Eric Boehlert: The press has a Melania Trump problem

[babylonsister]

https://pressrun.media/p/the-press-has-a-melania-trump-problem

The press has a Melania Trump problem
Stop normalizing her
Eric Boehlert
3 hr

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Can you even imagine the media hailstorm that would have erupted for weeks and months if Michelle Obama had announced in late 2008 that she refused to move into the White House when Barack Obama was inaugurated? And then we found out the delay tactic was because Obama wanted to squeeze more money from her husband? Until Melania, a First Lady refusing to live at the White House was, of course, inconceivable. But the press went out of its way to normalize her no-show appearance.

"Reluctant First Lady? Melania Trump Wouldn’t Be the First to Claim That Title," read a New York Times headline from February, 2017. "That Mrs. Trump may have a somewhat skeptical view of life in Washington doesn’t come as a total surprise to professors, writers and museum curators who study first ladies, with some saying she is in the company of several predecessors who took time to find their footing," the Times reported, putting the story in a favorable light.

But Trump wasn't "reluctant" and "skeptical" about becoming First Lady. She was effectively refusing to become First Lady. That's unheard of in U.S. history, so why did the Times pretend that Trump's behavior was in line with former First Ladies, such as Michelle Obama, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt? Answer: It was an obvious attempt to normalize Trump from the outset.

Back in May, the Post ran another glowing profile of the First Lady, insisting she had "found her voice" during the Covid-19 pandemic because she had posted comments on social media urging people to wear masks. In other words, she had done the absolutely bare minimum at a time of national crisis — a crisis her husband made worse everyday. But that minimal effort was enough for the Post to sing her praise.

Fast forward three months, and Trump last week hosted a highly publicized event at the White House where she refused to wear a mask, as did most of the people in attendance, thereby sending a dangerous message that the pandemic threat has passed.

Melania Trump deserves just as much media scrutiny as her recent predecessors, if not more given Donald Trump’s radical behavior. Not a Beltway press corps that normalizes her tenure.

[SheltieLover]

1. Nothing about the 2 russian qssets in WH is normal

& no one should attempt to normalize traitors. Ever.

[BKDem]

22. They are both aberrations and terrible human beings.

By their behavior, they have earned no respect, and they should be shown none.

[SheltieLover]

25. +1,000!

[calimary]

2. THANK YOU!!!

Oh gee, girlfriend, you actually (and UNIQUELY) mentioned all the COVID casualties so we should just forget all that other stuff...

[dalton99a]

3. She is a willing accomplice:

Link to tweet

[Cha]

7. TY dalton! Here's another one..

Link to tweet

Rt Obots Tweet!

[JI7]

8. fuck this piece of shit

[ResistantAmerican17]

14. Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner!

[AZ8theist]

15. Gold digging fucking ILLEGAL ALIEN WHORE.

[BKDem]

23. It's apt, concise, easy to dance to, I'd give it an 85.

[AZ8theist]

30. 85? Does that get me through to the semi finals?

[DENVERPOPS]

33. Amen to that AZ

What other first lady has done porn shoots of herself, and released them to the public.....?????????

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. SLOVENIA SEX WORKER says what?

[Scarsdale]

48. Looks as though she is wearing

a dress from the Vladimir Putin Collection. After over 20 years, she should be able to speak better English, don't you think? They say she came over on an Einstein Visa, but I am certain it was an Epstein Visa. So trashy. The new Jackie O?? Hardly.

[radius777]

39. Maybe Kanye can serenade Melania live at the convention:

[AZ8theist]

41. I just puked in my mouth a little...

[StarryNite]

16. She is as dumb as a mud fence.

[Solly Mack]

42. Yep

[Iliyah]

4. I think majority of . . .

Americans are ignoring the shit show . . . …

They have other things to be think about, and she is a t-rump which is the most hated family in the USA, if not the world.

[Cha]

5. Thank you, Eric Boelert! The press aren't the only ones

trying to "normalize" her. But the gd press is what had a big hand in getting us the treasonous fascist ASSFACE in the first place.

Link to tweet

[Kid Berwyn]

6. "On Bended Knee"

Mark Hertzgaard wrote about the press bowing down to the idiot Reagan. Deference to those with money and power helps the Ownership Class in order for the rich to get richer.

[mcar]

9. Kick!

[Newest Reality]

10. Well,

She was the fashion model for the mandatory uniform of the Trump Regime should the Fascism prevail.

I wonder if Malaria thought that up herself or had some inspiration?

Take note.

[sarge43]

20. She should have worn her "I don't care; do U" coat n/t

[Scarsdale]

49. Looks like it came from

Vladimir Putin Collection. A gift from Vlad for her big night.

[Cracklin Charlie]

11. Trust washing.

They’ve done it for trump forever...I guess they just can’t stop.

[GusFring]

12. How about just pretending she's his wife and she loves him? When we all know she's

A golddigger with little to no morals at all. It's disgusting how they treat her. There is no way a black woman with Melanias background would be treated this good.

[oldsoftie]

51. They don't even share a bedroom.

Why would we think they share anything ELSE

[llmart]

13. The bar has been lowered so damned far...

that the media has to dig deep to find anything good to say. If she doesn't pick her nose on public TV then she's done an amazing job.

I'm sick of the bar being lowered in this country. Now we've reached the bottom of the barrel. I'm hoping that the only way is up and out.

[Wednesdays]

19. The bar is lowered only for Republicans

Remember, IOKIYAR!

[llmart]

37. That's true in politics...

but there are plenty of citizens who have accepted the lowering of the bar as status quo in other facets of our lives too.

[gademocrat7]

17. The third wife is a soulless woman.

The media should tell the truth about her. The worst woman to every occupy the White House. She has done absolutely nothing to champion worthy causes that benefit others. It is despicable that the press tries to normalize this evil birther.

[robbob]

18. What about all the nude photos out there?

Any other “historic First Ladies” ever done porn? Michelle Obama got criticized for baring her arms. Why isn’t Melania's “modelling” history subject to media scrutiny?

[Illumination]

38. Nothing better than a trampy first lady! That's why I wore my "Nasty Woman" tank top

today (in public) with a button that has a photo of a 1/2 naked Melania that says: "Hey Donald! Just WHO is a "Nasty Woman"? She's done some really despicable things & I wish people would stop making her out to be a victim! She's NOT!

[zentrum]

21. What the hell ever happened to

…. god damn platform of "ending bullying"? I guess the furies of Irony killed it.

[DinahMoeHum]

24. She's a glorified whore disguised as a spouse. Period.

[iluvtennis]

40. + 1. nt

[Baltimike]

26. They are NOT the "liberal media". They are the CONSERVATIVE PRESS.

How many times did each of these papers run a story about Hillary's email?

About Obama's tan suit?

I. JUST. CAN'T.

[Blue Owl]

27. And there's absolutely no chance she's a Russian agent or anything

[pandr32]

28. I see her as calculating and cold as ice

We also can't ignore those missing years she claimed to be walking the catwalks of Milan, Paris, Madrid, etc. as a runway model. Not one picture of her doing so exists after her amateur modeling for her mother's small company when she was a teen.
After doing Gawd-knows-what for years (except a short stint as a 1rst year college student) she shows up on Epstein's arm (after he brought her across the Atlantic) as a gift for Donald Trump at a party in New York. She was sporting breast implants that are not inexpensive to acquire.

Trump was thrilled and quickly used her in some photo shoots done through his rather fake modeling agency. We've all seen those pictures.

After she became pregnant she must have used the situation as leverage, much like she does her role as First Lady, to get Trump to marry her. She is given a genius visa and suddenly also acquires credentials such as her supermodel career to fill in the missing years, her "high IQ", her being fluent in six languages, and a degree in architecture.

Since we have seen her slide stealthily behind her roles as mother, demure wife, and First Lady whenever it suits her. Not one of us doubts she knows the English words: "I don't care, do you?" That jacket donned on a trip to border facilities where children had been separated from their families should be the defining moment of who she is. She chose it and with that "found her voice."

[dalton99a]

29. +1.

[Totally Tunsie]

45. Did you mean to imply that Malaria was pregnant before they married?

This sentence in your post stood out to me:

After she became pregnant she must have used the situation as leverage, much like she does her role as First Lady, to get Trump to marry her.

For the record, Barron was born fourteen months after the tRump wedding.

[Scarsdale]

50. I wonder how many

abortions she had during her "modeling" career? Seeing her nude photos, I doubt she was too successful modeling. She was no Christie Brinkley or Cindy Crawford. Always has looked miserable as hell. It is true that money can not buy happiness, she is a prime example of that.

[pandr32]

53. Thank you for the correction.

She has used her son as leverage since.

[mahina]

31. And that very close to military attire...

Not a whisper.

[Oppaloopa]

43. Did she have clothes on under her coat????????

[Scarsdale]

52. From the

Vladimir Putin Collection no doubt. The epulets (sp?) likely have transmitters and cameras in them. Beaming this directly to Moscow. Maybe Vlad wrote that speech, and was rolling on the floor laughing while she delivered it in broken English.

[mahina]

32. Did you notice that she spoke to cameras to either side

But during the few seconds she looked into the camera right in from of her, her expression looked super strange?

[Maru Kitteh]

44. She IS super strange. She always looks super strange.

Buncha freakin' freaks, and not in a good way.

[BigmanPigman]

34. This is a redux of 2016 and the MSM enabling the fucking moron

and family.

[moose65]

35. I had forgotten all about her not moving to DC immediately

Back then, I just assumed she wanted to stay in that tacky gold-plated penthouse at Trump Tower. I could imagine her taking one look at the White House and saying “I vill not move to Hootersville.”

Now, apologies to Lisa Douglas for that - Lisa had a heart and soul that Melania could only dream of.

And yes, people and the media would have howled if Michelle Obama had declared that she wasn’t moving to DC. 🙄

[Sherman A1]

46. Precisely

She is a grifter just like the rest of them.

[lordsummerisle]

47. Eric Boehlert has been doing great work on the media

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