First Lady Melania Trump May Stay in NYC Permanently and Never Move Into the White House

[bathroommonkey76]

Though Donald, 70, and his wife Melania announced in November that the first lady would relocate from New York City to Washington D.C. once their 10-year-old son Barron finished up the school year, a family insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly that may not happen. "They will reevaluate toward the end of the school year if they will keep this arrangement or if Melania and Barron will move to Washington," says the source. "They could go either way right now. They will ultimately do what's best for Barron."


http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/first-lady-melania-trump-may-never-move-into-the-white-house-w464126

[DFW]

1. Well, if the Donald moves into the White House

I can't think of a better reason not to.

[underpants]

2. 1/2 a million $ a day?

Or is it a full million per day ?

[nycbos]

3. When Melania stays shouldn't be the least bit of concern to anyone...

... as long as New York City is reimbursed.


Her husband's horrific actions are what matter.

[Lindsay]

6. Except for the extra security costs,

payable by US taxpayers. (Not sure how much of that is being paid by NY taxpayers and how much is federal.)

[Ms. Toad]

16. Reimbursed by the Trump family, not the taxpayers.

We are obligated to provide one residence for the family. Not two. If they choose to maintain two homes - with all of the associated additonal costs for security - that should come out of their pockets. They can offset the costs by Trump's forfeited salary - but it should not be our tax dollars paying for that personal choice.

[etherealtruth]

27. If the cost were born by someone other than us (the tax payers) I would agree

However, it's not. We are paying for it ... and paying for prime real-estate in an ult r high cost area.

[anneboleyn]

33. No. The FLOTUS is an extremely important figure in the US, like it or not.

Melania not moving into the White House, apparently not engaging in any of the duties the FLOTUS usually performs -- such as philanthropy and calling attention to important issues, using her status to encourage attention to certain causes (every First Lady has done this for many decades), and disappearing entirely from the scene (nobody has seen her in nearly two weeks), is a slap to our most esteemed institutions. Many First Ladies, with young children and/or teenagers have moved into the White House, and they handled it all extremely well considering the immense pressure.

Melania refusing to move to the White House is EXTREMELY unusual and frankly a thumb in the eye of American voters and our system. Melania is not a special snowflake that we need to tiptoe around all the time she is FLOTUS ffs, one of the most powerful women in the world.

[truebluegreen]

48. No. Each FLOTUS decides for herself

what kind of role she will play. It has nothing to do with "our esteemed traditions".

[frankieallen]

62. I don't remember the last FLOTUS that was called a whore, and had naked

pictures distributed on the internet for all to see.
I kinda don't blame her for staying out of the limelight.

[brush]

66. The fact that she doesn't want to be with her husband tells us their marraige is on the rocks.

What wife in love with her husband wouldn't jump at the chance to live in the White House and enjoy the status it brings?

As for the young son, they have great private schools in D.C.

The "it's all about Barron" is a crock. She doesn't want to be there with him.

[LisaM]

54. It does matter, and I think they should have acknowledged it ahead of time.

Do you think the Obamas would have gotten a pass if Michelle elected to stay in Chicago?

[anneboleyn]

65. She SUPPORTED his actions! She campaigned for him, sorry. She is not some special snowflake

[MFM008]

77. whos going to reimburse??

maggot?

[In_The_Wind]

4. I don't blame her for not wanting to move. She has everything she needs in NYC.

[crazycatlady]

5. While I hate to pick on a child

I think Barron's just an excuse and I think that this is a sign of marriage problems.

[bathroommonkey76]

9. Their marriage has always been an 'arrangement'.

I honestly feel sorry for the woman.

[Maru Kitteh]

24. Don't feel sorry for her. She participated in his racist birther attacks.

Melania Trump Supported Her Husband's Racist Birtherism Claims on TV
People need to stop talking about "freeing Melania."
Lily Herman
Jan 23, 2017 11:34AM EST

<Snip>

"It’s not only Donald who wants to see [Obama's birth certificate], it’s American people who voted for him and who didn’t vote for him. They want to see that," she argued. Behar then made the point that the birth certificate had already been on display and all over the internet. "We feel it’s different than birth certificate," Melania responded.

Birtherism, to recap, is a conspiracy theory Donald Trump has championed that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, therefore making him constitutionally ineligible to be president. Many see birtherism as racist due to the fact that no other U.S. president was ever questioned about his birthplace until Obama, the first black president, took office. It is a direct attack on his legitimacy.

Why is it more important than ever to highlight Melania Trump's racist claims? Ever since her husband's nomination through this past weekend's Women's March, there's been ongoing rhetoric about "freeing" Melania from Donald Trump, as if she has no choice in the matter or in her views.

Her words, however, say otherwise. Not only has she supported the birther movement, but she also backed her husband after multiple claims came out about him sexually assaulting other women. It also still can't be overlooked that she plagiarized Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech in her own Republican National Convention remarks this past summer, taking words from the former first lady and the wife of the man she's accusing of not being an American citizen.

more at link: http://www.teenvogue.com/story/melania-trump-supported-her-husbands-racist-birtherism-claims-on-tv

[catbyte]

26. Wow. THAT article was in Teen Vogue? Go Teen Vogue!

Nice to see they're publishing things that actually matter and not just what Beyonce wore to wherever.

[Maru Kitteh]

36. Crazy right? We now have to look to Teen Vogue and the National Parks system for

real reporting and journalism.

[bathroommonkey76]

31. Thanks for posting-- I never knew. nt

[malaise]

38. To be kind

Fuck the collective pack

[Maru Kitteh]

46. Indeed malaise! I support

that stance fully!

[LenaBaby61]

39. Don't feel sorry for her. She participated in his racist birther attacks.

You'd be surprised by how many people on the liberal side of the spectrum carry water for Melania.

A friends sister said to me this past weekend "I feel for her, she's an abused woman, and we women ALL have to stick together." I asked her about the treatment FLOTUS Michelle Obama got and she said that Melania seems to like Mrs. Obama. I said she didn't speak up for FLOTUS when she was called an ape in heels did she? Uh NOPE, not that I know of.

I then sent her a link to the show she did on the view from 2011 stating emphatically that HER birth-certificate (Because she's White & European) was more legitimate than Pres. Obama's birth-certificate (Because he was black). This friends sister then said, maybe Melania was bullied into saying that by her husband. Who knows, she may be an abused wife. Now mind you, this friend's sister is a Democrat, meanwhile she's kissing the fanny of a caping for that hussy Melania, and I can remember her saying not long ago that, Mrs. Obama was tough and could take the criticism/insults aimed at her because after all, she said when they go low we go high. Let me get this straight, it was "okay" for FLOTUS to be disrespected in general, called an ape in heels, the N-word, a monkey, a gorilla, a traitor (Melania was raised a Commie)--anything but a child of GOD and my friends sister capes for and defends "delicate" Lady tRumputin? REALLY

"Sisters" sticking together my ass. No wonder Dems stay in the position they're in. SMDH.

[BainsBane]

7. Can you blame her?

I wouldn't want to live with that monster.

[jmowreader]

50. Yeah, actually I can

The White House is big enough that she never has to see the bastard. The way they have it set up, it's going to cost about $1.6 billion dollars over four years, if the $1 million per day is accurate and he doesn't get impeached, resign or be ordered to commit seppuku in the Rose Garden, to have her live in New York. (I just rounded to $400M/year.) How much good would that money do?

[BainsBane]

52. I agree that isn't good

Trump should pay himself.

[jmowreader]

89. Trump doesn't HAVE a billion dollars to spare. That's one problem.

Donald Trump holds a lot of paper wealth, but his cash is minimal - high-six to low-seven figures. His credit rating is nonexistent, which is why he has to finance his buildings through Russian loansharks.

[anneboleyn]

71. Yes, she can divorce him and refuse to support his campaign lies and birtherism. THAT

would set a better example for Barron, not hiding Barron away in NYC while his father acts like Ivanka is FLOTUS and continues his horrendous policies. Melania supported Trump on the trail, supported birtherism, and justified/rationalized the "pussy grabbing" comments. Shame on her for all of it. She is not helping Barron by supporting Trump's horrendous behavior.

[No Vested Interest]

75. Melania has been quoted as saying that Barron idolizes his father

and Barron tries to act like his father so often that Melania sometimes calls Barron "Little Donald."

[Fast Walker 52]

8. yeah, that's normal...

[Ilsa]

10. Not having a raging narcissist living with you has to be a big plus. nt

[kstewart33]

11. It's her call to make.

She wasn't very happy during the inauguration events and I doubt it's a job that she's wanted. It's her life, and she has every right to live it as she sees fit.

[Girard442]

17. If she wants to fade from the public eye and can, then let her.

Otherwise, she's a player in this tragedy like the rest of us. We can't opt out. I can't shed too many tears if she can't either.

[LisaM]

63. That's well stated - we ARE all players in this tragedy.

She's legitimized him in many ways by overlooking his antics, his public statements, and the way he appears to treat her. And if we can't opt out, why should she be able to?

[gratuitous]

51. Can I just say

That I'm not in favor of taxpayers footing the bill for her choices? If she doesn't want to live in the public housing we've provided for her, she can pay for her own housing and any additional security her choice entails.

[hollowdweller]

12. Maybe she didn't know about the Russian Hotel thingie.

[femmocrat]

13. As I predicted.

She probably loves being NY without he-who-shall-not-be-named.

[BigDemVoter]

14. I don't think she EVER wanted to be in this position.

While I think she is a shallow and awful person, she never sought the limelight.

Nonetheless, she's in it now.

[LisaM]

58. Neither did Michelle Obama. She, however, rose to the occasion

and handled it very, very well. Is it too much to ask that someone seeking the highest office in the land squares away the personal issues ahead of time? This is a distraction, it's going to be expensive for the taxpayers (not to mention a PITA for the other people who live and work in that area of New York) and it's a slap in the face to the American people who expect a First Lady to give support to causes that she cares about. That kind of support is enormous, and if she chooses to abrogate that responsibility, it's a big EFF YOU to the American people. Sasha and Malia had to move schools, too, and it doesn't seem to have harmed them any.

[snooper2]

68. she never sought the limelight?

[lunamagica]

80. I know!

[dsc]

15. Normally I am a leave the family alone kind of guy

but I have to say as a person who works in a high school with a large military population I see students move in during junior and senior years all the time. If taxpayers are going to subsidize Barron not having his schooling interrupted in grade 3, then why aren't they doing the same for military families in grades 11 and 12?

[Tanuki]

40. Thank you, from this ex-Army brat! eom

[renate]

49. that's an excellent point

Besides, I don't think you're attacking the family, you're just pointing out a logical inconsistency.

[lunatica]

18. She's discovered the utter freedom and joy of his absence

He's not there constantly bragging and talking about himself and demanding all the attention and oxygen in the room. She probably loves the feeling of release she's feeling not having his presence in the Tower.

I would.

[oasis]

29. Exactamundo

[livetohike]

21. Sasha was six and Malia was nine when the family moved

into the White House. I don't think Melania wants to be First Lady. Out of sight, out of mind. Someone might bring up her past.

[Idoru]

41. That isn't how it works

Choice feminism, really? So do you support her "choice" to engage in racist birther talk, too? Since her vagina makes her immune from criticism? Fuck this noise. She wanted to fuck her way to the top, I certainly didn't want to live under her the reign of her meal ticket. She is using her son as an excuse and btw, we in NYC are paying for her self-indulgence.

[Tanuki]

43. What makes you think it is her choice? I get the impression that

the raging narcissist bully she married calls all the shots. I don't think for a moment that she is the one who has chosen exile in another city while her husband gives the honor, prestige and visibility that comes with the role of FLOTUS to his daughter from a previous marriage.

[etherealtruth]

45. I would agree if the US tax payers did not have to foot the bill ... in the most expensive US city

[etherealtruth]

56. Yes ... the cost of her living in NYC at Trump Tower

... is (by different estimates up to) approximately an additional one million dollars PER DAY

(noting that the lowest estimate is half that at 500,000 dollars per day)

The US Tax payers pay this cost.

http://www.snopes.com/2016/11/22/will-it-cost-taxpayers-1-million-a-day-for-trumps-family-to-stay-in-new-york/


*note the cost is not for her lodgings

[etherealtruth]

73. I do not have time to explain this, fully

I do not want to beleive you are attempting to feign ignorance

The detail requires office space (coincidentally rented in tRump towers, the white house itself is heavily fortified and guarded ... it is that way whether the president is married with 10 kids or is alone (this same level of guarding will now be required for tRump tower (in addition to the WH or Mar Lago ...), real estate must also be rented in the surrounding area to insure strategic placement of personnel, equipment (state of the art equipment) must be duplicated and moved to NYC.

If she lived with the short fingered vulgar, malevolent buffoon ...the costs would be 500,00 dollars to one million dollars less per day.

This is a squandering of tax payer dollars. These people (tRump's) are not Royalty ... they are supposed to be serving the people NOT the other way around

[GP6971]

59. The cost of providing security. n/t

[brush]

72. NYC has to foot the bill for the daily security in and around trump Tower. Millions.

[lunamagica]

84. How do you know it was her desicion? I think this has trump writer all over it

[snappyturtle]

81. Malia and Sasha also had their grandmother move in with them.

That had to be a stabilizing presence. I get the idea that Melania
is very devoted to her son and I also suspect he may have some
problems we aren't privy to which may explain why keeping him in
familial surroundings is best. Time will tell on this.

[PA Democrat]

55. The Obamas managed to raise two wonderful daughters in the White House.

[Blue_true]

78. The Obamas also had to put their girls in a new

School mid school year when he moved to the White House in 2009.

[lunamagica]

82. Chelsea Clinton was 12, Amy Carter IIRC was 9, Carloline Kennedy was quite young too

I personally think kThe WH is a wonderful place to grow up, and I envy those girls that goth the chance to like that kind of childhood

[madaboutharry]

20. Who could blame her.

There is no chemistry between those two. She is probably relieved to be away from him.

He is a tyrant. There is no reason to think he behaves any differently behind doors. Besides that she knows she can't compete with Ivanka.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. "Besides that she knows she can't compete with Ivanka." BINGO

Donald Trump Once Allegedly Asked If It Was "Wrong" to Be "Sexually Attracted" to Ivanka

The line was reportedly deleted from a Washington Post column before publication.

BuzzFeed reports that a Washington Post column comparing Donald Trump to Michael Corleone of The Godfather saga initially included a controversial quote later removed before its publication on Tuesday. Specifically, the quote dealt with Trump's relationship with his daughter Ivanka; columnist Richard Cohen quoted Trump asking "someone I know" of a then 13-year-old Ivanka: "Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife?"

Marla Maples, Donald Trump, and Ivanka Trump in 1995, when Ivanka was 14.

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8353161/donald-trump-sexual-attraction-ivanka-trump/

[brush]

74. What pervert (would be pedofile). Marla Maples was a good looking woman. He wanted a kid. Sick.

[spiderpig]

22. I honestly don't know the answer to this.

Is there a budget allotted to the First Lady (Gentleman)? Is it understood that there are certain social/state obligations to be maintained?

I don't give a flying fig for either of these two. I just want to know what I'm paying for.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. I have no problem with this. I don't think Melania wanted the First Lady gig in the first place.

On top of that, my gut instinct from seeing Barron's facial expressions and body language is that he would not do well in the fishbowl of living in the White House. I can fully understand why they would take his well being into account.

[etherealtruth]

28. My only complaint is that we are stuck with the tab .... in the highest cost urban area in the US

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/10-most-expensive-cities-in-america/2/

[Angry Dragon]

30. that is okay with Donald .......... he still has Ivanka for Second Wife

[bigbrother05]

32. Why wouldn't they want to live together with Barron attending a DeVos school?

He would have both parents and 24/7 staff with less of a drain on the taxpayers.

Am sure Donald thinks taking only $1 means he has free rein on all other expenses.

[logosoco]

34. As a mother and grandmother,

and former child I wonder what could teach a kid American history more than living in the White House and being in DC?

It's nice that they get a chance to do what is best for their kid, but when I read this I think of all the children in America who had to move because their parents could not afford to live where they were and had to pack up and move.

[avebury]

37. I don't care if Melania and Barron stay in NYC. What I do care about

is the American taxpayers being force to pay for security for two residences. If it is Melania's choice to stay in NYC then it should be the financial responsibility of her husband to cover the security costs.

I remember when Bush Sr. left the WH. The SS only provide full time security for one residence. Bush chose Kennebunkport as the full time security because he knew that the SS would still have to protect him even when he was back in Texas.

[Runningdawg]

42. I am so glad we have

a POTUS who can show us great conservative family values. I also believe hell hath no furry like a woman scorned and would love to see her be the one to bring this administration to a screeching halt.

[Thor_MN]

53. Third Lady.

[brush]

76. If Ivanka is first in your opinion, who the second lady?

[Thor_MN]

85. I never said Ivanka, that is but your assumption.

*45's third wife is Melania, quite simple, no?

[brush]

86. Not so simple. Your mistake is assuming that third lady and third wife are the same thing.

[Thor_MN]

87. I made no mistakes, you, however made a silly assumption.

I can't help it that you feel silly for making it. If you want to lash out for your foolishness, find another target.

[brush]

88. Nonesense. "Third lady" makes no sense just like your word-game posts.

I'm out.

[Thor_MN]

91. I'm quite sorry such an obvious analogy is beyond your abiliities

Best that you find some other sandbox to play in.

[tirebiter]

57. That'll make the annual Easter Egg hunt more interesting

Underneath the tires of limousines in the streets of New York.

[Jim__]

60. Now we know why she voted for Trump. - n/t

[No Vested Interest]

61. Barron has an entire floor to himself in the Trump Tower.

The White House cannot provide that- an entire floor just for Barron.

Perhaps it's the child who's putting his foot down on this choice.

[The_Voice_of_Reason]

64. We here in New York

don't want them here, nor do we wish to pick up the millions of dollars it is costing us too protect these two, and this does not mention unacceptable inconveniences for the sake of two people we do not like. Let her and her son move to Washington DC, or move to a far less expensive place to protect.

[milestogo]

69. She doesn't want to be there when the Russian hookers

are peeing in the Lincoln bedroom.

[Princess Turandot]

70. It's an extremely expensive proposition security-wise to have the family here 52/24/7...

to the tune of millions of dollars a week.

They live in a 50+ floor mixed use building that is open to the public. There are stores there, commercial offices and other apartments. A ton of people need access to the building. Do they all have to be checked, coming and going? Do store clerks now need security clearance to work in the building?

When you walk out of the building, it's not to a fenced-in driveway or lawn - from a residence which is secured whether a president is there or not. Out the door is Fifth Avenue and 56/57th Streets, two of the city's most used vehicle thoroughfares which also get a great deal of foot traffic, from both NYers and tourists. There's infrastructure tunnels under the building which likely need to be secured as well. Flight paths over the city have to be considered.

And on and on. I hope NYC is getting reimbursed for this.

But I can understand why Mrs Trump would want stay here. Trump barely mentions them. She's not at all prepared to be a political spouse, much less FLOTUS, a position which became so much more high-profile beginning with Jackie Kennedy. As to divorce? He'd likely threaten her with custody of the kid, to save face and stay married. (I'm not of the opinion that there's a long line of 30-something models eager to replace her at this point in Trump's life.)

And the Circus Trumpling rolls on!

[jodymarie aimee]

79. don't give a f--k about those Stepford people

the less we know about them, or see them, the better.

[patricia92243]

83. I said in another post that Trump will resign and move back to Trump

Towers. Nice face saver for him - he has straightened out the country like he said he would and now his family comes first blah, blah, blah

[lanlady]

90. Quite simply, I think they hate each other

No affection evident between them at all. I wish she would just officially separate from him.