Boehner: 'I Think Trump Promised Melania That He Would Not Win'

[appalachiablue]

Source: The Hill

Former House Speaker John Boehner speculated on Thursday that President Trump assured his wife Melania he would not win the 2016 presidential election and that she would not have to live in the White House.

"I think Donald Trump promised Melania that he would not win. She didn't have to worry about ever living in the White House," Boehner said at the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan.

"That's probably why she doesn't look real happy every day," he added. "Well, maybe one reason."

New York media writer Michael Wolff claimed in his bestselling book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" that Trump himself never expected to win the presidential election.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/boehner-i-think-trump-promised-melania-that-he-would-not-win/ar-AAy4qdJ?li=BBnbcA1

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First Lady Melania Trump hasn't been seen since May 10- for three weeks, 21 days.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Rump's way of saying not even the American public is so fucking DUMB as to

vote for me OR act out in such a manner that others would not vote at all.

[MontanaMama]

2. Can you even imagine the stress

in that gawd forsaken household? I'd be drunk 24/7.

[appalachiablue]

5. Heavy duty, lot of that going around. In his case maybe some Vino Veritas?

[SummerSnow]

18. I'd be drunk 24/7/356

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

38. It goes without saying ( no, it doesn't)

Boehner looks pretty wasted in that picture and now I want a bloody Mary. ..

[pnwmom]

41. Poor Barron doesn't have that option. n/t

[itsrobert]

43. That can wear on your kidneys

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. He also promised her that he wouldn't,

never mind!

[ProfessorGAC]

59. I See What You Did There

However, i'd bet dollars to pennies that he never made any such promise.

More likely, PINO said he gets to sleep with anybody he wants, but she doesn't.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Honey, I didn't pay off the pornstar

my lawyer did

[VMA131Marine]

6. Well, obviously somebody must have seen Melania in the last 3 weeks, ...

or this will become a much bigger scandal.

Has this ever happened in the modern era, say since FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt? Usually FLOTUS is always out and about working on her cause. Was the last time she was seen her "Be BEST" announcement?

[appalachiablue]

11. POTUS W. Wilson was incapacitated by a serious stroke in his 2nd term, 1919.

Wilson had a brush with influenza six months prior in winter 1919 in Paris which impacted his health and functioning. Following a major stroke seven months later in Oct. 1919 the president was secluded from everyone except FLOTUS Edith Wilson and advisors who essentially ran the operations. The press back then was different, little radio, no TV. SEE, 25th Amendment, 1967.
- WIKI, Pres. Woodrow Wilson, Incapacity: The immediate cause of Wilson's incapacity in September 1919 was the physical strain of the public speaking tour he undertook in support of ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. In Pueblo, Colorado, on September 25, 1919, he collapsed and never fully recovered. On October 2, 1919, he suffered a serious stroke, leaving him paralyzed on his left side, along with blindness in his left eye and with only partial vision in the right eye. He was confined to bed for several weeks and sequestered from everyone except his wife and physician, Dr. Cary Grayson. For some months, Wilson used a wheelchair and later he required use of a cane. His wife and aide Joe Tumulty were said to have helped a journalist, Louis Seibold, present a false account of an interview with the President.
> He was insulated by his wife, who selected matters for his attention and delegated others to his cabinet. Wilson temporarily resumed a perfunctory attendance at cabinet meetings.

> By February 1920, the President's true condition was publicly known. At issue was Wilson's fitness for the presidency at a time when the League fight was reaching a climax, and domestic issues such as strikes, unemployment, inflation and the threat of Communism were ablaze. No one close to him, including his wife, his physician, or personal assistant, was willing to admit he was unable to perform the duties of the presidency. Because of this complex case, and the subsequent realization of the difficulties that might have been experienced in the nuclear age if, instead of being assassinated in 1963, John F. Kennedy had been left in a permanent vegetative state on account of his brain injuries, the 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967 to allow the voluntary or forcible replacement of an unable or unwilling incumbent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson

[VMA131Marine]

22. The first radio news broadcast was 31 August 1920

[7962]

45. Never get away with that these days.

Much of the US never knew FDR was in a wheelchair because the media helped keep it secret. They would run over one another today to break the story

[Ohiogal]

7. I can't help but think

of how Michelle Obama considered it an honor and a privilege to live in the White House. As would I.

Those Trumps are just .... odd.

[forgotmylogin]

33. Donald himself apparently called it "a dump".

Not enough gold leaf and gaudy casino shit.

[SergeStorms]

47. Yes he did.

And you're correct, there's wasn't enough gaudy Rococo furnishings to suit his assholiness's cheap, trashy tastes. Donald Trump's tastes look exactly like what some white trash mouth-breather would think "class" looks like.

[LSFL]

52. That is offensive. ....

To white trash and mouth breathers! Vile! Digusting! How will we ever win them to our side by insulting them?
Just kidding Serge. I see that response a lot around here and just thought I would try it out.
I don't get it. Maybe I need a fainting couch and clutching pearls to round out the experience.

[SergeStorms]

54. I'm not thin skinned....

I've been told more than a few times to back off. I am opinionated when it comes to the Trump crime family (who isn't?) and I'll speak my mind. And yes, there are quite a few DUers who think we should reach out to the Trump cultists. I'm certainly not included in that number!

Glad to hear that you aren't as well. And a very belated welcome to Democratic Underground, LSFL!

[catbyte]

8. I haven't missed her a bit. I wish the whole goddamned family would just vanish.

Into the bowels of Leavenworth, preferably, but driven anywhere away from the White House would do at this point.

[Scarsdale]

24. I agree.

The entire group of tRumps are useless. Unqualified for all they try to be. Incidentally, tRump did NOT win the election, the Russians stole it and gave it to him.

[maddiemom]

39. Melania or Ivanka, though?

I'd much rather see less (or none) of Ivanka with her breathy, overdone "finishing school voice." Even if you despise Trump, as I do, Melania is, at least nominally FLOTUS. Ivanka, Hubby and Siblings have no business anywhere near the Oval Office. None of them cared to pursue their educations beyond the basic B.S. from Daddy's alma mater; besides family financed business or big game hunting. I can just imagine the Republican screaming if Hillary had won, and Chelsea, with her impressive education through an Oxford PHD, even set foot in the Oval Office, let alone as an "advisor." Only the most hardcore and ignorant Clinton haters could deny that they are super intelligent people ("Deplorables" might even hold that against them). Chelsea obviously was very intelligent in her own right. She didn't totally rely on family connections (except that these days equally bright kids DO have problems that they didn't have to cope with in previous generations.

[catbyte]

40. Melania lost any sympathy I might have had for her when she wholeheartedly embraced

Traitor Tot's vile birther lie. I couldn't care less how miserable she is or how crappy her life in the White House is. I'd just like to know how she could face the Obamas and actually smile at them after parroting that vile, despicable, bigoted lie. I'd be mortified beyond belief. She must not have a conscience either.

[pnwmom]

42. I can not stand Ivanka's voice. Can. Not. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

60. I Thought Of Something Worse Than Leavenworth For That Crowd

Fort Knox. In one of the gold rooms. But, there are signs saying "not for you" and "don't touch".

Would drive them insane.

[catbyte]

62. That's even better, but the SC would probably rule it cruel & unusual punishment

what with Gorsuch sitting in Merrick Garland's stolen seat and all.

[ProfessorGAC]

63. Gorsuch Can Feel Free To Go Keep Them Company

Any time he wishes.

[Beacool]

64. Hear, hear!!!!

[llmart]

9. Melania's first mistake...

was believing anything that came out of that jackass's piehole.

[IronLionZion]

10. She looked happy when she was with the Obamas at Barbara Bush's funeral

and Donald wasn't there

[appalachiablue]

14. Saw that, and it seemed genuine on the part of both. Makes one wonder..

[Dave Starsky]

20. Me too. I was actually kind of happy for her when I saw that picture.

I know she willingly married a creep knowing that she could live the easy life, but she never bargained for marrying a slavering beast from the lowest circle of hell. No one could have imagined being married to someone like that. She's been obviously miserable since Day One.

But she is a different, smiling, genuinely happy person in those pictures.

[catbyte]

30. I don't know how she could face the Obamas after parroting that vile birther crap.

Melania must not have a conscience either. I'd be groveling at their feet, begging forgiveness. As usual, the Obamas have more class in their little fingernails than the entire despicable trump family put together.

[homegirl]

65. Melania is

Putin's agent in the White House, she is there to "control" Donald.

Not seen for several weeks, she is either:

Recovering from more plastic surgery.
The benign kidney was more than benign.

[IronLionZion]

23. Pic

[yallerdawg]

12. I made the same promise to MY wife...

and she hardly speaks to me, either.

[MosheFeingold]

13. Boehner is so gross

You couldn't go into his office for 2 seconds and not come out smelling like an ashtray.

On top of that, Mr. Anti-Drug Crusader now runs a pot farm. He has zero morals.

[onethatcares]

15. I wish he

would have promised us the same thing. Maybe a pre win resignation letter ala LBJ only different.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. If Trump didn't want to win, then why all that nonsense with Russia, etc.?

[flibbitygiblets]

49. He wanted a Rump Tower in Moscow.

Pootie had bigger plans for his Manchurian candidate.

[poli3]

51. Actually, it was Comey who screwed everything up

Putin was preparing for a Hillary presidency where he'd spread his tentacles over a desperate defeated GOP looking for an edge.

[Javaman]

17. and like always, he lied to her.

he wanted to win by what ever means necessary.

otherwise, why would he want russian help.

bottomline: the orange asshole is a shithead psychopath

[BigmanPigman]

19. Mr. "OBSTRUCT OBAMA" Boehner

needs to watch the 1999 College Tour from Penn with Chris Matthews when The Fucking Moron I introduced his "super model" future wife who stood up in front of hundreds of people and sincerely said that she would LOVE to be first lady. Boehner is a dip shit moron still/always.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Melania missing in action 20 days now. Incl 5 day hospital stay (abortion? rehab? tubal ligation?)nt

[Scarsdale]

25. Facelift?

Another one, or else other cosmetic surgery. I have no sympathy for her. She married for money, then discovered it can not buy happiness. So, she is miserable, but living in luxury. Empty life. "Supermodel" in her own mind. Little Don the Con always did lie about his wives accomplishments. Claimed Ivana was an Olympic skier. Claimed Maleria had two college degrees, one in architecture. She dropped out of college in the first semester, went on to become a nude model/escort. Met Don the Con on one of her "dates"

[Midnight Writer]

35. Adjustment?

[flibbitygiblets]

50. Detailed (and then lost) by immigration?

[YOHABLO]

26. "I'm here at the White House with my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of childre..

“I’m here at the White House with my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people!” the US first lady tweeted.

Yeah, right Melania.

[The Genealogist]

27. Little Johnny's just brimming over with snark these days

Why, I don't know. He's just like the rest of the deplorables.

[Loki Liesmith]

29. Nah

He never bought into their agenda. He wanted to be a moderate conservative. But his party won’t let that be a thing anymore. So he sold out. We’re seeing the real Boehner now.

[GReedDiamond]

34. Didn't Boehner buy into a legal cannabis?

Why YES, he did!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/ex-speaker-john-boehner-joins-marijuana-firm-s-advisory-board

[CentralMass]

28. If only tRump could have been right just this one time.

[rickford66]

31. He did say once that he could make a lot of money running for President.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. He's making even more as president

[7962]

46. He's actually LOSING money as President.

The Trump name value has dropped so much that his supposed net worth has as well.

[Orsino]

36. Not unless it was written into her marriage contract, he didn't. n/t

[malthaussen]

37. Well, I know the White House isn't up to Mrs Trump's usual standards...

... but it's certainly better than most of us will ever see. I rather think there is more to it than that.

-- Mal

[Crash2Parties]

44. The way the GOP & in particular, the Trump-Pence White House handles things

If she had tried to commit suicide or had suffered some other practical effect of mental illness I could see them keeping it a secret as if it was something shameful, some conservative Christian "moral weakness", rather than being supportive.

[SergeStorms]

48. She's been kidnapped by white trash supremacists!

While on her "Be Best" tour she was kidnapped by white trash supremacists and is being held for ransom. If Trump doesn't remove ALL the Blacks, Asians, Mexicans etc. from THEIR country by July 4 they're going to boycott ALL 'Trump' products forever! That includes Ivanka's shoe lines as well!

We all know how these white trash supremacists love their classy 'Trump' products, so I believe Trump will take this seriously.

[zentrum]

53. She's probably just

……getting her latest installment of plastic surgery and needs time to fully recover before appearing in public.

No one ever mentions that part of her life style.

[Honeycombe8]

55. Let's get it straight: Melania WANTED to be First Lady. She said so yrs before.

They were on a talk show years before. She was asked if she'd like to be First Lady. She said that yes, she'd love to be in the White House.

She married for money and power. Being in the White House takes them to a new level of power, and he's using it to get more money. She's on board with it.

All this talk of Melania not being happy. I don't see it. She doesn't smile a lot, anyway (she's from that near-Russia area where there's not a lot of joviality), and she was a model (not known for doing much more than posing). She's been angry w/him a couple of times. Other than that, she's loving it. She's First Lady. She's historical. She gets nice clothes for free, keeping more of her money. She gets driven around for free in a limo. What's not to like?

[RobinA]

56. I Promised Myself

the very same thing. Suspected I was in trouble when Trump yard signs cropped up all around me. KNEW I was in trouble when I voted that day and my polling place was full of a totally different breed than I usually run into there. All wearing those "Jail Hilary" tee shirts.

[CTyankee]

57. What the hell is he drinking?

[appalachiablue]

58. A Bloody Mary, served am at the conference from what I read. Lol.

[former9thward]

61. I don't know what Trump promised Melania.

And neither does Boehner. He sounds exactly like the millions of drunks who are going to be sitting on barstools tonight spouting off their opinions about the world.