As we discussed on Sunday, Donald Trump decided to hate-tweet LeBron James, Don Lemon and CNN on Friday. Trump was sitting up in bed, eating 12 cheeseburgers and watching LeBron’s interview with Don Lemon, all about LJ’s I Promise schools in Akron, Ohio. Trump that the whole thing was worthy of insults, because hahaha, get it, Don Lemon and LeBron are both black and Trump is a fat Nazi. Anyway, hours after Trump’s tweet, Melania’s office released a statement of support for LeBron, and saying that Melania would be interested in visiting his I Promise school. Then her spokesperson issued another statement saying that the first statement should not be read as some kind of “diss” of the Fat Nazi.
Melania Trump praised LeBron James after President Trump took a shot at him on Twitter — but the first lady is not “taking sides” in the escalating war of words between the basketball legend and her husband, a senior White House official said. Through a spokeswoman Saturday, Melania Trump said James was “working to do good things on behalf of our next generation.”
“Just as she always has, the First Lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today,” the first laday’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said in the statement. “As you know, Mrs. Trump has traveled the country and world talking to children about their well-being, healthy living, and the importance of responsible online behavior with her Be Best initiative.
“Her platform centers around visiting organizations, hospitals and schools, and she would be open to visiting the I Promise School in Akron,” the statement continued, referring to the school James opened last week for so-called at-risk elementary children.
First of all, it’s not an “escalating war of words.” LeBron has said flat-out several times over the past few years that he has no interest in meeting Trump or hearing anything the Fat Nazi has to say. Bron even refuses to say Trump’s name. The only time Bron seemingly lost his temper was when Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors said they would have no interest in going to the White House, and Trump then claimed that their invitation was revoked. That was when Bron called him U BUM. That was more than a year ago. As for Melania “not taking sides”… well, obviously. She’s ride-or-die for U BUM. Her office just issued the first statement as a way to soften her own image, especially after she wore that “I Really Don’t Care DO U?” jacket.
Speaking of Melania’s office though… last week, Melania lost her top policy aide. Reagan Hedlund was there to help define Melania’s portfolio of causes and FLOTUS sh-t, but Melania obviously doesn’t want to work or even be in Washington, so there’s not a lot to do.
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“As you know, Mrs. Trump has traveled the country and world talking to children about their well-being, healthy living, and the importance of responsible online behavior with her Be Best initiative.”
Hahahahaha. Yeah, she’s a real advocate, isn’t she?
Gee, I didn’t know that..I envision her staring into a mirror all day deciding which miniscule flaw needs fixing next ..there’s no reason to believe she’s not a greedy self-serving egomaniac too.
Of course she’s a greedy, self-serving ego maniac. She MARRIED DONALD TRUMP.
Right? My response to reading that was “…has she?” So far all I’ve seen her do is go once to visit the kids in detention centers (caused 100% by her husband and his administration) in a jacket that said “I Don’t Care.”
Melania can’t have it both ways – living with Trump and sending out supportive tweets
Michelle, come back. 🙁
Malaria probably has never heard of LeBron and knows nothing about what is going on. Grisham is Dotard’s flunkie and gacevus those ridiculous attacks on the media over that horrible jacket. The FLOTUS statement about LeBron is very similar to Dotard’s Frederick Douglass statement and doesn’t address the racist insult to LeVfon’s international
I’m convinced these sort of statements are just the Orange Buffoon’s team horsetrading with Grisham to get some neutralizing statements out there.
I laughed at the “she has traveled the world for her BeBest initiative.” I mean, I guess she went to the UK with Trump last month. Is that what we are talking about?
I cant figure her out. I normally think that she just doesn’t care, that she’s just going along for it even though she hates him because money, status, etc (and to be clear, I think she hates him for different reasons than most of America hates him, lol.) She’s in it for Melania and as long as her bank account is fat, she doesn’t care about what he’s doing or saying etc.
But then she responds to a tweet about LeBron James and I’m like….why? What is going on with you? She could have said nothing. no one expects a response from her at this point so she didn’t have to release any kind of statement. I think it’s kind of weird that she did. I don’t think its just trying help her image because I just don’t think she cares about her image that much (her FLOTUS image. I think she cares about her wealthy New York wife image.)
I doubt she gives a rat’s a** about LeBron James or his school. She is ticked off at her husband for some reason, and this is a way to get his goat. Don’t forget, she’s been with the man 20 years or so, she knows how to play his buttons. Each bizarre press release, the I Don’t Care coat, the extended absences from the public stage–none of those have anything to do with her actual policy/political positions or the people involved–they’re merely evidence of her marital struggles, whatever they may be, surfacing for all to see.
True. We all think that everything she does means something besides “I hate my husband and I’m pissed at him and what can I do to piss him off today.”
Her statement came from her office, not from her. It’s just the White House doing damage control
Exactly, LP. Stephanie Grisham made the statement. Melania probably doesn’t know who LeBron is, never mind have an opinion one way or another. She’s probably holed up in some spa or boutique somewhere caring not one iota about anything the Orange Turd has to say.
I recognize passive/aggressive behavior when I see it…and it’s SO….THRILLING to see that petty crap being played out on the WORLD WIDE STAGE…with the family that is SUPPOSED to represent the United States of America….
#beworst
At first I thought she was trying to assert her “independence” and/or rehab her own image. Now I think the press secretary was just throwing out the first statement for damage control.
The passive-aggressive statements, jacket wearing, etc., is intended for whom? Some think it’s Two Scoops, but I think it’s everyone. Not that I really care, of course. 😉
I agree with Christin, except I don’t even think is really coming from her office. I think Trump’s team horsetrades with Grisham to get neutralizing statements out there. At first I also thought these types of statements were passive aggressive, or at least revealed something about Melania, but I don’t think she, or even her office has much to do with them, unless it’s coming directly out of Grishom’s mouth.
What war?
Orange Treason keeps having people change his Twitter password and LeBron is out here living his best life.
I’m with the folks who say until she divorces Trump’s fat ass and renounces her ‘birther’ assertions, none of this matters. It’s all a sideshow and the press should ignore it and report on more — much more — important matters.
This! My mother actually believes this woman is breaking from tRump. I don’t buy it. I won’t buy it. She’s as bad as he is.
People believe what they want to believe because nice people or people who haven’t experienced abuse/assault/bigotry find it so hard to believe someone — someone in the position of the president especially — could be so monstrous.
It was the same with Ivanka being used to “soften” him and his kids overall being used to “prove” he must have done something right to earn their loyalty. When all the time it was a combination of physical and emotional abuse that ‘earned’ that loyalty. (That, and the eternal promise of monetary reward.)
Who Are – yes, his “wonderful son” Don Jr is the same one he punched out in front of Jr’s college friends, for the crime of not wearing a coat and tie to a sports event.
When Jr was 12 years old, after Sr had humiliated Ivana by flaunting his girlfriend, he confronted his father to say he didn’t love them, he didn’t even love himself, he only loved money. Jr tried to escape after college, but was sucked back in. And now he’s going to be sucked into prison. Thanks, Dad.
Trump Sr always been awful to his children. Kids tend to be amazingly loyal to even abusive and neglectful parents. Usually their eyes are opened by the time they are teens or young adults. I think Trump Sr’s children’s loyalty shifted to hope for an inheritance to make up for all the crap. Once it becomes obvious that no money will be left, they may turn on him. Unless they are all in prison by then.
She could be an a-hole AND breaking from him.
Yeah I feel like it’s a case of “good-cop/bad-cop”. Trump comes out as biligerant in a way that at least some of his base might push back on (kidnapping babies) and he sends out Melania or Ivanka (pro-news media) to show those few that no, some of the White House doesn’t agree with Trump. Followed by the take back (I don’t care do you?).
Remember this happened with the Grappling them by the P tape. Melania was angry and disappointed, followed by defending it as Locker room talk and the Pussy-Bow tie top. As long as Putin’s people keep writing the checks and Cohen certified a more favorable re-write of the divorce settlement, she’s good to go.
I wonder if she thinks the California wildfires are California’s fault, that the water is wrongly being sent to the Pacific and that trees are a huge problem and should be removed.
The hell she isn’t taking sides, she’s just waiting for something to happen from the Mueller investigation so she can chose her side.
In French news (I’m French) at lunch, some specialist was saying that she was the most political First Lady ever because she “dares to go against her husband’s views”. I was like “she’s not intelligent enough and she just cares about herself”.
I’m a long-time reader, and a first-time commenter and I commend this site for a better understanding of American politics in a way that’s not spoken about in France.
I heard an idea floated that there was a comment released because Hope was on Air Force One and she is getting back at him for that.
To me Hope being around again is a Hail Mary to put Dumpy Trumpy back together again.
Of course she hates him and doesn’t agree with his horrible comments about Lebron James.
She cares enough to make a statement but she hates Donald more than she cares about social issues/bullying/what Lebron is actually doing so she is just using this as an opportunity to humiliate her husband.
She doesn’t care enough to divorce Donald and his money or do anything but of real substance.
This is the state of our country. Instead of actually going out and helping children, Melania just sits in her house in DC leaking articles about herself and her stupid husband. The press gives Melania way too much credit, if she was concerned about the well being of children, why hasn’t she been involved in helping the Democrats and ACLU fight against her husband and Stephen Miller’s plan to separate kids?
When will the press wake up? Melania was just looking for another opportunity to use kids to show off her clothes, hair, shoes, and make-up when she told her spokesperson to tweet “support” for Lebron.
Melania is only out for herself, her son and her parents. That’s it. She is not one of us and never will be.
I have nothing good to say about Trump, but I think it’s disgusting that you use “fat”, grouping it with “Nazi” as an insult. This serves to perpetuate all the negative associations with size and weight that lead to bigotry, affecting the self-esteem of millions of people. In a way, it’s echoing Trump’s own anti-feminist values, which is ironic. It is not okay to fat-shame people. Just call him “the deranged Nazi” or something.
He is called “fat” because that’s what he calls women who aren’t model size. From his bullying of Miss Universe. AND making his doctor lie about him. It’s not a random insult meant to demean regular larger size men and women.