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Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:31 AM Jun 2017

Melania's answer to Trumps sickening Tweet this morning....

But First Lady Melania Trump spoke up in her husband's defense.

"As the First Lady has stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back 10 times harder," her communications director Stephanie Grisham said in response to reporters' questions.

And people say hands off on her? No thanks.................

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Melania's answer to Trumps sickening Tweet this morning.... (Original Post) Bengus81 Jun 2017 OP
hmm...'punch' back? leftstreet Jun 2017 #1
Yes, interesting Sanity Claws Jun 2017 #4
Ivana was. kskiska Jun 2017 #19
More like PAUNCH MFM008 Jun 2017 #22
She's as much of a target as her pet gibbon!!! atreides1 Jun 2017 #2
Remember how she claimed she was going to speak out against internet bullying? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #3
Yeah, it was going to be her GallopingGhost Jun 2017 #5
Such a thoughtful, dignified answer. GoCubsGo Jun 2017 #6
What? JCinNYC Jun 2017 #7
I think the issue is not the plastic surgery. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2017 #30
The bar is forever lowered for future SCOTUS and FLOTUS. nikibatts Jun 2017 #8
No no and no C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #9
melania was pushing birtherism in 2011.. no Cha Jun 2017 #10
Wouldn't be surprised if she's speaking from experience. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #11
Ok, kids. She's fair game, now. See if she can take as good as she gives. lindysalsagal Jun 2017 #12
I have said that since she was a birther demtenjeep Jun 2017 #15
She's always been fair game in my book. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #34
Sounds like a threat to me. hamsterjill Jun 2017 #13
You're right, it is a threat. Corvo Bianco Jun 2017 #20
Hey Melania! Glass houses! smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #14
She'd better drop the so-called anti-bullying campaign idea NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #16
I had no idea her campaign was about when bullied, you bully back 10 times harder lunasun Jun 2017 #37
Interesting. Was that statement written by Meredith McIver? nt Maven Jun 2017 #17
Anyone notice that in most still photographs of Melania Grammy23 Jun 2017 #18
The First Grifter speaks . . . hatrack Jun 2017 #21
So according to Melania it's okay to lie about someone in order to "punch back"? George II Jun 2017 #23
So much for her "work" to tone down cyber-bullying. VOX Jun 2017 #24
Oooo, 2 ball and chains for the GOP to drag around? I'm delighted. Deb Jun 2017 #25
melania's is just as sickening Cha Jun 2017 #26
So Melania's communication director just said Trump beats his wife? Johonny Jun 2017 #27
So, she totally supports what she Doreen Jun 2017 #28
I wonder if Trump avoids Melania after her surgeries? NCTraveler Jun 2017 #29
Melania is his soulmate. You think a beauty queen just happens to wind up marrying a geek tragedy Jun 2017 #31
Read between the lines - translated, "he is an asshole bully" lostnfound Jun 2017 #32
Rachel had a segment last night about how many times panader0 Jun 2017 #33
I'd get in the ring with him also NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #38
Oh how i miss Michelle Obama's... Bluetail Jun 2017 #35
Melania makes Time cover! (in 2 years): Ilsa Jun 2017 #36

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
4. Yes, interesting
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:34 AM
Jun 2017

I wonder how many times she has been on the receiving end of his punching back ten times harder.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
3. Remember how she claimed she was going to speak out against internet bullying?
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:33 AM
Jun 2017

Well, Melania, here's your chance.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
5. Yeah, it was going to be her
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:35 AM
Jun 2017

platform. (insert gigantic eyeroll)

She needs to start with her deranged man-baby of a husband.

JCinNYC

(366 posts)
7. What?
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:35 AM
Jun 2017

No defense of people who have had plastic surgery.
My god - Melanoma - don't you want to come to the aid of fellow cosmetically altered individuals, since you should know.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
30. I think the issue is not the plastic surgery.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:08 PM
Jun 2017

He turned away a "badly bleeding" person who needed a place to stay.

Good thing it wasn't Joseph and Mary, great with child, who needed shelter at Mar-a-lago.

 

nikibatts

(2,198 posts)
8. The bar is forever lowered for future SCOTUS and FLOTUS.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:37 AM
Jun 2017

I won't even go there...but it is tempting.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
10. melania was pushing birtherism in 2011.. no
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:43 AM
Jun 2017

"hands off" .. and this latest bullshit is what you expect from a stupid stepford wife. gawd she's stupid.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
13. Sounds like a threat to me.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:06 PM
Jun 2017

"He will punch back 10 times harder"?????

So if an American citizen dares Criticize the Monster-In-Chief, that person can expect to be punched back 10 times harder? This sounds like a threat that citizens should not use their guaranteed right to free speech. Bullshit.

Melania now has no standing left (not that she ever did) to start some kind of anti-bullying campaign. Not when she's participating in the side show that is Trump being a bully.



Corvo Bianco

(1,148 posts)
20. You're right, it is a threat.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:26 PM
Jun 2017

It's damn weird for the President of the United States to issue blanket threats to the American people. What a nightmare.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. Hey Melania! Glass houses!
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:08 PM
Jun 2017

That stupid euro-trash bimbo! She only defends him for the money.

And now to help take the edge off of everyone's anger and disgust, enjoy a laugh, compliments of Randy Rainbow as he interviews the First Blow-Up Doll.



NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
16. She'd better drop the so-called anti-bullying campaign idea
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:10 PM
Jun 2017

She has NO credibility after this; not that she ever had much.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
37. I had no idea her campaign was about when bullied, you bully back 10 times harder
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 02:17 PM
Jun 2017

What a terrible thing to teach bullied kids . Could lead to violence
Yes she should drop it . Not what kids bully or the bullied need
Sick

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
18. Anyone notice that in most still photographs of Melania
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:17 PM
Jun 2017

She looks either angry or like a scared deer. My guess is that being associated with the likes of tRump have taken their toll on the old girl. She probably thought in the beginning that having lots of money and opulence around her would make up for the fact that she was married to the biggest asshole in the universe. Turns out that living every single day of your life legally tied to this crazy buffoon is harder than she thought.

As for the taking on bullying as her pet project, someone probably convinced her that it would look good for her to talk about doing something good. She never, ever expected to actually have to do it. Just talk about it in general terms in a few speeches. Like tRump, she forgot about video tape.

George II

(67,782 posts)
23. So according to Melania it's okay to lie about someone in order to "punch back"?
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:35 PM
Jun 2017

Who knows, she may be a first hand expert (recipient) of being punched back 10 times harder.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
24. So much for her "work" to tone down cyber-bullying.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 12:36 PM
Jun 2017

Get these common psycho-grifters OUT of the White House. Now!!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
28. So, she totally supports what she
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:04 PM
Jun 2017

"claims" she wants to end. She wants her husband to be the only one who is allowed to cyber bully.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
29. I wonder if Trump avoids Melania after her surgeries?
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:05 PM
Jun 2017

It is said that Melania Trump sometimes feels quite insecure, as she is quite sensitive about her husband Donald Trump’s loyalties towards her. That is why on and off she keeps herself engaged in beautifying herself through different procedures. She has undergone face lifting procedures to hide her growing age wrinkles and marks. Filler injections are the best source of conducting this procedure.

http://www.celebplasticsurgeryonline.com/melania-trump-plastic-surgery/

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
31. Melania is his soulmate. You think a beauty queen just happens to wind up marrying a
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:09 PM
Jun 2017

billionaire thug without a great deal of nasty, backbiting behavior in her own portfolio?

lostnfound

(16,180 posts)
32. Read between the lines - translated, "he is an asshole bully"
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:12 PM
Jun 2017

"Why do you think I'm afraid to leave him?"

panader0

(25,816 posts)
33. Rachel had a segment last night about how many times
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:13 PM
Jun 2017

Trump has threatened to sue. The NYT, the WP, Ted Cruz, contractors
and basically anyone he didn't like. None of the very many threats she
reported ever went to court. He may act like a bully but is actually a sissy boy.
I'd get in the ring with him anytime.

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