Melania Trump 'just wants to go home'

[My Pet Orangutan]

Melania Trump 'just wants to go home'

(CNN)In mid-November, as President Donald Trump railed against the election results, his wife, first lady Melania Trump publicly agreed with his sentiments. But privately, a handful of days after the final state tally, the first lady tasked an emissary with discreetly finding out what was available to her in terms of budget and staff allocation for post-White House life.

While the President is busy figuring out a way to stay in the White House, the first lady is determining what to put in storage, what goes to Trump's New York City digs, and what should be tagged for shipment to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

"She just wants to go home," said another source familiar with Melania Trump's state of mind. Asked how the first lady feels about rumors her husband might announce a 2024 bid, the source added: "That might not go over well."

The first lady quietly brought on Marcia Lee Kelly to her scant East Wing staff in April as a special government employee who could add gravitas and experience. She is unpaid and serves in a volunteer capacity but her job as Trump's special adviser proved helpful as the waning months of her first-term tenure.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/politics/melania-trump-future/index.html

Home? I'm sure there are a few places going in Solvenia's refugee camps. Don't mention the kids in cages, though.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3286365/Slovenia-latest-country-resort-building-fences-borders-47-500-migrants-enter-overwhelmed-nation-days.html

EDIT: 'a special government employee ...is unpaid and serves in a volunteer capacity'? Grifters to the end.

[Rorey]

1. It really would "Be Best" if she got the hell out of OUR White House

Maybe I should feel guilty about enjoying this.

Nope. I don't.

[brush]

3. The whole lot of them need to go asap so guys in hazmat suits can...

come in and disinfect it from all the covid they'll leave behind.

Anybody know the covid count of people infected at the White House and then spreaded beyond? It's gotta be close to 100.

[Raven]

2. What the hell does "budget and staff allocation" for post WH life mean???

[BusyBeingBest]

4. Post WH grifting, of course.

[Rorey]

7. I hope someone is keeping a close eye on what's taken out of the WH

I wouldn't trust any of them not to outright steal historical items.

[Rorey]

5. I think it means that they've been lying about their wealth

Why would she be concerned about a budget for those things if they truly had the billions her loser spouse claims they have?

[redstatebluegirl]

18. A college friend who was a "trust fund baby" used to say her family did not get rich

using their own money when they could use others money. I think that pretty much sums it up.

[Rorey]

23. OPM - Other People's Money

A realtor that I once knew tried to talk my then-husband and I into doing that kind of investing into rental properties. He did it himself for awhile. His idea was to get a loan to buy a property for more than the property was actually worth, with the "intention" of using the extra cash to do repairs. (I forget what that's called.) He did it himself, and of course never used the improvement/repair money to do the improvements and repairs. He was a slum lord. We didn't take his advice. I mean, to me it's straight out fraud, and I wanted no part of it.

That realtor died last year, and left a ton of debt and pretty much worthless properties for his widow. I'm sure glad we didn't listen to him.

[underpants]

6. if I cared I'd say "Well gee that's just a damned shame"

But I don’t care.

[Rorey]

8. Kinda funny how Melanoma is fine with Barron switching schools now

I'm recalling how she claimed she didn't want him to change schools in the middle of a school year back in 2017. Suddenly it's ok?

[HipChick]

10. It's not like she could afford a private tutor

[marlakay]

17. We found out that was all a cover

While she redid her prenup. Which also says she has to stay until he is not president so she can't leave early unless he allows her to and you know he will mess with her.

[Sugar Smack]

9. Best to get cracking.

Those guys have a lot of shit.

[Blue Owl]

11. Please do

[Bev54]

12. I will help her pack

if she wants to leave asap.

[Codeine]

13. There's a streetcorner in Slovenia waiting, Malaria.

GTFO.

[gratuitous]

14. Did she forget where the fucking door is?

Nobody's stopping you, Madame Third Lady. You can leave anytime it suits you.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. I can just picture her singing Eva Gabor's part of the Greenacres theme

[durablend]

16. Don't let the door hit ya...

[GoCubsGo]

19. Then just fucking go already.

No need to wait.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. "unpaid and serves in a volunteer capacity'?"

In any other universe this would be a direct violation of the Antideficiency Act.

ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT

Overview

This act prohibits federal agencies from obligations or expending federal funds in advance or in excess of an appropriation, and from accepting voluntary services.

The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal employees from

making or authorizing an expenditure from, or creating or authorizing an obligation under, any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available in the appropriation or fund unless authorized by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(A).

involving the government in any obligation to pay money before funds have been appropriated for that purpose, unless otherwise allowed by law. 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a)(1)(B).

accepting voluntary services for the United States, or employing personal services not authorized by law, except in cases of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. 31 U.S.C. § 1342.

making obligations or expenditures in excess of an apportionment or reapportionment, or in excess of the amount permitted by agency regulations. 31 U.S.C. § 1517(a).

Federal employees who violate the Antideficiency Act are subject to two types of sanctions: administrative and penal. Employees may be subject to appropriate administrative discipline including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal from office. In addition, employees may also be subject to fines, imprisonment, or both.

https://www.gao.gov/legal/appropriations-law-decisions/resources#overview

Although I expect the East Wing (and anything in the WH) is probably exempt.

[Retrograde]

24. She's not the first "no pay employee"

In her book, Melania and Me, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff writes about how she volunteered her time and services to Ms Trump for the first few years of her tenure, even paying for her own lodging in DC. She wised up when it became clear that she (Winston Wolkoff) was being hung out to dry for some inauguration fundraising irregularities and Melania wouldn't lift a finger to help her.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. I expect they had others in there too

I don't know how much some of these laws actually get enforced when it comes to the head of the Executive Branch but the "freedom" is probably one of the "perks" of the Presidency.

[malaise]

21. I did wonder which home

[BlueNProud]

22. The though of my $ financing this vapid, disgusting person's lavish life of luxury is nauseating

[Midnight Writer]

26. Check her purse before she leaves.