I was pleasantly surprised to see Melania Trump’s hand-swat go viral earlier this week. The hand-swat happened on the tarmac in Tel Aviv, just as the Trumps arrived in Israel. The Israelis organized a big welcoming ceremony and the Trumps had to be moved around a lot. Emperor Bigly extended his baby fist, reaching for his wife’s hand – she was a half-step behind him – and she totally swatted away his baby fist. It was an amazing moment.
What’s followed has been amazing too. “Sources” ran to Politico to say that Melania and Baby Fists are totally fine and she’s such a loving wife and she’s his “watchdog.” She’s going to give him a list of people to fire and the couple that fires staffers together is the couple that stays together. White House staffers must have said something to Melania, because as they were leaving Israel, Melania made sure to gently embrace his baby-sized Orb Clasper and the photos went out for the world to see. But then something terrible happened. The Trumps flew to Rome. And as they were exiting the plane, IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
Trump and Melania arrive to Rome AF1 👋 pic.twitter.com/JjXzgM6Ox3
— Daniella Diaz (@DaniellaMicaela) May 23, 2017
People Magazine got in even closer:
Oops she did it again?! Melania Trump appears to reject Donald’s attempt to hold her hand for the 2nd time in 2 days https://t.co/SYZWB9PI5k pic.twitter.com/GIAY0M6fQB
— People Magazine (@people) May 23, 2017
This might seem like a silly and fun waste of time, but let’s also remember that Donald Trump has a history of “weaponizing” his enemies’ marriages and spouses. He mocked Ted Cruz’s wife. He mocked Hillary Clinton for staying with a man who cheated. He mocked Khizr Khan’s wife for being too overcome with emotion about her dead son. Donald Trump is being repeatedly shaded by his trophy wife. What a loser.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
I think she’s enjoying it that she can humiliate him with that in front of the cameras 😉
The first hand slap I was amused at but thought she just forgot to keep the facade up for a second. But now that she did it again?!? Hahahahahaha….. she is totally trying to make him look like the idiot fool that he is.
I really think she enjoys it, can’t blame her.
I think that she’s only willing to go so far in the loving wife farce. Get off the plane, and wave and smile at the crowd. Try to hold my hand, don’t touch me you evil bastard!
This is her power-rejecting the loving wife facade and doing it on the world stage.
Giddy, doncha mean “evil loser,” lol?
Also, LMAO at baby-sized Orb Clasper. Can you imagine what the right would’ve done if Obama had touched the orb??
It’s been reported that 45 has problems with his balance. Which makes it even funnier that she would imply, nah, you’re on your own. No love between these two.
I suspect that she is pissed at him. Maybe because Ivanka was allowed to walk home with a giant bag of Saudi-money while Melania wasn’t given anything? Maybe because Melania had to spend multiple days in close proximity to EasyD? Or away from her parents and child? I don´t know — but if the Orange One doesn’t give her whatever it is that she wants, she will end him by sunday.
Sendepause–“She will end him by Sunday”
Your wording made my day! May I sit beside you as we marvel at her displeasure?
Perhaps tomorrow he will appear with a big chunk of hair missing from the back side of his head and she’ll swat him away with her hand, revealing a telltale broken fingernail?
LOL I can’t stop laughing. IMO She can’t stand him.
Also ,She basically has to constantly take a back seat to the daughter who Donald pushes to the forefront of everything and Donald never seems very nice to Melania.
Haaaa, twice!! That is awesome public shading. Who knew she had it in her. I am impressed.
That header picture of her though…her lower mouth/jawline. Yikes. Living with him must make her so super sad….It is written all over her face.
She’s as repulsed by him as the rest of us, and although present physically, she’s so far removed emotionally she might as well be in Antarctica. She’s as miserable as sin.
Ivanka’s smug face makes me want to slap the supercilious expression she off it. Her mouth looks weird, as if her teeth don’t fit. She’s not going to age well.
I thought she was confirmed fairly late to be a part of this trip. I think with all the bad press and investigations he wanted a nice family image. He could never be president as a bachelor, he knows he needs her. I think she was pissed she had to come. I think she’d rather be home with her son and living separate lives like their old arrangement.
I agree. I think all Melania wanted to be is a trophy wife. Not a President’s wife. She’s content to stay out of the limelight (for the most part).
She married the guy. She stays with him. She’s said and done questionable things too, but I firmly believe she can’t stand him.
I watched that clip a few times; I actually chortled out loud lol. I’m sure she got lambasted when they got into a private room, but man, her swat downs are glorious. I *never* thought I’d like *anything* this wannabe grifter does, but keep it up, Melania!
I hope she does it every time he reaches for her hand. Then she can produce a video Melania’s Hands and put it on YouTube or sell it in the future DONALD J. TRUMP Presidential Library and Penitentiary.
Maybe this is her little revenge?
Do you remember, that she didn’t want Donald to run. She wanted to be rich 5th Avenue wife wiht Birkin bag and Louboutin shoes. She wanted to stay in New York wiht her son. She wanted to be Trophy wife, but now she has to happy family.
I believe that, she hates Ivanka Trump. Donald Trump worships his daughter more than wife, son Barron and second daugther Tiffany.
+1
My two absolutely favourite Trump vids are these hand swats and when his hairdo is blowing in a stiff wind.
She was holding his hand when they were standing side by side in a church, today or yesterday.
She’s going to divorce him before his four years is up I bet. She looks like she is just there because she is putting on a image for public, but can’t deal with it once in his presence.
So his purchased piece is acting out, he must have mentioned 35 being the age cut off too many times.
It’s interesting because he seems to be leaning on her for emotional comfort, which she is denying. Guess that’s not what you paid for 45.
Emotional support is clearly not in the original contract. I doubt Trump can afford to renegotiate at this point. Her demands would be astronomical.
She’s probably holding the cards for the first time in her life, and i don’t think she knows what to do with it.
I too think that the Orange Loser is feeling a bit vulnerable right now, what with his Presidency tanking, his stupidity under the microscope and reports that his various hosts are having to dumb down any meetings scheduled. Too bad hand-holding wasn’t in the contract. He better be careful that he doesn’t push Melania under the bus. She knows too much.
Her hair is full of secrets. He’d best watch it. One hand hold per month.
I think he’s just trying to fake a happy marriage so he has one positive area the media can report on, but she ain’t playing that crap. I love it, I giggled so much watching these, the hand swat is hilarious and you have to be extremely peeved with someone to slap their affection away, lol.
I honestly think he’s not used to being denied anything. He is starting to realise its because no one has spoken up before, not because hes awesome.
During the campaign the press thought they were separated. There are rumors that a divorce had been negotiated for after the campaign- but then he won. Wonder what she got for sticking with him? He’s so obviously needy now and she’s so obviously repulsed.
Oh my God yes. Now her whole behaviour makes sense.
That was word on the street that she was outta there as soon as election was over, but he won.
There was a clause stating if he got presidency she has to stay for his term. I have no clue, but she seems to want out pretty bad.
I now believe the rumors they were living separate lives / done with the marriage.
Apparently Melania has never heard the expression, “you gotta dance with them what brung you.”
P.S. I miss Molly so much.
We really could use a good jolt of Molly’s wit right now.
Oh gosh, yes!!
I would love to see what she would make of this. As long as we have to suffer through him, why can’t we have Molly to help us? Can you imagine her on Twitter?
guys, who’s molly?
Molly Ivens, great columnist from Texas. She was the first to call Bush II, Shrub. Hilarious, while being deadly serious.
Molly Ivans. A lovely woman with a great sense of humor and a thorough knowledge of politics.
I think they might be referring to Molly Ivins, a famously witty political columnist from Texas who died several years ago of cancer.
The great, late Molly Ivins, bitingly sarcastic and brilliant. Dubbed W Shrub and Rick Perry Governor Goodhair. Her articles about Texas gerrymandering, while covering an infuriating topic, are hilarious.
Molly would have verbally slayed Trump and every single one of his insufferable enablers. Speaking of great women gone too soon, I really miss Gwen Ifill too. It feels like there is a big gaping hole in political journalism without her.
Gwen Ifill was the news for me. I knew I could trust the information if it came out of her mouth.
Or how about Nora Ephron, who, knowing her prognosis was not good, famously trolled Clarence Thomas as one of the things she wouldn’t miss about being alive.
I wept when Gwen Ifill died. She once visited my university’s journalism school and was delightfully down to earth.
I love it. At this point it’s safe to say she’s trolling him LOL
Remember when they met the Obamas? It was clear at that point that Trump was not used to treating Melania with respect or love. I can see her being upset that he is doing it now just for the cameras. Second, so far he hasn’t made any financial deals for her as he did for Ivanka. Third, Trump is vulnerable and at her mercy for the first time. He is lawyering up, she is making sure to let everyone know she is not part of him and does not plan on going down with the ship. Orange is not her color! LOL
That’s exactly how I see it – He wants to put on a public show while they are out of the country and she’s not having it.
Do you reckon they have an iron clad NDA? OR will we have the mother of all tea spills soon?
That will come when(and if) Melania moves into the White House. With all the leaks coming out about the Trump administration ties to Russia, I would bet there are also sources willing to spill some tea over the Trump marriage. This is the calm before the storm
@RBC, do you think she will move into the WH this summer or will she invent another excuse to delay the move? With Bankrupcy Batista’s presidency already in turmoil, I would stay in NYC if I were in her shoes.
@Kate
I heard their son is now enrolled in a school in the Washington DC area and the whole point of her staying in NYC was so Barron would not have to change schools mid term. But with all the turmoil with Trump, I could easily see Melania and Barron staying put in NYC. Not living with Trump is one reason, but also why subject Barron to all that turmoil in Washington?
@Kate, I think she will find some excuse not to move in to the White House. JMO.
I think she’ll appear to move in. WH Staff will prepare her suite, reports will say she loves living in the WH, for awhile, then she will find excuses to go back and forth to NYC on a weekly basis, until they finally come up with another excuse that Baron was uncomfortable with the move to D.C. and needs to move back to NYC.
No way she’s going to live w DT on a regular basis.
She has a son with him . She is not gonna talk. This is very Cruise and Holmes situation. Katie wanted to marry her crush and be famous HW wife. Melania just wanted rich husband. Be careful what you wish for.
She can still divorce him. She doesn’t need to talk, the divorce would be enough to wound his ego. Then he’d be chasing young new future wives and looking like a ………fill in blank….
Like that saying, “Marry for money and you’ll earn it every day.”
He must have something on her. Something that would destroy her. No other explanation. I mean, if she is staying for the money, wouldn’t she get money in a divorce? And if she is staying for the fame, wouldn’t she be much more famous (and respected) if she divorced him?
Have we ever known about a pre-nup?
she seems to be very close to her son, so maybe she is scared of possible issues with custody in case of a divorce?
Would Don the Con really ask the custody? He does not strike me as very interested in child-rearing or in children for that matter.
He didn’t parent his older kids, he left that to the wives, so I doubt at almost age 71 he would want custody.
I think he wouldn’t do it for the love and care for Barron. He’d do it to torment Melania. And he’s the type of person I’d actually believe would be capable of something like that.
I think this is 99% of the issue. All (or most) of her money comes from him. We’ve seen how spiteful and petty he can be. She doesn’t have the connections or the money to face Trump down in court when he would drag it out for years just to he a sick. I really think Barron is the only reason she sticks around-it’s obvious she dotes on him, but hopefully once Trump is impeached, more help will be offered to her. I think she’s stuck.
“he wouldn’t do it for the love and care for Barron. He’d do it to torment Melania.”
Exactly. If she broke free, he’d find a way to hurt/punish her because he is vindictive and petty.
Let’s not forget Barron is 11 now. In another 2-3 years he is going to be old enough to tell the judge where he wants to live.
If she wants to divorce him, during the next three and half years while he’s president, would be a good time IMO Donald would not want the bad press and give her enough of what she wants in a divorce, to get her out of his hair and to spare leaky intimate bad press….LOL
We never got a solid answer to the immigration records issue. Perhaps there is a clue there.
I think team Trump would have cleared up or hidden any immigrant issues in her past before reporters started digging. Immigration issue wise, she’s probably bullet proof. Or maybe he is holding it over her head. Seems more his style.
She’s also been legally married to a US citizen for a dozen years. I’m sure they won’t get far pushing her questionable immigration status, even if it’s a legitimate issue.
While all this is undeniably petty, it’s a welcome distraction from the horrors brought about by Trump, the latest of which is a budget plan that gives a huge middle finger to the old and poor.
Did not mean to say anyone here was petty. I am enjoying the comments?
Funny.
No, I know what you mean. Laughter is a safety valve, right?
In a similar vein, #BritishThreatLevels is currently trending in the UK. It’s just a load of Britishers mocking their own so-called stiff upper lips and punning on the terror threat level which was raised yesterday. Tasteless in the wake of a terror attack? Or a much-needed safety valve reducing stress levels? I think the latter.
Best to everyone in the UK. After 9-11, on SNL Tina Fey did a hilarious satire on our then color-coded threat levels, basically making everyone laugh about how we could not possibly become more alert or watchful. We had reached our limit.
That’s exactly it. Bubbles of tension need to be popped and better with laughter than many other things.
I think people process these horrors in different ways and should not be judged for it, as long they do not offend or hurt other people.
If humor is the way to go, so be it. One has to find the strength to go on, which is the only way you can ‘win’ over the terrorists.
Wags here came up with a version of the color-coded threat level scheme based on Sesame Street characters. Level red was Elmo, level yellow was maybe Ernie? Is he yellow? Cookie Monster was level blue. Forget the rest. We seemed to always be on Elmo alert at the time.
Sixer, humor can indeed reduce stress. The first two issues of The Onion after 9/11 were brilliant. I still go back and read them occasionally. At a time when no one in the media seemed to know what tone to strike, their approach managed to offer up a perfect combination of humor, intelligence and poignancy.
Anything that brings people together is a good thing, I think.
Ha! I can’t say I blame her. Would you want to hold his hand?? God knows where those tiny little paws have been.
Ivanka probably knows where ; )
wow that is a serious insinuation.
Oh please. He is the one who groped her on stage and says disgusting things like they have sex in common and that he would date her if she wasn’t his daughter etc.
http://img.usmagazine.com/480-width/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-hug-105b10eb-16d2-4086-9564-83856240f11c.gif
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/21/donald_trump_almost_gives_daughter_butt_pat_on_national_tv/screen_shot_20160721_at_11.10.23_pm.png.CROP.promo-xlarge2.10.23_pm.png
That hip groping is revolting. I cannot imagine Bill Clinton, Bush or Obama ever doing that.
Ivanka is a self-serving asshole and a fraud in her own right but growing up with him as a father must have been challenging to say the least.
Imagine what the Republicans would have said if Obama would have done something like that.
@Loopy. He’s had his tiny hands on ivanka since she was a preteen. Plenty of pictures out there to prove it. Google images is your friend.
yeah, there’s a pic of her at age 12-13 (?) where she’s sitting on his lap, he’s got his hand on her thigh and she is caressing his face.
it’s creepy.
That’s such a terrible thing to say. There’s nothing funny about molestation. Many pictures of Trump inappropriately touching young Ivanka can be found on Google. It is really concerning.
Oh my God that gif made me throw up a little. The way his hips swivel when he grabs hers OH MY GOD MY EYES MY EYES!!!!
I was shocked when he said they had sex in common. It was a joke, but boy oh boy is he GROSS and disgusting to make a joke like that about his daughter or with his daughter sitting there.
I don’t for a moment believe any of the gossip , I think he just likes that Ivanka the blonde goddess daughter makes him look good in the eyes of his Male fans.
YES THAT INTERVIEW! I was stunned. I didn’t believe the whole “he’s into his daughter” and thought the “I’d date her” was just a weird innocent compliment. But that interview FREAKED ME OUT. WHAT THE HELL FATHER WOULD SAY THAT! “What do you have in common? Sex!” Like WTF! It doesn’t even make sense. Ugh cringing just thinking about it.
Melania despises him, she never wanted to be First Lady, she hates her new life. She wants to be back in NYC where she can do what she wants.
Melania’s wave technique is awkward. I totally get not wanted to hold Trump’s tiny grublike hand… he probably has sweaty palms, sweaty tiny palms… but I don’t understand waving like a robot whose operating system has started glitching out. It’s like she got her hand up there, and then forgot what she was supposed to do with it.
These people make every single thing terrible and awkward.
“These people make every single thing terrible and awkward.” A perfect summary! Lol! Even the most minute of things they seem to turn into something uncomfortable.
Poor Donald. I bet his daughter-wife Ivanka would hold hands with him.
In response to the hand swat, the pig groped her butt.
Will we have pictures of the Vatican visit later? They clearly never got the memo that Vatican II happened and are tricked out like Jackie Kennedy goes to Jack’s funeral/wayward nuns/brides of Frankenstein. And the facial expressions are killer.
Just saw some pictures. Melania definitely has the Jackie look. Reportedly, the Holy Father [lapsed RC here] joked about Trump’s diet and what Melania feeds him. Francis blessed a rosary for her. She will need it.
I think his question was full of shade, basically calling Trump chubby.
Not very Christian of the Pope 🙂
their official foto with the pope is hilarious. befuddled (drugged?) Ivanka and spooked Melania, the oblivious Donald is all happy slappy, and poor Francis looks like, I have lost all faith just shoot me now.
and on a vocabulary note: Melania is not throwing shade, she’s straight up dissing him, see HRH Judge Kara Brown for more explication
It is one of the most insanely ghastly and crazy photos I’ve seen as of late.
Pope Francis looks like he is in the presence of true evil and just wants to get out of there
Standing shoulder to shoulder with evil gives you a feeling of heartbroken resignation and it’s reflected in the Pope’s face.
Michelle Obama wore black with a black veil as well. What do you think they should have worn?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/melania-ivanka-trump-stuck-traditional-vatican-dress-codes-meeting/
Please. If you’re trying to imply that the Obamas and the Trumps are in any way equal in terms of decorum and knowledge of protocol (not to mention natural grace and in the case of Donald, basic human decency and empathy), just nope. Nope, nope, nope.
Pope Francis has eased the dress code considerably recently. Women are encouraged to forego the head coverings. Last month, Camilla wore a beige suit and no hat. And Ivanka’s look is ludicrous. She’s wearing a black wedding veil!
I clkd on your link just because I wanted to see Michelle.
Just want to point out that the Obamas are meeting with Pope Benedict, who was much more conservative than Pope Francis, which is probably why FLOTUS wore the veil. Pope Francis actually wants women to dress more casually, which is why it’s weird that the Trumps went for the veils.
I love it. So enjoyable to watch. Now she needs to kick him for those cruel budget cuts. Kick him in the stomach, Melania!
Poor Melania. She’s having to actually work for the money/lifestyle he has afforded her. Sucks to be a gold digger sometimes.
Good to see Melania trolling that clown. A little off topic, but can someone explain to me how or why Melania & Ivanka are suddenly God’s gift to the world?
Melania and Ivanka Trump show the world what feminine power looks like
Bareheaded and beautiful, they made a lasting impression on Saudi women:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/melania-and-ivanka-trump-show-the-world-what-feminine-power-looks-like/2017/05/23/60205088-3fec-11e7-8c25-44d09ff5a4a8_story.html
Doubt most Saudi women paid any attention to them.
This is a conservative columnist who while criticizing Trump, wants to stay on good terms with other conservatives. It is an obvious and creepy balancing act.
The way Ivanka is treated by the press compared to Chelsea Clinton is eye-opening. Shows that many men still love their women pretty and dumb.
Exactly. There’s always comments on their looks. Part of the reason why Hillary did not get elected, she’s not dumb. I think Hillary is attractive but her smarts and experiences are threatening to men who do not want women to be more than some trophy bimbo. I work in sales and anytime us women are are aggressive, and go for it, there are jokes about being a man. Old school men, imo, do not like women who are aggressive like a man. Electing Hillary would have shown women, hey, you can do it too. And they didn’t want that to happen
This is what I think about everytime I see a Neocon going to bat for Melania and/or Ivanka.
Every legitimate newspaper tries to have balance on the editorial page. Kathleen Parker is one of WaPo’s conservatives.
Of course. But in the article, she insults Trump but praises Ivanka and Melania. I did not express this well. Sorry. Kathleen Parker is definitely legitimate and respected. I just found the essay odd.
Oh, I was just differentiating WaPo from the ultra right rags who have no liberal or even middle of the road columnists whatsoever, not taking issue with your comment.😊😊
SusanneToo. Always enjoy your posts!
Yours, too!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Michelle Obama was everything a First Lady should be: intelligent, educated, stylish, beautiful, humanitarian, feminist. Unfortunately she didn’t meet the conservative agenda. Melania & Ivanka however are textbook examples of what conservatives deem the perfect woman. In the conservative world, First Ladies are only supposed to look and behave like those two.
Women should be seen and not heard, look attractive at all times, and never age.
There was an interview with a Saudi woman who really is working for change and she wasn’t impressed with Ivanka. She pointed out that the people Ivanka was talking to all had guardians, which is a big issue now. That’s the law that says women can’t go out in public unless accompanied by certain male relatives. I noticed another article which indicates there was one man in the room, which I thought was strange because it probably guaranteed the women would not remove any coverings. But maybe he was the guardian proxy for all of them….
Ivanka probably knows nothing about all this, and couldn’t do anything about it if she did. Saudi women have to decide how to proceed themselves. We’ve had weird restrictions on women ourselves that stopped only when enough women wanted it to happen, including within my own lifetime. And look at the way people in the government like Pence and his friends want to control us now.
God, Minute Maid Mussolini did so many stomach-turning stuff during the campaign I had forgotten about him mocking a Gold star family. He is revolting and so are all the racist scumbags who voted for him. Economic anxiety my ass
Kate, I mentioned this on another thread. A new study reveals that economic concerns were not the major factor for Trump voters. It was “cultural anxiety.” So, what you just said!
@third ginger, good to know. I am not surprised. Exist studies already showed that the economy was the main concern of Clinton voters but that Lord Orange’s voters were more concerned about terrorism and immigration. The media and a growing part of the Democratic party just refuse to accept this FACT. Better to chase the mythical white working class voter I guess.
It was largely “What was a Black family doing in OUR White House? Never again.” IMO.
@SusanneToo, after Obama’s reelection, my aunt said that as a response, the GOP would chose the most racist candidate ever. Didn’t think he would win though.
Susanne Too, I agree and never knew the extent of this feeling until Nov. 8.
Yet people, including many politicians, are still trotting out that same tired-ass narrative about the “poor suffering white working class” as a reason for why Dems lost.
Poor, poor racists and xenophobes….
But doncha know, she’s just moving her hair out of her eyes. Don’t believe me? Just check twitter, the Deplorables were all over it last night.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not surprised. His supporters claim they are happily married. I once wrote that they are only married because he wanted a beautiful wife by his side and she a man with money. One of his supporters got really angry then.
For a palate cleanser, check Pete Souza’s IG. Every single day he has a photo that trolls Loser-in-Chief. Yesterday, it was a lovely pic of Barack and Michelle holding hands. Just as there’s a vintage trump tweet that contradicts everything he says now, there’s an Obama photo that trolls everything trump does.
Today, pictures of Obama meeting with Pope Francis are circulating. Both men are all smiles and seem very comfortable with one another.
Oh Pete Souza has been a genius with his trolling of 45! All the Frank Underwood inserts between the Obama pics – what a message. Brilliant, just brilliant.
I honestly don’t know how you can look at that.
Pics of Barack, Michelle, their girls, Biden and his family….I just can’t look without getting super-sad.
Don’t let it be forgot that once there was a spot called Camelot….
Thanks for the tip, SuzanneToo. Your comment, “loser-in-chief” fit in perfectly with a song I’ve had in my head for three days:
“Hey sit down and listen and they’ll tell you when you’re wrong.
Eradicate but vindicate as “progress” creeps along.
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge
As Old Glory maintains your consciousness.
There’s a loser in the house, and a puppet on the stool,
And a crowded way of life, and a black reflecting pool,
And as the people bend, the moral fabric dies,
The country can’t pretend to ignore its people’s cries.
You are the government.
You are jurisprudence.
You are the volition.
You are juridiction.
And I make a difference too.”
[You Are (The Governemnt)]
I’m now going to sing it through to the end. I’ve heard that gets it out of one’s head…
I have been thinking about this. Even, if she did not see the hand, it shows that they are not very in sync as a couple. Other couples instinctively know where the other one’s hand is, because that is how they go through life. None of this awkwardness.
And on top of it, it is amateur hour. If you mess up like that, would you not discuss the next occasions and prepare ‘doors open, we hold hands’ ?
Basically I have come to the conclusion that she is definitely doing it on purpose whatever her reasons might be.
+1. She’s doing it on purpose.
I remember seeing pics of Melania and Donald Trump when they first got together a long time ago and thought there was something genuine there. Sadly it has deteriorated over the years to this.
The guy was chasing after other women (whether or not they wanted him to do so) while she was pregnant with her son. That’s pretty much a “genuine relationship” killer unless the guy changes his ways and they really work on the marriage (as Hillary and Bill may have done, H says they underwent intensive faith-based counseling and they do look like good friends now, so something was salvaged). I kind of doubt that this happened with the Trumps. Donald seems to believe he has the right to do such things and he obviously doesn’t respect his wife.
I like the black coat Melania is wearing. That is all.
I wonder if the power dynamic in their relationship has changed? Before, he was the wealthy businessman who probably would have made her life hell if she’d left him, and she really had no power. Now that he needs her to stay with him during the presidency and would have a lot to lose if she went for divorce, she probably feels like she has the upper hand, and is using it to humiliate him a bit.
I always saw her as being very canny and shrewd; she isn’t a stupid person. She sold out totally for this marriage, and has probably been treated like crap for most of it, so now she’s taking her advantage while she has it.
Well this imperial processional must be holy hell for Ivanka. Being her most perfect self on display in public while wrangling lovable old dads in private, 24 hours a day, day after day, in full knowledge that the FBI & Congress beavering away back home are preparing subpoenas for her husband the slumlord. No wonder she looks ill, tragique.
What I”m wondering is WHY IS NO ONE MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT THE GIFT OF $100 MILLION TO HER FROM THE SAUDIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE WHAT!!!!!!!!!! $100 million dollars!!!!!!!! Like if Trump wasn’t trump surely any previous administration that would be making the breaking headlines. Why does no one care? I feel like I”m living in CRAZY TOWN
Every day is WTF with trump-related shenanigans. I fear people are getting WTFed out.
Tacitly a wife enjoys holding hands with her husband. They must have had a fight and she is still mad at him. Maybe she is upset because she could not excuse herself from going on that trip. I cannot blame her much. Can you all imagine what it must be like being trapped in a plane with DJ?
Also I can’t imagine he would be in a good mood these days. That would be a flight from hell
Ha! Her fingers are longer than his! (Waving pic.)
Also, I love the fact that she has taught Barron to speak her native language (since he was little) and when they speak it together around Trump, he doesn’t know what the hell they’re saying.
There was a Fresh Air interview with an Obama staffer a few weeks back about just how uncomfortable and cramped AF1 is. Apparently there’s very few beds and almost everyone besides the president sleeps on the floor. So I’m thinking they are just plain miserable. In overly cramped quarters and he’s probably so cruel and rude when there are no cameras around and immediately expects her to be nice for the cameras
I heard that one, too. Good point. They’ve been forced into close physical proximity over long stretches of time, probably more than they’ve had to spend together in years! Definitely must be stressful.
Do Ivanka and Jarod have their kids with them? Think Donald would control himself around them?
I don’t think she plans it. It’s instinctive, which makes it all the more glorious. And it must drive Donald even bat-sh*t crazier, that the world is mocking him in the macho man dept.
I can see it now behind closed doors… Dawnny: “Melania, I’m not going to deal with this nonsense. You better prepare to hold my hand when I take yours…” Mel: “Try me and play yourself.” I bet it’s an ongoing argument and she tells him to piss off. Lmaooooooo
Could it be that she feels it is not appropriate to hold hands on an official visit? Perhaps she is more sensitive to the situations than he is? Remember her nudging him re the national anthem? Also, how the hell can you hold hands, navigate the airplane stairs and hold your hair out of the way at the same time? This whilst being filmed and watched by millions…you don’t wanna fall down those stairs.
I think you are reading too much into this really.
I totally agree.
Melania wears heels and every woman knows it is wiser to have your hand on the stair railing while walking down stairs in heels.
Besides I would totally buy it when the Obamas would hold hands. They are still a young-ish couple.
But old grandpa Trump? Holding hands lovebirds? Nope.
Wuhhhh…I see plenty of elderly couples, married for 50+ years, holding hands. Where there is affection, there is a desire for physical contact and comfort. I think you should pay more attention to old folks. 🙂
Hello…my grandpa partner (67) and I (64) hold hands, kiss and cuddle all the time. Affection doesn’t stop after a certain age you know.
Oh please, I wrote that I would BUY if the Obamas would hold hand. I wrote I wouldn’t BUY it if Trump did it.
Trump presents himself as a “maker” and a “doer”. Essentially he is a macho. Machos don’t hold hands lovey-dovey in public. Melania has probably gotten used to that.
Then you’d give your husband’s hand a squeeze and keep moving. And the shake off in Israel when the Netanyahus were right in front of them holding hands? That’s not like she’s trying to follow some kind of protocol.
@cynical Ann. Yes but you are normal!
If Melania manages to divorce Trump while he is incumbent president then wouldn’t that be strategically clever for her? Wouldn’t Trump give in because he wouldn’t want the divorce proceedings to drag along for a long time?
Agree. I would think now, while he’s in the midst of the shitstorm, would be ideal for her.
The apologist’s comments on the People twitter feed are funny. Snarking about how she’s just moving hair from her face guys and why are they ignoring real news? Why are you turning to People for news?
People is the worst.
To me,from what I am getting out of the photos and Melania’s body language, that she seems almost miserable with all of this going on. Trump (I refuse to call him President Trump) always walks in front of her, leaving her behind, then all of a sudden remembers to check on her as he sees other men walking side by side with their wives or other female dignitaries. I think he might even enjoy the subservient role of women in Saudi Arabia.
This is ridiculous. Totally get that she can’t stand him but she needs to stop this nonsense. She’s representing us on these trips & her childish passive aggressive behavior is embarrassing & disgraceful. I am so sick of this awful family. No class griffers
Well, why would Trump need to be reassured by touching his wife? I wouldn’t blame her for everything.
She’s speaking to him in a language he can understand. I think it’s glorious.
Same here, elle.
I think his people saw what bad press he was getting for the way he treats her – walking ahead and completely ignoring her – so convinced him that he needs to be more “gentlemanly”. She, however, is having none of that now. I really hope that by the end of this trip she won’t even be able to fake the little she already is.
I can’t wait until they divorce and she’s seen soon after whooping it up with The Obamas.
I agree.
I think Melania keeps thinking about divorce, too. That way she would get out of that what she perceives as a difficult situation she never agreed to.
And as long as the presidential spotlight is on Trump he might actually give her a better deal in the divorce proceedings. It would be embarassing if Melania would get screwed by the President of the USA in their divorce proceedings. Melania will never get such a good opportunity for divorce ever again.
I wish Melenia could give posture lessons to the Duchess of Cambridge. Her posture is good. That is all.
Mine is terrible. Thanks for the reminder, I need to straighten up! I saw a video clip of myself recently and I looked like an old lady the way I walk slouched over. So hard to break the habit when you work on the computer all day !!!!!!!!
Have to laugh at it, especially when you remember he’s terrified of stairs. Bhahaha.
Now is the time for Melania to make a better prenup deal. Keep your son close and your lawyer closer.
Trump has balance problems? Trump is afraid of stairs? Since when?
Remember when he grabbed Teressa May’s hand to walk down the steps? UK officials revealed that he held Teresa May’s hand because he’s afraid of stairs.
Never heard of that. Does that mean we can trap him within the Penrose stairs? Muahhahahah *evil laugh