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demmiblue

(39,464 posts) Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:57 AM Nov 2020

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Melania tweets a happy birthday message for the USMC... by tweeting photos of herself (and it):

Happy 245th birthday to our nation’s @USMC! Today we recognize the US Marine Corps for its many achievements, celebrate the men & women who valiantly serve, honor our heroic Marine veterans, & remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedoms.

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Melania tweets a happy birthday message for the USMC... by tweeting photos of herself (and it): (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2020 OP

The Trumps. Always injecting themselves into everything. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #1

The First Nude...always making it about herself. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #2

Thank goodness for small favors gratuitous Nov 2020 #15

Does she think it's a hook up app? underpants Nov 2020 #3

All 4 photos are about her Sanity Claws Nov 2020 #4

She knows they're not just her doormen, right? JHB Nov 2020 #5

I might give her a break on this one exboyfil Nov 2020 #6

I would think a photo of raising the flag on Iwo Jima .. CatMor Nov 2020 #8

Trump "brand" above all else. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #9

Yes, the photos make the marines look as if they are subservient to the trumps. CatMor Nov 2020 #12

They're just phoning-it-in poli-junkie Nov 2020 #7

There is no way she wrote that. notinkansas Nov 2020 #10

Agreed. GemDigger Nov 2020 #17

At least she was wearing clothes. fleur-de-lisa Nov 2020 #11

Does she realize that the Marines do more than open doors and hold umbrellas? Yavin4 Nov 2020 #13

As always, totally tone deaf PatSeg Nov 2020 #14

That last picture looks badly photoshopped csziggy Nov 2020 #16

Amateurish BS, took about 2 minutes to whip up. Baked Potato Nov 2020 #18

NCDem47

(3,354 posts)

1. The Trumps. Always injecting themselves into everything.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:01 AM

Nov 2020

They just...

don't

get

it.

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Ferrets are Cool

(22,599 posts)

2. The First Nude...always making it about herself.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:04 AM

Nov 2020

Just like her POS husband. They deserve each other.

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

15. Thank goodness for small favors

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:53 AM

Nov 2020

At least she has clothes on in all the photos.

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underpants

(195,550 posts)

3. Does she think it's a hook up app?

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:05 AM

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Sanity Claws

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4. All 4 photos are about her

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:06 AM

Nov 2020

She and her husband are two peas in a pod.

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JHB

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5. She knows they're not just her doormen, right?

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:07 AM

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exboyfil

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6. I might give her a break on this one

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:10 AM

Nov 2020

Not the it though, but her interaction with the Marine Corps is this. They stand silently ready to protect the President and his family.

I am not sure that the optics are that bad.

This coming from someone with many friends in the Marine Corps, and a proud Jr. Marine Corps ROTC member.

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CatMor

(6,212 posts)

8. I would think a photo of raising the flag on Iwo Jima ..

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:19 AM

Nov 2020

would have been more appropriate. The photos she included look like the brave marines are just for show.

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NCDem47

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9. Trump "brand" above all else.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:41 AM

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CatMor

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12. Yes, the photos make the marines look as if they are subservient to the trumps.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:48 AM

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poli-junkie

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7. They're just phoning-it-in

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:13 AM

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notinkansas

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10. There is no way she wrote that.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:47 AM

Nov 2020

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GemDigger

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17. Agreed.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:12 PM

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fleur-de-lisa

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11. At least she was wearing clothes.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:47 AM

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Yavin4

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13. Does she realize that the Marines do more than open doors and hold umbrellas?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:51 AM

Nov 2020

She probably thinks that they're some sort of butler service.

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PatSeg

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14. As always, totally tone deaf

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:52 AM

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csziggy

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16. That last picture looks badly photoshopped

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:54 AM

Nov 2020

Look at the white line around both of the Dolts. It just looks wrong.

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Baked Potato

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18. Amateurish BS, took about 2 minutes to whip up.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:32 PM

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