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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 24 points 7 hours ago

if I just get ahead of things and tell in a press conference that I did not rob a bank, nobody will believe I robbed a bank when evidence comes out that I did rob a bank

Aaahh, the thought patterns of the mentally insane

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 20 points 9 hours ago

I guess she gave that press conference a little too soon because im sure most people forgot about it already. Lol

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 37 points 11 hours ago

Finally here it is: the thing she weirdly tried to deny a couple of months ago is surfacing.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

I mean? Isn't this why Putin keeps showing her with her business on display on their "news" outlet?

I figured that was always a rather clear message to PEDOnald that they know.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 338 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (22 children)

tl;dr: Melania was an Epstein prostitute that Trump made his wife

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 hours ago

and she helped pimp children from Eastern Europe on "modeling contracts".

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 69 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

I thought this was common knowledge? Is this actually new news?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 1 hour ago

With these fuckers, that's as good as a fact.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 13 points 11 hours ago

After her weird press thingy a month ago this is what everyone concluded, yes.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 18 hours ago

I'm pretty sure it's one of those "everyone has known for ages, but it's not been actually proven until now" things that this kakistocracy is rife with 🤷🏻

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[–] cnirrad@lemmy.world 196 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Never been less shocked in my life

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean she was a little old for Don's taste when they met. That's a little surprising.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 52 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

She’s his handler. Putin gotta keep tabs on him 24/7

[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 11 points 16 hours ago

the only part where this theory fails me is that she's obviously repulsed by the fuckhead and doesn't want to spend time in DC...

but yeah it would make sense.

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[–] valar@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly thought this was known

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 41 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah, same here. There was a video circulating before his first term (long before AI and deepfakes) where someone took apart an interview she did talking about "doing business" as a "model" and all the various ways her responses were common to the jargon of prostitution.

It wasn't just one thing, it was many things, even one part where she put her hand up to her mouth like she knew she should not have said something the way she did because it was an obvious pointer to sex work.

If I can find it I'll post it, but I haven't seen it since 2015 or thereabouts.

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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 159 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Good thing she got out ahead of it before by randomly announcing apropos nothing that she had nothing to do with it, which as we all know, is an obvious confession that something is coming. You love to see it.

These people are the dumbest cunts to exist.

[–] PostaL@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

No. The dumbest are the ones that keep supporting them.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

She still can barely speak english - who on earth would doubt the fact that she's just a dumb hoe sold to trump?

[–] whatfuvk@lemmy.ml 33 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

not that I doubt that she is dumb, but using her foreign language ability as a measure of intelligence is definitely racist

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

using her foreign language ability as a measure of intelligence is definitely racist

US immigration and eugenicists concluded Italian immigrants were stupid in the 1920s because of English IQ tests.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 10 hours ago

To be fair, she did get a genius visa so maybe we should expect her to be a little brighter

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely not, Melania came to New York in 1996, Meaning she has been living in USA for 30 years, and since she was 26.
She has also had access to teachers if she wanted them. Also I bet as a model going to USA, she worked in an international environment, where English is frequently spoken.

It's a disgrace she doesn't speak better English. It's not just because she has bad linguistic skills, it's also because she hasn't cared much to improve her English for 30 years.

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 5 points 6 hours ago

She wasn't chosen by Trump or Epstein for her cunning linguistic skills.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

It has nothing to do with language. She's just dumb like that and I wouldn't be surprised she can't speak decent Slovenian either. You can just feel the vapidness radiate from her.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago

It's not racist. She's not just your average immigrant working daily to feed her family after fleeing their country so they don't get killed.

The first lady of America should be able to speak English.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Just dont say she's a prostitute, you will get sued. Or whore, cant say that.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Melania Trump is a prositute. She has sex for money.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

It's in her biography" "Make Fuck...Get Green Card"

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Based on Ungaro's allegations, it looks like Melanoma might initially have been trafficked as a minor.

Regardless, it looks like she got into the US on an Epstein visa.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

The government should have went back to look at how Epstein was able to secure these specialized visas. It is past time for heads to roll for supporting this human trafficking operation.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

I'd like to see discovery on that lawsuit so yeah let's go: Melania Trump is a prostitute and a whore.

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[–] ProdigiousInsanity@lemmus.org 42 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Wait wait wait, I thought this was common fuckien knowledge at this point. Have y'all been fucking sleeping up till now?! WTF!?

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 39 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Dude I can barely remember the scandals that happened just a week ago. The Trump regime is so rapid-fire with this shit you gotta make it second fucking job to stay up to date.

The crimes he's committed that we've forgotten about would have ended an entire political party in a sane world.

[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Every time Maduro comes up I have a hot minute of "oh shit, I forgot about that."

We kidnapped a foreign leader from his own country and are holding him without authority and putting him on trial and so much else has happened that it's barely even talked about.

Like listen, Maduro sucks, not defending his crimes, but what the actual fuck.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 hours ago

And don't forget about that time just a few months ago when Trump's personal militia literally occupied an American city, killing two innocent civilians in the process, while making hundreds more disappear without a trace. This is so much fucking fun!

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[–] Pappabosley@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

I did think she was, but after that unprompted press conference where she specifically said she was not associated with known paedophile "Jeffrey Epstein and his associates" ^TM^ , i realised I'd been wrong about her

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 23 hours ago

This is what her weird, out of the blue announcement a month or so ago was about.

[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We might have to rename the Streisand-effect

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 37 points 22 hours ago

Melanomia - the anticipatory state of paranoia that causes you to inadvertently trigger your own Streisand effect.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's already known that Ivana Trump went out with Ghislaine to help bring girls back to Epstein's place.

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[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here comes another UFO release! I bet tomorrow.

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