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Trueblue Texan

(2,425 posts)
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:49 PM Jan 2022

Anybody think maybe Melania is selling her stuff because...

A. She's Hoovering up all the cash she can get her hands on before the fall of House of Trump.
B Donnie told her to get rid of some stuff because she can't take it with them.

See this story:
https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-grift-auction-questioned/

I think they know their goose is cooked and are getting ready to get the hell out of Dodge.

What do y'all think?

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Anybody think maybe Melania is selling her stuff because... (Original Post) Trueblue Texan Jan 2022 OP
Who gives a flying fuck? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #1
If you don't give a flying fuck, why did you post an answer? Trueblue Texan Jan 2022 #5
Hey.. I don't give one, either Deuxcents Jan 2022 #20
"I really don't care, do u?" Alice Kramden Jan 2022 #6
But you chose to respond to it????? USALiberal Jan 2022 #14
Ditto. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #23
She might be raising cash to divorce him drray23 Jan 2022 #2
I'm thinking so, too. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #22
That's what I'm thinking. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #24
Wish they would leave. But, doubt we will be so lucky. Hoyt Jan 2022 #3
It occurred to me Alice Kramden Jan 2022 #4
Boy I hope you are right! PortTack Jan 2022 #9
Mostly, A relayerbob Jan 2022 #7
I hope they do. Save us a lot of taxpayer money LakeArenal Jan 2022 #8
You are so right! As he does everything that is no longer a grift for him PortTack Jan 2022 #11
Probably A, but it also depends on the pre-nup...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #10
Isn't she selling mostly junk? Poiuyt Jan 2022 #12
Just business as usual with those disgusting grifters Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 #13
Melanie has over 50 million of her own money.. secondwind Jan 2022 #15
She Blackmailed Him When He Wanted Her To Move Into The WH Me. Jan 2022 #16
Any Trump-related paraphernalia ... NanceGreggs Jan 2022 #17
She's setting up to be a paid shill for Bitcoin... viva la Jan 2022 #26
I think that the best person that could answer this - would be a divorce lawyer. Dan Jan 2022 #18
Agreed. She's looking at his future viva la Jan 2022 #27
Strange bird that one. multigraincracker Jan 2022 #19
Perhaps she sees Trump's "star" is fading crimycarny Jan 2022 #21
this would be my guess, she is much smarter than her husband Amishman Jan 2022 #28
Melania will never leave/divorce Trump because she is just like him Hamlette Jan 2022 #25
Bingo. She's every bit the ignorant, hatemonger Trump is. Vinca Jan 2022 #30
On top of everything else... PCIntern Jan 2022 #29
These scumbags have no class malaise Jan 2022 #31

Trueblue Texan

(2,425 posts)
5. If you don't give a flying fuck, why did you post an answer?
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:54 PM
Jan 2022

Were you just trying to be a jerk? Mission accomplished.

Deuxcents

(16,172 posts)
20. Hey.. I don't give one, either
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:50 AM
Jan 2022

I’m just here to see what you n others say.. these people are worse than reality trash on tv. Relax and watch the show.

drray23

(7,627 posts)
2. She might be raising cash to divorce him
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:51 PM
Jan 2022

She probably knows it will be a long protracted court fight before she sees a dollar from him after divorce.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,446 posts)
22. I'm thinking so, too.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:12 AM
Jan 2022

Liquidation sale of her personal assets. May be planning a permanent trip back home.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. That's what I'm thinking.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:16 AM
Jan 2022

He's tightening the purse strings and she's desperately raising cash before she can get out of there.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
7. Mostly, A
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:56 PM
Jan 2022

Grabbing the cash, since if he goes to jail, she likely won’t. But she’ll want to get as much out of it as she can.

LakeArenal

(28,813 posts)
8. I hope they do. Save us a lot of taxpayer money
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:57 PM
Jan 2022

He will dump Republicans once he doesn’t need them anymore.

Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)
12. Isn't she selling mostly junk?
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:59 PM
Jan 2022

My guess is the only people who would be interested in buying anything of hers would be Trump donors.

Diamond_Dog

(31,966 posts)
13. Just business as usual with those disgusting grifters
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:00 AM
Jan 2022

Glom onto as much money as they can without providing anything of value.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
15. Melanie has over 50 million of her own money..
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:18 AM
Jan 2022

Perhaps in her world that’s not enough? Who knows and who cares, frankly.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
16. She Blackmailed Him When He Wanted Her To Move Into The WH
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:19 AM
Jan 2022

her leverage is gone now and she's probably thinking divorce

Plus she has to pay her own bills now and support her family

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
17. Any Trump-related paraphernalia ...
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:21 AM
Jan 2022

... has a fast-approaching expiry date. She's just trying to cash-in before the market for Trump shit disappears.

viva la

(3,284 posts)
26. She's setting up to be a paid shill for Bitcoin...
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 03:00 AM
Jan 2022

Just did A big happy birthday Bitcoin proclamation in her own name, and also these idiotic NFTs are supposed to be purchased with Bitcoin.

Dan

(3,543 posts)
18. I think that the best person that could answer this - would be a divorce lawyer.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:24 AM
Jan 2022

Question - given that Trump probably has a pre-nub, the only way that she would benefit would be if he has the assets to pay her off.

I don’t know the law, but would question if the NY Courts find that he has been playing fast and loose with his real estate, could they put a hold on the Trump assets?

Plus, since Trump has indicated that he is only an employee at Mar-largo - wouldn’t that be subject to forfeiture?

With multiple lawsuits against his for instigating a riot on January 6, 2020 - could that put a lien on his assets?

Any chance that if the RICO is applied that there is the potential that all of his assets would be tied up in Court for the immediate future.

And, if he is charged by the DOJ for ??????? What does that do?

Melanie would be smart to get her hands on as much money at she could - and book.

My opinion.

viva la

(3,284 posts)
27. Agreed. She's looking at his future
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 03:05 AM
Jan 2022

And she thinks it's going to be bleak and broke. She's been making him pay her personally since 2016, and she's so king it away for her and the youngest child. She knows what he did to his niece and nephew, taking their inheritance, and what he did to second wife. She's got to secure her own cache before he kicks it or goes to jail.
Scorpions in a sack.

crimycarny

(1,351 posts)
21. Perhaps she sees Trump's "star" is fading
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:12 AM
Jan 2022

Hate to use the word star, but maybe she's realizing that Trump's popularity with his base is fading and she wants to cash in while she can.

Amishman

(5,554 posts)
28. this would be my guess, she is much smarter than her husband
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:48 AM
Jan 2022

She doesn't care about any of it herself, realizes its value will never be higher, so tells a personal assistant to sell it off.

My guess is she is spending next to no time of her own on it and we're all reading too much into it.

Hamlette

(15,411 posts)
25. Melania will never leave/divorce Trump because she is just like him
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:21 AM
Jan 2022

she loves him. If there could be a more horrid person on earth than Trump it is Melania.

She is selling stuff because she can. I hope, and maybe they realize, her white hat won't be worth $250,000 in a couple of years if Trump gets indicted or more shit comes out about him. She's testing the waters to see if she can sell useless shit white Trump supporters are still crazy enough to buy it.

How this Melania is going to divorce Trump thing got started is because people believe she is human. For whatever reason, she is as damaged as he is. He's taken her on a fun ride and she'll only leave if he goes broke.

Vinca

(50,258 posts)
30. Bingo. She's every bit the ignorant, hatemonger Trump is.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 09:01 AM
Jan 2022

Supposedly the sale is to benefit charity . . . right. The "Mar-a-Grifto Orphans Society."

PCIntern

(25,519 posts)
29. On top of everything else...
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 09:00 AM
Jan 2022

she knows about his personal health and I’m willing to bet that there ain’t no $20 million life insurance policy with her as a beneficiary. I don’t care that his parents lived long lives, he is clearly in the midst of some slow decompensation cardiovascularly . It’s just a question of time: she’s a young woman relatively speaking, and she knows she’s going to be a widow sooner rather than later.

I don’t give a damn what your genetics are, you can’t live like that, eat like that, look like that, and have the difficulties he has and live into your 90s, it is just not going to happen. I’ve spent a career dealing with geriatric individuals, and I know who the long livers are, and he ain’t it. That is not to say that pricks can’t live to advanced old age, Lord knows I’ve had to deal with many of them, but no one in my practice of 44 years who is that grotesque anatomically and habitually a binge eater of horrifying foodstuffs with documented organ issues (intestinal) which he has, makes it to advanced age. What often happens, is that everybody says they’re doing great, and you come in one Monday morning and hear that the individual is hospitalized, and then three days later you read the obituary notice in the paper. That’s how it happens. Often enough that I can generalize.

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