CNN Opinion........Why does Melania Stay with Trump?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/opinions/why-does-melania-stay-drexler/index.html

I read this article and surmised that she likes the lifestyle she has become accustomed to living, despite the dispicable cad Trump is. Melania is nothing more than a trophy to look at, but never touch. She has been bought. She had to know that he would never have been faithful to her or even his mistresses after she became his wife.

[dhol82]

1. I am surprised that this continues to be a question.

Money and status. That is all.
She is not a brain trust.

[elleng]

2. Whatever anyones postulate, she has a CHILD

who, I recall hearing, likes to be around his father.

Whomever thinks it's easy to separate from a spouse who is also a parent AND a sociopath (at least) doesn't know much about 'life,' imo.

[secondwind]

15. He did not want that child in the first place. But she insisted.

So he said okay, as long as I don’t have to have anything to do with it.

He doesn’t spend time with this boy, they don’t golf together or go to the movies or pal around. He is not an object of his affection.

[PJMcK]

30. Respectfully, how do you know this?

Thank you, in advance.

[underpants]

3. My wife has a one word explanation

but I'm not po$ting it here.

[NurseJackie]

22. The one that comes to my mind beings with W or P ...

... and they're both synonyms for the same thing.

[underpants]

39. It's a damned shame

When you have to leave money on your own nightstand

But I'm not saying it.

[Bleacher Creature]

36. Here's a word that we can say here.

"Prenup."

[hlthe2b]

4. I think she was ok with his affairs as long as they did not become public & embarrass her.

I think she might have once had an infatuation for him--sufficient for her to justify to herself marrying such a truly awful person, but as has been reported, they haven't shared a bed for a very long time. I suspect the pre-nup might have been "fattened" a tad to entice her to go to DC and play at first lady, but ultimately I'm sure she just feels trapped. Given her parent's questionable legal status, I'd say she is right to feel that way.

[PJMcK]

32. Why do you think that?

I'm curious if there's personal information that you know.

Thanks, in advance.

[hlthe2b]

35. Multiple articles over time especially before the election; Fire & Fury book by Michael Wolff

I remember an article that included a few comments from those who knew her as a model and those from her hometown in Slovenia.

[Lotusflower70]

5. Who knows

Who cares. It's her life and her call to make.

[safeinOhio]

10. Best post

of this thread.

[DonViejo]

28. Yes, indeed! It's a matter of choice.

[quartz007]

29. +100

[PJMcK]

33. Who cares?

Your point is right on the money.

[Dave Starsky]

6. She worked in this country illegally.

If she doesn't toe the line, he will personally ensure that her ass is shipped back to Slovenia, along with her freeloading chain immigrant parents. But without her kid.

It's that whole kompromat thing, again.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. It would be doubly difficult for her to be shipped to Estonia,

since she's from Slovenia.

[Dave Starsky]

8. Fixed it.

Realized my mistake as soon as I posted.

[hlthe2b]

17. Melania is a US citizen (since 2006) so she can't be deported. Her parents, on the other hand...

[HipChick]

20. Any naturalized person can be deported..

US citizenship can be relinquished..

[hlthe2b]

21. so rare that it is negligable--but still, only if she lied to get her citizenship

Grounds for Denaturalization

Falsification or Concealment of Relevant Facts: You must be absolutely truthful when filling out paperwork and answering interview questions related to the naturalization application process. Even if the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) fails to recognize any lies or ommissions at first, the agency may file a denaturalization action against you after citizenship has been granted. Examples include failure to disclose criminal activities or lying about one's real name or identity.

Refusal to Testify Before Congress: You may not refuse to testify before a U.S. congressional committee whose job it is to investigate your alleged involvement in subversive acts, such as those intended to harm U.S. officials or overthrow the U.S. government. This requirement to testify in order to maintain citizenship status expires after 10 years.

Membership in Subversive Groups: Your citizenship may be revoked if the U.S. government can prove that you joined a subversive organization within five years of becoming a naturalized citizen. Membership in such organizations is considered a violation of the oath of U.S. allegiance. Examples include the Nazi Party and Al Qaeda.

Dishonorable Military Discharge: Since you may become a naturalized U.S. citizen by virtue of serving in the U.S. military, your citizenship may be revoked if you are dishonorably discharged before serving five years. Reasons for dishonorable discharge, which must follow a general court-martial, include desertion and sexual assault.

[HipChick]

23. It's not that rare now...Trump admin had increased this recently...

[quartz007]

31. Only when extremely serious crimes

are committed by the naturalized citizen. Unless Melania commits mass murder in a school, deportation is highly improbable. I am sure there are many bank robber naturalized citizens living here, in or out of jail.

[AlexSFCA]

9. who the hell cares

I wish cnn would be laser focused on mueller investigation and ethics issues of this admin 24/7 instead of duluting their news reporting with garbage

[Ilsa]

11. Most 11 year old boys still idolize their daddies.

But I wonder if he will ever be pissed over how nasty his father is to his mother? Seems to me that Baron is learning that women can be bought. Another generation of a creepy rich male.

The whole thing disgusts me.

[dflprincess]

34. I imagine he'll turn out to be a lot like his older brothers.

Which is a pity

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. As First Ladies go.........

Melania has not done a thing to introduce herself to the Nation, promote a cause she is passionate about, go on shows for interviews, or get to know the American people. We see her as an ornament to a brutish man getting in and out of cars, AF1, with the ocassional world leader. The seems to be a lack of interest on her part.


Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama were as visible as they could be and we admired them for their work and commitment to the country.

[MiniMe]

24. She is anti-bulllying

Has she looked at who she is married to?

[Mike Nelson]

13. Good grief...

...why i$ CNN wa$ting air time on a que$tion with $o obviou$ an an$wer?

[ismnotwasm]

14. Thats a gossipy piece

Given the author purports to write a book on the “failings of feminism”

Personally I don’t care, it’s not my business—she’s a grown ass adult married to a racist, sexist horror—and has been, Trump has been very much in the public eye with his bigotries. No information about him is surprising or new.

[struggle4progress]

16. She's not my favorite First Lady but perhaps we have more important issues now

Like the Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal stories, this might best be considered a distraction from the real concerns we should have about the damage he and his enablers are doing to our country. And it might not help convince many of his supporters that he's a scum-bucket

[Miles Archer]

18. Here's one scenario. Melania is angry. She's flown to Mar-a-Lago...

...with a security detail, at taxpayers' expense. where she is "pampered in the spa."

Sweet deal, right? It's something that actually happened a month or so ago. She was supposed to travel with Trump, she went to Mar-a-Lago alone instead.

I don't see that she's particularly gifted in any way, or has a "cause" to devote her time to (Anti-CyberBullying campaign, anyone?).

I think the only thing that kept her from staying in Trump Tower with her son was "bad optics"...the daily cost to provide security for her there, the cost to fly her back and forth to Washington when she "had" to be there.

So now she's in the White House, and reportedly she and Trump sleep in separate rooms.

Regarding your comment "She had to know that he would never have been faithful to her or even his mistresses after she became his wife," yeah...but my guess is that when Trump voiced "presidential aspirations" in the past, she hedged her bets and never thought that he'd go through with it (and if he did, she probably thought he wouldn't win).

She rolled the dice and lost. Not financially, of course, which may be all that matters to her. I, personally, would be completely nuts if the daily headlines were about my girlfriend throwing down with pornstars and models. I think the only time she likes the spotlight if she's "looking fabulous," and she never looks that way to me. She seems to be empty, shallow, and she helped carry Trump's "birther" flag for him, so I have no sympathy or empathy for what she's going through.

There's gotta be a pre-nup. My guess is that when Trump is out of office, she'll cash in her chips and that'll be the end of it.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

19. The irony of it all, Miles......

Is that the Trump marriage or lack of it, is being played out. The past is being brought forth and is another embarrassment to this country.

I am reminded of the outrage from Conservative pundits maligning the Obamas for all their touchy Feely
moments, Barack serenading Michelle with some AL Greene, holding hands, even the fist bump thing between them. A couple who knew what being human beings in love with one another was all about.

We do not have that with the Trumps.

[Tatiana]

25. She thought the marriage would be over by now.

His Presidential ambitions cramped what she logically thought would happen.

She is wife #3. What does Trump do when the wives get too "old?" He tosses them aside for a younger version.

I think she assumed that she'd bide her time, he'd cheat, get tired of her and they would divorce -- after which, she'd get a nice settlement and be able to live the relatively same life she had become accustomed to.

It's painfully obvious that this life was not in her plans and she's miserable.

[pamdb]

26. Melania

Pre-nup

[bearsfootball516]

27. 🤑🤑🤑

[JHB]

37. Until she turns in states evidence, I just dont care.

[DinahMoeHum]

38. Well, hell. She'll get her head chopped off. . .

. . .along with the rest of them.

So I really don't give a shit whether she stays with him or leaves him.

[randr]

40. Someone needs to manage the family fortune when the lsos goes to jail

[JDC]

41. Her business, not mine.

How can anyone spend one minute with that jackass is beyond me.

[Laffy Kat]

42. I was wondering earlier if maybe she knows so much she's afraid to leave.

Wonder if she's afraid hubby or his cronies would have her taken out.

[msongs]

43. because they have the same core morals and values nt