White House says we won't be seeing Melania for a while-

[Rustynaerduwell]

not until the end of June. But don't worry, she'll be just fine by then. Seriously, WTF?

[Sophia4]

1. Plastic surgery?

Or a vacation?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. Taking

a va-kay to hose the secret "service' agent who's been protecting her like she soooo wanted dt to do.

[Wwcd]

26. Plastic surgery is my guess. There was controversy when she supposedly had

kidny surgery, remember?

Her assistants wearing scrubs when they didn't need to.
Some weird mysterious sort of thing like that.

They lie about everything so why not this too.

[Me.]

33. I'm Thinking KIdney Transplant

[A HERETIC I AM]

41. Is that the organ that controls the Sense of Dignity?

Asking for a friend.

[maxsolomon]

31. MAJOR Plastic Surgery

if that's the recovery time.

and/or treatment for Depression.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. Don said he saw

her at Mara Lago and her face was bleeding. Not sure if from surgery or pommeling herself for marrying this man for the FSB.

[Heartstrings]

4. Has anyone checked that sinkhole? nt

[still_one]

5. where's Waldo?

[dweller]

6. they've locked her in the attic

the secret attic ...

[meadowlark5]

7. Plastic surgery takes a long time to recover from and

Look good enough to be seen in public.

I wonder what she had done.😀

[flibbitygiblets]

10. or, that recent kidney thing was really some cosmetic procedure that went wrong

and now she's having corrections made...which takes even more time.

Or, maybe she's taking a break from her asshole husband.

[meadowlark5]

20. I can't say she wasn't an opportunist for marrying that slob

But she probably never in her wildest dreams thought he'd turn into such a complete, hateful, bigoted asshole and president to boot.

She probably thinks, "this was never part of the agreement"

I wonder what the deplorables would do if she did leave him. Excuse her or damn her in support of their supreme leader.

[Hokie]

8. The bruises from the beating must have been deep. NT

[Joanie Baloney]

34. That's what I think

Tom Arnold says he has tapes showing a beat down of Melania a few years ago inside an elevator at Trump Tower. Imagine if she told him she'd had enough and wants a divorce. That would be enough to set off the Abuser-in-Chief.

I worry for her well-being.

-JB

[FakeNoose]

50. Tom Arnold the actor?

I'm wondering how he would even know, or have tapes of that?
How would he be in the Trump Tower, or see Melania being hit?
Pardon me for sounding skeptical.

[Joanie Baloney]

61. It's okay to be skeptical

I am too. But it's a growing thing. Tom claims he has tapes from the Apprentice showing Trump saying the N word along with his usual racism. But, since we all know that's not enough to ruffle the rednecks' feathers, I was more interested that says he has footage that will make the Ray Rice attack on his wife look like a pillow fight.

We shall see.

In any case, I still worry for her safety.

-JB

[fierywoman]

65. Tom Arnold is always talking about tapes but never coming through with the

goods. He's a cocktease. Tutto fumo, niente arrosto.

[Control-Z]

9. Do you have a source for this?

Twitter? TV? Where did you hear this?

[Rustynaerduwell]

18. Statement from Spokesperson Stephanie Grisham

according to People Magazine.

[RandySF]

11. My hunch (and it's only a hunch)

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She had a breakdown.

[tonedevil]

13. You are not alone. /nt

[smirkymonkey]

14. I'm thinking the same thing.

How could you not go mad living with that vile pig? It just seems more likely than the plastic surgery angle.

[marylandblue]

29. Doesn't explain the scrubs or complete lack of public appearances

Even if shenisn't ready for real work, she could stand on the White House balcony for a few minutes at least.

[get the red out]

39. This!!!!!

I think this is very plausible.

[GoCubsGo]

67. Or, a beating.

Her husband beat his first wife, allegedly, according to her. There's no reason to believe he wouldn't do the same to to his third wife.

[RandySF]

79. I don't think he hits her

That requires too much energy. He’s the type of guy who neglects, verbally abuses, cheats on and dumps women when he’s done with them.

[uppityperson]

12. Source? Or rumor?

[MFM008]

15. Someone knows something

Somewhere. It will come out soon enough.

[Dem_4_Life]

23. I am surprised no one at the hospital hasn't anonymously leaked

Hmm....

[marylandblue]

30. Violate HIPAA like that and you lose your job

[dameatball]

43. And you can be sued.

[LuckyLib]

59. HIPAA is violated every day in crowded doctor's

offices when the bench for getting a blood test has folks waiting and overhearing instructions between doctors and staff. Or the prefab walls are thin enough that you can hear the conversation in the next room.

[marylandblue]

70. Well if you wanted to catch them on a technicality, you probably could

But most people don't really care enough about it. You won't make any money because you'd have to show someone in the waiting room caused you harm with the information.

But deliberately releasing information on a famous person is really asking for trouble.

[Dave Starsky]

84. The HIPAA cops understand there will be breaches like this.

No system is perfect. You just need to take reasonable precautions to protect the information and only relay the minimum information necessary to get the job done.

But, yeah, like you said, calling the press about so-and-so's hospitalization is pretty clearly out-of-bounds.

[Dave Starsky]

64. Thank you for spelling HIPAA correctly.

I see it misspelled all the time, and it drives me crazy!

You, sir or madam, are a gentleperson and a scholar.

[marylandblue]

68. I try to be accurate, but I admit dumb luck helps

[Ilsa]

16. Conveniently about the same time her son finishes his school year. nt

[Achilleaze]

17. What are the repubes hiding now?

What did Dirty Donny* do to her?

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[brush]

28. This is getting into Martha Mitchell territory. Maybe Melania was about to spill the beans...

and they had to silence her.

[Vinca]

19. Curious no leaks have surfaced. Her staff must actually like her.

[NCTraveler]

21. She mentioned divorce.

Trump sent one of his thugs.

[SWBTATTReg]

48. I think your excuse is the most likely. Who in their right mind could put up w/ ...

someone like RUMP? If I were her, I would leave RUMP and take the kid w/ her back to NY City, now.

Send a very clear message to RUMP that his abuse is no longer tolerated.

By the way, I don't know of any abuse but w/ the way RUMP has temper fits (well documented) and his numerous guttersnipe tweets, what else is one to think?

[Skraxx]

22. Wow, Holy Shit, How is This Not a Major Fucking Story?

[struggle4progress]

24. Doctor reports procedure successful!

[fierywoman]

66. "Doctor" also report Spanky weighs 239#.

[workinclasszero]

25. Did Trump beat the shit out of her?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[sunonmars]

35. That was my first thought.

[workinclasszero]

42. Well seeing as how Trump is always spewing hate 24/7

He would seem to be the type eh?

[NastyRiffraff]

49. Mine too

And of course I have absolutely no proof, except for Trump's nature. He strikes me as the type who would happily beat a woman who displeased him.

We'll have to wait for a leak.

[Pathwalker]

71. And possibly lacerated a kidney? I wouldn't

put it past him. This followed the incident of her Be Best "campaign that plagiarized an Obama administration website. The previous time she disappeared was after the gave that speech at the RNC convention, that was plagiarized from a Michelle Obama speech. Twice is happenstance. If this happens again...

[Zoonart]

27. This secrecy is bullshit!

WTF is up with all of this FLOTUS is MIA shit? I am paying for whatever is up with this and it is not okay. I don't want to see her in June... I want to see her right fudging mow!

Produce the first lady. She can step out onto the balcony and wave any time now... NO? The where is she. This is bullshit.

[heaven05]

32. Psychological makeover

emotional makeover, healing from bruising, broken bones mending, donald did something or someone in his WH admin. did. This is one fucked up 1st family of sleaze, corruption and deceit. Something going to happen and he gets to marry a concubine of his stable. Nothing but a wypipo pimp, crook, saw yesterdday, mob boss.

[gibraltar72]

36. Meds are making Melanoma nauseous

when she's around Trump.

[TeamPooka]

37. Those Stepford Wives replacement robots still have some bugs to work out.

[Orsino]

38. You don't remove a 239-pound tumor overnight. n/t

[bigtree]

40. not going to Camp David, either

twitter.com/Tammariablue/status/1002551971331563520

[pwb]

44. I wasn't looking for her?

She does nothing for me physically or mentally .

[dameatball]

45. All I know is she is not at my house. But these posts are interesting.

[marylandblue]

46. You don't really expect us to believe that do you?

[dameatball]

47. My cat will swear to it.

[workinclasszero]

51. She tried to escape but.....

Workers repair White House sinkhole
BY JOSH DELK - 05/29/18 12:53 PM EDT

Workers have begun filling in a sinkhole that opened on the White House's North Lawn last week.

National Park Service personnel were spotted by White House correspondents filling in the hole with gravel on Tuesday and blocking off sidewalks near the entrance to the press briefing room.

Link to tweet

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/389712-workers-repair-white-house-sinkhole

[Ohiogal]

52. Why would she

make a speech that introduces her screwy "Be Best" initiative....

than days later go into hiding for weeks?

This whole family is just fucking nuts!

[Turbineguy]

53. Well, everybody can think what they want of her

but nobody deserves to be married to trump. Nobody.

[TNLib]

54. My friend just had brain surgery this past weekend

She's already home and walking about. What kind of surgery would take that long to recover from?

[lunatica]

55. A broken limb would explain it

Especially if it was a leg bone because you can’t hide a cast very well.

[underthematrix]

56. Y'all Imma have to call my fellow DU peeps out on this one

with love.

Based on very very scanty reports, it appears Trump's third wife may be receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer. I don't think that's funny. I think it's sad. All you should be doing if you must amplify her is wishing her a speedy recovery.

[deurbano]

60. I wondered if she could have some kind of cancer.

And the Narcissist-in-Chief probably wouldn't take too well to hair loss... or god-forbid, breast loss! So, there would have to be a major effort going on behind the scenes to hide any signs of that from the public (since he has to have only the BEST women) if she does have cancer and if treatment involves those particular results. She is already way past her sell date, based on his age preferences, and I don't think she ever wanted to land in the White House, so not a great position to be in if dealing with a serious health challenge. (On the other hand, she didn't choose him for his character... and she did push that vile birther crap, too.)

[phylny]

63. I had breast cancer and was discharged from the hospital

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fewer than 24 hours later after surgery.

If she has cancer, they can tell us that.

[underthematrix]

69. Thank you Jesus you're fine. I love it.

I don't think we have a right to know about her medical issues. However, I do think we have a right to know if she's unable to fulfil her role as a member of Trump's admin.

[phylny]

78. I don't care for her because of the birther crap.

I do, however, hope she's well. And I agree, we have no right to know about her medical issues.

Thanks for your nice wishes. Stage 0 cancer, because I'm one of the lucky Americans who has medical insurance. All of us should have it.

[underthematrix]

80. I don't like her either because of the birther issue

But you make me smile because you're healthy and you have health insurance.

[marylandblue]

72. I considered that, but after six weeks of chemo

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she will still look crap and just create more speculation when she does appear. Right I am leaning towards the plastic surgery explanation. If true, someone will point the changes next time she is in public.

[underthematrix]

74. THat would be better but I don't think you would need

your hospital visitors to wear protective gear.

[ReformedGOPer]

82. Actually, some chemotherapies

compromise your immune system so badly that any visitors need protective wear so as not to accidentally spread anything.

[Butterflylady]

57. I would be happy

If I never saw her again. There will never be a Michelle Obama again and No one in my book will ever outshine her.

[dalton99a]

58. "I could beat the shit out of Melania and pardon myself and I wouldn't lose voters"

[phylny]

62. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pushed an 8 lb, 7 oz baby out of her vagina

and proceeded, with the help of hair and makeup artists, to walk her baby out of the hospital wearing a dress and heels. Something is just not right wrt Melania.

[workinclasszero]

73. Imagine what the news media would have said if Michelle Obama had disappeared for a couple of months

It would have been news story number one forever!

Of course Shitler has given one...ONE...news conference the whole damn time as pResident and where is the outrage over that?

How Donald Trump Killed the White House Press Conference
More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump held the only solo news conference of his administration
The Associated Press Apr 30, 2018 6:32 PM

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/how-donald-trump-killed-the-white-house-press-conference-1.6045207

[kskiska]

75. Barron must be on school vacation

Find him and you'll find her. She'd never leave him with Drumpf.

[marylandblue]

81. She may be recovering at her parents house

More privacy and they live close to the school.

[Arazi]

83. That means Barron's in hiding somewhere. What a shitty school vacation - hiding inside?

[leftyladyfrommo]

76. Maybe she got a bad haircut

and needs for it to grow out.

[donkeypoofed]

77. Her interview with Mueller sure is lasting a long time...

She's either left him or he's hiding her so Mueller doesn't find her !

[Captain Stern]

85. This reminds me of an episode of 'WKRP in Cincinnati'

It was a long time ago, so I'm pretty sure my memory of it isn't exact, but I'm close.

Basically, Mr Carlson was running for a local office, and wanted to run a clean campaign. He messed up, and called his opponent a drunk on live tv. After that, he was winning by a large margin, but since he didn't want to win, he sabatoged his own campaign.

In one case, a reporter asked him where Mrs Carlson was.......his response was something like: "Mrs Carlson and I had a disagreement yesterday, so you won't be seeing her in public for a while"