Melania scours media to protect Trump

[DonViejo]

As she travels with the president this week, the first lady — who flags negative stories about her husband while she's in New York — will be in a position to exert greater influence over his chaotic operation.

By TARA PALMERI 05/20/2017 07:08 AM EDT

Melania Trump’s spent her first few months as first lady in New York, only rarely appearing in Washington or speaking at events. Yet friends and aides say she’s keeping a close watch from her gilded apartment in Trump Tower on how her husband is portrayed in the press—and that she’s growing increasingly worried about the anonymous sniping from West Wing staff.

Like President Donald Trump, these people said, Melania Trump is an avid consumer of cable news, and often tracks the news of the day and will alert her husband to stories she thinks make him look bad.

She has raised concerns that some on his communications and press team aren’t doing enough to defend him, according aides and sources close to the president. She’s been especially troubled by background quotes in which West Wing aides criticize the president, and she’s called the president to discuss it.

Her quiet role as private watchdog is at odds with her public persona. Melania Trump has been seen as generally aloof and removed from her husband's political operation since he announced his campaign in 2015, but as his administration has been consumed by infighting and outside investigations, she's grown increasingly vocal about the perceived shortcomings of staff surrounding the president.

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[gibraltar72]

1. Or maybe

she does this so she can covertly tell him what she thinks of him. Kinda like many many people are saying you're a schmuck who treats those around you badly. You use them then throw them away. Just a thought.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

20. That sounds like the better theory.

[TheBlackAdder]

34. L for Love.

[Barack_America]

39. She may also enjoy how much it upsets him.

Melania, girl, you naughty!

[tanyev]

2. Bqhatevwr.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Not surprising since she echoed drumpf's birther blather.

[Cha]

8. Thanks for the reminder, greataunt..

Comey's memo.. goes for his enabler, too.

Link to tweet

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. I hadn't seen that yet, LMAO.

[Cha]

14. It's my favorite..

it goes everywhere.. lol

[TheBlackAdder]

35. My sister timelined that Melania is when Trump switched back to being a Republican, more of an ass.

[greatauntoftriplets]

38. Now that's very interesting.

Maybe that's why she stays with that oaf.

[Deb]

4. watchdog is a fitting description

“Melania loves the president unconditionally, definitely, she really cares about the president, she feels a kind of protection,” ugh

[BannonsLiver]

26. It's just not believable

There's zero indication any of that is true.

[Corgigal]

5. Private watchdog?

So, now they are trying to sell this. Me thinks, she's worried he gonna be kicked to the curb and she might actually have to live with him for the rest of his life. He would be psychologically scarred from his belief, that he was betrayed by various players he dealt with along the way. She likes the little life she has now, without the Donald. Shows up for a day or two once a month.

Hope she has a lover, someone who might treat her like a human and not a broodmare.

At the same time, like her husband she doesn't give a flip about the average American or the issues of the day. So, take your idiot child husband back, get him good nursing care for big bucks and suck up the next 15 years of your life. You agreed to it after all. Enjoy those stupid gold chairs and other crap that don't matter. Couldn't happen to a lighter worthless human.

[Princess Turandot]

6. LOL Did Politico owe someone a favor?

This comes across like a complete soft touch plant. I did like this part, though:

"Behind the scenes, she personally reviewed small details at the event, including the Easter bunny costumes worn by staff. One bunny was forced to shed the outfit attached to the costume after Melania Trump said she didn’t like it, one aide recalled.

“Mrs. Trump is being diligent and thoughtful with a focus on quality and tradition when it comes to her important role of first lady – both behind the scenes and in public,” said Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s communications director. "

She made the poor bunny go nekkid? Do they have any idea how ridiculous it is to use that as an example of her commitment to her 'role'?

[Cha]

11. I remember an Easter pic of them in their

surroundings that was gaudy as hell.

Oh yeah, this is a "let's normalize the trumps" piece.

Not Working.

[Cha]

7. I'll just leave Comey's comment.. goes for his enabler, too.

Link to tweet

[AgadorSparticus]

10. To the point. Hahahahaha!!! Thank you for that, cha!

[Cha]

15. Agador! A' ole pilikia..

[NastyRiffraff]

24. Ooh, that's perfect!

If Comey didn't actually write something like that, he no doubt thought it!

Cha

[Cha]

32. I thought he did write it.. lol

Riff!

[GusBob]

12. i often wonder if she and her husband and everyone else would just put down the remote for awhile

yeah I am a preachy-has-not-watched-TV- for- 15- years guy.

But jeez, these people have more money than they need, and they sit around watching cable TV? Losers

[Mr. Ected]

13. Welcome to DU, Mrs. Trump!

We are the top repository of all stories that cast a stink eye on your hapless, felonious husband.

Enjoy your stay!

[Sugar Smack]

16. I think he told her to do that. Maybe she really loves reading the criticism.

Maybe it brightens her day for a few minutes. She's probably only following protocol:

”She is staying true to herself and she believes the American people deserve nothing less.”

[riversedge]

17. I think she is-and will be a force that we can not easily dismiss.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. The whole family is charged with caring for the ailing patriarch with progressive dementia

He is surrounded by people who already know how far his condition has progressed, and family shielding both him and others from the obvious truth.

It is not a sustainable model.

[enough]

22. Having seen this in my own extended family, I'm certain this is what is going on. NT

[50 Shades Of Blue]

19. The whole article reads like bullshit to me.

Total, PR bullshit.

[BannonsLiver]

27. Actions speak louder than words

They live in separate places. I don't buy the "Barron's school" cock 'n bull story they invented when he was inaugurated. Their marriage is a sham. A fraud. Fake news.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

31. Exactly how I see it!

[jehop61]

21. Sounds to me like

she sits on her butt all day and watches tv. Not a very productive lifestyle for a women today who is at her peak of her life. Nice spin on the laziness though Politico

[ProudLib72]

23. It's tough, I tell ya

Tough to lay in bed all day looking after your husband, the Fink.
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[NastyRiffraff]

25. She looks like she's put on a few pounds

In a picture of her getting onto the plane. It looks fine, but she'd better be prepared for Dump's reaction. He likes women anorexic other than the big boobs.

[Ilsa]

33. It may be a ploy to get him to release her.

Or maybe she is developing some middle age spread.

[Sculpin Beauregard]

28. Don't be fooled, y'all. She's looking out for her own best interests.

Her fate is tied to Cheeto's after all!

[duncang]

29. She is probably just

Sending it to him to get his blood pressure up hoping for a heart attack. If she waits to long he may get a replacement for her.

[louis-t]

30. THAT'S HER FUCKING JOB????

History will call this the CYA presidency. That's all they seem to spend time on.

[TheBlackAdder]

36. I wonder if Melania is a Russian control element, whose job got harder now that she's First Lady.

[dalton99a]

37. It's an interesting theory:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lev-raphael/melania-trump-secret-agen_b_11366666.html
08/07/2016 08:59 am ET | Updated Aug 10, 2016
The Name is Trump, Melania Trump
By Lev Raphael