Melania Trump:Looking for a platform, and a stylist.

[fraurosena]

 

[GreyhoundFan]

A good one from Jennifer Rubin: "Is Melania Trump pulling our leg?"

Spoiler

The Post reports:

In an unusual Rose Garden address Monday, Melania Trump said that “too often social media is used in negative ways” and that she plans to dedicate the rest of her time as first lady to bringing attention to the problems children face in “today’s fast-paced and ever-connected world.”

She is calling her campaign “Be Best.” In addition to raising awareness to the dangers of online bullying and encouraging “positive online behaviors,” she will highlight programs that foster the well-being of children, including their social and emotional health, and help them overcome addictions.

In case this was too subtle for the cyberbully in chief, she explained, “It is our responsibility as adults to educate and remind [children] that when they are using their voices — whether verbally or online — they must choose their words wisely and speak with respect and compassion.” C’mon, she must know we all know her husband is a terrible role model for children in part because of his Twitter abuse directed at hundreds of people and institutions. (He’s also a bad role model, of course, because he’s lied more than 3,000 times, cheated on his wives, made racist and misogynistic comments and bragged about sexually assaulting women, but I digress.)

Her website explains: “The mission of BE BEST is to focus on some of the major issues facing children today, with the goal of encouraging children to BE BEST in their individual paths, while also teaching them the importance of social, emotional, and physical health. BE BEST will concentrate on three main pillars: well-being, social media use, and opioid abuse.”

I cannot wait to hear her recommendations. She might advise:

• Don’t tweet at strange hours early in the morning or late at night.
• Have someone else read your tweets if you are unsure if they are appropriate.
• Always proofread your tweets.
• Never use social media to insult people.
• Never use hate speech on social media.

The “well-being” part of her initiative also seems to fit a certain president’s behavior. “By promoting values such as healthy living, encouragement, kindness, and respect, parents, teachers, and other adults can help prepare children for their futures,” the web site explains. “With those values as a solid foundation, children will be able to better deal with the evils of the opioid crisis and avoid negative social media interaction.” Here, she might offer these kinds of guidelines:

• Never incite violence.
• Never mock people with disabilities.
• Never watch more than an hour of TV — it will rot your brain.
• Never diminish others to make yourself look bigger.
• Praise others and avoid bragging
• Always tell the truth.

I could go on, but you get the point. I don’t doubt her sincerity on any of these issues. In fact, she’s precisely right that adult behavior may be the biggest factor in developing children’s good habits and solid character. And that is why our awful political culture is so troubling for many parents. How can they ask their kids to be better than the most famous and powerful people in our country? Well, at least now they can point to Melania Trump.

Sure, we’d like to think she’s also needling her husband, and it is hard to think she doesn’t have him in mind, just a little. That she should step forward just as her husband’s alleged infidelities are taking up most of the political oxygen is just icing on the cake.

Whatever is going on between the two Trumps, we should all applaud her decision to use her position for positive causes, as all modern first ladies have done. Given she is far more popular than her husband, maybe she’ll have a bigger influence on public morals that he. We should pray she does.

 

[onekidanddone]

2 hours ago, GreyhoundFan said:

A good one from Jennifer Rubin: "Is Melania Trump pulling our leg?"

Yea yea yea freedom of speech and all that, but sorry this lady needs to  just shut up. She is tainted by the man she chose to marry, and how can s he not know her anti-bullying is a crock? 

I just blew my top over on the Congress thread and now here. I need ice cream.

[Cartmann99]

12 hours ago, fraurosena said:

"We see her here regularly". Was that the best argument you could come up with, Sarah?

Sarah means that she regularly sees Melania's official portrait. 

[fraurosena]

2 minutes ago, Cartmann99 said:

Sarah means that she regularly sees Melania's official portrait. 

To be fair, there isn't much of a difference in facial expressions between the two...

[Cartmann99]

Just saw on Twitter that Melania had surgery today for a kidney condition, and will be in the hospital for a few more days. I hope her parents bring Barron to see her each day until she is released, and that Trump will not take it out on her that she is getting attention instead of him.

[GreyhoundFan]

I truly hope she's okay. I had kidney issues last year. I thought I knew pain before that. I was wrong.

[AmazonGrace]

Free Melania! 

 

[formergothardite]

So Melania is still missing?  I wonder what actually happened to her that landed her in the hospital. No way they were telling the truth. Did Trump get enraged and attack her? It wouldn't be the first time he hurt a wife. Did the stress of selling her soul to Satan for a lavish lifestyle cause a breakdown? I wonder how long she will stay hidden. 

[Bethella]

12 hours ago, formergothardite said:

So Melania is still missing?  I wonder what actually happened to her that landed her in the hospital. No way they were telling the truth. Did Trump get enraged and attack her? It wouldn't be the first time he hurt a wife. Did the stress of selling her soul to Satan for a lavish lifestyle cause a breakdown? I wonder how long she will stay hidden. 

I've been wondering if she's using it as an excuse to hide from everyone for as long as absolutely possible. 

[fraurosena]

8 hours ago, Bethella said:

I've been wondering if she's using it as an excuse to hide from everyone her husband for as long as absolutely possible. 

There, FTFY.

[candygirl200413]

There's this rumor ( which wouldn't surprise me!) that she might have moved back to NYC.

[Howl]

One thing to keep in mind is that Melania is 48 years old. She's had plenty of time to figure out who she is and who her husband is.  She's not a young naif. 

[fraurosena]

I don't think she's gone back to NYC. If anything, she's probably living with her parents. They live near the WH and apparently she visits them with Barron a lot. So it's not such a far stretch to imagine she's actually taken up residence there. 

Whatever the case may be, the fact is that she is noticeably absent. Not a true FLOTUS, that's for sure. She just happens to be married to the presidunce.

Correction. It looks like I might have gotten it completely wrong.

Although I can't verify if 'Susan' is someone who is in a position to actually know this, or is just repeating rumors. So I'm off to do some research.

Edited May 28, 2018 by fraurosena
Was I wrong?

[AmazonGrace]

No idea if she ever lived there but Melania owns her own apartment in Trump Tower since Jan 2016

https://people.com/politics/melania-trump-bought-apartment-trump-tower-2016-campaign/

[GreyhoundFan]

 

[AmazonGrace]

Did she ever change it to DC on that account? She had NYC on it in screenshots from 2017

 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-relationship-tweet/

 

[Cartmann99]

From what I've read, there is a noticeable difference in security measures when a member of the First Family is at Trump Tower. Someone who regularly goes to that area should be able to tell if she's there, as it will take them longer than usual to gain to access to the Tower or nearby areas.

[GreyhoundFan]

1 hour ago, AmazonGrace said:

Did she ever change it to DC on that account? She had NYC on it in screenshots from 2017

I'm not sure. I don't follow her. I'm wondering if Baron's school has already hit summer break, so she decided to take him and escape to her happy place, which is far, far away from the Orange Menace.

[AmazonGrace]

Perhana the real Melania is the friends we made along the way

[AmazonGrace]

Chances someone else tweeted this for her? Be Best Melania 

 

[onekidanddone]

2 hours ago, AmazonGrace said:

Chances someone else tweeted this for her? Be Best Melania 

 

Does that hard work on the behalf of children include children who are ripped from their parents's arms at the border? Or the children in Puerto Rico? Does it include the kids who keep getting shot at school?

[Howl]

Seen some speculation that Melania "had some work done," but really, who knows?  

[AmazonGrace]

 

[Audrey2]

3 hours ago, Howl said:

Seen some speculation that Melania "had some work done," but really, who knows?  

She may have been trying to get a Trump-ectomy as well, or at least that's my hope...