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To think lots more people now wonder about Melania's relationship with Epstein?

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ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 21:43

I'd never heard the rumours until she denied them today. Was it very widely commented on? Or has she drawn attention to the possible friendship?

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Datgal · 09/04/2026 21:47

Something is going to be revealed... damage limitation.

corlan · 09/04/2026 21:49

It's also a nice distraction from Trump's fuck up in Iran.

ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 21:51

corlan · 09/04/2026 21:49

It's also a nice distraction from Trump's fuck up in Iran.

That makes more sense than actually trying to dampen something

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Datgal · 09/04/2026 21:52

It's sending x into meltdown. Nobody understands it. Trump's talking about Greenland again too!

ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 22:05

That does sound very 'please look the other way!'

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Changingplace · 09/04/2026 22:07

corlan · 09/04/2026 21:49

It's also a nice distraction from Trump's fuck up in Iran.

I though this, it’s such a weirdly timed announcement, I think they’re just trying to create a distraction, do they think we’re all stupid? 🤷‍♀️

Dexternight · 09/04/2026 22:08

Wish her and her husband would just GO AWAY.

ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 22:10

Classic dead cat on the table?

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KitchenColourandstyle · 09/04/2026 22:11

Changingplace · 09/04/2026 22:07

I though this, it’s such a weirdly timed announcement, I think they’re just trying to create a distraction, do they think we’re all stupid? 🤷‍♀️

When you launch an illegal war to distract from your friendship with a paedo but then have to send your wife out to draw attention to the paedo to distract from your illegal war.

ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 22:11

Dexternight · 09/04/2026 22:08

Wish her and her husband would just GO AWAY.

Re-purpose Artemis?

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MoveOnTheCards · 09/04/2026 22:11

Thought Iran was one of the distractions from what was in the Epstein files. Something must be brewing for the Trumps to even go there.

SparklyBlueDress · 09/04/2026 22:12

Either a big reveal is coming or she’s been told to distract from the Middle East. Weird either way

Dweetfidilove · 09/04/2026 22:14

Datgal · 09/04/2026 21:47

Something is going to be revealed... damage limitation.

This is what I'm thinking. Something is coming...

Of course we know her husband is the Prime Distractor.

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 09/04/2026 22:15

She maybe has stockholm syndrome. It seems like she cpuld have been a trafficking victim originally "working" for Paolo Zampolli (himself a close friend if Epstein). He aparrently introduced her to Trump at the Kit Kat Klub in New York.
Its all VERY murky.

SpottyAlpaca · 09/04/2026 22:15

This has all the signs of being a ‘dead cat’ media strategy. That is, deliberately using something unusual or shocking (throwing a dead cat onto the table) to distract everyone’s attention from whatever it is that you don’t want the to talk about.

Such as a totally miscalculated fiasco of a war in the Middle East, for example…

Teado · 09/04/2026 22:18

Her life story - the true one - would be interesting.

ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 22:18

Or the big reveal is about the first wife & Epstein?

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AlternativeView · 09/04/2026 22:18

This isn't enough to distract anyone from a war

I think it's more likely that she is trying to get ahead of something about to emerge...

IrishSelkie · 09/04/2026 22:21

Given her age (b. 1970) and the photos of her with Epstein, I would not be surprised if Melania was trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell as they were most active in the 1990-2008

Hollywood actresses and models of similar age were also being trafficked by Weinstein.

So just because Melania was a successful model who escaped poverty in the war torn remains of the Bosnian/Serbian war that broke apart Czechoslovakia, that doesn’t mean she wasn’t exploited by Epstein and Maxwell.

It is probably a part of her life she’d rather not have combed over.

BunnyWabbit2000 · 09/04/2026 22:22

It's a very peculiar thing to do. Time will tell.

Dexternight · 09/04/2026 22:22

Couldn't bear to listen to her for 5mins read a statement someone had written.

Maybe Melania 2 is going to be released as she is a successful 'movie star' now.

Myfridgeiscool · 09/04/2026 22:23

The American shit show continues.
The news is currently both terrifying and fascinating, we don’t need another Trump in the headlines.

cantgardenintherain · 09/04/2026 22:25

KitchenColourandstyle · 09/04/2026 22:11

When you launch an illegal war to distract from your friendship with a paedo but then have to send your wife out to draw attention to the paedo to distract from your illegal war.

😂😂😂

user1464187087 · 09/04/2026 22:26

ListenToAlfDubs · 09/04/2026 21:43

I'd never heard the rumours until she denied them today. Was it very widely commented on? Or has she drawn attention to the possible friendship?

Are people from the Epstein Files, whoever they may be, trying to insinuate that Melania was a victim by being brought to Donald Trump by Epstein?
Apologies, I only read a few lines and she was saying that she wasn't a victim or some such like.

JackieLeeOhmyDarlinNsoul · 09/04/2026 22:33

Datgal · 09/04/2026 21:52

It's sending x into meltdown. Nobody understands it. Trump's talking about Greenland again too!

Once and for all he should be told by Europe and UK to shut the fuck up about Greenland.
Sick to the back teeth of him and his goons.

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