Melania Trump removes apparent profit intentions from 'sex business' lawsuit against Daily Mail

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14. The Guardian is often cited here; we know they're a good source. Posters get dinged for using...

...bad outlets as their primary sources.

As for the putative duties of FLOTUS, they all start with the traditional role of "wife to a powerful man," which include first and foremost being his hostess for state events and visitors of note. Always be gracious, never create personal controversy. It's obviously unpaid, but that's life as a wife. It's supposed to be an honor to live in the White House: it is part of our collective history and one of the symbols of our country. It is called the People's House because it belongs to us, and residency is temporary.

A couple of the presidents have not had a wife to take on this job, but that's been fine. One brought his niece on board, and the other his daughter. Ivanka indicated she would do it, since Melania is not going to, but like everything else about this family, they obviously had no clue what that meant. The wife of the Prime Minister of Japan was left to tour our nation's capital on her own. Instead of a formal state dinner at the White House with reportage about the guests attending etc, they were taken to a private clubhouse owned by the President with no sense of occasion and no actual reporters.

Each FLOTUS has had to decide for herself how to define her role, and some have done so spectacularly well. The prospect of a woman being president will obviously change things. For the first time, we'll have to come to grips with the necessities of this job and actually hire someone to define and oversee its many functions.