To think that Melania is in an emotionally abusive relationship?

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I watch her body language and it doesn't look right to me. I'm no expert but to me she seems trapped. I mean we all know he's a narcissist so it 's possible isn't it?
I wonder, if that's the case, how easy / difficult it would be for her to get out?
I feel sorry for her.

I don't.

She married an utter twat for his money. She knows he's a disgusting misogynistic twat, and yet she's stayed with him. By supporting him, she is not helping women, gay people and every other non straight white male group.

I don't wish her any ill, but she made her bed, and she is lying in it because it's a damn sight warmer than getting out of it.

Just came across this as well:
metro.co.uk/2017/01/24/people-are-genuinely-concerned-for-melanias-welfare-following-donald-trumps-inauguration-6402058/

I'm not entirely sure at this stage whether it's massive stage fright or whether she has always been this subdued around her husband; I haven't paid much attention to her before this, I have to say.

What we've seen so far does not look very harmonious, granted, but I am reluctant to make a judgment based on these early days of nit-picking.

One thing that does worry me is that he hears all this feedback and then she gets blasted at for not pretending well enough I've been in that situation myself ("YOU DIDN'T LOOK HAPPY! WHY DIDN'T YOU LOOK HAPPY? YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY!!!!") and it is incredibly disorienting and upsetting.

I feel sorry for anyone who's had sex with him and/or is related to him.

This again?

Doesn't look ea to me, looks like she thinks he's a twat.

One thing that does worry me is that he hears all this feedback and then she gets blasted at for not pretending well enough sad I've been in that situation myself ("YOU DIDN'T LOOK HAPPY! WHY DIDN'T YOU LOOK HAPPY? YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY!!!!") and it is incredibly disorienting and upsetting.

Yes, I did wonder about Cunt's Trump's reaction to the press coverage when he sees it.

Can he read - does anyone know?

Goes would you say that about any woman in an abusive relationship with a rich man?

I've only seen what everyone else has but it really doesn't look good at all.

Ever since THAT speech, she's looked sad and 'zoned out' of every event they've attended.

Even apart from that video clip, she is married to a narcissistic bully boy who boasts about sexually assaulting women. The suggestion that she is in an abusive relationship is hardly a surprise. I feel very sorry for her indeed. Its damn hard for any woman to walk out the door and leave a controlling abusive relationship but it must be so much harder when your relationship is in the public eye. She is not the one who deserves our scorn.

more anti-Trumpism dressed up as liberal concern? really these posts are getting ridiculous.

You have no way of knowing what their relationship is like. People like to think they can read body language, what often happens is that they pick out photos that confirm the message they want to make. A photo or short piece of film doesn't always tell the whole story.
Also, apparently Melania supported Trumps little smear campaign against Barack Obama in 2011. I wouldn't feel too sorry for her myself.

You have no way of knowing what their relationship is like.

^ this.

It wouldn't surprise me at all knowing what we know about his character.

BUT - maybe she just has resting bitch face . Or stage fright, must be an overwhelming situation to be in.

No sympathy here. She knew what she was marrying when she married him. It's not as if he's ever been anything else, and he's a public figure.

I do too, and I feel desperately sad for her. I fucking hate it when people slate her - he is EA personified

We are assuming it's abusive. There are no facts here, just conjecture.

But yeah, the fact that she sold her soul for money does make me think she made a bargain. I have a lot more sympathy for women in abusive relationships who had no idea what they were getting into, and who didn't do it for the nice trappings, tbh.

Stripey my anti-trumpism is out and proud, I don't need to dress it up as anything else!

(And men of course. It is not just men who abuse)

Something isn't quite right with her

And she probably feels trapped too

With his recent inauguration, she can't just up and leave either. So divorce must be so much harder

I am sure she did not think when she married him she would be The First Lady. I would guess she married him for his money and most women who do that are usually quite distant from the chap they married. It's ok to be arm candy at functions etc once in awhile but now she will be on display all the time. I feel a bit sorry for her.

But we don't know that she IS being abused!!

It was obvious what he was like when she got involved with him. repulsive rich man marries beautiful young woman - they both know what they are getting out of it; it's a transaction. If the money and the status didn't matter to her, and she could happily walk away without a bean, would she be as "trapped" as some posters say she is?

It's all conjecture about people we don't know, based on some internet footage and a biased starting point as we all agree he's a twat.