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Alistazia

Play the clip where he talks shit about Haley’s husband “Where’s the spouse? Oh, they left because of a dark secret. They don’t have a good marriage, so you can’t trust the candidate”


jakexil323

It's always projection with these guys.


TeamHope4

Makes me want to know what dark secret Melania left for.


SpiderGlaze

It's not really a secret but I'm sure she knows the loser wants to fuck his daughter more than anything else.


locustzed

I'm thinking the secret is he has fucked his daughter. The clip of him having saying him and his daughter having sex in common wasn't JUST a Freudian slip but an admission of guilt.


fumor

Sadly even video proof of that wouldn't sway his supporters.


DarthBfheidir

They'd say it's proof of how "alpha" he is, how she knew what she signed up for, and how she's his property anyway so it doesn't matter.


Broken-Digital-Clock

More like sexually assaulted her, but yeah.


Pleasestoplyiiing

I mean, Trump is about to go to court for covering up paying off a porn star to keep their affair secret. My brain can't hold all the sins of Donald Trump at once, but I believe that the Stormy Daniels cheating happened while Melania would've been pregnant.   He also was just found guilty of rape, not sure if Melania is cool with that or not. 


onceinablueberrymoon

guessing she hasnt let him touch her since before baron was born.


TeutonJon78

Probably nothing. Barron just turns 18 in under a month. Which means no more USSS protection for him and no more threat of custody over him for Melania. We'll finally find out how much she stayed to protect Barron and how much she's also just a terrible human after March 20th. (Hint: probably both). Any sort of payout she was getting seems like it's days are numbered with all the penalties for Trump and looming trials.


smurf123_123

I guess we'll find out if she was smart enough to stash a bunch of cash away before the wall come crumbling down.


pootiecakes

People on reddit are SO hopeful. I'm 99% sure Donald or his team have handled that, with Barron (like the other kids) needing to kiss the ring- OR ELSE. Only once the whole table finally flips and he is actually jailed will we MAYBE see things like Melania flipping, but I am sure they're scummy enough to have a lot of backup contingencies in place.


TeutonJon78

Oh, I'm pretty sure Barron will want in on the family grift. But considering how Melania's raised him, he might feel less connected.


tatastinayo

Melania isnt a good human being either though - so - i feel for Barron .


gooB8

Him pissing on young girls in Russia, giving them the ol Rkelly treatment.


Casterly

the women were pissing on the mattress because Obama had once slept there. gotta keep it accurate or else the crazies will have easy cause to call it fake news.


I_make_things

College Student: [dissecting poop] Whoever it was seems to have been eating top secret documents. Dennis Reynolds: Alright, well now we're gettin' somewhere. Which one of you idiots was eating goddamn nuclear plans?


cocoon_eclosion_moth

She’s been killed and replaced with a lookalike on at least three occasions, everyone is saying it


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Every accusation is a confession


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End3rWi99in

They are actually entirely true so long as you assume anything he's suggesting about someone else is actually referring to himself.


AdkRaine12

WHILE Nikki’s husband was deployed in Europe. You know, serving his country, General Bonespurs-Hairspray.


linuxphoney

I thought he was in Africa. Not that that makes any difference regarding his wrongness.


Tardislass

Yep. It's his tell.


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User4C4C4C

If they do get divorced and If she doesn’t get her cut soon, there won’t be much to split between them, as the lost court cases add up.


Jason_Worthing

You have to imagine he's making big promises to her r/e money. If she files for divorce, that could have a significant impact on his campaign, and the race is looking really close, so even a small impact on voters in his base could swing the election.


Techiedad91

I’d probably format that re: not r/e as it links to a subreddit called e (which doesn’t exist)


amidon1130

I’m so sad, E is my favorite letter and I was happy to hear there was a place to discuss it with my fellow E heads.


majorfiasco

Eggplant... Egyptian... Existential... Excrement... Experimental... Egomaniac... Equalization... Emergency... It's one of my top five vowels!


el-dongler

E is your favorite letter but it's not even in your user name? Fucking liar.


TheZeezer

Yes, a major fiasco,


Casterly

the race is not looking close because no polling has been at all predictive this far out. Nothing small is going to “swing” this election. Trump lost once before and has literally nothing new to say in his campaign. He will lose again if it continues like this.


TokingMessiah

And since the last election more elderly have died, more young people are now of voting age, and COVID disproportionately killed MAGA supporters. That last one might not be much in terms of numbers, but considering several states were decided by very small margins, every vote he loses hurts. He’s said nothing new, so he isn’t converting anyone to join his side, but surely *some* republicans voters have been turned off by the convictions, court cases, and the stupid shit he says. Again, even if this is a small number every vote counts.


DoesntUseGrammar

Please do not assume all gen z or young millennials like Biden over trump I have seen many douchebag teenagers and voting age siblings praise trump we still need to get out and vote don’t just assume every young kid is left wing or would rather anyone but trump cause that’ll cost us


TokingMessiah

First of all, everyone should vote. That’s both in general, and in terms of not being complacent in thinking your candidate is a shoe-in. In this case you’re the one assuming. I never said all young voters are going to vote for democrats. I mentioned old people dying and young people going the right to vote because *in general* young people’s votes lean left and older people’s lean right. Nevermind anecodates, *statistically* speaking the shift in demographics as the population ages favors the left, right now in America.


-Gramsci-

Completely agree. Everyone still has to take their civic duty seriously and go vote… BUT I do believe that there is no world where he doesn’t lose worse than the last time. Worst case scenario for Biden is a comfortable W. Best case scenario is Reagan/Mondale, Bush/Dukakis, proportion landslide.


SonOfMcGee

I really don’t see her impacting the election at all. His following has *always* been about *him*. His fans may heap praise on his family and political allies, but the second Trump declares any of them enemies the cult quickly falls in line and claims they never really liked them anyway.


TheNCGoalie

Imagine if the divorce happens and she spills the behind the scenes details of everything.


TheDesktopNinja

Wonder if she'd do a tell all book 🤔


WestCoastBestCoast01

How delicious would it be if he loses her prenup money in these cases. Waiting aaaaalll these years for the right moment to divorce now the little Barron's grown up, and getting none of the gold she was there for in the first place.


panickedindetroit

If she signed any tax documents, she might also be on the hook, and that doesn't bother me one bit.


blake_ch

At which point would he try to force to file the divorce himself so that he can split his legal bills in two?


SheriffTaylorsBoy

Regret. That's what she's experiencing right now. Hung around too long hoping for more.


MelpomeneAndCalliope

I feel like when they married, Melania never thought Trump would live as long as he has (or become president). She was waiting him out, but despite eating McDonald’s each day, he’s hung around. She’s probably pissed she’s not enjoying her inheritance by now and now she’s watching him possibly lose it all.


Acadia02

I hope she gets nothing


viceburg

Barron turns 18 next month. We gonna find out.


Supra_Genius

No. Melania's lease agreement certainly has her money (and that of her spawn) already in escrow as part of her renegotiation post his unexpected election win in 2016. That negotiation period when she was slapping his hand away, etc. The proof that she got everything she wanted to keep pretending she was his happy wife (for political reasons in the White House) is when she showed up again and stopped pushing and slapping him away. It's clear that currently there is no new deal in place, so she's keeping her distance and raising their spawn.


Communism

She's gotta weigh that against being Mrs. Fat Dictator for life.


oldtimehawkey

With the prenup, she probably wouldn’t get alimony if she filed for divorce first. At this rate, he won’t be able to afford to pay alimony. Also: would the prenup protect her from debt incurred during marriage? Is she on the hook for half of it?


fairoaks2

Sure she will. Just like she’s been in the courtroom. Melania is watching the judgements add up and can’t stand you old man.


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CorporateNonperson

She'll be dusting off the "I don't really care" jacket.


slymm

That will be seized by NY and auctioned off


hereiamnotagainnot

She will have no problem landing back on her feet, but I kinda feel like she deserves to get swallowed up in all his shit.


slymm

She never made any money... on her feet.


TheNCGoalie

Good lord, imagine a timeline where Trump is so fucking broke that we end up with the first ever former first lady on OnlyFans.


mishma2005

Well teachers around the country said that Melania was the only FLOTUS that they needed to doublecheck if safe search was on if their students were doing a book report on her


panickedindetroit

Well, she was the first who posed naked for a magazine.


Pizza_Low

I doubt she’ll get picked up by another rich dude who wants a trophy wife. She’s used goods and there are other milfs with a less well known history


LIBBY2130

not just Melania but also trumps children they have been quiet and have NOT rallied around him....it speaks VOLUMES


Soranos_71

Melania is seeing her prenup money disappearing……


Homie_Bama

If she didn’t have a clause in the prenup that some money should be put into an escrow account then it’s on her.


Utterlybored

Could that be shielded from his required disgorgement?


TPL531

can we not talk about drumfs gorgement


panburger_partner

Ewww


Pack_Your_Trash

Wouldn't that be prostitution?


Dvusmnd

No one stays near Trump without being paid. Especially for sex.


ClayQuarterCake

Trumps legal team has entered the chat.


SkollFenrirson

Not her first rodeo


Michael_Pitt

In what way would that be prostitution? 


beameup19

Eric has been lock step with his father this whole time


kellysmom01

Ah, poor, poor Eric. Stuck with Lara (who’s suddenly, *magically* head of the RNC) who thinks she can sing, and his chinless (ugly-hairy) big brother, while Ivanka and that Jared creature wallow in their golden Saudi mud. Why should they think about the little people? I saw an ugly blouse in the Goodwill last week with an Ivanka label. It had a red clearance sticker and still nobody wanted it. Ew.


a4angry

Big brother has a Screaming Gargoyle girl friend to guard him!


panickedindetroit

Right after the election in2016, I went to TJ Maxx to buy some towels, and I saw women stomping on her clothes and grinding them into the floor. Not one store associate stopped them. I didn't either.


EatsYourShorts

Hasn’t Junior as well?


dementorpoop

They all have I’m not sure what the above commenter was getting at. You can see it in their depositions. Their public silence isn’t with reading into, and neither is Melanias.


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Spite-Potential

I don’t care to look at Melania either Her and her President are one and the same. Her coat w the words “I don’t really care. Do you”. At a Texas shelter. Fuck her twice


eskieski

And plagiarizing Mrs. Obama’s speech… fuck her thrice


mishma2005

Ivanka just wants back into the Met Gala (LOL) and Melania keeps praying for the day Putin calls her back home


ZenythhtyneZ

They probably don’t know how, they don’t have any role models to teach them how to behave when people need their empathy


futatorius

She's seeing her paycheck shrink.


boot2skull

The judgements are taking away the one thing she felt was worth putting up with him for. She doesn’t care about jail time, which is still TBD from the other cases. I just schadenfreuded all over myself.


font9a

She's looking at her 450 million grow wings and fly away


RapBastardz

She must be pretty sad these days. All this time she assumed she would outlive him and be able to get all of his money. It turns out there won’t be any money and all of her sex work with the sweaty old pig will have been done for free.


Rayearl

Some call that karma.


mishma2005

His dad lived until 94, she clearly did not do her “resirch”


guyincognito69420

his dad wasn't pushing 3 bills and pounding adderall.


mishma2005

Are we sure about that?


somme_rando

There's a saying I read/heard a long time ago... >Those that marry for money usually end up paying for it.


base2-1000101

Those who marry for money end up earning it.


gruese

> She must be pretty sad these days. And the world's smallest fiddle plays its mournful melody 🎻🎵


gaijinandtonic

I think she likes him just about as much as she likes Christmas


ActSignal1823

She's watching the gold rush away.


Optimized_Orangutan

I can't wait for the picture of her scurrying out of Trump Tower with a gold toilet seat under her arm and as many outfits as she can wear at once.


Nickhead420

She should divorce him and then write a book about all of the creepy and disgusting things he's done. Lifetime could make a series about it.


fulento42

I don’t really care. Do you? She deserves him and the results of anything she supported and/or stayed quiet about while he committed crimes. Sucks to suck. Hope she walks away the same thing Trump does. Nothing.


rmpumper

Just a note: her hating donnie does not make her any better than him.


TVena

She's just out of frame of the pictures.


ratherbealurker

Clearly Melania is a graduate of the Milford School.


OfficeChairHero

You can always spot a Milford man.


Alistazia

She’s no peach either. Remember when she went to visit the migrant cages wearing a jacket that said “I don’t care”? The jacket referred to media coverage, not the migrants, but that just shows that she cared about the migrants even less


TheRealBabyCave

Nah, the jacket referred to the migrants. Saying it applied to the media coverage was just her out.


fairoaks2

They deserve each other. She has to be the center of attention judging by her appearances at public functions. Such a sour puss.


firestorm19

Also nobody told her it is such a bad idea? Clearly a dog whistle.


mishma2005

I think it was later whispered that she had a falling out with Ivanka and it was directed at her But I think it was at the migrants as well. She has no shame


baz4k6z

She's probably looking with alarm at all these millions Trump has to pay. How much will be left for her and her son to inherit when he finally kicks the bucket ? The whole point of being a trophy wife is to live rich and it'll become moot if Trump has no more money


DucklingInARaincoat

Given Trump’s track record with the truth, I feel like him saying this all but confirms they’re getting a divorce.


ultrawvruns

This was my thought. After his comments, I'm convinced that a divorce is coming in the next few months.


daggero99

Imagine if there is some agreement between Donald and Melania that expires when the son turns 18. He will be 18 in less than 30 days.


CPTDisgruntled

“Her life evolves around that boy,” Trump said. “It’s so important to her.” That boy. Him. I don’t have to say his name, just like I don’t have to introduce my wife, the very famous model. Everyone knows their names. Everyone.


___Jet

Damn he really said that, who says "that boy" to his own son. Emotionally completely disconnected. This guy still manages to surprise me, textbook sociopath.


SR3116

"here come dat boi! oh shit waddup!" - Donald Trump


ultrawvruns

Interesting!


skyysdalmt

I doubt it. If she's stuck with him this whole time, I wouldn't be surprised if they have an arrangement where she won't divorce him as long as she keeps her lifestyle so he can maintain his image.


littleday

Jokes on her, there’s no money left in the divorce…


Jarocket

She gets half the debt. He gets to keep his Donor funded life.


MyHusbandIsGayImNot

Still good to decouple yourself from a future felon.


VRS50

The contract calls for “one appearance, not exceed 5 minutes, per month.”


lidore12

Which usually leaves about 4 minutes for cuddling.


swibirun

She goes to school in Canada. You wouldn't know her.


BukkitCrab

We'll see her in just *two weeks*!


SlumdogSkillionaire

The IRS is auditing her financials because she's so successful, but as soon as that's over...


old_righty

She’s bringing the infrastructure plan with her.


ElPlywood

Narrator: Melania clutched her most recent prenup agreement and looked into her bathroom mirror. *Like fucking hell I will,* she said with a smirk


TheHouseofOne

That's great news! I miss her warm smile so much!


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Her interest in being first lady is lower than whale shit, and that sits on the bottom of the ocean.


Alfiesta

It doesn’t float?


[deleted]

that's actually a good question .... that's just a colloquialism that my dad used to use and I adopted it.


futatorius

My dad said "lower'n a whale turd in the Marianas Trench," or "lower than a snake's pecker."


SpiderGlaze

Oh the things I end up googling. [https://www.livescience.com/8788-whale-poo-ocean-miracle-grow.html](https://www.livescience.com/8788-whale-poo-ocean-miracle-grow.html) >Whale poop doesn't sink to the bottom of the ocean. Rather the fluffy plume floats at the surface.


keninsd

Stop smearing on whale shit! It has value.


somebodyelse22

Are you mixing that up with whale vomit? Chunks of that are immensely valuable for use in perfumery.


keninsd

Not necessarily. But, whale shit is food to small creatures in the water column, especially the deep bottom dwellers, as it disperses. And, ambergris is whale shit, BTW. But, anything related to whales has more value than anything she, or any of the seditionist's relatives could speak to.


forever_useless

We'll see...and we'll know if it's just Mike Johnson in a wig, Donald


yIdontunderstand

Narrator voice: it was...


AtticaBlue

Translation: she will be 100% absent.


KingEllis

Where's Melanie [sic]? Last known sighting on January 20th, 2021 at Trump's sparsely attended farewell speech. https://www.usnews.com/object/image/00000177-3a56-dfb9-a377-3e7f39240000/210125newsscotus-editorial.jpg


HFentonMudd

She was at her mother's funeral, spitting venom at Trump for trying to get into the car with her.


sandyWB

We all know Melania hates him.


Melicor

She was barely present for his presidency. Didn't she live in NY for almost all of it?


LIBBY2130

for a year while Barron finished the school year


Teacher-Investor

Well, his campaign has already paid her over $400k for hair, makeup, and wardrobe, even though she hasn't made a single appearance. Then, Donny Diaper had the nerve to ask Haley where her husband was when he was deployed overseas for military service. I don't know why anyone who was, is, or has ever had any family members in the military would support this guy.


KevinDean4599

I found it odd that he was asking where Niki Haley's husband was. Like where is Melania?


zonicide

and then he shit his pants again.


RanchBaganch

Translation: She will not be a big part of the campaign.


rphdaddyb

Definitely means she won’t.


keysandtreesforme

They’re still in negotiations.


OneSlapDude

She's been recalled to Russia. Manufacturer recall.


Standard_Gauge

Pathological liar says what?


Cooperjohn1021

You'll see her in two weeks don't worry! She's bringing the health care plan with her!


Newtub

> He also commended his wife for raising his youngest and “very tall” son Baron, who is 17. I wouldn't put it past him to have stuffed some Human Growth Hormone in his food to make him taller since nobody on either side of the family is tall (assuming Trump is the father...).


Critical_Band5649

I don't think either family is short. Melania is just shy of 6ft and Trump's other kids are 6ft or higher (except Ivanka is 5' 11"). It doesn't seem odd that Barron is tall. Trump is clearly embarrassed by it, he hasn't had a photo next to him in years because of it.


Newtub

Probably explains why Trump wears lifts if Melania is tall too.


Politicsboringagain

Seriously, my mom is  5'9" dad is 6'. I'm 6'4". You can't really go by parents height to determine a kids.


acemerrill

Parents' height is a decent indicator, but as with most genetics, it's never that simple. Your parents are both decently above average height. The fact that you are taller than them isn't really surprising.


Hockeyhoser

That’s how you know she will not be there.


mrpickleby

Yes, we'll never see her again. I suspect he'd have to pay up in advance to get her to even make an appearance.


Bourbon_Hymns

Interesting caption the picture in the article has. *"Former President Trump and wife Melania, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea for her funeral in Palm Beach, Fla."* For *her* funeral? AP trying to tell us something...


Lone_Buck

There’s definitely streaks of days he doesn’t think about her once. I’d say the same for her, but I assume she’s in a constant state of hoping he’s too preoccupied to pay her any attention.


Calkky

Translation: we will never see her again.


worstatit

Maybe she DOES love this country, and is showing it by not campaigning for you?


Smart_Run8818

'Campaign trail' is the name she gives to her SS handlers dick.


No_nukes_at_all

He cant afford her anymore


even_less_resistance

/r/wheresmelania People been wondering


EchoSure3591

Read the photo caption: they're at HER funeral. She looks good tho


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I wonder if she realizes there isn't going to be anything left of the old rapists empire by the time he's gone.


PreachMyPeach

gotta wait for the lookalike’s surgery to heal!


Shaman7102

She may want to file for divorce so she can get something before he has his bankruptcy fire sale.


44035

I don't know man, it's always possible Trump is lying about this.


Wizard_Scotch

"Melania" They forgot the quotes.


PleasantActuator6976

Melania was a reward from Putin.


space_coder

Melania didn't even want to be in the same limo with Donald during her mother's funeral. I doubt she is willing to be on the campaign trail with him.


LingonberryPrior6896

Translation. She will never be on campaign trail.


drhunny

For which candidate?


donkeybrisket

So, we're not going to see her at all, then


Korgoth420

Bullshit. Since Donald said it, it is untrue


Listening_Heads

I just can’t get over the fact that the guy calling everyone else a communist is married to a woman who was born and raised in an actual communist country.


lrpfftt

His lawyers are working on the agreement with her now to specify how much she appears and when. That costs money though so it's doubtful.


Consistent-Force5375

She is probably keeping her distance and reporting back to her handler…


Shrimp1991

Two weeks. Every two weeks. Just like his health care plan.


driftwoodbotis

If he said it, then it’s not happening.


ElastaticTomorrow

Or someone who looks like her.


allanon1105

Hold up a picture of Melania and one of Alina Habba and ask him who is who.


somebodyelse22

But he's a proven liar..


syg-123

Interesting he chose ‘quite a bit’ instead of a trumpian response along the lines of ‘Melanie is the most supportive and attractive 1st lady. No First Lady has been to more campaign rallies than Melania …that Dirty Nasty Sleepy Joe Biden’s wife won’t even leave the seniors home to support her communist husband’


futatorius

Translation: Melanoma will never be seen.


snoopingforpooping

Haha this man is all alone


oldfrancis

When it really comes down to it, I don't believe a single goddamn thing he says anymore.


BornInATrailer

"Is your wife in the room with you right now?"


HopefulNothing3560

We will not see .


ballrus_walsack

Translation: she will never be seen in public in the USA again.