Melania refuses to take Trump's hand...again today

[louis c]

[Grammy23]

1. So since tRump fails to take the hint that Melania is not interested in holding

trumpolini’s hand, she just falls back and literally walks several steps behind him. Try to hold her hand now, Asshat. Get the mesage? She didn’t completely humiliate you, but the camera didn’t lie. Luckily, she didn’t slap your paw — this time.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. "She didn't completely humiliate you" like you did her with your affairs and crass comments.

I'm surprised that she will appear in public with him for any reason.

[Grammy23]

4. Well, before we get too misty eyed for Melania,

I suspect she and Commander Bonespurs have worked out a deal of some kind. He most likely promised or gave her some kind of pricey bauble or two so she’d keep quiet and stay with him. But sometimes it is probably just too much to keep up the pretense of being a happily married couple. So we see moments like today when she just can’t keep up the act. Her hat kept much of her face in shadow but from what I saw, her jaw was firmly clinched. If she could have pulled it off, I bet she’d have muttered something inappropriate for the FLOTUS.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Forcing her to hold hands after she made it clear that she didn't

want physical contact was Trump being a bully, regardless what arrangements they have.

[Grammy23]

8. Agreed, Arkansas Granny. No question he is a bully.

Melania could really take him down with everything she knows about him. Some people seem to really like her and apparently have forgotten all about her former career as a nude model. There is no telling what she has documented about his rages, meltdowns, etc. But she made a deal long ago when she married this boob that she’d be quiet in exchange for her luxurious lifestyle. No one will convince me that she had no idea about his extra marital flings with Stormy and others. Still — it had to be embarrassing for her when this was recent headlines. Hence, the chilliness between them at times.

But evidently the money and fame are very important to her so she keeps the secrets the best she can and so far has not outed him. Her behavior on numerous occasions, however, give her away as not being the happiest camper in the campground. She is paying a hefty price for a fancy homestead and all the trappings of wealth. Maybe he has threatened to leave her penniless if she leaves? Who knows. A bully would do that. But it is a seriously flawed relationship.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. No doubt its a flawed relationship. Also no doubt she felt she gained something

when she married him, but ill bet she never imagined this scenario. There is also Barron to consider.

[Grammy23]

12. He really is the only one in this whole mess who has my sympathy.

That poor kid has to be the most unlucky child on the planet.

[Laffy Kat]

33. No, not the most unlucky kid on the planet by any means.

He will have all his needs met, go to the best schools, and never have to wonder where his next meal in coming from. He has a narcissistic, emotionally unavailable father, but his mother adores him and will always be there for him. I do hope he doesn't end up killing animals like his half-brothers.

[Grammy23]

37. Of course, you are right about his luck.

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he will never want for any material thing. On the other hand, the poor kid has to be living in the weirdest arrangement — almost like it was designed to ensure a hopelessly screwed up adult. There has been much speculation on whether Barron is perhaps autistic (based largely on his behavior when he is in public) so if there is a treatment for that out there, he certainly has access to that. But the influence of two diametrically opposite parents has got to be problematic. No doubt, his father is a horrendous role model & parent and his mother goes overboard in the opposite direction. A psychiatrist some day in the future is gonna have a field day sorting out the mental health of this kid. 😢

[Laffy Kat]

39. Yep. Look at his half-brothers.

You can see it coming. It is sad because you can still see what a sweet little boy Barron is at this stage of his life.

[politicaljunkie41910]

20. Her parents have also become naturalized citizens of this country courtesy of the same laws that

he's trying to prevent other foreigners from using the same laws she and her family have benefited from particularly laws aimed at allowing naturalized citizens to bring their parents and family members to the U.S. Also, I believe she has a sister also that you don't hear much about, and my guess is if Mom and Dad have become naturalized citizens in record time, than her sister probably is a naturalized US citizen as well. So I don't feel any empathy for her because she put a price tag on her happiness, and the chickens just keep coming home to roost.

[joshcryer]

7. She can have half his empire and not have to be touched by him.

I think she is starting to see that and will act accordingly.

[FakeNoose]

21. No Trump wife will ever get half of his worldly goods

Even Ivana who was supposedly the "love of his life" and bore him 3 idiot children. Even she got way, way less than 50% of his empire. I don't care enough to google it and find out how much she actually got.

Certainly wife Number 3 will get even less than Ivana, and it's been already worked out in a contract somewhere. You can bet on that.

[joshcryer]

22. Except every prenup has an "embarassment" clause. Or a "social media clause."

http://www.adweek.com/digital/prenuptial-agreements-now-include-social-media-clause/

A pee tape would be extraordinarily embarrassing.

[politicaljunkie41910]

17. My guess is that Trump has a prenup agreement with her like he's had with all his wives and she

knows that she won't get much out of a divorce settlement. Tiffany's mother didn't get much and once she turned 21 I had read that he stop providing any support for her altogether. That's why she and her mother both were trying to get free make up and hair stylists for the inauguration in exchange for free publicity and the people that they were contacting balked at the idea.

Even though Trump used to say that Melania had her own money, my guess is that she won't have enough to keep her in the lifestyle she has become accustomed to in the city of New York, and that when he gets tired of her, or vice versa, he'll make sure that he gives her as little as possible. Shoot, he might find a way to make her pay him. Who knows?

If she balks, and he's not in Jail, he'll probably sic Cohen and his mob buddies on her to put the fear of God in her to get her to leave him alone.

But I can't feel sorry for her. She made a bargain with the devil and she knew who and what she was getting. She traded her happiness for a garish 3 floor penthouse prison in Trump Tower and a 73 year old husband who tries to screw everything with two legs.

[Grammy23]

18. You pretty much covered it. But the thought of her writing a tell all book is too juicy

not to at least mull over. LOL. I totally concur that she made a horrible deal with the monster she married in exchange for what she imagined would be a life envied by all. Wonder what she thinks now? Talk about an interview. But the look on her face tells all. She is sad and unhappy except when she is not with tRump. Like at a funeral.

[joshcryer]

24. Prenups will have "no embarassment" clauses.

So if the husband runs around naked with crap smeared all over himself the wife gets an out. This is why the pee tape is so embarrassing to him. The very idea that she could take more than a few million from him in the event of a divorce.

[secondwind]

27. Melanias Net worth is 50 million. That is nothing to sneeze at.

[Danascot]

38. Did Cohen write the pre-nup?

If so it might not be worth much. I'd love to learn that Melania was in discussions with Avenatti.

[PearliePoo2]

2. I dont blame her.

Who knows where that little hand has been!

[joshcryer]

6. The pee tape will be grounds for a divorce that the prenup won't be able to defend against.

She will take half his fortune, his entire empire will be laid bare, it will be a disaster of epic proportions for him. And she is the one who can do it. It's going to be epic.

[Grammy23]

9. It certainly explains why she puts up with the ass.

I suspect she is biding her time and will make her move when the time is right. Epic for sure. Pass the popcorn. Gonna be a story for the ages.

[ooky]

10. When she does, I hope she humiliates him as much as he has humiliated her.

[Grammy23]

14. The stories she could (and probably will) tell.

The advance on her book (if she isn’t silenced by tRumpolini) will be eye popping.

[tblue37]

28. Except that he probably has more debt than assets. nt

[Laffy Kat]

34. The fact that he had unprotected sex with women while his wife was pregnant...

And, perhaps, exposed her and possibly his son to an STD is beyond monstrous. Seems the prenup could be argued null on that point alone. Of course, I know NOTHING about prenups.

[NurseJackie]

13. It's NOT affection... it's control... it's ownership.

[pnwmom]

23. Exactly. That's why he gives her that LOOK when he's finally gotten her hand. n/t

[lame54]

15. Not what i saw

[Demovictory9]

16. up close

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-melania-hand-holding_us_5adf8b56e4b061c0bfa27dcd

[lame54]

19. See it now...

But she gives in at the end

[Roland99]

25. Yeah but she sure as hell aint smiling!

[Demovictory9]

32. "gives in"

[badhair77]

26. It looks like hes saying thank you after he finally gets the hand.

Just plain creepy.

[onetexan]

29. Is she trying to hide under that hideous giant hat?

[still_one]

30. Perhaps she is concerned where that hand has been............................

[EffieBlack]

31. I saw this earlier w/a close-up of the hands and thought it was a Daily Show or Colbert joke video

How sad and embarrassing for him.

Pathetic.

[DFW]

35. Too bad the microphone didn't pick up her comment

"Get away from me. You are no Obama!"

[StarryNite]

36. She always looks repulsed by him...

but then who isn't?