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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I doubt she cares all that much as long as the gravy train keeps going.

She's going to have to try to hide her smile when all the fireworks are going off and people are literally dancing in the streets.

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 98 points 1 day ago

“I don’t care, do you?”

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She doesn't give one flying fuck what Donald does. She's concerned about his public image only so far as it affects her eventual inheritance.

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i dunno...the more soap opera/reality tv scandal there is, the better her tell-all "memoir" will sell, even though it'll be 100% ghost written

[–] DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

ghost

That's a weird way of spelling "LLM".

[–] Fetus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

She won't be doing the prompting, that's the ghost writer's job.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago
[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

My reply to Melania: I really don't care. Do u?

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 12 points 1 day ago

Cool, now Epstein files please

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wonder if Natalie dresses in Ivanka‘s clothes and calls him daddy.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Hey I don't like that her husband is a warmonger fascist pedophile. We can't all have the world we want tho, huh?

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Melania likely only has relations with the president only rarely, as is likely detailed in her updated prenuptial agreement from last term of the prez, or whatever you call the new contract they signed.

She clearly has never had a monogamous relationship with the president, but a transactional one.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, it seems likely she went from trafficked to owned by a man who joked about killing his ex-wife in just the way she ended up dying.

It seems very possible that this woman has never known freedom. :/

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She is just like him. She knows what she signed up for. Money. It was no secret who trump is.

She cares little about anyone but her self

The infamous coat. Leaked voice messages about Christmas at the White House.

Only a selfish cold bitch would marry him. Especially as he was when she did.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're missing the part where they met through Epstein and she was likely trafficked before hand and sold. You just want an excuse to spew hate on someone and feel justified for it. It's not righteous, it's disgusting.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can be a victim and predator.

Past experiences don't excuse current harmful behavior.

She doesn't get to be selfish and cruel and it's okay because she was a prostitute. It doesn't work like that.

Look up the shit she has said. And done. Maybe she was a victim at some point 20 years ago. Shes not the victim now.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Don’t humanize Nazis

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

Melania is like, "The Diaper girl?"

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

“Doesn’t like” people implying that the pathological liar / adulterer / rapist / pedophile is likely cheating again?

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Stop the presses!

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

“You look slinky,” Melania said, at the top of the stairs

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago