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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFLOTUS Melania Trump?
She hasnt been seen in public going on 17 days now.
Is she seriously ill, recovering from cosmetic surgery, in rehab?
Or, should the American people accept the explanation that a minor medical procedure has her sequestered for over two weeks? Are we owed anything at all concerning the status of the First Lady?
Im not implying something sinister is going on, but I do know that I dont believe a single word that comes out of Donald Trumps mouth...about ANYTHING.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)monmouth4
(9,694 posts)know but heard it three times. The sources are not good enough for here but we will see.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)"Going home to Mom."
monmouth4
(9,694 posts)angrychair
(8,698 posts)To a pig farm in the country.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)...so im guessing lypo or some kind of fat freezing thing. Shes gotta keep up with Stormys looks!
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)and starting to become a bit jowly. It will be easy to tell if she's had work done.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)on her "freshening up" facelift.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)that trump cannot do anything without things not seeming suspicious - he has that 'touch'.
Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)New face, new hair, new everything...including her name.
jalan48
(13,863 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)Maybe she sees (more realistically than Trump) the coming Mueller denouement, and wants any kind of national public humiliation & disgrace to just be over already.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Presidential wives of far better men than Trump have developed that issue when put in the cauldron of a presidential campaign or living in the White House. She made a Faustian bargin, that never turn out good.
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)If you had to be around that crazed shitweasel every day, how could you NOT drink heavily?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)spooky3
(34,444 posts)fierywoman
(7,683 posts)would be as first lady if Dotard became prez and she said Jackie O and Betty Ford. Betty Ford?
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)fierywoman
(7,683 posts)utterly brilliant work) and her cancer.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)That photo looks like a one-off thing that she did as part of the leaving ceremony after President Carter defeated her husband. I thought that I once read that she would rather not have become a First Lady.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)how she was doing. He said she was doing great and pointed to an upstairs window and said look, she's up there watching us. Everyone turned to look at the window he was pointing to and there was no one there.
Is he hallucinating, bull-shitting us or (C). All of the above?
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)it was probably just to make sure he was finally gone and out of her hair.
Wouldn't be surprised to hear, as soon as Barron is out of school, that FLOTUS and son are headed back to NYC for the summer, with the excuse that she needs to tend to some personal matters there.
I also contend that her quick trip to Mar-a-Lago when she wouldn't accompany frump on his trip to Davos, Switzerland, was her mad dash to collect her jewelry and belongs of value in Palm Beach.
She's getting ready to make her exit.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Every day, it's Stormy!...Stormy! Or Mueller!...Mueller! on the front pages of newspapers and on TV screens.
The real Stormy was on 'Saturday Night Live' FFS and that clip was shown over and over on TV for days!
I wonder what their pre-nup says? Is there an infidelity clause for example?
If she leaves or divorces him, he will look like a "loser" and being the revengeful, sadistic prick that he is, I think he would do anything to get custody of Barron just to deprive her of seeing him and may use that as a threat.
She's very protective of her son and asshole KNOWS that taking Barron would destroy her.
Personally, I don't think he really gives a shit about Barron. You never see them hanging out together or doing father/son stuff. I don't think I've ever even seen Barron smile.
There's SOMETHING going on and it ain't good. Stay tuned folks!
womanofthehills
(8,702 posts)So we know Melanie is not in the White House.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Turns out that she just wasn't digging her escape tunnel deep enough!
yonder
(9,664 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Lets suspicion build up due to evasiveness.
pwb
(11,261 posts)I don't care. I will assume it was something republicans would rail against if it was a democrat.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)Ohiogal
(31,989 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)TCJ70
(4,387 posts)musette_sf
(10,200 posts)with Shelly Miscavige.
Hekate
(90,667 posts)...or of any other non-elected or non-appointed person.
TeamPooka
(24,223 posts)the truth.
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)Since you replied to me, I take that to mean that you think I am being spiteful.
You are reading something into the OP that isnt there. I have no desire to hurt Melania Trump.
nini
(16,672 posts)LOL
She stays and enables the most spiteful person in our history who is slowly destroying this country. Sorry, the gloves are off with all of those monsters.
Retrograde
(10,136 posts)traveling around the country at our expense, being supplied with a staff at our expense, speaking in public when she feels like it, accepting Secret Service protection, etc. she's fair game. She's an adult and can always choose to stay back in New York City and lead a life outside of the limelight, but if she wants to take the perks of the position she gets the criticism as well.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Birtherism.
TeamPooka
(24,223 posts)Nervous breakdown.
brooklynite
(94,518 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)elleng
(130,893 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)I had a narcissistic parent and it's tough and life-changing, even without your family living in the public spotlight.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Maybe her conscience became to much for her to live with.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)The news of her being in the hospital so suddenly for a routine procedure that has a normal recovery period in hospital of no more than 2 days is very suspicious.
She looked very healthy at the funeral of Barbara Bush and the smiles when talking to Barack Obama.
Something bad happened and its sad.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)If she looks like a deer in headlights or a space alien, it was an eye job. If she doesn't look like Melania Trump, it was a face lift. If she looks happy she took a few days off and filed for divorce.
Demovictory9
(32,453 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)cheering her up much. When your draft-dodging, casino-sharpie KGOP republican hubby has been lying to YOU for years and is now DISSING and embarassing you massively before the entire freaking globe with his sick sexual predation, and all the rest of his degenerate crap, one might well contract A CASE OF THE VAPORS.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Possibly had her circuits reconfigured at the same time.
Now shes buggy.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)It is known that Trump abused one of his wives.
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)And it's hard to believe that if he did go after her, he would be quiet enough that the Secret Service wouldn't barge into the room and intervene.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)More difficult to believe is that people claim to believe him.
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)keep her quiet so he could get rough. The guy does, after all, pay to play with pros. So it's possible he could have abused her. But the docs have a duty to inform if she was hospitalized covered in bruises.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)and 239 pound physique?
That doctor presumably also took a medical oath.
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)where Walter Reed National Medical Center is located and was surprised to discover that Maryland does NOT require reporting of domestic abuse to law enforcement unless the victim agrees to the report. So if she did come in covered in bruises and didn't agree to reporting, it wouldn't happen.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And since the victim presumably often lives with the victimizer.....
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)That's where she is.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)maxrandb
(15,324 posts)It was a suicide attempt
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Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Did it make you feel good to say such a cruel thing?
davsand
(13,421 posts)Twisted, but pretty reflective of how low everyone thinks he is.
I'm not of the opinion that they owe me anything, however, I'm sure there are people that feel that way. I did see someplace that her staff was in the hospital with her and they were wearing scubs. (Not haz-mat suits, but scrubs.) I have yet to figure out the significance of that one given the fact that the procedure they claimed she had is not generally regarded as a several day stay in the hospital sort of thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/us/politics/melania-trump-kidney-procedure-white-house.html
Curious, but it's kinda like asking how big was the tumor once somebody has it removed...
Laura
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)and she'll be back soon.
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,583 posts)Or she's in Bob Mueller's witness protection program.