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(CNN)While former President Donald Trump watches his second impeachment trial unfold, Melania Trump spends most of her time post-White House relaxing at the spa and staying out of the fray.
Though she has been checking in on the trial, says one source familiar with her interest level, the former first lady has mentally all but left Washington behind, unlike her husband.
According to multiple people who spoke to CNN about Trump's life in the weeks since she departed the nation's capital, her daily schedule has nothing to do with politics, Congress, trials or stymied social media accounts.
"She goes to the spa, has lunch, goes to the spa (again) and has dinner with Donald on the patio," said one person familiar with Melania Trump's schedule at Mar-a-Lago, her home in Palm Beach, Florida. "Rinse and repeat. Every day."
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But Trump's most fervent ire has come from watching Jill Biden kick off her East Wing tenure on nearly the antithesis of the path Trump took. Biden moved into the White House right away, for starters, and had a staff hired and fleshed out within two weeks of the inauguration. Trump, meanwhile, remained in New York for the first five months of the administration, ostensibly to let son Barron finish up the school year; she never had more than 12 people on her White House staff, at times there were as few as seven. (Jill Biden already has nearly a dozen full-time staff members and is expected to add more.)
Though Melania Trump reportedly left a note of welcome for Biden in the Executive Residence, she has still not spoken to her, eschewing a long-held tradition of first ladies.
Trump has also taken note of the publicity her successor has garnered.
Within weeks of becoming first lady, Biden has done an interview with People magazine, gracing the cover with her husband, the new President, and was featured in Parents magazine, where she discussed her empathy for families dealing with homeschooling their children during the pandemic. The Bidens also appeared in a televised message that aired prior to last Sunday's Super Bowl.
Jill Biden has held at least seven events or speaking engagements since becoming first lady, on topics including military families, cancer prevention, health care, community college education and support for teachers. Prior to leaving Washington on January 20, Melania Trump had not been seen publicly for three weeks and had not held a solo public event for six weeks -- a schedule not entirely uncommon for the former first lady, who opted to maintain a less robust calendar, her staff said, to provide more focus on being a wife and mother.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/melania-trump-mar-a-lago-impeachment/index.html
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Superficial! I knew she was selfcentered but this just confirms it
Warpy
(111,255 posts)because First Ladies are lightning rods for criticism, with everything they say, do, or wear offending someone out there.
Even Jackie Kennedy got nailed by the gutter press.
brewens
(13,582 posts)FB from Trump followers squalling about Mailordia not getting any of the magazine covers they think she deserves.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,934 posts)I woulda been using that one all along.
2naSalit
(86,579 posts)Wish I'd heard or thought of that a few years ago!
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)calimary
(81,238 posts)Her name was so much fun to toy with!
Bolognia, Malevola, Morticia, Malodora...
Melanoma was always my favorite but Mailordia is terrific!
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Donald can print up a fake Hustler magazine cover with Melania on it and put it on his golf clubhouse walls.
Person of Interest
(365 posts)brewens
(13,582 posts)Makes me think it could have really caught on, but maybe I never had it in a post title. I was wondering why no one seemed to think it was funny. Maybe most people have me on ignore?
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)It is genius and am Surprised Ive not seen it more often.
Well anyway , have a Valentine Heart on me.
brewens
(13,582 posts)musette_sf
(10,200 posts)or any other member of the Rump Crime Family on a mainstream magazine cover.
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)But Mailordia is much better
Ohiogal
(31,989 posts)Jill Biden and Mel Trump is laughable.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)DOCTOR Biden only has 2 kidneys inside her.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Her tightened eye slits draw my attention, and all that I think is "will they ever widen to look normal -- looks like they are causing physical pain."
Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)That must have been painful to have done. Just to see it causes me pain.
North Shore Chicago
(3,313 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,164 posts)....
jrthin
(4,835 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,164 posts)That's what we had for four years.
Oh, and she spas twice a day? How much Barron time does she have in her non-busy 'schedule'?
llmart
(15,536 posts)You don't really think she has time to "fit" Barron into her schedule what with all those spa treatments she has?
What a fake piece of crap she is. Perfect match for the other orange fake piece of crap.
DENVERPOPS
(8,817 posts)Trump basically has her under house arrest in that facility.........She can't go anywhere, or go shopping anytime like she could in NY.
I am sure, since Trump would have to pay for her travel now that he isn't president, she won't be allowed to waste their money taking any trips anywhere.
Trump could always make Maralago into a bordello with Melanoma as the madam and run a high price escort resort destination....
ooky
(8,922 posts)pandr32
(11,581 posts)That was quite a public statement concerning children torn from their families. I think she received quite a bit of coverage with that.
Silly Melania. She has forgotten that she actually did get coverage the few times she did a public appearance over four years as you said.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)... but, of course, she may be hesitant to publicly celebrate the deletion of her husband's Twitter account
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Paladin
(28,254 posts)Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,060 posts)Of course Melania will be jealous. Our new First Lady has so much more to offer than our old one.
Imagine how bitter her husband is seeing Biden hitting home run after home run.
Competent leadership matters. Biden is crushing it.
Walleye
(31,017 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,060 posts)Joe works hard to stay in shape. It will serve him well the next 4 or 8 years.
I have a dad who is 78 and does the same, he's in better shape than most people in their 40s. He lifts weights, and will ride his bike 30-40 miles a day when the weather is OK. And when people think of a 78 year old on a bike, they think of a guy casually peddling a heavy roadster, not my dad, he has a lightweight mountain bike than he powers up hills with, if you couldn't see his face, you'd think it was someone in their 20s powering through anything on his bike.
The job of President is incredibly physically demanding. Both Obama and Biden looked up to the task. Trump was so out of shape both physically and mentally that by the end he was not doing the job at all anymore.
Walleye
(31,017 posts)bdamomma
(63,845 posts)Handsome man and his lovely Jill. I'm so glad they are in WH, I give both of them all the support to be in the WH at this hopefully healing time.
livetohike
(22,140 posts)there because Donald told her she needed to be there.
lastlib
(23,224 posts)(maybe that was why she hated decorating for Christmas--couldn't stand the competition?)
ShazzieB
(16,389 posts)Wait till Jill decorates the White House next Christmas and it's not hideous and she gets a positive response. Mel will really blow her stack then!
ooky
(8,922 posts)JI7
(89,248 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)Like we should feel sorry for her ?
The coat she wore to visit caged children at the US Border comes to mind.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And the Third Lady is resentful of Dr. Biden's publicity? Can we talk, Melania? Because I think your brain doesn't work quite right.
machoneman
(4,006 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)her silly coffee table book if everyone hates or forgets you. Sorry, no money for you. I guess she could always make herself useful by passing out beach towels. Just might be a little too old for the clientele there.
Too shady ?
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)She has nothing to add to anything. She needs be put on permanent ignore.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"She goes to the spa, has lunch, goes to the spa (again) and has dinner with Donald on the patio."
She doesn't even have the decency to welcome Jill Biden to the White House. I can't even say how much I despise that useless, stupid woman. Ugh! I wish she would just get out of this country for good.
News coverage comes to people who actually do things worth covering. Historically, our First Ladies are smart and active people who make news. Her routine just wasn't newsworthy. Who's fault is that? Hers!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Be best, Melanie
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)But then I really dont care, do u?
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)Speaking of Barron, where the heck is he?
FSogol
(45,481 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)I wouldn't put anything past those people.
moose65
(3,166 posts)I don't think I've seen a picture of him lately.
He didn't seem to be around when they were leaving the White House for the last time.
That kid always had such a sad expression on his face (really can't blame him).
Of course, when he turns 18 in a few years he might reveal himself to be a giant spoiled asshole, following in the family tradition.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)Teenagers forced to travel with their parents hare not known for amiable attitudes.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)halfulglas
(1,654 posts)The American public wants to like the first family even if they don't like the president. If she would have acted like she wanted to be anything other than an adored manikin. RW media treated Michelle horribly, but if Melania acted other than a bored haughty empress most of us would have given her a pass on her past and we like first kids. She acted like she didn't want the "job" and didn't care what anyone thought of her.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)irisblue
(32,971 posts)niyad
(113,284 posts)niyad
(113,284 posts)revolting criminal. Actually has to look like she is spending time with him.
So, is she still his handler? Or is he no longer of use to vlad?
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)...for Vladimir all these years.
I really dont care abut Melania.
do u?
jb5150
(1,178 posts)She wanted to stay in NY, go to the spa, shop, do lunch, drink champagne, and sit around and gossip with the other trophy wives.
marble falls
(57,080 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)pretending to dig somewhere on the WH grounds, in stilettos, dressed to the nines, with a gold shovel, looking like she would rather be doing anything but that. As opposed to Michelle, dressed for the task, planting a WH vegetable garden. It was ridiculous. Perfect encapsulation of her phoniness.
Montauk6
(8,075 posts)sheilahi
(277 posts)Hopefully she's spending some of her busy time rethinking her clothing designer that came up with that Slovenian nightmare she wore getting off that plane for the final time. Yep, a final disembarkment look straight out of Das Leetle Hows On Zee Pwairie.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)ms liberty
(8,573 posts)It was just that hideous. All she needed was kitchen appliances in Avocado Green and a shag carpet in Burnt Sienna.
FSogol
(45,481 posts)other than $$$ and power. You learned all the wrong lessons in life, but it is never to late to change. Better luck next time.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)exactly the same as when she was First Lady. She squandered her first months in that position dragging her feet, out the public eye, while leveraging her absence for a favorable pre-nup amendment, and now she is full of resentment that Dr. Jill, a kind-hearted and intelligent activist, is already being loved and lauded for her civic-mindedess, genuine warmth, and engagement with important issues in our society. Nobody liked that stiff mannequin and nobody misses her, and that is entirely her own fault.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Exactly! Perfect description of her and her petty resentment of our lovely current FLOTUS.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)To provide more focus on being a wife and a mother. Oh please. 🤣
roamer65
(36,745 posts)UpInArms
(51,282 posts)The funeral parlor look is so distressing.
PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)Rinse and repeat.
Look at the job Joe Biden is doing. He's a blue collar guy who is decent and hardworking, and it shows. As to Dr. Biden, she will be an order of magnitude better as a First Lady than Melania.
HAB911
(8,890 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,895 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)6 languages could come in handy in the near future.
mcar
(42,307 posts)I would think that'd get old after a few days.
Odd, it doesn't mention anything about spending time with her son or seeing friends.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)to the spa, lunch, spa, dinner, daily routine. Rinse and repeat.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)I have had one massage on a ship one time
it was a bit of money and it was a gift but I couldn't imagine spending all day every day at a spa
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)Hopefully it won't be too long until her husband loses all his real estate and remaining wealth and maybe face some prison time. She'll probably rat on him for a deal.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)No, seriously- I thought about that too. After your nails are done, your massage is finished, and you have had a facial...what the hell else IS there?
Retrograde
(10,136 posts)to slather all that makeup on, and get the hair to have just the right tousle. Or is this done somewhere else? I'm afraid I'm not up on these things.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)If you marry a POS sociopath like Trumpler, don't expect to be taken seriously by anyone.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)orangecrush
(19,546 posts)And leave us alone.
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Melania had one advantage over Jill.
Melania had a previous first lady who was worth plagiarizing.
StarryNite
(9,444 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)She is as big a turd as her husband
Butterflylady
(3,543 posts)Wawannabe
(5,657 posts)Do U?
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Never heard of her.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)sold her soul, along other things, a long time ago.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)One thing a lot of the insurrectionists also have in common is having friends and family willing to turn them in.
catbyte
(34,376 posts)She might've been a little more popular if she hadn't done shit like wear that effing jacket, turn the White House Christmas decorations into a low-budget horror show, turn the White House Easter Egg Roll into an all-white, rich kid's activity, or paving over Jackie's Rose Garden so now it looks like an Eastern European parking lot.
Fuck her. I hope she's miserable every coming day of her pathetic, empty life.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Wonder who she could have learned that from. Dr. Jill Biden is a class act who people want to hear about, respect, and see, and she's jealous of her. No one wants anything to do with her. Karma is hard for people like her.
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)Yeah, right. Melania is focussing on being a wife and mother!
Sure.
But she's jealous of the publicity that Dr. Biden has received. Hey, Mel! That's part of the job of being First Lady, you fucking loser. Gosh, it's such a shame that you were never featured on the cover of Vogue. Do you know why? It's because you lack style, class and elegance.
Frankly, you're a dumb shit and I'm glad you're finally out of the White House. Go to your spa.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)...she actually has something to say? It's a pity that the Bimbos Of DC project never got off the ground.
Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)experience to offer was being a "soft" porn start - everyday people don't want to hear about that. Grow up.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)Dr Jill cares about others, has real accomplishments to her name, and works hard. Those traits, more than her new title and more than her husbands title, make her beloved, & make her of public interest (oh, say, to your average magazine editor) now that she has the title.
FLOTUS Michelle Obama had all that and glamor, too. The camera just loved her.
Of course Melania Trump is bitter with envy. She thought adulation on a royal scale came with the title, and it doesnt. She still doesnt understand she never will she is incapable of it. She is pathetic.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Spot on! So glad to finally have this trash out of our White House. Michelle and Jill and so graceful, kind and superior in every way compared to that useless bimbo. She was really just as awful as her husband. And to think I felt sorry for her at one point.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)...The Jacket. That was disgusting beyond belief it was heartless it was sociopathic. Clearly Melania was and is a fit concubine for her monstrous husband.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)Elenore Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy are probably the two most successful first ladies of the 20th century. Michelle is #1 for the 21st century -- although Laura Bush wasn't bad either.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...and relieved not to have to meet with or talk to the 3rd Wife.
Im so glad the Bidens did not have to make nice with the creepy Trumps.
Cha
(297,196 posts)forget "Be Best".. AKA "BE WORST" & the infamous "Stop Cyber Bullying" that was coming from Inside the WH
I read she was asked to try & stop the Domestic Terrorists via the Traitor & she refused.
I don't know if that's true or not but certainly believable of miss "I don't really care" infamy.
Oh yeah ETA.. Birther ***** can stuff herself with Sour Grapes.
klook
(12,154 posts)Actually, these are from a 2018 machine-learning project featuring an artificial intelligence neural network that generated candy heart messages like "All Hover," "Bog Love," and "I Honker." Unfortunately, the system did not come up with "Be Best."
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Why should she expect to receive anything back? Useless.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)BUT LOVE Dr Biden and seeing a family that you can SEE really love each other.
FAKE is SO 2020
REAL is 2021 (After Jan 20th)
ecstatic
(32,701 posts)Can the media stop covering these cretins, ffs?
Oldem
(833 posts)never came out of my mouth for four years, the I never uttered the terms "First" and "Lady" about this woman. The best I can say about that marriage from this great distance is that they seem to deserve each other. Maybe she'll divorce him and marry a Kuwaiti oil sheik. Maybe he'll go back to gullible porn stars.
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)Pojdi k vragu, you Slovenian trash.
RandySF
(58,799 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)They are no longer in our White House.
They no longer have any power over our country.
Let them fade away into nothingness, and may they be sued for the rest of their lives.
qanda
(10,422 posts)"Who opted to maintain a less robust calendar, her staff said, to provide more focus on being a wife and mother." And, may I add, going to the spa. She was the worst first lady ever!
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Love....