Melania has made a terrible mistake hasn't she?

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Trump prods reluctant Melania to speak

She doesn't want to be there.

I feel quite sorry for her.

I suppose Hillary Clinton married a knob and has stayed with him all these years, so no diff.

If Melania is unhappy, then I feel for her, but I've got no idea whether or not she's happy.

Considering this seemed unexpected she pulled it off rather well l thought.

Wow. Shocked at some of the posters defending trumps behaviour because 'Melania's a gold digger and deserves everything she gets'

Yes Pluto, and plenty of people held her personally responsible (often more responsible) for her husband's actions.
I hate double standards where women are judged more harshly for the actions of men than the men themselves are. Wether that judgement comes from the left or right, it still boils my piss.

Bill may be a knob, but Trump's something more dangerous altogether.

Do people really think that wasn't staged? Blimey.........

Poor Melania. I remember seeing her on the Rachael Ray show, some years ago. She seemed happy, then.

I think it would be easy to fall for someone who is confident, powerful, persuasive and who can be attentive and charming. Not everything is about how a man looks. When someone can offer you an amazing lifestyle, why wouldn't a person be predisposed to falling for them?
Remember, this is a man who came out of nowhere and talked a nation into making him president!
The relationships board is littered with women who have sincerely believed their husbands to be one thing, only to discover that he is something else entirely. I don't know what the real story is in the Trump marriage but if it is awful, them slating MT is victim blaming, which is disgusting.

Bill may be a knob, but Trump's something more dangerous altogether.

Do you know anything about what Bill's been accused of?

yy Aderyn. Plus, why waste time going after Melania, when there's so much else about Trump to object to? Melania could be vile and she would still be one of the nicest things about Trump by a long shot.

Has Donald always being a knob though?

Yes. Yes he has.

Often, I think that when beautiful younger women marry older rich men, people are unfair on them, and that they are genuinely attracted to that man's charm, talent and charisma and it honestly isn't about the money.

I can't in good faith make that allowance for Melania, because Trump has no charm, talent or charisma. He is - and has always been - a boorish, bullying, humourless, spoilt egomaniac. I absolutely think she married him for the money, and now I think she colossally regrets it. I think she often looks as if she actively dislikes him, and despite the smiles, I think she usually looks deeply unhappy and uncomfortable. I certainly think she would far rather he hadn't run for office and was probably as gutted as the rest of us when he won.

On the plus side ... apparently she isn't going to live at the White House and is going to stay in New York with their son instead. So at least she'll have to spend less time with him now.

I'm horrified at these comments saying she got what she asked for. There are tons of women on MN who want to leave their husbands but are staying for the comfort of their salaries. It's clear that Trump's wife is being bullied and it's obvious she'll be frightened of him. No doubt he can charm people at first and I doubt he shows his true colours to a potential wife before he marries her.

Pluto, balance the credible things Clinton has been accused of vs the credible things Trump has been accused of, and Trump comes out worse.
Balance the things that have been proven against Clinton vs the things that have been proven against Trump, and Trump still comes out worse.

Pluto30 A bit. And yes, knob isn't the right word for him either, but I was nowhere near as rationally afraid for the future when he was president. I'm far from a specialist on 20th Century American politics, but I work with one. He's not a dramatic type, and he's terrified.

Melania chose to marry Trump and I don't expect it was for love (although stranger things have happened!) - However she has stuck with him when she could be out with a nice settlement by now so she must be getting something out of it! I expect someone who is prepared to marry for money and power must be quite happy to become first lady of the USA.

squish I disagree. There is lots of evidence against Bill Clinton. If Trump is bad, Bill is just as bad. There are no degrees of being a sexual predator. You either are one or you aren't, and there have been accusations leveled at both of these people.

If I was Melania I'd probably start letting myself go a bit, and hope that he'd dump me for a younger model pretty sharpish.

I agree imperial.

Its not just him either, it's the people that send death threats to them both. If she does leave him then she won't get the same protection/security she's getting now from those people.

She lost my sympathy with the 'boys' talk' comment. +100 rape culture.

Evidence that is not as convincing as boasting about the crime on tape.
And being married to a suspected sexual predator is not as bad as being one. Do we agree on that Pluto?

In some photos she looks sad. The mon posed photos. Oh well. As Mrs Merton said "what attracted you to the millionaire..." in this case Donald Trump.

I suppose Hillary Clinton married a knob and has stayed with him all these years, so no diff.

However, regardless of Bill's inability to keep his trousers zipped, he is an interesting, intelligent man with a lot of personal charm and charisma. He and Hillary have a shared history and a lot of common interests. They have plenty to talk about.

I don't think those things apply to Melania and Donald. At all.

I do feel sorry for Melania, as I think she is now trapped in a situation way beyond her control and is probably terrified of her husband. I think what seemed like a fairly pragmatic arrangement of marrying a rich arsehole for privileged but relatively quiet life has turned into her worst nightmare.

I get the ominous feeling that if she wanted to leave, it wouldn't be that simple at all.

Why not? He's been dovorced a couple of times; he knows how it works.

Totally agree with dolly
It must also be very uncomfortable as an immigrant given his views on immigration (Let's build a massive fuck off wall)