News media paid Melania Trump thousands for use of photos in 'positive stories only'

[Generic Other]

Since her husband took office Melania Trump has earned six figures from an unusual deal with a photo agency in which major media organizations have indirectly paid the Trump family despite a requirement that the photos be used only in positive coverage.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/news-media-paid-melania-trump-thousands-use-photos-positive-stories-n883111?cid=public-rss_20180702

Well, I can think of a few less than positive photos she wishes she could put back in the camera and erase. Please post your favorite photos of Melania that she hates on this thread.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Disgusting!

[saidsimplesimon]

2. And the Horse they rode in on,

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[samnsara]

12. OMG I heard/saw them play this in concert at the Gorge Amphitheater...

..I was sitting on the basalt cliffs (this was pre bleachers) and they played this song as the sun was sitting over the Columbia River.

[maxrandb]

3. Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME???????

Holy Fuck. We've not only smashed through the Looking Glass...we're taking the broken shards and slitting our wrists!

[Generic Other]

7. Yeah

The Grifters. Watch your wallet.

My theory has always been that Trump has no real cash on hand. It's all going out to pay late penalties on loans and bankruptcies and lawsuits...

He steals from his own Foundation because they are legally allowed to skim off as much as 80% of donations calling it administrative costs.

He buys and bankrupts businesses to liquidate their assets.

He sets up a for-profit school with huge costs for student in return for little-to-no benefit.

He is cheap. Retired his plush "aging" jet to use AF One.

Sponges off the taxpayer to pay for his Mar-a-Lago golf scam.

Pays for his kids' travel expenses.

Gets loans from Russian gangsters.

Does Putin's bidding.

These are not the actions of a man with money. He's one step ahead of the bill collectors and the eviction notices.

on edit: I forgot his cheap looking clothes and hair.

[rickford66]

30. The Master Of Cash Flow

If he could liquidate everything, he'd still be billions in debt. Lawrence O'Donnell did a great piece about this during the campaign.

[Generic Other]

32. It's funny that a person up to their ears in debt smells the same

rich or poor. It's that scent of desperation. The whiff of fear. I guess it doesn't really matter how large the debt. When you have zero in your pocket, 100 bucks or a million are one and the same.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. How about the one where she slaps his hand?

[Generic Other]

9. She didn't want to license that image?

She only wants positive images.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. You mean positive images like her "I don't give a fuck" jacket?

I'm surprise she didn't do her Rhett Butler impression: "Frankly, my dear, . . . ."

[Generic Other]

17. She probably thought that would be a good one to license

Just not ones with the slug sliming her hand.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Grifters gonna grift!

Even when they're Nazis.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

6. boarding a plane

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[Generic Other]

8. Freud would have a field day with that image

Do you suppose it was his idea to pose like that? What do you see there? I see phallic image, fecund woman and rich male encased in an egg-like womb car. What the heck? His seed? Blechhhh.

[greyl]

26. That's an Annie Leibovitz, so I doubt she took direction from Dotard. nt

[Generic Other]

27. Wow she pegged him...

She pretty much captured Trump's inflated ego. I suppose he thought it was a positive image. SMH.

[rickford66]

31. How awful ! Bare arms !

[samnsara]

11. are her nekked pix positive?

...cuz we all have them!

[Generic Other]

18. I would like to think she is not earning royalties on those

I mean, you don't actually think? Is it at all possible?

[oasis]

20. Heh heh

[Retrograde]

13. You've gotta admire their ability

to find new ways to line their pockets .

And only six figures? Melania needs to up her game if she wants the money to keep rolling in after Boss Tweet is gone.

[Generic Other]

21. The article said between 100K and a mill

Can't tell for sure without the tax returns.

[JI7]

14. Think of this next time those of you who start the "poor melania" shit

[CatMor]

15. My thoughts too ......

I saw some photos yesterday with her looking at his gross face and smiling while they held hands. She's the same as the 3 kids and her husband. No sympathy for her is needed.

[Generic Other]

23. Excellent point

People are unable to see her for what she is. A gold digger. The first FLOTUS whose husband made her sign a pre-nup because he didn't trust her enough not to rip him off. Thick as thieves those two.

[lame54]

16. So, she didn't have to pay them for positive coverage?...

They paid her and still had too play by her rules

Are these Trump U graduates?

[Beaverhausen]

19. Now come on guys, she couldn't make money off of hawking jewelery and perfume like she wanted to

She has to profit off of being FLOTUS somehow. Give a girl a break.

[Generic Other]

22. Unbelieveable

[Vinca]

24. Not to be nitpicky, but isn't this the Trump family using the office for personal gain????

And isn't that a no-no? It seems to me you should be able to print a picture of the FLOTUS (pardon me while I gag) without paying a royalty.

[Generic Other]

28. Emolument clause?

Violating the emolument clause with such petty crimes. Isn't the amount of money chump change for Mr. Moneybags? Such grifters.

[Freethinker65]

25. Were photos taken while she was performing duties as First Lady? (Not that she has done much)

If so, I can understand the photographer perhaps getting money for a great shot, but not Melania.

[struggle4progress]

29. 'It's fake news when we're not earning money from it"