Anyone else notice how miserable Melania looks whenever she is near the Donald?

[NanceGreggs]

70. Thank you for the response.

Do I detect "misery" in Melania's behaviour? No. What I detect is someone who is extremely uncomfortable with a role that she did not seek - a role in which she is expected to do, say, and act in certain ways, while the eyes of the entire world are watching.

She is no doubt fully aware of the popularity of her predecessor, which makes her all the more vulnerable to the fear that any mis-step, any mis-speak, any slight faux pas will be ridiculed as not as pitch-perfect as the woman whose act she's following.

I see Melania as I would an actress who was suddenly thrust onstage - without really knowing the play, where her marks are, or what her lines are supposed to be. Throw in the fact that the play is in English (not her first language), and that her accent sounds distinctly "foreign", when she has been cast in a role traditionally played by the all-American girl.

There is nothing wrong with noting someone's body language or demeanour - we all do that. What I find appalling is stating as FACT what she is thinking; e.g. She looks miserable because she hates her husband. She's acting that way because Trump makes her sick. She looks uncomfortable because she can't stand Trump being near her.

"It could be pure projection because I can't stand him." I think that's where a lot of this "I know what she's thinking" comes from. People are thinking about what their reaction would be in Melania's place, without giving any thought to the idea that Melania's view of her husband might be totally different than theirs.