Trouble in "paradise"?

[Different Drummer]

[pkdu]

1. Also talk of her storming out of his luncheon just now

he did tell her where t sit...but she just walked out , then cameras asked to leave

[JustAnotherGen]

18. Any video of this?

[ksoze]

28. Not sure who dropped who's hand here...

https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/822132314788413440

[frogmarch]

37. I played it several times, and

I think she let go of his hand. The very sight of him probably makes her skin crawl. It does me.

[Bengus81]

58. Trump put his hand to hers first and then she dropped it.

The twitter vid is clear and I have a 43" monitor. PLAIN as day.

[Maru Kitteh]

71. She VERY clearly dropped/pushed his hand away.

And that look, even through the giant stupid sunglasses . . . ICE COLD.





OTOH, Trump called Kellyanne "Baby" and "Honey" tonight and kissed her repeatedly on national television.

Just sayin'

[Jim Beard]

93. I can't stand him but I watched the clip on CNN and I assumed

she wanted to use the opposite hand rail. It is a really wide ramp.

[llmart]

69. Wow!

The majority of the comments on this link are mostly anti-Trump.

This is politically one of the most disheartening days in my life. I felt gut-punched when Dumbya was installed by the Supreme Court, but this is a whole other ballgame here. Feels like a death.

[pkdu]

29. C-Span - but poor quality for much of it

https://www.c-span.org/video/?422267-101/presidentelect-donald-trump-attends-luncheon-downtown-washington-dc

[pkdu]

30. watch first 40 seconds to see melania leave then FFwd to last 30 secs to see cameras escorted out.

[JustAnotherGen]

31. Thanks you!

[marlakay]

54. To me it looked like she didn't know what

To do and was embarrassed by him making a joke of it. I don't think she is comfortable around strangers.

[Achilleaze]

2. Shocking

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. She's 46 years old.

The Madman probably thinks he's in line to trade her in for a newer model as plastic surgery can only go so far.

I hope she has the goods on him with Russia, and I hope she has a great singing voice.

[get the red out]

80. She has aged out

He doesn't like a woman once she isn't young, doesn't matter that she is very beautiful. Trump is a sick guy. Maybe she had also been ignorant of the pee episode? She might be discovering he is NOT worth the money.

[KittyWampus]

91. Where was it proven false Oh, one newly joined one post to your name DU'er?

[Grammy23]

4. I did notice that although they were side by side,

they were not holding hands or touching in any way. I would recoil in horror, too, if he tried to touch me. Of course, I am pretty sure Mrs. Trump # 3 understood what she was getting in for when she married him. But all that glitters is not gold, Toots!

[HopeAgain]

8. I hear the showers are gold... n/t

[hwmnbn]

19. LOL...

Well done!

This will be a never-ending joke for as long as he is in the White House.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

49. On sale from Bed, Bath and Beyond

[llmart]

66. LOL

However, I don't think his rod expands any longer.

[bdamomma]

85. ...

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. My friend tells me a huge story is about to break about Trump lying

and that it is so big even some of his fans will be shocked.

Will take a lot to shock them, as we know. So far they have proven they are OK with sexual assault and bragging about it, mocking disabled people and so on, so let's see.

[renate]

6. is your friend in the news media? nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

20. Yes

[renate]

25. sweet!!!!

Thanks for the ray of hope!

[wordpix]

16. that's nothing compared to getting bailed out the 7th bankruptcy by Russian crime bosses

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/donald-trump-was-bailed-out-bankruptcy-russia-crime-bosses

snip: Why would Trump’s organization make such a good means of laundering funds? Because real estate has an arbitrary value. Is that apartment worth $1 million? Two million? Why not $3 million for a buyer who really wants it? When the whole transaction is just one LLC with undisclosed ownership paying another LLC with undisclosed ownership, it’s even neater than hiding the money in an offshore account. And while some businesses require due diligence in looking at the source of funds, real estate is a bit more … flexible.

The laws regulating US real estate deals are scant, experts say. Provisions against terrorism financing in the Patriot Act, passed in the aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks, obliged mortgage lenders to conduct “know your customer” research. But money launderers pay in cash. Sales such as those of the Trump Soho apartments have passed through this loophole, which was partially closed only this year.

Converting funds stolen overseas into property in the US and cash in the account of an LLC represented a win for both the oligarchs and Trump. Best of all, Trump’s sole requirement was that he pay scant attention to the deal—something at which he was already a proven master. For example, the actual owners of the Trump Soho were another limited liability company, Bayrock. Trump was a partner in the LLC and Bayrock cut the checks Trump received when those apartments were sold. And yet ...snip

[KittyWampus]

94. Real Estate absolutely does NOT have an "arbitrary value". My friend does high end appraisals in NYC

Properties are appraised and sell for what they are worth compared to the other properties around them. A building that sells for $10 million when any other comparable building around it sells for $5 may be legal but is definitely abnormal. Even if there ends up being multiple buyers in a bidding war, there are limits.

I'm not arguing that real estate was not used to pass money along to Trumpland.

But you can't say real estate values are arbitrary.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. I hope so

I want a pall over tomorrow as a result of the truth being told at last.

[Eliot Rosewater]

23. Each minute that goes by and the story doesnt break, I worry.

We know for a fact the story exists, Rep Cummings has said that if we knew what he knew NOBODY would be going to the inauguration.

Let's hope whoever is thinking of leaking it will have the nerve to do so.

Otherwise we find out AFTER the harm is done and the world is coming to an end all around us.

My source was vague and suggested it would be leaked before the inauguration, god I hope so.

[leftynyc]

24. Has this source

been reliable in the past? Hinted at things that actually did wind up happening?

[Eliot Rosewater]

38. Yes...

[angrychair]

33. Sorry, don't believe it

We had video and audio of him talking about committing an adulterous affair and about sexually assaulting a woman by "grabbing her by the pussy" and no one gave a shit.
The only reason she is upset is because Putin has a secure and completely private direct phone line to trump as well as a couple of trump's cabinet to keep him inline now and doesn't need her as his handler anymore.

[Eliot Rosewater]

42. Agree that some of his idiotic supporters wont care...

Elijah Cummings says it is big, though.

[bdamomma]

86. I hope Cummings

comes out with it. We the people need to know.

I feel totally sick that this jerk is taking this job, can't we all say YOUR'RE FIRED.

He is such a worthless piece of shit.

[cwydro]

59. I don't either. This is nonsense.

Nothing will "break" tomorrow except for our collective hearts as this abomination takes place.

[cwydro]

34. Of course a "huge story" is about to break!

Omg, I wish I had a dollar for every time I've seen that posted.

[Eleanors38]

50. Heh. With MSM sinking faster than the Lusitania, "huge stories" iz obsolete.

[Boomerproud]

68. You beat me to it. Tom Arnold said they were going to release video of him using the N-word.

Either do it or STFU.

[TexasBushwhacker]

74. That would mean nothing to his minions

Supposedly he also called his son a "retard". If the son is Barron, that's just sad, bbut if he said that about Eric, he might just flip.

[2naSalit]

43. I'm thinking

that the Friday news dump will arrive in the early twilight tomorrow.

[cbdo2007]

51. Just another person claiming they've got big Trump news on the way...with nothing to back it up.

[Ilsa]

56. I'm afraid they'll label it "fake" and never talk about it again. NT

[trueblue2007]

60. give us some hints please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eliot Rosewater]

62. Related to the Cummings story where he says if we knew what he knew

America would be shocked.

So what is obvious is Trump has said no to everything about Russia, but house members have been shown intel that means he is a big liar which is not news, but the details of what happened is the news, that is the best I can get.

[orleans]

75. so what's the story about? n/t

[Eliot Rosewater]

96. I am so disappointed, whatever it was didnt happen

we know what it was, Trump and russia colluded and there is proof

[orleans]

98. well, no one wants "proof" about that coming out today

it might have spoiled a perfectly nice "peaceful transfer of power" (phrase heard ad nauseum) and a lovely "luncheon" (the other fucking phrase heard ad nauseum)

[HopeAgain]

7. Probably found out the watershow did in fact happen. n/t

[pkdu]

9. CSPAN just replayed it - at the top of the stairs he grabs her hand and she drops it like

a dead fish.

Shits getting real in tRump-Town.

Thats why she isnt leaving New York for the Whitehouse

[Ilsa]

55. I bet she never moves in full time. NT

[Tanuki]

82. Maybe it's the other way around and she is pissed because she isn't being allowed

to move into the White House and become the First Lady, since her husband prefers her stepdaughter Ivanka in that role. I don't think the decision to remain in New York and only be trotted out on special occasions was Melania's, as I do not think she has that kind of power in her marriage. I would think that being relegated to a separate life in another city is threatening and infuriating, even if it is a relief not to have to put up with his nasty personality, small fingered groping, and sick fetishes on a regular basis.

[Wounded Bear]

10. I can't recall there ever being any show of affection between the two...

Is it of me to wish some schadenfreude on them?


Because I do.

[3catwoman3]

27. No, it's not.

I share your wish.

[PatSeg]

41. I don't think there is any real relationship

between the two of them. She shows up when it is necessary and plays her part, but she does not seem too thrilled with the whole presidency thing. Trump probably reassured her a long time ago that he would never really get elected, this was only just to promote his brand and appease his Russian debt collectors.

[Bengus81]

11. She doesn't want to do the pomp and circumstance crap tomorrow....

Hell wait...Trump himself doesn't want to do it either for that matter.

[madokie]

61. Light is the best disinfectant

and she DOES NOT want any light shown on her. That, I can read loud and clear in her mannerism

[octoberlib]

12. I read the Trump biography written by John O'Donnell in the 90's

and Trump just loved to humiliate Ivana in public. He talked terribly to her. Maybe Melania should have done her due diligence before she married him. The guy's a bully.

[Bengus81]

15. Wondering...has anyone ever just up and KICKED Trumps ass??

Gawd,that guy needs to knocked on his ass something bad.

[octoberlib]

22. He doesn't exercise , so it should be easy to do. I wish somebody would.

Trump's been bullying, intimidating and screwing people over since his'20's.

[HipChick]

26. How to fight a clown...

[lpbk2713]

13. Looking forward to her authoring a "tell-all" book.

Trump would blow a gasket.

It's probably just a matter of time.

[Marie Marie]

35. Not going to happen - they all sign an agreement NOT to talk before

he sends them packing - with lots of cash

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Maybe he just told her that Ivanka is going to be FLOTUS.

[bdamomma]

87. oh she will be involved

and playing the part of FLOTUS

Ivanka's feelings are hurt read this article.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ivanka-trump-speculation-over-first-lady-role-%e2%80%98inappropriate%e2%80%99/ar-AAm2cV4?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

just a snip about Melania.

Melania Trump, meanwhile, has said she plans to stay in Manhattan with her 10-year-old son Barron, the youngest of Trump's five children, until the end of the school year.

[wordpix]

17. when they came down the Tower escalator during Dump's first announcement

of his candidacy, she was far ahead of him and it looked to me like they were estranged, bigly

[Vinca]

32. I don't think Melania wants any part of this.

She should be cutting her own deal and getting the hell out before it gets worse.

[rainbow4321]

40. She didn't look happy at all

When they got off the plane.

I'm betting she never joins him after their kid's school year ends. They will make up a new excuse.

[onetexan]

95. i wouldn't put it past Melania that she married an idiot for the $

all his bizarre behavior & grotesque comments hasn't stopped her from divorcing to him. You betcha he wants to be potus, & u betcha she wants to be flotus. Greed & power are strong motivators. That and the fact they are both vain, pompous people. Birds of a feather.

[Marie Marie]

36. Would YOU hold his hand knowing there could be urine on it?

[rainbow4321]

39. Just watched the video of her walking out of the room

Trump tried to joke about it but, damn, she hightailed it outta there!

It starts about 3 minutes into the video after she speaks, he helps her off the stage, tries to tell her where to sit...then she bolts to the door. Video is in one of the replies in this thread...

Trump mumbles "that's great..." when he sees she won't take a seat and is leaving!!

[2naSalit]

44. I am willing to be convinced

of a few things that come to mind regarding that relationship... I don't think they have an intimate relationship; I wonder if that boy is an IVF baby; I suspect she's a spy who was assigned to him for a big reward later and may be allowed to retire soon now that the damage has been done to the USA. I know some of this may sound off but such thoughts arrive unexpected.

[womanofthehills]

64. Trump did say on Howard Stern's show

that they sleep in separate bedrooms and he has never heard her fart.

[2naSalit]

65. ...

[Yavin4]

45. Yep. This is us now.

Get use to it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

46. I'm starting to think that she...

married him for the money.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

47. It's like they're going to a funeral.

And they are.

[marlakay]

48. I bet she feels safer now

The publc is watching so he can't hurt her and has to treat her more respectfully.

She has more power to get what she wants.

[rainbow4321]

53. That and she gets to stay in NYC...he won't be around

My guess is that she will stick around in DC long enough to do an inaugural ball dance and she then takes a red eye back to NYC in the wee hours of overnight Friday/Saturday morning cuz of "school" Monday morning for their son. We won't see her in DC again, not even when the school year ends.
Any oversea visits normally done by a FLOTUS will be done by Ivanka.

[marlakay]

57. I agree think we will basically have no

First lady wife of president. His daughter will travel with him. Her excuse will be the kid.

[keithbvadu2]

52. Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter

Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter

Body Language Expert Weighs In on Donald Trump’s Awkward RNC Stage Hugs With Melania and Ivanka

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-awkwardly-hugs-melania-ivanka-expert-weighs-in-w430543
.

[Maru Kitteh]

72. Most men are photographed in bed with their young half-dressed young teen daughters, right?

[Doreen]

77. Nothing like daddy getting a feelskie.

[bdamomma]

88. oh yes

he is certainly touchy feelingly there with her.

who knows what goes on between them??

[SticksnStones]

63. She's not his wife, she's his handler...

The job was to get him to the White House...she's just waiting for her next assignment from Putin...

Why would a gorgeous model marry a bankrupt classless toad like him unless it was 'arranged'

Just an IMO, tho ~

[llmart]

67. I have a better explanation...

I think he was trying to grab her pussy and she pulled away. She has probably had to deflect his grabbing many times.

[Tikki]

70. I think it is something to do with his personal life...

I have asked before...Have his adult children personally seen all of his tax forms?

Tikki

[bdamomma]

90. I bet they have

his family is protecting him and Ivanka is his biggest protector. She is always around for his meetings I think she has to translate English for him he just doesn't have the attention span for understanding.

You noticed when he talks, he does constantly and he doesn't listen.

[briv1016]

73. I have no doubt that if he had "lost," she would've already filed.

Now she's stuck with him for 4 years. She's already planning on spending most of her time in NY.

[orleans]

76. so many of the replies here are so funny

thanks for your smart ass comments and cheering me up a bit tonight duers.

[Cattledog]

78. I saw that as well. Quite telling.

[Skittles]

79. gold diggers don't expect to have to actually WORK

[keithbvadu2]

83. Or pay the 'little people' for their work

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141669961

Hair stylist to Marla Maples: No free services in exchange for Inauguration Day exposure

[DFW]

81. It may be less sinister than it looked

She may just have mistaken his hand for an escaped squid, and her reaction to pull away was instinctive.

[bdamomma]

84. well I just read

Ivanka would be taking first lady responsibilities, of course she will Daddy always has her near. May be Ivanka and her husband are the shadow leaders.

Melania would not be moving to Washington until mid 2017.

[Azathoth]

97. Maybe her monthly check bounced

The Orange Disaster is known for stiffing the help.

[wildeyed]

99. She was stiff as a board and seething at the concert.

I watched a few minutes when my husband had it on. Trump was pretend-enjoying the music, his kids looked bored and embarrassed and Melania was sitting straight as a board with not part of her body touching his. She was furious.