 'cover up' is just more deceit from this republican administration.

MrsCoffee

(5,803 posts)
18. Only to Trump.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:04 AM
Jun 2018

And he probably told her it was her fault he cheated on her since she is past his expiration date. What else is she gonna do but more of the same that got her where she is? (as stupid as that sounds considering where she is now, lol)

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
41. But if she hates him and wants out of the marriage, why would she care what he thinks of
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:03 PM
Jun 2018

her. She would be more than happy if he dumped her. That way she would walk away with a settlement AND her son. There are plenty of wealthy men who aren't so critical who would snap her up in a minute. The last thing she would be concerned with is pleasing HIM.

meadowlander

(4,413 posts)
64. If she's on her way out and wants to look her best to catch the next one,
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jun 2018

she might as well rack up the plastic surgery bills and recovery time on her soon to be ex's dime.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
55. My one reason for wondering about this theory
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:53 PM
Jun 2018

is that she was supposed to be at Walter Reed. Do they do cosmetic surgery for dependents? I would assume only for those with disfiguring injuries from battle or accidents

Demovictory9

(32,507 posts)
44. but they are saying she will be gone thru June. plastic surgery healing doesn't take 55 days
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:11 PM
Jun 2018

maybe she's had a mental breakdown.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
17. Barron wasn't seen boarding the helicopter to Camp David either.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 08:55 AM
Jun 2018

Can we assume wherever Melania is, that Barron will be close by?

Also, it was reported that Barron didn't accompany his dad when he (BLOTUS) went to the hospital to visit her.

As close as Barron is to his mom, I find it odd that he wouldn't go with his father to see his mom in the hospital (unless he entered a back door to avoid publicity and the press).

We can be sure of one thing though: What ever the hell is going on we will be told lies and bullshit. It's what they do.



gollygee

(22,336 posts)
33. That's what my husband keeps saying
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 10:01 AM
Jun 2018

She dumped him and it's embarrassing to him. Maybe he's hoping he can win her back.

dalton99a

(81,708 posts)
22. Many people are saying she's in the sinkhole
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:08 AM
Jun 2018

We need a total and complete shutdown of the White House until we can figure out what the hell is going on

bearsfootball516

(6,378 posts)
24. I'm sure the White House knows where she is and exactly what's going on.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:23 AM
Jun 2018

They wouldn’t just let the First Lady disappear.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
27. Yes, many people are saying that...
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:30 AM
Jun 2018

Perhaps the sinkhole does need investigation. We'll have to see. Maybe we will. Maybe we won't. We'll see.....

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
29. This is my question too. Is healing from bruises affected by your age? Probably.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:42 AM
Jun 2018

It's been 23 days since anyone has seen her in public. If she moved back to NY, I would thing the presence of SS protection would be an immediate tip-off and impossible not to notice.

Plus that bizarre moment when BLOTUS said she was up in the window watching everybody but no one was there.

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
30. I think if it was plastic surgery she would not have planned it now.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:51 AM
Jun 2018

After the election season would have made more sense or definetely after the Jun summit date.

I'm thinking it might have to do with the end of the school year.
If the child is unhappy in the WH she decided to take him away when school is over.
I think she left suddenly because he didn't have time to put together a good story.

I also think if she really had one day surgery,there would be no reason to even disclose that.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,919 posts)
35. Because, rightly or wrongly, being First Lady has become a ceromonial position
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 10:17 AM
Jun 2018

for our society. So anything highly unusual regarding the person who has that "position" becomes a matter of interest.

handmade34

(22,759 posts)
39. I'm with you...
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 10:25 AM
Jun 2018

the only reason I can see is that a lot of tax money is spent on her (and her protection) and we should know how and why that is spent...

otherwise, all of us, and them, would be better off is Melania just went home to New York and lived her life quietly

Vinca

(50,336 posts)
47. I'm betting she's not even in the country. Seriously.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:29 PM
Jun 2018

I also wonder if the meeting at Camp David with all the offspring except Baron is to figure out how to make news of the divorce a positive thing for Don.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
61. She's probably gone somewhere Donny has completely forgotten about
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 02:26 PM
Jun 2018

like Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
50. its all about him, if I were Potus and my wife was unhappy, i'd resign and save the relationship
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jun 2018

He doesn't give a shit about her.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
52. I still say she had a tumor on her adrenal gland, which sits on the kidney.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:43 PM
Jun 2018

I don't know what the recovery time is today, but it was 6 weeks. I'm sure they do surgery differently now than then, but it is still a long recovery. They are usually benign.

What I don't understand is why they wouldn't disclose that. Nothing wrong with it.

Just a guess. She is probably with her parents or they are with her at the WH. She sure wouldn't get any help from the dork.

radical noodle

(8,020 posts)
56. It once took me over a month to get over
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:54 PM
Jun 2018

minor surgery with no overnight stay. A catheter was involved and it was pretty painful. Who knows what was really wrong with her and why do we even care? If she's hiding from trump, I would give her a thumb's up.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
60. I think it's related to receiving bad or too much silicone.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 02:23 PM
Jun 2018

Acute Renal Failure Associated with Cosmetic Soft-Tissue Filler Injections
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5717a1.htm

Renal Failure Linked to Cosmetic Soft-Tissue Filler Injections
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573926

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,387 posts)
65. It's interesting that on this issue, there are NO White House leaks.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 04:39 PM
Jun 2018

So maybe they have unauthorized communications nailed down. Disciplined.

By corollary, all the leaks from the White House are planned at the top.

Where's my tin-foil hat?

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»CNN about to discuss the ...