Office of the First Lady will become Office of the First Family under Trump (CNN

[applegrove]

Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer)

[bettyellen]

1. No my god.

[MissB]

4. Every day a fresh horror

[etherealtruth]

15. Yep .. I just keep seeing/hearing and thinking what fresh new hell is this?

[madaboutharry]

2. And tonight on Anderson Cooper

Kaleigh McEnany will be on television spouting what a great thing this is, how it all makes great sense, how Trump is different, how Ivanka is just so peachy...blah, blah, blah.

Yet if this were a Democrat and his family it would be a violation of the sacred trust between the president, the "real" first lady, and the American people. Why it would be almost treasonous and a sign that the president elect is unfit for office.......

How can it be that his children will be in The Office of the First Family...aren't they suppose to be running his fucking business empire in some kind of make believe blind trust?

[maryellen99]

3. I'll say it Melania and Barron are never moving in

That marriage is over and the only reason they won't divorce is due to bad publicity.

[applegrove]

6. Trump a president bachelor? My eyes!!!! I think it really is that

the youngest son is in school. I can well see her not wanting the role too.

[Donkees]

5. Wasn't it said that Chelsea would have taken on some of the First Lady duties for Hillary?

[bettyellen]

7. Not by anyone credible.

[Donkees]

9. Expert says Chelsea Clinton may be Americas next first lady

http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/05/13/expert-says-chelsea-clinton-may-be-americas-next-first-lady/

The next first lady of the United States could be a former first daughter, a prominent White House expert says. C-SPAN co-CEO Susan Swain predicts that if Hillary Clinton locks up the Democratic nomination and prevails in the general election, Chelsea Clinton will assume the role of first lady instead of Bill Clinton wearing that hat.

“There is a social function to the first lady’s role, and that will not go away,”

Such a move wouldn’t be unprecedented either. It’s been a century since it last happened officially, but America has had first daughters handle first lady duties. Following the death of Woodrow Wilson’s wife, Ellen, their 28-year-old daughter Margaret, who had been living with them in the White House, took over as first lady in 1914 on an interim basis until Wilson remarried (not sure how he had time to date while running the country, but that’s neither here nor there). According to the National First Ladies’ Library, President Wilson’s cousin, Helen Bones, also handled the duties on occasion after Ellen died. Prior to Margaret Wilson’s brief tenure as first lady, several other first daughters have handled the job as well, The Daily Mail noted.

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Susan Swain is an American journalist, author and the co-CEO of C-SPAN.

Bibliography
First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women

[bettyellen]

10. One "expert" speculates versus loads of reports she was going to take the rein of the foundation?

Sorry, I'd read that was the plan last year. was reported on most major outlets.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/chelsea-clinton-plans-to-stay-on-board-of-family-foundation-1472081719?client=safari

[Donkees]

12. Not just one expert, this excerpt has her doing both...

Hillary has suggested she would turn to her husband for advice, especially on the economy, and may give him a "specific global problem to solve", says Time magazine. Family friends say he could also be dispatched abroad to put his experience and skill-set to good use. But most political commentators agree he is unlikely to take up the more traditional first lady duties, such as decorating, managing florists and catering.

Who will carry out those responsibilities then?
"Clinton family confidantes say that Bill Clinton may get a pass on much of the drudgery of ceremonial housekeeping – and that the responsibility for choosing cutlery and curtains may fall to the couple's 36-year-old daughter, Chelsea Clinton," says QZ.

Hillary has said she will "keep an eye" on the "more social aspects" of the White House, says Time magazine. But friends of Chelsea say she is likely to "lend a hand around major events and holidays, at least by phone and email, and to help her father with some of the traditional duties of a president's spouse", reports the New York Times. She is also expected to take over the family foundation if her mother wins next month.

"Any suggestion that Chelsea Clinton might be relied upon to perform traditional first-lady tasks has the potential to strike a nerve, prompting concerns about an overly gendered view of presidential family roles," says the NYT. But, the newspaper adds, Hillary, like Chelsea, had a top degree and an accomplished career when she "threw herself into the role of first lady in the 1990s".

http://www.theweek.co.uk/us-election-2016/77790/us-election-2016-will-chelsea-clinton-take-on-first-lady-duties

[bettyellen]

13. Every report I saw said she had to choose and could not do both, because COI.

It looking ar this crap and speculating as if it's important or remotely "the same" as Donald having family business partners in office at the White House is pretty much bullshit. shovels full of bullshit.

[C_U_L8R]

8. I missed the part about the blind trust

and how the fuck that's supposed to legitimately work.

What an awful family.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. Office of the First Family, LLC

[stillcool]

14. Incorporated?

Will they go public and sell shares?

[MiniMe]

16. Not surprising. IMHO, Melania won't move to DC

She and Barron will stay in NY. Ivanka will be "acting" First Lady. Melania hasn't been seen or heard from much after the Republican convention other than election night. I think she was totally embarrassed by that speech she gave. First, she said she wrote it herself which turned out to be untrue. And the speech writer totally plagiarized it from Michelle Obama.

It will be interesting, we'll see. I don't think they will be married in 4 years.

[TeamPooka]

17. Gonna be a lot of pussy grabbing when Trump visits the White House. If Pence gives him a day pass.