General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave you considered that Trump got the jacket and made Melania wear it?
And she didn't have the strength to refuse to wear it?
Think of this: It had to be 65+ degrees in D.C. this morning and she's going to Texas in a jacket like that? Plus, Trump stated that he signed the Executive Order yesterday because his wife lobbied him to "do something". It doesn't make sense that Melania would feel so strongly as to lobby her husband and then wear a jacket today/the day after the Executive Order with that message. That message was HIS message which successfully overrode her message of humanity.
leftstreet
(36,119 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If she can't dress herself yet, that's hardly my problem. I refuse to assume away her agency. The third lady is a grown up capable of making her own decisions.
jeffreyi
(1,946 posts)nm
elfin
(6,262 posts)First - she doesn't care about Stormy etc. to the press at large - second, it is gone once she gets there because she does care about kids.
Yes. a generous interpretation -- or else her staff realized the gaffe once o the plane and engineered a jacket change.
it's cold in Washington
and hot in Texas
In both states she is heartless and clueless
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Which means that you knew what it said.
It wasn't available off the shelf.
Which means that Melania either embraces that sentiment or that some asshole working for her does. My money is on the latter, because Melania barely speaks English.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)She COULD have just taken it off on the plane. She's a tone deaf twit and that's all there is to it.
Sanity Claws
(21,866 posts)I doubt that Trump shops for Malaria's clothes and tells her when to wear what.
I think it is shameful for a grown woman to wear such a jacket for any occasion.
lame54
(35,359 posts)so what?
she's not strutting like she's ashamed
lunasun
(21,646 posts)She tells it like it is
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Fuck no.👎
Since when does she wear words?!
Retrograde
(10,188 posts)Based on what I've seen of her public behavior, the two of them lead separate lives, maybe acknowledging each other's presences when the cameras are looking.
The jacket is odd - not because of the message (how do you say "let them eat cake" in Slovenian?) but because it's so cheap. Mel normally doesn't touch anything that' not gilded or under $1000.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)It would be completely in line with his vindictive, misogynistic behavior to punish her for...whatever the hell his reasons are.
He had to know they needed to put up some show of "compassion", so too bad for Melania if he's so far gone that he can't even allow that to happen without using his wife as a prop.
As I've said, SOMEONE wanted to make sure that message was seen. Enough with this whole shitshow of an administration.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)lobbied the shit gibbon to do anything. Did you see the tweet where one of the sons baby mamma tweeted about sending her kids off to summer camp? Trumps women are what they are and do what they want to do.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Seriously, stop.
Trek4Truth
(515 posts)I think she said it to RUMP...because out of anybody it's him that does not care.
But WTF was she thinking...good idea kinda...dumb execution par usual with anyone associated with these fucks.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,514 posts)tenderfoot
(8,443 posts)she's a repugnant as he is.
Solly Mack
(90,803 posts)randr
(12,418 posts)Right down to the height of he heels
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)I've seen this crap before when I was active duty Air Force. Certain type of men liked foreign women to marry for ownership, talking about never wanting an American woman. I was happy for us, cause they appeared abusive assholes. Those women were isolated, but the branches of service should have been aware.
nature-lover
(1,473 posts)dameatball
(7,411 posts)
..she may just be an a**hole too. But it is reasonable to assume that she has endured his humiliating behavior because it is an "If I go down, you and your family go down" situation. But then again, refer to a**hole reference.
Okay, I admit I know nothing other than what I see.
lark
(23,203 posts)She really doesn't care or she wouldn't have said that "both sides" trope. This is her telling assface and the world her and her husbands' true feelings.