I used to be confused about Melania. I saw her as a trapped woman, a sad victim of a an abusive narcissist, without any support system or means of escape from the clutches the con man that trapped her. I thought she was a victim of our patriarchal society and to criticize her seemed like blaming the victim. After two recent events and further investigation I no longer see her that way.
The first event was her spokespersons statement on her behalf that "Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform, she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart." This statement left me questioning if she was really against what her con man husband was doing to the children, if she was supporting him by blaming “both sides of the isle” or if that was actually a statement from don the con that was put out in her name.
The second event, the wearing of the “I don’t really care” coat seemed to answer that question with total honesty. She, like her husband, doesn’t care what happens to others.
So I looked a little deeper and found a really good article by Vanity Fair that clears it up for me —
As the gorgeous wife of a Manhattan billionaire, Melania has had every opportunity to become a fixture on the gala-going benefit circuit. But that would presume an interest in social status or a cause. As Bytner recalls, “She was passionate about . . . Well, I can’t think what she was passionate about.” Her official White House biography has scant evidence of philanthropy, referring to single events she participated in as “Honorary Chairwoman” some 10 years ago, and the time in 2008 she rang the closing bell at NASDAQ for National Love Our Children Day. “The Trumps don’t comport themselves by the rules that are important to people, especially people on the Upper East Side,” says Wednesday Martin, author of a memoir called Primates of Park Avenue, which chronicles the ways of Manhattan’s rich and privileged. “They’ve rejected out of hand the established rites and rituals of philanthropy—which are to have a cause, have an event, buy a table and get your friends to, and then do the same for them.” New York society ladies paint a picture of a woman with an extraordinary interest in maintaining her beauty and in this she has succeeded wildly.
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There’s much more in the article and taken with recent events I now believe Melania is not a victim. I now believe she is Trump’s soulmate. A narcissistic person with a total lack of empathy for the suffering of others willing to do anything to get what she wants for herself.
That jacket statement was the most honest to come from the Trumps ever made. They really don’t care.
Even worse, they don’t believe anyone else cares either.
They are so wrong and the recent events that have forced the rescission of using children as pawns proves that America does care and we are willing to do something about it.