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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere is the press and media on the Melania story?
She mysteriously goes to the hospital then is released after 5 days and then disappears. Now it is alleged she has moved to NY.
Americans deserve answers on this huge story.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)tblue37
(65,340 posts)with him any more.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)there might not be a story. Maybe she just wanted to get away from Spanky for a few days - though that could be the story.
Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)Then no sign of her at the WH. Trump when asked points out a window and claims she is looking at them right now. Now it is learned she is allegedly in NYC.
Something is going on that we need to know about.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)She's just a First Lady, and a fairly useless one at that. If she wants to hide out in NYC to avoid her repulsive creep of a husband, or lay low until her plastic surgery bruises fade, why is that something we need to know?
Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)I suspect abuse.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Tweety Amin is abusive, but the fact that Melanoma hasn't been seen in public lately isn't proof of that, or even evidence.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)tblue37
(65,340 posts)thucythucy
(8,048 posts)I hadn't heard that one.
Just. So. Perfect.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)catbyte
(34,376 posts)trouble.
Thanks for the laugh.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)covering it up!
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)WE are bankrolling this lunacy while Americans worry about having healthcare at all....or a job.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)showing her BARE ARMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,585 posts)Although it might be worth a look if Trump calls into "Fox and Friends" again and goes into one of his half hour monologues. The expressions on the hosts faces at the end were priceless.
eShirl
(18,490 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)He has not been seen much either.
Not what you would call a Happy Family.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)I play the game I admit so once hearing she is Waldo like I think plastic surgery and perhaps how unaware she may have been on how long healing from plastic surgery after a certain age can be
CatMor
(6,212 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)While I wish her no ill, I really dont care about her one way or the other.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)Other than that, I don't care what she does.
When we have to pay for her security, it's our business. As far as her well-being goes, I have no concern.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This family has already cost us enough money. I am tired of paying for their grifting and dysfunction.
Hekate
(90,671 posts)...and she does have a right to privacy. Well, another exception would be poisoning.
As for "the media" -- perhaps they feel the same way I do. You could ask them.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)If she went in for surgery, was in for several days longer than she should have been, and then went missing for three weeks, what would your reaction be? You would be concerned, right? And that right there is the major difference between the tRumps and the Obamas. Barack would have been providing updates. We would be seeing pictures of Michelle recovering. But the Donald could not care less about his third wife. That should be our takeaway from this: confirmation of just how self-absorbed he is and how poorly he treats everyone else (even family).
KPN
(15,643 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,515 posts)Maybe she is using this opportunity to get away from him, at least for a while. It doesn't really matter. She's done very little as a FLOTUS anyway.
kimbutgar
(21,137 posts)Would his cult members stand by him abusing his wife?
He hurt Ivana I wouldnt put it past him.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)They're that sick.
nolabear
(41,960 posts)Any administration worth anything at all would say something to thank people for their thoughts and prayers, or give an update, even a shady one, or understand that in the absence of any info rumors are going to take over. Either these guys just like the divisiveness (yet again) that comes from speculation or dont give two shits about any of it.
Ive seen everything from plastic surgery to suicide attempt to abuse to SHES OUR WONDERFUL FIRST LADY HOW DARE YOU MENTION HER NAME YOU LOSERS.
No matter what, its being handled poorly.
spooky3
(34,444 posts)Private matter. She is unelected and is unpaid and apparently stays out of most public matters. She apparently still has a voice and means. So Im much more concerned with the missing immigrant children than missing Melania.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)She might not be paid but she sure cost this city a bundle when she was here.
I think knowing her whereabouts is pertinent.
spooky3
(34,444 posts)I'm fed up paying for a do-nothing president's wife
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Clarity2
(1,009 posts)The public should know. Its a crime and he should be in jail and impeached just on that alone (ok for many more reasons than this obviously).
I do care...I have a soft spot for battered women. She fits the profile. Its been reported she doesnt have any real friends, keeps to herself and doesnt socialize. It fits the pattern of an abused woman. Stay hidden and hide the bruises. Isolating herself also makes her that much more a target by him.
This man is a lunatic in public, I can only imagine what hes like behind closed doors.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)blob?
that would make her deserve to be abused if she is?
If you came across her on the street being beaten by Trump, would you not intervene? Would you show some empathy? Its really perhaps the difference between you and me in that I try to put myself in someones shoes and picture if that is what is happening to her.
It is NOT a stretch in the least to imagine she is being assaulted by trump.
Its funny how some people on here are so ride or die, and any show of compassion towards someone not on our side is squashed. Compassion is a democratic trait. Or at least I thought it was.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)One of her friends got $28 million. So she has at least one friend. She may not be a "real friend" but she's real rich if I am correct about the money. My post doesn't say a damn thing about my thoughts on women who are abused or the level of my compassion.
If I came across Drumpf in the street, that alone would cause me to intervene on behalf of the country. We're about the same age, he has a lot of weight on me but I'm in better shape and my hands are bigger. Your example and mine both will never happen.
I don't know what you mean about "ride or die" but I am inclined to believe your horse is a lot higher than mine.
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)I thought you were implying because she gives the appearance of being greedy (throwing money towards a friend) therefore doesn't deserve any empathy.
Yes, so she has one friend, but no one knows if its casual or a true friendship. Or if thats a friend through her husband? Ive read that she doesnt socialize much.
Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)That's funny!
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)But really...WTF, very odd and just raises speculation. Just lie good enough the first time and then there won't be questions but as we see they can't even do that right.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)If she had to spend 5 days in the hospital, I would imagine she has to rest quite a bit during her recovery.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)You rest for a few hours and they send you home the same day. A FLOTUS might get the luxury of an overnight stay, but five days?
Zoonart
(11,860 posts)We the taxpayers foot the bills for her medical care and her safety. We have a right to know...especially if we are going to be paying for another security detail in NYC and renting another Secret Service office in Trump tower. Hell yes...we have the right to know.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Be best.
Cha
(297,188 posts)Michelle. But, of course, that wouldn't happen.
Mike Nelson
(9,953 posts)
she also wanted the Obamas to go home to Africa. Like some of the "adults" in the Trump circle, she's probably a white supremacist, too. I'd lave her alone, but am okay with others speculating... She speculated on Obama's birth certificate, so she likes speculation.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)people like the Obamas.
Besides being birther on TV, stealing First Lady Obama's speech was an asshole bully move too imo
Just who does shit like that in your face? Like you wont recognize it was your speech??
Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)A Trump speechwriter. I doubt Melania has a command of the English language that would allow her to write her own speeches. Her husband doesn't even have that.
ooky
(8,922 posts)elleng
(130,895 posts)there are much more important things about which to be concerned.
womanofthehills
(8,702 posts)If Michelle Obama disappeared no one would ever say Obama had hurt her, but it's totally different with Trump. His first wife accused him of abuse and rape.
Me.
(35,454 posts)another mil a day for NYers to pay for her security
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)mainer
(12,022 posts)I dont know of too many minormedical issues that would keep her hidden from public eye this long, except maybe plastic surgery or emotional issues.
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)they lie about everything so you know the whole kidney story was B.S. to begin with. If it is nothing then why not say so. They will never tell us what is really going on so we'll just have to wait for the leak.
nini
(16,672 posts)You know 45 must have been livid after her smiling with Obama.
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MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)Maybe even the kidney thing was a ruse. Huge speculation but its happened before. This is weird. And, why the hell is no member of the media following her parents or sister? Seems the obvious thing to do.
k8conant
(3,030 posts)"Her mother, Amalija Knavs, was seen walking along the White House grounds around midday Friday."
shenmue
(38,506 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)on her orange playboy hubby.