Hmmm

 

Fifty percent don't agree with him, but yet they watch him every night?   Do they know there are other channels to watch?  Or even other things to do than watch TV?

Beckman might just be bullshitting.

And, yes, they're after Jimmy Kimmel again.

Also...

Jeffrey Epstein's oval office

 

Surely he imagined himself the man behind the curtain.

There's some info about Melania about to be revealed which she's trying to get ahead of.  

UPDATE 04:26 pm:  Hmmmmmm....

On the same day First Lady Melania Trump stood in the White House Grand Foyer to deny any connection to Jeffrey Epstein, a series of posts from a woman named Amanda Ungaro started racking up hundreds of thousands of views on X.

The posts were direct replies to Melania's archived First Lady account. They were personal, combative, and specific. Ungaro claimed a relationship with the First Lady spanning two decades. She referenced being detained by ICE. She threatened legal action. One post pulled in over 300,000 views. Another topped 46,000.

[...]

Amanda Ungaro is a Brazilian former model who arrived in the United States around 2002. She was 16 or 17 years old. According to a New York Times investigation and reporting corroborated by multiple outlets, she flew to New York on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane from Paris.

Her modeling agent at the time was Jean-Luc Brunel, who was later accused of procuring young women for Epstein. Brunel died in a French jail in 2022 while awaiting trial on charges of rape and sexual assault of minors.

Ungaro has been cited in recent discussions as a survivor of the Epstein network.

In New York, Ungaro became the partner of Paolo Zampolli, an Italian-American modeling agent. Zampolli is the man who introduced Donald Trump to Melania Knauss in 1998 — a fact both the Trumps and Zampolli have publicly confirmed for years.

Zampolli and Ungaro were together for roughly two decades. They had a son. Both secured United Nations ambassadorships — Zampolli representing Dominica, Ungaro representing Grenada. They attended Donald Trump's first inauguration in 2017 and, according to reporting, sat at Melania's table during the dinner.

[...]

Zampolli currently serves as Trump's special representative for global partnerships and sits on the board of the Kennedy Center.

The relationship between Zampolli and Ungaro ended bitterly. They separated permanently in 2021, and a custody battle over their teenage son followed.

In June 2025, Ungaro was arrested in Miami on fraud charges related to a medical spa. According to the New York Times, Zampolli saw an opportunity. He contacted David Venturella, a senior ICE official, and explained that his ex was in the country on a long-expired visa. During a call to ICE's Miami field office, Venturella noted the case was important to someone close to the White House. ICE agents picked Ungaro up before she could post bail. She was deported to Brazil.

[...]

There is no verified evidence that Ungaro's posts prompted Melania Trump's Epstein statement on Thursday.

  Yahoo

How would you get "verified evidence"? There's no doubt in my mind why Melania went in haste to the press. She looked pissed when she came out, like she could barely contain her rage. These impulsive Trumps always hurt themselves.

On the same day the First Lady used the White House podium to say the lies about her and Epstein needed to end, a woman who arrived in this country on Epstein's plane — whose ex-partner introduced the Trumps, who sat at Melania's inauguration table, and who was deported after that same ex-partner contacted ICE — was directing posts at Melania from Brazil that were being seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

Connect the dots.

Ungaro claimed close proximity to Melania’s circle for years, referencing interactions with her family. The post escalated with a direct warning:

“So shut your mouth when speaking about me. Because I will expose everything I know.”

  Southhill Enterprise

In these messages, the account claims long-term proximity to Melania Trump and threatens to reveal undisclosed information.

“I was around you for 20 years… I will expose everything I know,” the account reportedly stated.

Despite the strong language, the authenticity of the account has not been independently confirmed. While it carries verification indicators on the platform, such markers do not always guarantee identity verification in the traditional sense.

This raises an important point: viral visibility does not equal factual credibility.

  Fox Daily

Sure, Fox. You got a better explanation for Melania's sudden behavior?

Trump is a sick, sick man

 

UPDATE 01:18 pm:

UPDATE 04:18 pm:  I'm going to post this here as an evidentiary document to Trump's total mental deterioration, but I haven't read it yet.

He requires an intervention.

Does he have no intelligence on the matter?  *

Well, obviously, Melania did know him.  We have photographic evidence. But the bigger question is: Will Vance put on his clown shoes and praise the circus ringleader even after this?  

Sounds like we're about to get some new information.

"The false smears about me from mean spirited and politically motivated individuals and entities, looking to cause damage to my good name to gain financially and climb politically must stop," she said at the White House.

  Axios

Her good name.

"I am not Epstein's victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump," she said, adding she first "crossed paths" with Epstein at an event she attended with Trump in 2000.

The first lady's speech also addressed an email she sent to Ghislaine Maxwell that she said could not be "categorized as anything more than casual correspondence."

She did not elaborate, but the statement was perhaps a reference to one of the tranche of messages released by the Justice Department that was signed "Love, Melania."

[...]

The first lady called for Epstein's victims to have the opportunity to testify under oath before Congress.

She did not answer any questions shouted by reporters as she left.

Knowing that's not going to happen as long as Republicans hold the power.

*  Oh my.  He truly is demented.

UPDATE 04/10/2026:

Obviously there's some info about Melania about to be revealed which she's trying to get ahead of.  

And, hmmmm....

On the same day First Lady Melania Trump stood in the White House Grand Foyer to deny any connection to Jeffrey Epstein, a series of posts from a woman named Amanda Ungaro started racking up hundreds of thousands of views on X.

The posts were direct replies to Melania's archived First Lady account. They were personal, combative, and specific. Ungaro claimed a relationship with the First Lady spanning two decades. She referenced being detained by ICE. She threatened legal action. One post pulled in over 300,000 views. Another topped 46,000.

[...]

Amanda Ungaro is a Brazilian former model who arrived in the United States around 2002. She was 16 or 17 years old. According to a New York Times investigation and reporting corroborated by multiple outlets, she flew to New York on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane from Paris.

Her modeling agent at the time was Jean-Luc Brunel, who was later accused of procuring young women for Epstein. Brunel died in a French jail in 2022 while awaiting trial on charges of rape and sexual assault of minors.

Ungaro has been cited in recent discussions as a survivor of the Epstein network.

In New York, Ungaro became the partner of Paolo Zampolli, an Italian-American modeling agent. Zampolli is the man who introduced Donald Trump to Melania Knauss in 1998 — a fact both the Trumps and Zampolli have publicly confirmed for years.

Zampolli and Ungaro were together for roughly two decades. They had a son. Both secured United Nations ambassadorships — Zampolli representing Dominica, Ungaro representing Grenada. They attended Donald Trump's first inauguration in 2017 and, according to reporting, sat at Melania's table during the dinner.

[...]

Zampolli currently serves as Trump's special representative for global partnerships and sits on the board of the Kennedy Center.

The relationship between Zampolli and Ungaro ended bitterly. They separated permanently in 2021, and a custody battle over their teenage son followed.

In June 2025, Ungaro was arrested in Miami on fraud charges related to a medical spa. According to the New York Times, Zampolli saw an opportunity. He contacted David Venturella, a senior ICE official, and explained that his ex was in the country on a long-expired visa. During a call to ICE's Miami field office, Venturella noted the case was important to someone close to the White House. ICE agents picked Ungaro up before she could post bail. She was deported to Brazil.

[...]

There is no verified evidence that Ungaro's posts prompted Melania Trump's Epstein statement on Thursday.

  Yahoo

How would you get "verified evidence"? There's no doubt in my mind why Melania went in haste to the press. She looked pissed when she came out, like she could barely contain her rage. These impulsive Trumps always hurt themselves.

On the same day the First Lady used the White House podium to say the lies about her and Epstein needed to end, a woman who arrived in this country on Epstein's plane — whose ex-partner introduced the Trumps, who sat at Melania's inauguration table, and who was deported after that same ex-partner contacted ICE — was directing posts at Melania from Brazil that were being seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

Connect the dots.

Ungaro claimed close proximity to Melania’s circle for years, referencing interactions with her family. The post escalated with a direct warning:

“So shut your mouth when speaking about me. Because I will expose everything I know.”

  Southhill Enterprise

In these messages, the account claims long-term proximity to Melania Trump and threatens to reveal undisclosed information.

“I was around you for 20 years… I will expose everything I know,” the account reportedly stated.

Despite the strong language, the authenticity of the account has not been independently confirmed. While it carries verification indicators on the platform, such markers do not always guarantee identity verification in the traditional sense.

This raises an important point: viral visibility does not equal factual credibility.

  Fox Daily

Sure, Fox. You got a better explanation for Melania's sudden behavior?

Because of course

 

I wonder who will use that bed.

Make work for Melania

 Or should I say, grooming Melania.

I can remember when Republicans wet their pants because they thought Hillary Clinton had too much influence and positioning in Bill Clinton's presidency.

And yes, she's doing a bang-up job of it.

Add this to the recent "documentary" Bezos did for her.  Will she and Don Jr be competing in the 2028 primary?

BTW, this is in every narcissists playbook...

You must be joking

 

It makes you wonder if they've decided the boys are too unpopular and Ivanka has bowed out, so they think Melania will be more popular to run in 2028.  I mean, that Bezos "documentary", and now this.  ??

Welp

 Wolff is suing Melania.

The drip, drip, drip of Epstein files

They're still in violation of a court order to release them all over a month ago.

 

The planned visit in 2012 came years after Mr. Lutnick has said he severed ties with Mr. Epstein.

[...]

In December 2012, the records show, Mr. Lutnick sent an email to Mr. Epstein saying that he had a group of people — including his wife and children and another family — who were visiting the Caribbean. He asked where Mr. Epstein was located and whether they could visit for a meal.

[...]

In a podcast interview last year, Mr. Lutnick claimed that around 2005, he and his wife had been so revolted by Mr. Epstein that they decided not to associate with him again.

  NYT

Unless they had their children with them.

You won't find anyone in Trump's sphere who doesn't lie constantly. But how many of them were planning to take their children to Epstein's island?

They eventually settled on plans for a lunch gathering.

[...]

Mr. Lutnick said he could not comment about the island visit because he had not seen the latest Epstein documents.

He needs to look at what they actually have so he can determine what to say.

“I spent zero time with him,” Mr. Lutnick said. He then hung up.

[...]

The gathering was set for Dec. 23, 2012. A day later, an assistant to Mr. Epstein forwarded Mr. Lutnick a message from Mr. Epstein: “Nice seeing you,” it said.

From across the room, I guess.

UPDATE 06:45 pm:

Oh my.

And, nice timing for the release of Melania's hagiographic "documentary" out today...

UPDATE 01/31/2026:

What could those three possibly have in common?  (Rhetorical snark.)

Jeff Bezos, he's looking at you.

UPDATE 02/02/2026:

Sad!

 Oh well, she still has it, and she can look at it whenever she needs a little boost.

UK cinema chain Vue's premiered Melania at its flagship Islington branch in London at 3.10pm on Friday, but only one person bought a ticket.

The later, 6pm screening did twice as well, selling two tickets.

  Mirror

Well, that's in the UK. How about in America? We'll find out. It opens in theaters tomorrow.

Melania Trump told Fox News in December: "For the first time, global audiences are invited into theaters to witness this pivotal chapter unfold—a private, unfiltered look as I navigate family, business, and philanthropy on my remarkable journey to becoming first lady of the United States of America."

  Newsweek

Narcissistic?

Amazon MGM Studios paid a reported $40 million (£29m) for the glossy documentary, along with a marketing budget of some $35million (£25m). The marketing budget is particularly notable, lining up with the kind of budget a studio might assign to a smaller feature, but not a documentary.

The studio chose not to preview Melania for critics, but the First Lady and Ratner held a private screening in the East Room of the White House last weekend.

[...]

Rebuffing suggestions that Amazon boss Jeff Bezos had splashed such an enormous budget on what has been described as Melania Trump’s “vanity project,” an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson said: “We licensed the film for one reason and one reason only — because we think customers are going to love it.”

Melania is [director Brett Ratner's] first film since he was cancelled nearly a decade ago after being accused of sexual misconduct and harassment. (He has denied any wrongdoing.)

  Hollywood Reporter

How appropriate.

Are people in the US buying advance tickets?

Louisiana's governor has the same problem:

Somebody's about to be fired at CNN...

UPDATE 01/30/2026:  Guardian review ...

This mood of cosy conviviality extends all the way through the opening credits; at which point the chill descends and the novocaine kicks in, as the film’s star and executive producer proceeds to guide us – with agonising glacial slowness – through the preparations for her husband’s second presidential inauguration. She glides from the fashion fitting to the table setting, and from the “candlelit dinner” to the “starlight ball”, with a face like a fist and a voice of sheet metal. “Candlelight and black tie and my creative vision,” she says, as though listing the ingredients in a cauldron. “As first lady, children will always remain my priority,” she coos, and you can almost picture her coaxing them into her little gingerbread house.

No doubt there is a great documentary to be made about Melania Knauss, the ambitious model from out of Slovenia who married a New York real-estate mogul and then found herself cast in the role of a latter-day Eva Braun, but the horrific Melania emphatically isn’t it. It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality.

[...]

Melania moves through the action like a listless automaton, talking constantly but saying nothing, squired from Mar-a-Lago to Trump Tower to her final destination, the White House. What drama there is chiefly hinges on her concern that her white blouse is too loose at the neck and needs to be cut and then tightened, much to the consternation of the fitters. Melania misses her mother, she says, but she loves Michael Jackson and Barron and possibly her husband as well, although Trump himself is mostly a background presence here, shuffling in at intervals to brag about his election win and complain that his inauguration clashes with the televised college football playoffs. “They probably did it on purpose,” he says.

It’s dispiriting, it’s deadly and it’s spectacularly unrevealing. [...] “White and gold – that’s so you,” purrs one of her lickspittles as she busies herself with the colour-scheme for the ball and the incoming first lady allows that yes indeed, this is true.

It’s no spoiler to reveal that phew, thank heavens, Trump’s second inauguration goes swimmingly well in the end. [...] “Being awake for 22-hours felt like nothing,” she gushes, which is nice to hear and good for her. But the fun’s not infectious and the guests are a nightmare, and two hours of Melania feels like pure, endless hell.

  Guardian

 

 Which was it?  I hate to spoil it, but I don't see how it couldn't have been a smash at the box office when there are plenty of rich people trying to curry favor with Old Orange Mussolini who could buy up the tickets.  We won't know if anyone actually went to the theater.

Melania’s early failure comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues behind the scenes and a whopping two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film.

  The New Republic

Oh my.

Director Brett Ratner, who made headlines after six women accused him of sexual assault and harassment during the #MeToo movement in 2017, was perhaps the most loathed person on set. (Actress Natasha Henstridge alleged that Ratner forced her to perform oral sex on him when she was 19, Olivia Munn claimed that Ratner masturbated in front of her, and more recently, he was pictured shirtless in the Epstein files.)

Sounds like the perfect choice to direct. Or maybe he blackmailed his way in with threats of releasing photos of Trump at Epstein parties.

[One crew] member recalled a day when Ratner feasted on his own meal in a set space where food was not allowed, on a day when no one else on the crew got a break to eat.

[...]

“Unfortunately, if [the film] does flop … I would really feel great about it,” said another.

Melania herself is pocketing $28 million from the licensing sale.

Of course.

UPDATE 01/30/2026 06:40 pm:   Oh, timing, what a trickster you are.

New batch of Epstein files released today.

And, oh my...

UPDATE 01/31/2026:

LOL

LOLOL