TFG wife III wanted to send full-length mirrors to African children so they could 'see that they are

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

are very strong,' book says

Former First Lady Melania Trump wanted to send full-length mirrors to children she met in Malawi so they could "see that they are very strong or very beautiful," her former top aide Stephanie Grisham writes in her forthcoming tell-all memoir.

Grisham, serving as Melania's communications director at the time, recounted her October 2018 trip to Africa, the first lady's first solo trip abroad, and how moved she was by their visit to the small East African country of Malawi.

While touring the Chipala Primary School, Grisham wrote that the first lady's entourage was "surprised" that children at the school asked their American visitors to take photos of them on their phones "so they could see what they looked like."

"As soon as we returned to the United States, she wanted us to send full-length mirrors to the school," Grisham continued, quoting Melania as saying, "We need to send the school mirrors. Children need to know what they look like and see that they are very strong or very beautiful."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/melania-trump-wanted-send-full-212417395.html

[Turbineguy]

1. "Wow....

how empty, thanks!"

(me channeling a recipient of TFFL largesse)

[Blue Owl]

2. Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the dumbest First Lady of all?

[Rorey]

5. I remember hearing Barbara Walters say that Melanie was intelligent

Made me question the intelligence of Barbara Walters.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. appropriate from a malignant narcissist.

[ret5hd]

6. Yeah! Where's a windmill when you need one???

[tulipsandroses]

7. I take it she never really went to school. No school I went to

had full length mirrors. What a dummy!

[maxsolomon]

21. I went to an Arts School.

The ballet studios had mirrored WALLS.

Just imagine the self-esteem that could give African children...

[Hoyt]

8. No fan of "Melanoma," but programs to improve self-esteem are not bad,

even ones using mirrors, makeup, etc. Have seen government programs aimed at just that.

Now, if mirrors are deemed all that’s necessary, yeah that’s friggin trump stupid.

[Demsrule86]

13. I think you are right. She was kind of human. Surprising.

[cinematicdiversions]

14. Programs to improve sel;f esteem amy do more harm than good.

Sometime in the 1960s, developing “high self-esteem”—having positive thoughts and feelings about oneself—became all the rage in psychology. Research found that people who thought highly about themselves generally performed better and caused fewer problems. Many researchers and policymakers at the time came to believe that raising a population’s self-esteem could lead to some tangible social benefits: lower crime, better academic records, greater employment, lower budget deficits. As a result, beginning in the next decade, the 1970s, self-esteem practices began to be taught to parents, emphasized by therapists, politicians, and teachers, and instituted into educational policy. Grade inflation, for example, was implemented to make low-achieving kids feel better about their lack of achievement. Participation awards and bogus trophies were invented for any number of mundane and expected activities. Kids were given inane homework assignments, like writing down all the reasons why they thought they were special, or the five things they liked most about themselves. Pastors and ministers told their congregations that they were each uniquely special in God’s eyes, and were destined to excel and not be average. Business and motivational seminars cropped up chanting the same paradoxical mantra: every single one of us can be exceptional and massively successful.

But it’s a generation later and the data is in: we’re not all exceptional. It turns out that merely feeling good about yourself doesn’t really mean anything unless you have a good reason to feel good about yourself. It turns out that adversity and failure are actually useful and even necessary for developing strong-minded and successful adults. It turns out that teaching people to believe they’re exceptional and to feel good about themselves no matter what doesn’t lead to a population full of Bill Gateses and Martin Luther Kings. It leads to a population full of Jimmys.


Manson, Mark. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (Mark Manson Collection) (pp. 43-44). Harper. Kindle Edition.

[Hoyt]

17. Not sure Mark Manson is who I'd turn to for advice on helping poor African kids.

[Hoyt]

18. Not sure Mark Manson is who I'd turn to for advice on helping poor African kids.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Surprising.

Surprising in that the racist birther wanted give them anything at all, even something as tone deaf as mirrors. Even more surprising that she called African kids "very beautiful." She's an awful person, but I'll give her a pass here for at least trying to be decent.

[bamagal62]

10. You're better than me.

I can’t give her a pass on anything.

[renate]

11. I think that's actually pretty sweet

I’ve been to villages where the residents have never or rarely seen pictures of themselves and they’ve loved seeing their own faces for maybe the very first time on that little digital-camera screen. This seems like a very thoughtful and empathetic thing for her to suggest.

[dewsgirl]

12. They probably had a back door grift going with a mirror

company.
Nothing, nothing they do is ever for the good. There is always a self-rewarding motive behind everything they say and do.

[Tommy Carcetti]

15. I mean, it's not Melania's *worst* idea, but that means absolutely nothing

It kind of reminds me of the scene from the movie Burt Wonderstone where Steve Buscemi’s character travels to third world counties to give them “the gift of magic.”

[sanatanadharma]

16. I know "I am", but what or who am I? I'll ask the mirror!

Self-identity, self-worth, self-acceptance, self respect, indeed the "self" 'itself' can not be mirrored.

Factually all mirrors reflect a distorted self-image; actually being the reverse of reality.

Whether it be from a mirror or the accolades of others around, seeking external validation in a reflection is opposed to real self-knowledge of strength and beauty.

[dalton99a]

19. "See, I do care"

[LuckyCharms]

20. I'm assuming that she is obsessed with looking into mirrors,

so to her, many solutions involve mirrors.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

When the only thing you have going for you is your self-perception of your own attractiveness, everything looks like a mirror.

Or something like that.

Nevermind, I'm stoned.

Where the hell are the cookies?

[maxsolomon]

22. I'd be in favor of sending mirrors

if we also sent a drinking water system.