Melania Trump and adult Trump children avoid the spotlight after one of nation's darkest days

[groundloop]

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Source: CNN

As thousands of pro-Trump supporters streamed into Washington, DC, Wednesday headed first to the Ellipse to hear President Donald Trump speak, and then to the United States Capitol to lay siege to the epicenter of American democracy, first lady Melania Trump was doing a photo shoot at the White House.

Professional lighting, the sort used for photography and videography, could be seen through the windows of the White House. "Photos were being taken of rugs and other items in the Executive Residence and the East Wing," a person familiar with the day's activities with the first lady told CNN. Trump -- who, as CNN has reported, has expressed interest in writing a coffee table book about decorative objects she has amassed and had restored in the White House -- was overseeing the photo project, said the source, with her remaining time in the White House dwindling.

Just blocks away, domestic terrorists were swarming the US Capitol in a riot that her husband had incited earlier that day at the rally. While images of the mob breaking into the Capitol consumed the airwaves, the first lady was focused -- with the White House chief usher, Timothy Harleth -- on getting the shoot completed. Both the media, including CNN, and members of her staff were asking if Trump had plans to tweet a statement of calm, or a call to stop the violence -- something she had done a handful of times months earlier during the protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. She did not.

Instead, the first lady was quiet, and has remained so. Her disinterest in addressing the country was indicative of being "checked out," said another White House source, who added, "she just isn't in a place mentally or emotionally anymore where she wants to get involved."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/melania-trump-white-house-capitol-riot/index.html

[Wicked Blue]

1. Was the photo shoot for Pravda? nt

[robbob]

10. I would keep a close eye on Kijiji and EBay

😬

[SheltieLover]

2. Vlad call his ASSet home?

[llmart]

3. Avoid the spotlight?

I want them to avoid the daylight. Don't want to see their ugly mugs ever again unless it's in handcuffs and orange jumpsuits.

[keithbvadu2]

4. She does not care about our country.

She does not care about our country.

"she just isn't in a place mentally or emotionally anymore where she wants to get involved."

[wishstar]

5. Of course she only cares about gathering photo material to make money from a book before they leave

Grifters to the end

[Marcuse]

6. She doesn't care. Do you?

[Yeehah]

7. Perhaps they were expecting to be escorted into their palace after the coup

as newly installed nobility.

[KPN]

8. Lol. They're going to need a spider hole to avoid the spotlight. Good luck with that.

[lonely bird]

9. She'll divorce his ass and then go to Europe

I would unsurprised if she left Barron here.

[apnu]

11. She better get her alimony up front and in bulk

Trump will be dead broke in 2 years. His brand is trashed, his legal bills will be insurmountable, his assets will be liquidated in a fire sale. He will not be able to make his alimony payments to her or his other wives very soon.

[Omaha Steve]

12. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

This is a feature story about what Mrs. Trump and the rest of the family have been doing since Wednesday, not LBN

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