Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Two peas in a pod

Melania and Donald.



What's with the squinty eyes?  She does that a lot.  Is she not a candidate for contact lenses?  Or does she think that's a winning look?
Melania Trump showed her Trump bona fides early in her quasi-political career.

She heard something she didn’t like in the 2016 campaign. We are not going to give her a hard time for “not liking” what was said about her. Being publicly called a prostitute doesn’t normally enhance one’s career, unless you write for a living. If you write for a living, it is understood you’ll do anything for cash.

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In September of 2016, The Daily Mail said Melania engaged in prostitution in her first years in the United States. [...] Like Trumps everywhere, she threatened to sue.

But, to her credit, Melania set out on her own, breaking with Trump tradition, and unlike her husband, actually did sue the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, for $150 million. Do keep in mind, libel laws are far, far stronger in the U.K., what with the Royals and all. It is probably good to also keep in mind that just months after Melania sued, her husband happened to win the presidency.

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In April of 2017, about 3 months after Trump took office, Melania “settled.” The specifics of the settlement remain under seal.

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Neither camp could reveal the exact sum, but Melania’s side had serious motivation to scare any party who might consider not “being best” to Melania. Thus, Melania’s camp leaks a non-answer “less than $3 million” with the hope that few notice the “less than” or assume it was just a “little less than” the stated amount.

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In the United States, for Melania to win, she would have to definitively prove both that she was not a prostitute (it’s all in the definition, I suppose.) and that the person lied about it, knew it was false, and published it solely to hurt her.

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Melania remains convinced she deserves only the best flattery, and still does not like references to her and prostitution in the news media. As an aside: In my mind, sex-workers deserve no shame at all, and I am tired of people who do cast judgment. It is far more honest work than anything Donald Trump ever did. Unlike Trump’s, at least Melania’s clients knew from the beginning they were going to get …

My point is, any shame in the whole sex-worker thing should go to the guy who has to pay to be best on any given night. Of course, we are thinking of no one in particular. Regardless, Melania certainly did take exception to the reference, and has once more been talking lawsuits. Emboldened by her success in the U.K., she renewed her pledge to sue anyone who might bring up the admirable success she seems to have had in her past employment history.

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Three years later, Twitter users are still not over Melania’s actions. The issue has resurfaced, with some criticizing the FLOTUS for taking legal action and some mocking her that “it doesn’t change the fact that she has looked and behaved” like one.
  Political Flare

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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