Melania Trump Is Reportedly "Very, Very Unhappy with Her Life"

[brooklynite]

Cosmopolitan:

Things are not all sunshine and rainbows for Melania Trump. Us Weekly reports that the First Lady is deeply distressed following Stormy Daniels' and Karen McDougal's recent claims that they had affairs with her husband.

A source says Melania is "very, very unhappy with her life," and that "If she could, she would get away from Donald and just be with her son."

Us reports that Melania has also been avoiding photo ops with her husband—for example, she was recently slated to travel on a helicopter with him from the White House South Lawn to Air Force One, and instead took her own motorcade there and just met him on the plane. "She’s very independent," another source says, explaining that she's horrified "all eyes are on her relationship with her husband. It’s not an easy time for her."

Meanwhile, Melania's spokesperson Stephanie Grisham tells Us that Melania is simply "focused on being a mom and is quite enjoying spring break at Mar-a-Lago while working on future projects."

[Mike Nelson]

1. Oh, dear...

...the poor thing... "The Donald" seemed like such a nice man.

[madaboutharry]

2. There is nothing keeping her from leaving.

She is not a prisoner. She only needs to decide to give up $$$$$

[dameatball]

19. Well, there is that pesky "I would have to get a job" thing hanging over her..

Although after all of his infidelities, I doubt she would have to.

[Angry Dragon]

21. Give me a break.........she got a settlement from Gawker worth millions

[dameatball]

22. Okay, here's a break

[Angry Dragon]

24. Thanks for the break

[dameatball]

28. My pleasure. I forgot about Gawker, but my OP was petty much just sarcasm. Have a good evening.

[Angry Dragon]

31. Have a nice Sunday

[SkyDaddy7]

92. Plus, I could be wrong but...

I’m almost positive Melania Trump is worth 10s of million$ from her modeling in Paris & Milan plus all the other stuff she has done over the years. Who knows.

[dameatball]

97. I would have been out of there by now...which leads me to belive that all is not what it seems

[ecstatic]

100. If not, she could write a "tell all" book. But for the love of

God, Melania, PLEASE don't plagiarize this time!

[Ms. Toad]

23. From a legal perspective

there are very few states that divvy up the marital estate/award spousal payments on infidelities. That's a 70s notion.

[dameatball]

32. True, but it would depend on what might be in their initial agreerment would it not?

[Ms. Toad]

33. It would, but no one knows what is in that.

And, as a general principle, infidelity has been meaningless in the context of divorce for decades.

[kcr]

73. Infidelity still matters though, even with modern, no fault divorce.

Spouses who are cheated on can still get restitution for all the spousal money and assets used in the affair, for example.

[Ms. Toad]

106. Possibly.

In most states, the division of assets just requires that it be equitable.

[forgotmylogin]

29. She could just write a book...

Perhaps Michelle Obama will help her.

Seriously, she could probably get quite a nice payout for telling her honest side of the story to newspapers or publish a book with a legit co-writer.

Hell, Fox'd probably hire her.

"Look at my face...THESE ARE MY HAPPY EYES."

[dubyadiprecession]

85. She might be having an affair herself, and might not care to be angry or jealous that an...

orange orangutan is getting some on the side.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

45. I got a question

How do you leave someone who has the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA just a phone call away?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

49. Just walk out the back, Jack; ...

Make a new plan, Stan;

There must be fifty ways.

[SCVDem]

87. Quick and easy!

Nice one!

[madaboutharry]

61. All of those agencies couldn't care less about her.

Not one person who works in any of them works for Trump. They work for the U.S. Government. They're not his fixers or enforcers.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

75. Well, there is Ghouliani's rogue cabal inside the NYC FBI office. Well placed, in a sense. . . . nt

[crazycatlady]

65. Nobody knows what the prenup says

She'd probably get nothing, and maybe not even custody of the kid.

[madaboutharry]

66. I highly doubt that.

A prenup like that would never hold up in court.

[trusty elf]

71. I seriously doubt whether Cadet Bone Spurs would want custody of the kid.

[Bettie]

132. He might not want him

but he's petty enough to not want her to have her child.

But, I don't have a lot of sympathy for her. It has been obvious to anyone with a brain for years what kind of man-shaped creature he is.

She married for money and she is now reaping her "reward".

[FakeNoose]

79. Cheeto doesn't want the kid, so I doubt it would say that

Most likely any pre-nup was set up so that he doesn't get penalized for marital infidelities.
However she would be penalized, I'm sure.

The pre-nup probably guarantees Melania a certain flat amount of cash, or maybe so much per year of marriage. She won't get any percentages of his wealth I can guarantee that. She will be constrained to not talk about him in public, or write about him for 25 years or until after he's dead. Nice stuff like that.

[enid602]

122. Leverage

Her parents live with her, on visas which the Donald can no doubt revoke. I'd say he has pretty good leverage over her.

[Aristus]

3. The entire country is reportedly thinking: "No shit!"

[gratuitous]

4. "If she could"?

Puh. Lease. If she's unhappy, she knows where the door is.

[pamela]

113. That line almost made me puke.

"If I could," for many women means they are worried about how they would meet basic needs like shelter and food for their children. Hell, with child support alone, she could get a very nice house in a posh suburb, send Baron to the best schools and have nannies and housekeepers. That's WORSE case scenario. She's probably got millions of her own money. There's no way she's been with that pig for years and not made him put money in her name.

[EffieBlack]

5. NO!

She always seems to happy!

[kimbutgar]

70. The look she had after he took the oath of office and turned around to face her

The look of her smiling to crestfallen always made me feel a little sad for her. But she must have known what she was getting into after seeing his he treated his first two wives. The money seemed to be more important to her than her happiness. I used to work woth a women who got her rich husband and after she left After marrying him, I’d see her at office events and she looked miserable. He cheated on her constantly and like he did with the wife she took him from. We warned her but the money but too much to give up.

[Scarsdale]

80. A man who marries

his mistress creates a job opening. He has always been a chaser. Why didn't she leave when she knew he was cheating right after her son was born? Glaring example that money does not buy happiness. What a miserable existence. I have zero sympathy for her. It would be different if she was married to a working class man, and needed money to set off on a new life. No self respect whatsoever.

[spooky3]

6. Dear Ms. Trump: You are the CEO of your own life.

Obviously outsiders can’t know the full situation. However, you can take stock of it and get good advice, then make a good decision that will leave you less miserable.

[ProudLib72]

7. I have some very simple advice for her summed up nicely in a short clip

Why is it so hard for her to do the right thing?

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. Is he holding her prisoner or something?

She could leave, but might have to work for a living if she does. All talk, no action.

[Salviati]

9. My thoughts:

[enough]

10. She certainly looks it. She always looks like a hostage. NT

[Hoyt]

11. I don't doubt it, but I've stopped listening to unidentified sources because I think a lot of that

is just a writer making something up. Heck, I can look at Melania and tell she's not happy, who could be if they had another choice?

[John Fante]

12. She didn't look too unhappy when she was demanding President Obama

produce his birth certificate. Melanoma can fuck right off.

[HipChick]

17. Thank you...Mealface can Fuck Off...hope she is miserable as all get out

she knows where the exit door is, she ain't helpless..

[Rorey]

51. Yeah, I don't feel one bit sorry for her

She knew what she was getting into.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

126. Seriously! No sympathy here.

[NurseJackie]

13. Aw.

[Hortensis]

14. I'm thinking, who doesn't know this? Not everyone delights in

the idea of her misery, though, and I do wish those who choose to reveal this about themselves would not do it on DU.

Melania has various duties like any wife (she made a deal to support him, knowing what he was, that she is apparently honoring as much as her unhappiness allows), mother, relative and first lady, and walking away for good may not seem that right or easy from inside. Itm, she clearly does a lot of little walking aways in between duties to support.

No one talks about Princess Diana with this kind of malice, btw. Even if there are a lot of differences in personality, there are also a lot of parallels in their marriage traps and unhappiness. Does anyone imagine Diana was romantically in love with that boring older royal with whom she had not one thought in common, or that she was unaware that he was involved in a long-term relationship with another woman who did?

[deurbano]

95. I don't delight in it, but do think Melania had plenty of evidence of who and what he was before

she agreed to marry him.

"Does anyone imagine Diana was romantically in love with that boring older royal with whom she had not one thought in common, or that she was unaware that he was involved in a long-term relationship with another woman who did?"

Actually, yes. She was still a teenager when they got engaged, and had grown up (like many girls then) on the "Prince Charming" myth... and he was a literal prince. She was naive and a virgin. With very little (no?) previous romantic relationships, she was swept off her feet into a seeming "fairy tale happy ending" that much of the world (most with considerably more experience than she had) also bought into. I think she did love him and thought he loved her... and didn't realize there was another woman in the picture. (To be fair, I think most people were kind of surprised at his preference... which to his credit, was not a typical one for princes... or rock stars, etc.) While they both got sucked into their respective roles, Diana was much more in the dark about the reality of the situation. I think she wasn't quite nineteen when the romance started, and then married right after turning 20. He was 13 years older.

Melania had moved across the Atlantic and had been working as a model for several years when she met that thing. She was 28 (close to the age Charles was when he and Diana got together), and the thing was 52. He was separated from his second wife with whom he had had a well publicized affair while married to his first wife. They didn't get married until Melania was 35, and in the meantime they did things like talk about their sex life on Howard Stern. She also vocally supported his racist birther-ism.

Different situations. Not that I consider Diana a saint... or wish Melania ill.

[PatSeg]

134. It certainly was no secret

that Trump was a serial womanizer when Melania met him. He went on Howard Stern's show and bragged about it. He was proud of it.

I don't think Melania was shocked by the Stormy Daniels story, but she was publicly humiliated. I hope she gets out of that toxic relationship. She still has a chance to have a relatively normal life.

[jberryhill]

102. Princess Diana?

She earned the reputation she had - and has - among her many admirers, by forthrightly engaging the marginalized.

One is entitled to one’s opinion on the whole royalty thing, etc., but even if one is reflexively hostile to royalty, I think one can still draw a wide distinction between Diana and Melanoma.

But, yes, they did both choose their paths in life - that’s where the commonality ends, because their choices of how to make productive use of their chosen paths are quite different.

[Proud liberal 80]

120. She was a birther

Fuck her!

[dawnie51]

15. Boo f-ckin hoo!

I have zero sympathy for this woman. Dump might think he's Mafioso, but he's not. He's just an entitled jerk. The time to get the hell away from him was over a decade ago. So do it. No time like now. The eyes of the world on you, it will never get any safer than now.

[ooky]

16. Really? She's not happy being married to Spanky Denison?

[Control-Z]

35. I have called him the maggot from the start

and have never heard another name that was worth making a change to until your post just now. Spanky Denison. What a perfect name. Spanky alone was too cute for the likes of him. But with his aka name, Denison, it almost innocently speaks volumes. I may start using it if it's ok with you.

[ooky]

46. Feel free, its a natural for his personna and moral fiber.

It speaks to everything he is, he's earned it.

[Siwsan]

18. Oh dear. Well, I've always hoped she gets each and everything she truly deserves, so.....

[dameatball]

20. If he would ditch the tighty whiteys it just might turn things around....:)

[Control-Z]

37. Ain't that the truth? Lol.

Seriously, though, imagine that beast in baggy, stretched out tighty whiteys. Ew. The way they get after being worn a few hours even by men who are fit. Ick.

[Sampan]

25. When you marry a man whos cheated on previous wives,

do you actually think he won’t do it to you?? I call BS on this story.

[Rorey]

57. I'm sure it's not a shock to her, but

She is probably not happy that the world is talking about it. She probably pretended to herself that it was a well-kept secret. Or maybe she thought she was the one special one that he really loved. (The only person 45 really loves is himself.)

[safeinOhio]

26. Let this be a lesson boys and girls....

Marry for money and you'll earn every penny of it...

[JDC]

101. Indeed

[fierywoman]

27. I wonder if she's waiting for her parents to get US citizenship before she leaves.

[Rorey]

58. I bet that's a consideration. nt

[Me.]

30. So This Is The MOst Wonderful First Lady As Promised?

[flibbitygiblets]

34. She would be a national hero if she would stand up to the biggest bully of all and say "Enough!'

People would flock to her side. Instead she pouts, and plays pretend FLOTUS. No sympathy for anyone who refuses to get out of a shitty relationship.

[Civic Justice]

36. How does her unhappy situation help America's Democrats and Its Party

Heck anyone who saw the Inauguration, saw that look on her face as Trump stood at the Podium, and they certainly saw, that disrespect she was shown, when Trump charged up the steps to the Whitehouse and Ignored her completely, Obama had to extend his hand to show her the grace of a gentleman as she ascended the steps.

The whole world saw her 'flapping his hand away" and have seen her doing everything she can "NOT" to hold his hand and she makes sure when she exits Air Force One, to make her hand busy, so she does not have to touch Trump's Hand.

It does not help us as a Party, because we already know she's there for the money, or she is there under threat and probably contract that if she leaves, she will be some way attacked by his base, as well as his attorneys who will do all they can to see that she get's as less as possible. And if she leaves during his term in Office, the pressure of implied threat is likely so great she has no idea what to do, but try and tolerate it as long as she can. Besides with what she knows.. she know her life is in a mess of a situation that only has a pin hole for escape, and at this particular time, she can't fit through the pin hole. she has to wait until it become a rip, large enough to squeeze through and do so with her son.

[madaboutharry]

41. The here and now is her best chance.

As said above, she will never be as safe as she is now. Nefarios threats from Trump's fixers and ugly court battles would be mitigated by the spotlight of him being president.

[C_U_L8R]

38. I can't even imagine

but she does have choices. It's just gonna take courage.

[elleng]

39. Hard to believe people think leaving would be 'easy' for her.

[roamer65]

40. Divorce.

C’mon, Melania. You can do it.

[lunasun]

42. It's here somewhere yes

[ananda]

43. That's been obvious from day one.

In every pic, she's had a surly, unhappy face.

[BlueJac]

44. You think?

[SonofDonald]

47. "It's not an easy time for her"

Ahhh, my heart bleeds for her, welcome to the club lady, but you can't join the rest of us, membership is closed to those with your last name.

[alterfurz]

48. "The woman who marries for money...

...usually earns every penny."

[brewens]

50. You wanted it, now choke on it! Eww! I didn't realize how that would sound! LOL n/t

[FarCenter]

52. Doubtful -- it's not like she's a 30-something whose husband suddenly got the 7-year itch.

[catbyte]

53. All I have to say about that is...

[IMG][/IMG]

[Rorey]

59. All I have to say to that is....

[COLGATE4]

81. Let me add my comments to yours

[Old Vet]

118. Yup............

[smirkymonkey]

54. Give Mr. Avenatti a call, Melania.

Lawyer up and get the fuck out with the kid. Nothing can be worse than the life you are living now.

[Achilleaze]

55. Show some integrity, sister

Stand up on your own two feet, and stop sucking up to the republican who is using and abusing you.

[Bengus81]

56. Oh shucks Melania,you marry a serial CHEATER and now he's cheating on you.........

But you knew somehow all his money would make it ok didn't cha??

[50 Shades Of Blue]

60. I'll take that with a big grain of salt, but if it's true -

GOOD.

[XRubicon]

62. It must be too much winning...

She is tired of it.

[GusBob]

63. Now THATS an incredibly honest portrayal of life in Trumps America!

[SHRED]

64. She's a "birther"

She can pack sand for all I care.

[Ilsa]

67. This is so fucking easy: Leave the rat bastard. nt

[CatMor]

77. Perfect advice, I second it.

[Dem2]

68. This is probably misogynistic

But I believe that if Melania had met a rich liberal billionaire, she'd be fighting for liberal causes right now.

[Ferrets are Cool]

69. She has probably been threatened NOT to leave and embarrass him.

And SHE would know how real his threats are.

Or maybe it is just because she thinks she can get more coin from him before he dies. I'm sure that life insurance policy is worth millions.

[PatrickforO]

72. Well, I cannot be surprised at this.

Yes, Melania married him, and yes she has a son. But it is hard for me not to feel some compassion for her, at least. Can you imagine the horror she must be feeling knowing her husband is now the laughingstock of the world, that he has lurched from crisis to crisis without anything resembling a plan, that he is totally unqualified to be president, and that he quite possibly has committed a variety of crimes up to and including treason, for which he may well be stripped of all wealth and end up living out his life in a cage.

And, now, she must also deal with the personal humiliation that her husband slept with other women while she was recovering from giving birth to his son.

Trump is a dirtbag.

I suspect Melania is a victim of abuse, and I know without doubt she is a victim of circumstances.

[Proud liberal 80]

121. Shes a birther

Fuck Her!

[Dopers_Greed]

74. Can't say I blame her

I'd be very, very unhappy if I were married to that angry, orange blob.

[RandySF]

76. Tough

She trashed the Obamas and every other one of her husband’s opponents

[DylanUSC]

78. Don't know for sure as have not paid that much attention to Trump's serial wives but was she by

chance the other woman somewhere in all of it.

[FakeNoose]

84. He divorced Marla in 1999, married Melania in 2005

... and there were truckloads of women in between.

I'd say it's highly doubtful that Melania was a party to his 2nd divorce.

[CatMor]

107. He started with Melania in 1998....

they didn't marry until 2005. He was separated from Marla when they met.

[FakeNoose]

115. OK

There were still truckloads of women. Just ask Michael Cohen who paid the all off.

[CatMor]

116. I'm sure there were...

they did break up for awhile probably because of other women. I wasn't trying to dispute what you wrote and I apologize if you thought so.

[FakeNoose]

117. Nope I'm good

[kskiska]

123. Marla cheated on him

with her bodyguard. They were caught under a lifeguard shack on the beach. That's why she didn't get any monty other than child support, which has now run out. It seems Marla is pushing Tiffany on Donald so she'll get something from the will. He never had much to do with her previously.

[FakeNoose]

124. I didn't know this but it sure explains a lot

For example why Cheeto totally ignores Tiffany most of the time.

We're always talking about how dumb Melania must be, but Marla is a world-class idiot!

[bucolic_frolic]

82. Say what you want

she looks deeply troubled and seemingly takes things rather seriously. That will produce stress, and unhappiness. I don't discount this source at all.

[jberryhill]

83. Well, Im sure shes not the only one unhappy with her life

[dchill]

86. It is pitiable.

[shenmue]

114. Yeah

[IluvPitties]

88. She's in it for the $$$

Still, it ain't easy...

[C Moon]

89. "A source says."

Personally, I don't give a rat's hind-end. She's in it just like the rest of the traitors.
But I also hate articles or tweets that say, "a source says."

[Honeycombe8]

90. You gotta take these things with a grain of salt. Who in their inner circle...

would be leaking that she's unhappy and wants to be off alone with her son instead of with Spanky?

I think she's happy enough, as long as she has a few million in her checking account. I figure her checking account is flush with millions as payment for the Stormy Daniels adultery, and then even more flowed in after the Stormy 60 Minutes interview. She gets a little richer in her own right, with every revelation of adultery.

[Cary]

91. Another human being made miserable by #fakepresident

[FloridaBlues]

93. She knew what he was like he cheated on all his wife's before her.

[TomCADem]

94. I Dont Believe This. Seems Paternalistic

Remember the Howard Stern interviews of Trump and then girlfriend, Melania?

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-and-melania-creepy-howard-stern-interview/

It seems Melania is actually pretty open minded and cool with Trump being a perv.

[smirkymonkey]

135. I have been reading through "The Trump Files" on Mother Jones and it only confirms

what we all know already. Trump is the greatest asshole on the planet.

[TomCADem]

136. My take is that Melania is probably cool with it

Heck, she was playing along with conducting an interview in the nude with her then boyfriend Trump who she later agreed to marry.

We should not judge and assume that Melania is shocked at Trump’s behavior. If anything, it is more likely that she just had to play along with the Ozzie and Harriet idea that a wife would be upset.

[Vinca]

96. Thoughts and prayers.

[flibbitygiblets]

130. hahahah I see what you did there!

[ecstatic]

98. Well figure it out, and quick. The separate rides to the same locations

are costing actual taxpayers a lot of money. Just find a new sugar daddy in Russia or somewhere else.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

99. I think the Eagles said it best in "Lyin' Eyes"

City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

* * *

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't now way to hide your lyin' eyes

She gets up and pours herself a strong one,
And stares out at the stars up in the sky.
Another night, it's gonna be a long one.
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry.

She wonders how it ever got this crazy.
She thinks about a boy she knew in school.
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool.

My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things.
You set it up so well, so carefully.
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things?
You're still the same old girl you used to be.

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes

(The audio track is blocked on all the YouTube channels, otherwise I'd post a video)

[JDC]

103. The good news is perhaps HE is also miserable

Rock meet hard place.

[doc03]

104. How could anyone that lived with trump not be very very unhappy with life?

[AJT]

105. I wonder if she is here illegally and Donnie has threatened to deport her and keep Baron.

[jberryhill]

108. Id settle for keeping her here and sending Donald back to Borats village

[AJT]

109. It's odd. I have never seen the movie because

I have a hard time watching people be made fools of. I feel bad for them.

[jberryhill]

111. The documentary When Borat Came To Town is interesting

Look around to that one.

On the one hand, yes a small town no one has ever heard of was “fictionalized”. On the other hand, the actual people of that town are also - how do I put this - rustically charming folks.

Interesting opinions about the film in Kazakhstan as well. I feel badly for that lady athlete of theirs who held her dignity when the Borat anthem was played during her winners ceremony.

She handled it with great grace.

[dalton99a]

110. Melania Trump Is Focused on Barack Obama's Birth Certificate:

[Rorey]

112. She's an idiot

And a liar. When we don't hear anything from her for awhile, I forget how much I despise her. Thanks.

[phleshdef]

119. Leave his ass. There is no love there. Get out. Take a stand for women in the same situations.

[justgamma]

125. Melania, you are nothing more than eye candy

to be trotted out by the Dotard when he needs a photo opt. Until then you will sit down and worry about getting older and not looking enough like Ivanka. Make sure those plastic surgeons are on speed dial.

Remember, how he allowed you to have your son as long as you lost the weight quickly? You owe him. Now gaze at Dotard and smile nicely. Do your duty.

[Hugin]

129. I'll one up that and say it's time she realized in Trumpenfurter's eyes she's only a baby making...

appliance and a tax write off.

He only had a kid with her to prove his prowess and virility. That's it! All of it...

She's a fool for thinking she'll ever get any of his supposed riches. Ever.

The sooner she gets out, the more of her own loot she'll get to keep. Because, at this rate all of the rest of the Children of the Candy Corn Skidmark and perhaps the whole US is going to get sucked down in the vortex of an imploding Trumpatee.

[Snackshack]

127. I cant imagine...

She is real happy about how things are. Every day she has the option to make a change... so it is up to her.

[Moostache]

128. Easy answer....LEAVE

She brings it all on herself...so leave and be happy or stay and suffer...I have 0 fucks to give either way

[secondwind]

131. Her net worth is 50 million. She can walk out the door whenever she wants.

He is a terrible father, she should take her boy and leave.

[muriel_volestrangler]

133. She must have anticipated him having affairs, after his first 2 marriages

unless she thought he'd be unable to manage sex in a few years after marrying her. Since Viagra had come in by then, that would have seemed unlikely.

While I can see her thinking "he won't run for president, no one would vote for him, since he's an obvious liar and bastard", so that could have blindsided her, everyone expected him to continue to sleep around as long as he could get it up.