Melania Trump gave her final address as First Lady of the United States in a short, emotionless video posted to her Twitter page yesterday.
Mrs. Trump kicked off the icy farewell speech with a lie.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as First Lady of the United States,” she said. This was followed by six minutes of empty platitudes and self-aggrandizement.
Without any hint of irony, she also lectured people on appealing to their better angels by being kind to others and choosing love over hatred.
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“Do not lose sight of your integrity and values,” Melania said in a robotic monotone. “Use every opportunity to show consideration for another person and build good habits into your daily lives.”
She concluded the message with another lie.
“No words can express the depth of my gratitude for the privilege of having served as your First Lady,” she said. “To all the people of this country: You will be in my heart forever.”
A Farewell Message from First Lady Melania Trump pic.twitter.com/WfG1zg2mt4
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) January 18, 2021
Evidently, however, Melania’s call for others to “show consideration” to their fellow citizens doesn’t apply to her.
Last week, it was reported that she hadn’t reached out to incoming first lady Jill Biden, nor did she have any plans to.
For the last 100 years, during administration changes, the outgoing FLORUS has invited the incoming FLOTUS to the White House for tea and a tour of the family quarters.
“We have not heard from the First Lady’s office,” Michael LaRosa, spokesman for Dr. Biden, confirmed last week.
And now, the responses to Melania’s farewell speech…
I really don’t care, do you?
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) January 18, 2021
Upgrade loading… (99% complete) pic.twitter.com/NPkYHVlTsx
— Ryan Meder (@ryanmederATL) January 18, 2021
I’m so beyond thrilled your reign as first lady is toast. Good riddance and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
— Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) January 18, 2021
This is how your name will always be remembered. Your family must be so proud. pic.twitter.com/KP28hxDuy8
— G (@giancarloqui1) January 18, 2021
1 day, 20 hours, 4 minutes,
36 secondsuntil Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 12:00:00 noon (Washington DC, District of Columbia time) pic.twitter.com/lsAYUDYlrd
— Laura Apollo (@lauraapollo) January 18, 2021
Peace out, birther Einstein. May you swim in the shame of apathy for the remainder of your aging.
— Rob Anderson 🇺🇸 (@RobAnderson2018) January 18, 2021
A beautiful tradition–the current First Lady invites the incoming First Lady to the White House for a visit. Party plays no role. Melania broke that tradition by not inviting the incoming First Lady to the White House. “BE BEST” pic.twitter.com/oI6NgxjZfk
— Northern Lights (@dajeaner) January 18, 2021
After the Obamas were so gracious to you when your husband was elected, the fact you are not reciprocating and following tradition to show the world our peaceful transfer is your horrific legacy
— Rhonda (@RhondaCM) January 18, 2021
Thanks, Melania. We did choose love. Bye.
— DJ Qualls (@TheOnlyDJQualls) January 19, 2021
Farewell and good riddance to Melania Trump, who has been the most useless First Lady in American history.
She never had any real interest in the job. Her passion was fashion and looking the part. She brought nothing to the table and #BeBest was a joke. She will not be missed. pic.twitter.com/UHTOygfaKu
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) January 18, 2021
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Cam
Any other former model can show evidence of her previous work. There is evidence, pictures, catalogues, old ads, etc.
Funny how the woman that right wing media said was a “suerpmodel” can’t show any single picture of any modeling work she did except for a bottom barrel porn magazine that some say, escorts use as a calling card.
Combine that with the fact that Melania lied about graduating, lied about her visa, lied about speaking 5 languages, mocked kids in cages, and amplified a racist lie about Obama.
No wonder she never wanted to meet Dr. Biden, a woman with no accomplishment outside of being able to lie under Trump once in a while without vomiting doesn’t want to be around a woman who has accomplished great things.
JustLarry
I totally agree! It will be refreshing to have a First Lady who doesn’t exaggerates her accomplishments. I mean we will have an actual Doctor in there!
Cam
@JustLarry
Yes troll, we will. Since after all, medical doctors appropriated the title from the academic title. But isn’t is interesting how enraged Republicans like you get about a woman who’s accomplished something and try to drag her down, and then with a woman like Melania, who’s accomplished nothing, you lie and give her accomplishments she didn’t actually have. Let me know when Donny or Melly get themselves a PHD.
But keep on trying troll!
Den
@JustLarry
Though it is obvious to everybody here that you are too dull to understand; the history and use of the honorific Doctor for those who have earned their doctorate in a multitude of academic fields has been covered exhaustively in the media. They have had to cover it because of children like you who somehow think their lack of education and native stupidity is a badge of honor.
It might have kinda/sorta been during the Trump years when ignorance and blind adulation to a fool was seen as a virtue. But that was an aberration in our history, and now the willfully and proudly stupid (like you) will be laughed at as they should be.
JustLarry
Oh my GOSH! Cam that is not what I was saying. It’s just that the role of First Lady is of vital importance. I didn’t just vote for a President, I also voted for his wife.
Cam
@JustLarry
Awww, sweetie, how cute, the troll account got called out and now tries to backpeddle.
You may be worse at trolling under this screename than you are under the names Roy Ajax or Openminded.
As I said before, your troll game is old and boring.
JustLarry
@Den
Den, I am absolutely on your side, I too abhor when ignorance and blind adulation to a fool, or even a couple of fools, is seen as a virtue.
Openminded
And once again Cam has me on his mind while he has one hand on his boner.
Cam
@Openminded
Remember how I told you that no matter what screename you’re under, “Roy Ajax”, “Just Larry”, “Caddy”, etc… it really exposes you when you keep posting under your own posts to attack the responders.
Your trolling game is really really bad.
HankHarris
because she was hooker. And I don’t say that in a demeaning way – I respect sex workers (more than I respect her).
Mister P
Either someone else wrote that speech or she plagiarized it.
jayceecook
She plagiarized herself. Many people have pointed out that a good majority of the speech was copy+pasted from previous speeches she gave. Other than the woe-is-me BS she obviously couldn’t be bothered to come up with anything remotely new to say.
Den
I saw that!
Amazing that after her stealing lines from M. Obama’s speech she wouldn’t realize all her speeches would be examined. Either she simply does not care, or she feels that her husband’s base is to stupid to notice or both.
Neither she nor Donald are the sharpest tools in the shed. Neither really had the minimum intellect for the positions they were in.
@dusyk
Melonoma be best bye bye
dannysax
To be fair, I researched the Be Best foundation and it did some good in the world, and she made trips abroad and to Native Americans to foster it. I think she had to get involved in something like this so she could try to forget about having to live with a narcissistic megalomaniac! Sometimes doing activities to take you away from a living situation helps keep one’s sanity. YES, I agree that if she did the proper thing and met with Jill Biden, it would make her words seem more authentic and believable. More than likely, it was her husband who warned her not to do that or have anything to do with the “election-stealing” family. Anyway, the last I heard was that she was separating from the Con-in-chief after leaving the Whitehouse. Wise choice, Melania!
Cam
Except none of that is true.
The foundation didn’t do anything, and Melania has mocked kids in cages and promoted racist conspiracy theories. I get that people keep wanting to rehab her image, but it’s not going to happen.
JustLarry
@dannysax
I’m with Cam! Because I hate Melania I will never give her credit for anything she did, but claim it’s all a lie! She personally grabbed those poor children at the border and threw them into the rusty cages and nothing you say will make me think rationally!
Openminded
And here comes the claim from Cam that I made the above post.
jayceecook
I much preferred “Melania’s” farewell she gave on Colbert’s show. That “Melania” I’m going to miss.
Den
It is funny how at first people tried to see Melania as a tragic figure trapped in an unfortunate marital choice (or a gold dig gone bad by a proverbial “whore with a heart of gold”). Over time it became clear that she was a true and literal “partner in crime,” proudly lying and grifting along side him.
We will never know why she refused to hold his hand those few times, but it was not because she is a good person inside, you can be certain of that.
Cam
Just because somebody doesn’t like an a**hole, doesn’t mean that they aren’t an a**hole also.
amanwithanedge
she’s so ridiculous. oh my God.
NateOcean
Sometimes the trailer-trash lives in mobile homes; sometimes they come from 5th Avenue.
JB
What’s “FLORUS”?
Essie
Jill Biden is 10 or more years older than Mel and she is SO MUCH PRETTIER and actually looks younger!! She’s natural and happy. Perhaps it’s because she doesn’t have to wake up every morning to a fat, old, nasty creature and pretend to like him.
HankHarris
Actually, plastic surgery doesn’t really make you look younger….
ARTmark
No worries…(A) Jill’s already been in The White House MANY times and (B) If she needed to, she could just call up Michelle Obama to show her around…