This just in: First Lady Melania Trump‘s favorability ratings are on the up and up, according to a recent CNN/ORC poll. Evidently, Americans are falling in love with their new first lady. We’re not convinced the feeling is mutual, however, but that’s another story.
In a new survey conducted March 1-4, 52% of respondents said their opinions of Melania Trump were “positive,” up 16 points from a CNN/ORC poll conducted back in January.
The jump is impressive considering that the only thing Melania has really done thus far is file a $150 million defamation lawsuits against a blogger and a media organization over false claims made during last year’s campaign that she once worked as an escort.
To date, Melania has made a grand total of one charitable appearance in her first month and a half as First Lady. It was a quick stop into a children’s hospital in New York, where she received a tepid response from the kids and didn’t even both to take off her coat while she was there.
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Then there was the time she read the Lord’s Prayer before Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign kickoff event 29 days into his first term.
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Oh, and she’s written a total of 12 tweets, half of which are just photos of herself doing things like touring the Japanese gardens at the Morikami Museum in Florida or pretending to be interested in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History.
So, yeah, we’re not entirely sure why so many people seem to think she’s doing such a great job, but there’s one person who definitely isn’t feeling her: Dan Savage.
On his podcast this week, Savage didn’t hold back when talking about why he can’t stand Michelle Obama’s successor:
“God knows there’s enough hate in the world and I don’t want to add to the sum total, but forgive me, I have got to get this off my chest: I f—ing hate Melania Trump,” Savage said.
But he didn’t stop there.
“I’m not alone in loathing Donald Trump’s third wife–she’s married to a misogynist after all. Odds are good her husband hates her, too,” Savage continued. “But there are some folks on the left who not only don’t hate her, they view her as some sort of sympathetic figure. The pretty princess in the tower locked up by the orange ogre with the bad combover, a princess desperately blinking out distress signals during swearing-in ceremonies and inaugural balls.”
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According to Savage, Melania is “as ugly on the inside as she is pretty on the outside.”
“She is a birther,” he said. “Pretty Melania went on TV to push the same racist conspiracy theories about Barack Obama that her husband did. She’s an immigrant who doesn’t give a sh*t about the plight of other immigrants. She’s famously a plagiarist. And she’s brought ruinous lawsuits against journalists and bloggers accusing them of among other things, potentially interfering with her ability to profit off her role as first lady.”
Hmmm. When you put it like that…
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JerseyMike
Awarded for being mediocre… Absolutely not a surprise
ruben_gloria
It is not a secret that pretty people are rewarded a lot more in society and held to a different standard than everyone else.
It’s surprising how far looks alone can take you.
mhoffman953
I voted Positive and my vote was switched to Negative. I viewed the results beforehand to make sure. The split when I viewed the results was 39 negative, 16 neutral, and 6 positive. When I voted positive, the results showed positive staying at 6 but negative went up to 40
Heywood Jablowme
LOL, mhoffman: The Russians rigged this election too!
natekerchel
Mr.Savage is totally correct. This ‘lady’ tried to smear the former President by lying about his birth. Since then she has applauded all the hate speeches of her vile husband. She has done nothing for anyone but herself. Now mhoffman – ever the trump loyalist – claims his vote was changed. How he knows that I can’t say – he has no idea who was voting at the precise moment he was also voting. But typical for a trump troll – claimong that the voting is rigged. Heard it all before. 3 million times before. For someone whose hero is in the white house despite losing by that number of votes mhoffman is being a tad hypocritical methinks.
Mo Bro
I just don’t get it.
I don’t get why you’re so hateful to someone.
I don’t get why you’re so gleeful about being so hateful.
I don’t get why you would take so much pleasure in maligning someone so viciously—someone who’s done nothing to harm you.
I can only assume it’s because she’s married to the guy who upstaged Queen Hillary, therefore she must be destroyed for her unforgivable crime . . . which, when you look at the big picture, borders on sociopathy.
whatevz
so many little girls everywhere dream about posing naked with other naked women for money in a country where they are undocumented only to marry a 70 year old vd-infected racist sexual criminal for his money and lie about being educated and lie about writing their own speeches, because freedumb!
DCguy
You support and defend politicians that support harming lgbts, arresting them, making them 2nd class citizens and bullying gay kinds into suicide. So please cut out the fake crying. You are a heartless bigot who trolls here with the sole purpose of trying to distract from the anti-lgbt hatred of the GOP.
You’re not good at it.
natekerchel
Can you tell us what sociopathy is Mo Bro? If not I can enlighten you – you will find it sitting in the Oval Office. In addition, there is no maligning going on here. The woman is being judged on her own words and behaviours. And do you really have to be reminded yet again – Trump did NOT win the most votes. No one is seeking to ‘destroy’ anyone – that is typical right wing histrionics. The simple fact is this Mo Bro – this ‘First Lady’ as done nothing to earn any respect from anyone ever – her primary interest seems to lie in how much money she can make. Mr. Savage is totally right to say we should stop feeling sorry for someone who chose her lifestyle knowing everything about how vile her husband is. She applauded his hate speeches. The word ‘vicious’ could well be interchangeable with the surname ‘Trump’.
BigWill
Oh, Fake Biracial Bisexual…I mean Mo, you little mouse pie, that is just like you: always so concerned about being kind to others, always being empathetic, compassionate and caring.
I’m going to hang on to these gems—”I don’t get why you’re so hateful to someone. I don’t get why you’re so gleeful about being so hateful. I don’t get why you would take so much pleasure in maligning someone so viciously”—I have a feeling I’ll get an opportunity to use them in response to a certain someone’s posts in the near future.
JerseyMike
I don’t think she is pretty… I want to see her without makeup first..
jkthsnk
Grifting, at one time illegal immigrant, snake oil pedaling liar who chooses to disrespect America by not moving into the White Hoise. Barron is BS, she will find a new reason in the next few weeks. The only reason they’re floating her coming to DC is that the whole Ivanka as first lady thing grew turds. All her own personal trash, doesn’t need any extra from the guy who purchased her. Nothing to do with anyone else.
NateOcean
I heard she was a prostitute (allegedly), but the only record is on one of Trump’s wire tap recordings. Only one way to clear this up: produce the recordings!
I also head that Trump is a tax evader. Only one way to clear that up: show us your tax returns.
Jack Meoff
The fact that her approval ratings continue to go up despite the fact that she has not performed any of the usual first lady duties is a sad reflection on the American people. It shows that their are a vast number who just do what is expected without questioning if it is right or deserved. In this case they blindly view the first lady favourably purely because they are conditioned to treat the first family like royalty and they want the celebrity intrigue. If they really sat down and thought about it they might actually come up with a different opinion on the matter.
DCguy
So in reality nearly half the people polled had a negative opinion of her.