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| | Melania Trump ripped out Jackie Kennedy's colorful garden for an all-white snoozefest | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A month ago, Melania Trump announced plans to redesign the famous White House Rose Garden, an area of the White House grounds which gets a lot of camera-time. The WH Rose Garden is adjacent to the Oval Office and the sweeping pathway running alongside the West Wind. In the early 1960s, Jackie Kennedy worked with some of the best garden-designers in the country to lay out a beautiful garden full of what I thought were cherry trees (cherry trees are seen throughout DC, many of which were gifts from Japan) but are in fact crab apple trees, I guess. Jackie?s garden also had tulips, rose bushes, irises, violets and more. The Jackie Kennedy-designed garden was a riot of color in the spring and summer, and the trees provided shade and relative privacy along that covered West Wing walkway.
I said at the time that it sounded like the garden had to be dug up anyway, because there was a need to make technical improvements. As in, the electric cables had to be updated underground, and a better drainage system had to be added. So I understand why *technically* they would have needed to dig up part of the garden. But Melania decided to put her gothic-horror stamp on it. I guess we should be glad that she didn?t want Blood Trees of Doom. That being said, ripping out the cherry trees SUCKS. And it also sucks that Melania?s garden aesthetic matches her husband?s racism only white flowers allowed in the Rose Garden now.
Before and after photographs of newly renovated White House Rose Garden:courtesy #Getty and @marycjordan pic.twitter.com/w6bzoNHMjC
Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 22, 2020
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| | Melania Trump 'enforced firm boundaries' with Ivanka when she moved to the WH | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we discussed last week, there?s a new book out about Melania Trump called The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump. The book ?reveals? that Melania stayed in New York for months in 2017 after her husband went to the White House because she was renegotiating her prenup/postnup finances and playing hardball. Melania?s chief of staff issued a statement about the book, saying: ?Yet another book about Mrs. Trump with false information and sources. This book belongs in the fiction genre.? Yeah, I don?t know, I think everything about the Trump administration belongs in the Dystopian Apocalypse genre, personally. Anyway, the Washington Post had an even bigger excerpt from the book with additional details, so here we go:
She didn?t believe her husband would win: Other first ladies have found the sudden adjustment difficult as well, and Melania, a careful planner, likes to take her time doing things. No matter how intense the pressure during the campaign, she refused to be hurried. The election night win came as a surprise even to Trump, according to many on his campaign, and little preparation had been done for what came next. Trump had even talked about going to one of his golf courses in Scotland immediately after the election so he didn?t have to watch Hillary Clinton bask in her success. One campaign aide recalled that candidate Trump had ?told the pilot [of his private jet], ?Fuel up the plane.? ?
She wanted to take her time in New York: Melania wasn?t prepared to move to Washington, either. It did not help that the campaign revelations of Trump?s alleged serial infidelities still stung. She learned many of the reported details along with the entire nation. While she very much wanted Barron to finish his academic year in New York and not be yanked from his friends, staying in New York also bought time to prepare for her new role as first lady. She needed her own staff. Trump?s staff had already pushed back on her desire to focus on online bullying, and there was huge interest in what she might do. And, according to several people close to the Trumps, she was in the midst of negotiations to amend her financial arrangement with Trump ? what Melania referred to as ?taking care of Barron.?
All of Trump?s wives have renegotiated their deals: Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are as standard as wedding rings in Trump?s marriages. His first wife, Ivana, renegotiated hers three times; Marla, who separated from Trump after four years of marriage, walked away with such a relatively small sum that even a Trump lawyer said he felt she should have gotten more. Trump wrote about prenups and boasted about them and said any rich man who didn?t have one was ?a loser.? During the presidential campaign, Melania felt that a lot had changed since she signed her prenup. She had been with him a long time ? longer than any other woman. She believed she made crucial contributions to his success. There was talk that Trump likely wouldn?t return to overseeing the Trump Organization after running the country, and Melania wanted to ensure that Barron got his rightful share of inheritance, particularly if Ivanka took the reins of the family business. While she sorted out her plans as first lady and a new school for her son, she also worked on getting her husband to sign a more generous financial deal for her and Barron. It was smart timing.
[From WaPo]
I actually didn?t realize that Trump?s other wives had renegotiated their arrangements and honestly? It makes sense that Melania was keeping her eye on her own interests and Barron?s interests. I would *almost* admire it, had she not cost American taxpayers $125,000 a day for her New York stay in 2017. The book also details the tricky relationship between Melania and Ivanka Ivanka assumed the ?first lady? role in the early months of the presidency, then Melania pushed her out:
While Melania stayed in New York, Ivanka continued to establish herself in the West Wing, notorious for its cramped and limited working spaces. According to several people, she was eyeing real estate in the East Wing as well, the domain of the first lady. Among other proposals, Ivanka suggested renaming the ?First Lady?s Office? the ?First Family Office.? Melania did not allow that to happen. It was tradition, and she was not going to let her stepdaughter change it.
Especially in the first two years of the administration, some in the White House felt that the West Wing was actively putting up roadblocks and purposely not lending support to the first lady?s office. But others believed that it was just an oversight in the chaos. Ivanka is both especially close to her father and spent far more time around him than his other children. Not only did father and daughter work closely at the Trump Organization but she also had played a key role in his campaign, and now was the child with the most active role inside the White House. With Melania away, Ivanka used the private theater, with its plush red seats, and enjoyed other White House perks. Some said she treated the private residence as if it were her own home. Melania did not like it. When she and Barron finally moved in, she put an end to the ?revolving door? by enforcing firm boundaries.
[From WaPo]
The rest of the excerpt is about how much Donald Trump actually values Melania, and how he respects the fact that she?s not playing some angle with him or trying to ?get famous? or write a book about him. Melania doesn?t chime in about most of the daily newscycles, but they say that if she doesn?t like a particular staffer, that person is OUT. Blah. Basically, this should end the ?Poor Melania? vibe while she is probably deeply unhappy, she?s also a racist Birther who cosigns nearly everything about her horrible husband?s agenda. And she only gives a sh-t about herself and Barron. And there?s still a Fauxlania somewhere.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | Melania Trump was salty & tone-deaf about her precious White House tennis pavilion | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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View this post on Instagram
I am excited to share the progress of the Tennis Pavillion at @WhiteHouse. Thank you to the talented team for their hard work and dedication.
A post shared by First Lady Melania Trump (@flotus) on Mar 5, 2020 at 9:21am PST
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| | Melania Trump: It's fine to cyberbully Greta Thunberg because she's an activist | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week, Greta Thunberg was named Time Magazine?s Person of the Year. I thought Greta was a good choice for many reasons, and one of those reasons was that Time?s choice would drive Donald Trump crazy, because he?s that thin-skinned and stupid and he cares about sh-t like ?who gets named POTY.? Like clockwork, Donald Trump soon ?attacked? a teenage girl on Twitter, writing that ?Greta must work on her Anger Management? and that she needed to ?chill.? Because he?s President Hector Projector. He was truly rage-tweeting about a teenage environmental activist getting recognized for her work.
Anyway, Donald Trump being a schoolyard bully is not news anymore. What did give the story an added dimension was the fact that he was cyberbullying a child, and one of Melania Trump?s few ?causes? is Be Best, which is something about cyberbullying, especially among the youths. Melania had also recently issued a statement about how it was apparently super-improper to even mention Barron?s name in one of the impeachment hearings. And yet, Melania had nothing to say as her husband cyberbullied a teenage girl. And then Melania did issue a statement, days later, through her spokesperson. Get a load of this:
BeBest is the First Ladys initiative, and she will continue to use it to do all she can to help children. It is no secret that the President and First Lady often communicate differently as most married couples do. Their son is not an activist who travels the globe giving speeches. He is a 13-year-old who wants and deserves privacy, Stephanie Grishams statement said.
[Via USA Today]
?Their son is not an activist who travels the globe giving speeches.? Ah, I see! Greta doesn?t deserve privacy nor does she have the right to NOT be cyberbullied by the president of the United States because? she?s given speeches at the UN and various climate panels. It?s weird how narrow Be Best?s charter really is, huh? Don?t cyberbully unless you?re attacking someone who has made a speech or gone out in public or done some activism. If you?re targeting a teenager for harassment, it?s fine as long as they?ve given a speech. BE BEST! Melania is the biggest fking C-U-Next-Tuesday.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Avalon Red.
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| | Melania Trump is building a 'tennis pavilion' on White House grounds | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Melania Trump is the Marie Antoinette of the current era. Discuss. I have never doubted that Melania has some minor good intentions, when she?s not watching TV or shopping or hiding from her disgusting husband. She genuinely seems to love children and? that?s about all I?ve got. She seems to be especially close with her only child, Barron. Other than that, she just seems like a lazy, self-absorbed trophy wife who sits around all day and pouts, in between mysterious medical stays for ?kidney? situations where she suddenly has bigger breasts once her kidneys have been sorted out. My point is that this seems on-brand for Melania:
I am pleased to announce the ground breaking of a new tennis pavilion on the White House grounds. This structure will be a testament to American craftsmanship and skill. pic.twitter.com/6sY3anuOk2
Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) October 8, 2019
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| | Melania Trump, sociopath, believes she is 'the most bullied person on the world' | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I still remember feeling actual pride whenever Michelle Obama spoke or did pretty much anything during the Obama administration. I get choked up when I think of all the little girls who got to grow up during those eight years, and got to see Michelle as First Lady, and how seeing her in that role is something that will profoundly change their lives. But then I remember: a vapid, ignorant, neo-colonialist, Nazi-sympathizing ahole is our First Lady now. As we discussed earlier, Melania gave an interview to ABC News during her tour last week, and the interview will air on Friday. In a previous clip, Melania talked about how victims shouldn?t be believed nay, they shouldn?t even come forward until they have ?hard evidence? of what happened to them. And now this woman is claims she?s one of the most bullied people in the world. Get off the cross, Melania. People need the wood.
?I could say that I?m the most bullied person on the world. One of them ? if you really see what people are saying about me. That?s why ?Be Best? is focusing on online behavior and social media? We need to educate the children [about] social, emotional behavior.?
[From People]
Can you even imagine? Can you imagine what it?s like to be a spoiled, vapid trophy wife who is too lazy to do anything but shop and spend taxpayer money to think that she?s the most bullied person ?on the world?? The lack of self-awareness is staggering, and the lack of awareness to other people?s suffering borders on the sociopathic. She and her husband really do make sense as a couple, huh?
EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump says her ?Be Best? policy platform targeting online bullies is personal. ?I could say that I?m the most bullied person in the world,? she tells ABC. https://t.co/iiEv5Z3ijv pic.twitter.com/CWZ7g9by27
ABC News (@ABC) October 11, 2018
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