Another day, another ice cold, out-of-touch video from First Lady Melania Trump that nobody asked for.
This morning, FLOTUS shared a 47-second message to American senior citizens, thanking them for following instructions and reassuring them that everything’s going to be alright.
“My husband and I want to thank you for listening [to] your caregivers’ instructions and following CDC guidelines,” Melania, whose own husband is a senior citizen who doesn’t follow CDC guidelines, says at the top of the video.
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She continues, “These changes in our everyday living will not last forever and we’ll be able to visit with our loved ones soon again. Until then, I encourage you to stay in touch, keep your spirits high, and remember [that] all of America is working together to keep you healthy and safe.”
Greetings to our American seniors. The changes in our everyday lives will not last forever & we will be able to visit with our loved ones soon again. I encourage you to stay in touch, keep your spirits high & remember, all of America is working together to keep you healthy & safe pic.twitter.com/AMlhzsRK4Q
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 15, 2020
There are many ironies to the condescending video, but perhaps the most glaring one is that Republicans have been saying for weeks that senior citizens should sacrifice their lives for the good of the economy by letting younger people go back to work even as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the country, especially in nursing homes and elder care facilities.
Donald Trump himself said we can’t let the “cure” (practicing social distancing in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus and, in turn, save countless American lives) be worse than the problem (a stalled economy).
“We have to open our country because that causes problems that, in my opinion, could be far bigger problems,” Trump said late last month.
The response to the First Lady’s video has been swift and damning…
your husband is most definitely not working to keep them safe sorry
— ❤️the famous rick grimes❤️Dianne Wyntet (@ldiannew) April 15, 2020
Your husband want to sacrifice them… talk to him not to us
— Life is Beautiful (@Hablemos2019) April 15, 2020
You do know your husband is trying to kill the American seniors for money, right?
— Jenpocalypse17 (@Jenpocalypse17) April 15, 2020
Note to Seniors: Her husband is keeping your stimulus checks until his name is printed on them.
— Matthew Gellert (@MatthewGellert) April 15, 2020
Meanwhile Republican representative and governors are willing to sacrifice these same senior citizens to “open the economy.”
— David Power (@DavidPo63004202) April 15, 2020
Bill O’Reilly says seniors are on their last legs anyway. Thoughts?
— Alternative Fax (@daveblend) April 15, 2020
How soon is ‘soon’, and how do you know that? If all of America is working together, where are all the tests and equipment needed to put America back on the path to progress?Why has your husband surrounded himself w/an unqualified Cabinet who, together w/him, cannot form a plan?
— Molly Darden (@MollyDarden) April 15, 2020
People in your party think it’s ok to sacrifice the old to save the economy.
— BisonGal (@donnajay79) April 15, 2020
Oh ‘cmon Melania, at least change your outfit to make it look like you recorded these messages at different times or just release the entire package at once. Seriously, you’re the most annoyingly, empty-headed @FLOTUS ever.
— MapleMaven (@vstaff) April 15, 2020
American seniors are dead. That is definitely forever.
PS they won’t be hearing this message…
Because…
THEY ARE DEAD.
— StarForceHQ (@StarForceHQ1) April 15, 2020
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Josh447
Really would prefer to not see her face this often. Same W Trump/Pence the serial liars. No TV no news, fine with it. Why give serial liars one speck of attention? So they can do what they do best, lie?
Switched OFF.
Cam
Her office is panicking. They can’t believe that she is as unpopular as her husband. They keep trying to push out the phony, pre-written tweets with her stumbling through a teleprompter.
Oh, and can we PLEASE talk about how bad her fake tan and makeup is? She lives in a city that is just coming out of winter, and yet the spray on color looks like she’s trying to mimic the color of tea with milk.
Dunnedin
I’m sorry but Trump and his ilk haven’t been the only ones talking up the death of seniors. As one of those being mentioned I can’t count the number of times I’ve told by Millennials and Gen Zs, both gay and straight, that this is “The Boomer Flu” that will finally kill us off and get us out of the way.
Cam
Really? So in your day to day life you’e had more people than you can count come up to you and talk about how happy they”ll be if you die?
So back to Melania and the twitter dragging she so richly deserves.
Hussain-TheCanadian
Oooohhh my gawd, David Icke is right, we do have reptilians living amongst us!!
Who would look at Melania and not think shes a reptilian alien trying to pass as a human? You’ve all seen Mars Attacks……….poor baby got stuck with the worst covert operation possible, probably lost a bet, infiltrating the human race via marrying the donald.
Alex_S
Stepford Wives re-visited.
Chrisk
Ha. Stepford wives have more personality.
Chrisk
No. Ya dumb lying ho. Not all of America is working to keep you healthy and safe. The Orange Menace and everyone down wants your sacrifice for the good of the economy ie their industry donors.
RobF
Every speech, every platform from Melania rings hollow given her husband and his dreadful actions toward our country. In the immortal words of Helen Sinclair …. “Don’t speak!”
russellhm
And as we might have expected based on the actions of previous First Families, Melania, Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka have been eagerly helping out in food banks and in medical supply scenarios, sorting out materials to help First Responders, et al. And even delivering food to need families whose poverty makes every aspect of day-to-day life during a pandemic impossible.
The photos must be kept for fear of invading these generous Americans’ privacy.
clarice
Melanomia just brush him off like you usually do. You got the money you wanted now stfu.
joeboyle49
OK MELANIA YOU MEAN YOUR MOM AND YOUR HUSBAND ALSO?? BECAUSE THATS WHAT YOUR SAYING??
Mack
I’m a senior with pulmonary problems and I figured if I do the opposite of what Donald wants I’ll live. And right now I’m striving.