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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 124 points 1 day ago (4 children)

She's every bit as awful as he is

She might be a victim, but that doesn't mean that she's not also a perpetrator of cruelty and shitfuckery

[–] Batmorous@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Everyone make sure to keep getting more people active!! The more of us doing the better!! Plenty already are but the more people we can get hopeful, mobilized to get things done, and engaged to stay focused the more gets done to make life better for us all!

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, we got a great glimpse of that with her edgy "I don't care do u" coat.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 day ago

She's no victim. She knew what she was doing.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She trafficked children from her shithole to Epstein on promises of modeling contracts.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Dude just because you can't pronounce the names of the cities doesn't make it a shithole

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago

Ljubljana is quite a nice city, despite Melanoma coming from there.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 116 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The video didn't load for me from that link, so here's one from youtube if that works for you: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xKc5wY3roDk

For anybody sane who doesn't want to watch the video, I'll describe it.

When Melania starts talking about Donald Trump's empathy, as if he has a lot of it, the crowd starts laughing a little, and Melania can't hold back her smile. Then, Donald smiles really big and gestures towards the crowd, which makes the crowd laugh more, and Melania smiles even bigger.

By the way, the empathy they were talking about was towards our soldiers who are risking their lives and even paying the price for Donald Trump's stupidest war ever.

Basically, everybody in that room, including Donald and Melania, all betrayed that they knew Donald Trump has no empathy for anybody. He doesn't give a shit about soldiers dying. And they're all okay with it. It's funny for them. Let's just let Melania go on with her speech that everybody knows is nothing but propaganda.

Disgusting.

[–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Psychopaths gonna psycho.

They do not see most of us as actual humans. So, who cares if a few of us get blown away, or tortured, drowned, deported, beaten, or robbed? They are above such plebian dalliances.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep, if he cant make a dollar off you, you might as well not exist. You are useless to him and the GOP.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Nah, useful idiots are still useful.

There are only two types of republicans: the evil ones who are in on the joke, and the stupid ones who simply accept what they’re told. The prior includes the willfully ignorant. The latter can still provide votes (for now).

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, same thing with Putin. His dismissive attitude toward the soldiers lost in his own war.. Trump would happily send a few million of his own American soldiers to their deaths if he wanted to, for even vanity reasons, and it wouldn't even register.

I just can't trust my fellow Americans anymore after this. I'm surrounded by losers.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I honestly believe that Trump would send our soldiers to die for literally no reason if he could. I think the idea that he can kill people on a whim and suffer zero consequences.... I think that feeling of power must be intoxicating for Trump.

I also think that part of the reason he's been kicking all of the hornet's nests around the world is that he wants to have an excuse to nuke somebody.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose a single vote"

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

How have I not really heard her speak before? I had no idea her accent was that thick and her English that bad. And these stupid ass redneck nationalist/racists/etc elected Trump with her a First Lady? They really are just that special, aren't they. Jesus.

I mean, I have no problem with the nationality thing, it's just that Republicans DO.......... most of the time. Unless it's one of them. Pricks.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Einstein Visa and she can barely speak English after 30 years in USA?!

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago

Epstein Visa.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They're both so fucking awful and weird.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

She can barely read english lmao

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One expects Melania to have had to develop a wicked dry sense of humor in order to survive such proximity to Trump's narcissism. She could've completely intended that.

Or what you see is what you get and she is just amazing at faking it.

Oh, who am I kidding? Trump has never once in his life cared whether a girl came.

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

You seem to be suggesting she wrote what she was reading.

Oh you sweet summer child.

They have just stolen the language of kindness and try to present their hatred as kind.

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Klear@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago

Well said, Dragonborn.

[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Could it be they laughed from his reaction? Seemed more of a "she's talking about me" type of a joke