My theory about why Melania is still with Chump.

[MoonRiver]

I'm guessing she told him something like: I'll stay with you until you leave office, one way or the other, as long as you NEVER again tough me, publicly or privately. Cause...

[Sneederbunk]

1. We all know why Melania i$ $till with Trump.

[Egnever]

2. Right?

I am not seeing the mystery.

[still_one]

18. Not rocket science

[MoonRiver]

4. When, not if imho, they get divorced, she'll walk away with millions.

She won't ever have to worry about money. Actually liking who she's sleeping with, or not, is another matter.

[jberryhill]

9. Nonsense. She would get nothing

It's his third marriage. You think he doesn't have an ironclad pre-nuptial agreement.

If she divorces him, she gets nothing. No money, no kid, no nothing.

[MoonRiver]

11. That's ridiculous. I'm sure she negotiated a good deal for herself,

and is allegedly an American citizen. Plus, there's all the dirt she probably has on him.

Melania is a total gold digger, who was attractive and sexy enough to get a lot of rich men. Why would she have settled for someone who was going to possibly leave her high and dry?

[WinkyDink]

16. Don't be so sure. You know what Marla, mother of his daughter Tiffany at the time, got? $2M. From a

billionaire.

It's perspective. That amount meant Marla could no longer reside in any luxury in NYC.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3049401/marla-maples-says-she-only-received-2-million-in-donald-trump-divorce-not-paid-to-remain-quiet-about-former-husband/

[jberryhill]

22. I'm not sure you are familiar with what's possible in pre-nups.

First of all, she had zero negotiating power. If she was advised by an attorney at all, it would have been one of his attorneys.

Secondly, she can't disclose any more "dirt" on him than either of his previous two wives - for precisely this reason. One peep out of them, and whatever they got is taken away. The pre-nup obviously has non-disclosure and confidentiality provisions.

I don't know what her citizenship has to do with anything. Marla Maples is a US citizen too. Do you see her doing interviews about her marriage to Trump? No. And Ivana has nothing to say on the subject either. That's not some sort of cosmic coincidence.

However, Melanoma was not a US citizen at the time she married Trump. It was her marriage to Trump that qualified her for citizenship in the first place. That was part of the deal, and an obvious incentive.

>Why would she have settled for someone who was going to possibly leave her high and dry?

"Nothing" is a relative term. She would get a little "something", but compared to what she has now it would be nothing.

But "leave her high and dry"? She didn't have a pot to piss in from the get-go.

[MoonRiver]

25. Her negotiating power was that she didn't have to marry him!

She was a gorgeous 28 year old model. Why would she have settled for nothing? I'm sure her decision to marry hinm wasn't because of true love.

[jberryhill]

28. So what?

That's the great thing about the negotiating dynamics of pre-nups - they are about what happens in the event of a divorce, not about what they get for getting married in the first place. People sign them because it's not as if they are contemplating a divorce at the time.

He didn't have to marry her either, for that matter.

One of the things she did get, which can't be taken away was, in fact, qualification for US citizenship. That alone is the reason for a LOT of, shall we say, "convenient" marriages.

As noted elsewhere in the thread, Marla got $2M. Maybe you think that's a lot, but in relative terms, it is pretty much "nothing" compared to what she could have gotten without a pre-nup.

So it could just be that we have different notions about what "nothing" means in this context. Yeah, she gets a couple million and a guarantee to keep her mouth shut - at best.

Yeah - at 28 years old if the proposition is "the worst that could happen is I get $2M and US citizenship" is a pretty good deal in relative terms.

But, no, the lifestyle she could maintain is NOTHING in relation to the one she has now.

[MoonRiver]

32. Well, neither one us know what's in the prenup.

But most golddiggers look out for #1. She doesn't come across as the romantic, starry eyed type.

[WinkyDink]

36. Women need to survive in this world. She was not an A-list model by any means.

[DefenseLawyer]

40. Once he got the nomination, she had all the leverage

Does the Republican nominee really want his wife to file for divorce during the campaign? No. Seems like all the leverage she would need to renegotiate much more favorable terms.

[Arkansas Granny]

14. This is what I think, too. The only way she gets anything out of that marriage will be as a widow.

[jberryhill]

23. ...and you can bet his will is a doozy

She doesn't have to get much from that either.

[JustAnotherGen]

38. I think he's going to stroke out

It's only a matter of time. She'd be better to wait it out.

[Freethinker65]

24. Yep. $$$. She hardly has to even be near him. Easy $$$$ now.

[SamKnause]

3. She has no self respect or morals.

It really is that simple.

She doesn't care if Barron grows up to be just like her husband.

[WinkyDink]

17. You have less than zero evidence to support this claim. Indeed, evidence is to the contrary.

[SamKnause]

20. Please explain.

He makes fun of women.

He makes fun of the disabled.

He lies continuously.

Those are just a few of the things that are public knowledge.

That is evidence.

Why would anyone with morals and self respect stay with him ???

[WinkyDink]

27. "She doesn't care if Barron grows up to be just like her husband." SAYS YOU. (Is that clear enough?)

[SamKnause]

31. I wouldn't want him to be a role model for my child.

Do you think he is sheltered from the things his father does and says ???

Would you want your child raised by a man that thinks he has the right to grab women by the pussy ???

His words, not mine.

Why so hateful ???

[lunamagica]

33. Well, I heard her say with a smiling face how Barron loved to emulate his father, even wanting

to dress like him (Jacket, tie)

[grantcart]

5. have you seen pictures of her father?

[MoonRiver]

6. No.

[madaboutharry]

12. Melania's father and Trump could be brothers.

They look so much alike it is downright creepy.

[grantcart]

30. Google it but be forewarned

[No Vested Interest]

8. Yes, and I get your point! nt

[Shell_Seas]

7. Actually...

$$$$$$ That's all.

[pandr32]

10. Their deal was made years ago

Melania has surely signed a prenup. She knew who and what he was when she dated him and became pregnant. He was a sure-fire guarantee of security for her and a launching pad for whatever she chooses to do when she leaves him. I have no sympathy for her whatsoever and find her to be beyond superficial. She walks past the cameras as if she is auditioning for another modeling gig. Her facial expressions scream that she is consciously making them--posing.
How is her cyber-bullying pet project going anyway?

[Princess Turandot]

42. FYI Barron Trump was born in March 2006, 14 months after the Trumps married...

It was Marla Maples who was pregnant when she married Trump.

[WinkyDink]

13. What else would you have her and her son do and where go?

[MoonRiver]

15. Huh?

[WinkyDink]

19. What do you mean, "Huh?" It's a simple query. Where would you expect a divorced Melania and her son

to go, and what would you then expect her to do?

Get a job? Oh, that's right; America is chockfull of jobs for women in their 40's.

[MoonRiver]

21. I would expect her to live off her divorce settlement. But I wasn't giving any advice to her,

just stating my opinion, based basically on how repulsive her husband is.

[tazkcmo]

26. Money nt

[chillfactor]

29. I suspect that the orange one has..

theatened to take her son away from her...all thoughts of money aside that is why she stays.

[Not Ruth]

34. Even people who are not millionaires get prenups

She is guaranteed to have one

[The Blue Flower]

35. She'll leave when her boss Putin lets her leave

nt

[hamsterjill]

37. She is as ruthless as Trump, or she wouldn't have married him.

She's wife number three. I find it impossible that she would not be able to look at the other two marriages and not understand what is in store for her. She's in it for the profit.

If she wanted to leave, she has Secret Service protection 24/7 and she could walk right out the door. There are an endless number of hungry attorneys who would be clamoring to represent her in a divorce action.

[maryellen99]

39. I thought the rumor was that they had already agreed on the divorce settlement but hadn't filed

Then he won and she had to stay with him because it would hurt his popularity with the evangelicals if he was going a divorce as potus.

[pansypoo53219]

41. melania i$ going for the jackpot.