Remember when Donald Trump said Melania and Barron would continue living in New York City until June, then relocate to Washington, D.C. at the end of the school year? Surprise! Turns out that was likely all a bunch of B.S.
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“They will reevaluate toward the end of the school year if they will keep this arrangement or if Melania and Barron will move to Washington,” a source close to the family tells US Weekly. “They could go either way right now. They will ultimately do what’s best for Barron.”
Forget America. Their priority is their kid.
How about we take this to the next level?
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CNN reports that if Melania and Barron choose to throw tradition to the wind and live in Manhattan rather than our nation’s capital, it will cost taxpayers at least $1 million per day. That’s $365 million dollars per year, totaling $1.4 billion over the course of four years.
All for a 10-year-old child.
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Last week, Trump told the New York Times that his wife and child would “come down on weekends”; however, they didn’t make the 200-mile trip last weekend, granted the airports in New York were a little hectic.
Despite showing little interest in being First Lady, the source assures Us Weekly that Melania is taking her new role very seriously.
“Melania is actively building her team, including hiring a chief of staff, a senior adviser and a social secretary, among other key positions,” the insider says. “While she is a mom first, she is very much embracing the role and responsibilities of First Lady.”
ingyaom
Even the Renoir painting is FAKE!
See the original in London:
http://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/what-on/exhibitions-displays/archive/renoir-at-the-theatre-looking-at-la-loge
SFHandyman
Good catch. The desk is a repro/fake also. It looked too kitsch. It wasn’t hard to find one. “Made in Spain” and less than a hundred years old.
http://www.sillafineantiques.com/french-louis-xv-style-gilt-bronze-kingwood-antique-bureau-plat-desk/
SFHandyman
Here is one on EBay. You can have an authentic Melania Trump desk for $15,000.
I’ve never believed he is a billionaire. Maybe he is just a bargain shopper.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-French-Rosewood-Bureau-Plat-Desk-c-1890-7718-/201121850922?hash=item2ed3cbe62a:g:Y9wAAOSwwNVTtdp~
Mo Bro
What does this have to do with gay issues? (not a thing)
How is Melania Trump relative to anything? (she’s not)
How is this article anything other than a personal hit piece? (that’s all it is)
This deranged obsession that tantrum-prone liberals have with debasing Mrs. Trump and her son has reached such extremes that the Secret Service should begin taking names. (they already have)
Boy gaga
Well, she’s married to a giant dick and and we gays love giant dicks. Does that make it relevant enough for you?
frickeepoo
It’s all just pent-up frustration and anger being directed at innocent people the same way we believe Trump is directing his bile at innocent peoples.
Kangol
So…is Trump or some of his billionaire Goldman Sachs appointees and supporters going to fork over that $365+ million to guard Trump Tower, FLOTUS and Barron? Is he pulling it out of the Social Security trustfund? Gutting Medicare and Medicaid to pay for it? Pulling out of thin air? Enquiring minds want to know.
Blackceo
If Michelle Obama had done something like this the Trumpanzee type Republicans would have freaked out and screamed “tax payer money”. Any time President Obama got on Air Force One or took a vacation the usual ReTHUGlican suspects were out in full force criticizing them. Meanwhile, he took less vacations than Bush, signed less executive orders than most other Presidents.
I honestly don’t even care if Melania wants to move to the White House. Michelle Obama made the role her own. Why can’t Melania do it from NY if its the best thing for Barron. If Barron is autistic as is speculated, the vastness of the White House and the many people in it may be something that is not appropriate for him and may cause him anxiety so I would certainly understand keeping him in familiar surroundings. The $365 million a year though is a lot. Trump claims to be so rich and isn’t taking the President’s salary so why can’t he just pay for it?
Kangol
Melania can do whatever she wants. But she or her hubby better fork over some $$$ for all the security costs of her doing her own thing. Just traveling near Trump Tower these days has become a bit of a logistical nightmare at times.
Heywood Jablowme
I don’t see how the $ figures refer specifically to Barron. No matter what Barron’s situation is, suppose he did move to DC and were “typical” enough to go to Sidwell Friends school like the Obama kids did, he’d still need Secret Service protection like any presidential kid. If Barron is home-tutored (is he?) that’s actually cheaper than guarding him at a school.
Probably the $ figures refer to guarding Trump Tower, which although it’s an unorthodox second presidential home, still is that. When the Trumps are away it still needs to be guarded.
But yeah it’s a double standard! The Republicans were always blasting how much Obama golfed, and Trump golfs far more than that (and even “wrote” a book about golf).
whatevz
the dumb gold-digging foreign escort would never live in a house black folk used to live in, but they are not racist
eightinchnail
Dimwit Donald has the same tacky taste in decor as those Middle Eastern dictators.
Brad
I am so disappointed with this post. In an adjacent post, you report how MISERABLE Melania is, as she never wanted this. That she is becoming a recluse. Which is it?
Leave Barron out of it. Leave him alone.
Which does the American public want? While I voted for Hillary, the American public voted for Donald Trump, AND ALL THAT CAME WITH IT. We do not have to like the mess we are in with the White House. We can worry about the state of affairs within our government today, we can be outraged at the lack of professional/organized/diplomatic/responsible things coming from the White House.
HOWEVER – This was known before he was elected. Melania was so defeated and shut down after the debacle of the first/only speech she gave, what did we all think would happen? She would bounce back the next day and come to the table with all the political savvy of veteran politicians? She is a New York wealthy socialite who (approve of it or not) enjoys a very certain lifestyle in a very niche group loving the arts/fashion in a town that celebrates this. That is who she is. We knew this. She is not a “Beltway insider” who bought into her husband’s political career many decades ago.
I grew up in DC. It has always been fair game to go after the president, and somewhat less so for the first lady. There has always been decorum, and a more gentle approach to the first lady, mostly dependent upon her involvement overall. FLOTUS Hillary Clinton was all – in, and Mrs. Carter very much less so. The press on each of them reflected this. Melania does not want the limelight. We all know this. We KNEW that neither one of them had an ounce of political experience.
THE ONE THING that was NEVER OK, was to put shit onto the children. That is just off limits. Barron seems to be a young man that may (or may not) have special needs, and this needs to be respected. She absolute SHOULD be able to stay in NY if she wants to keep consistency for a child who very well may need it. Anyone would do this for their child.
It is so unfair to use a phrase like ” All for a 10 year old child.” Yes. WE KNEW THIS when we as a country elected this man and all that comes with him into office. We should not be surprised when the new interior decorator turns the White House into a Golden Filigree Palace (probably will not), but WE KNEW THIS.
There are many things that a president has to pay for, many things surround family things like dry cleaning, and so many other mundane things. Protection by the Secret Service is something that comes with the office. It just comes along with it, and that is that. Flying two limousines or three over to another country is just is what is done. A President taking a vacation to Hawaii is indeed an expensive enterprise. It’s the President of the free world. It comes with the job.
Suck it up people. It’s fair if it’s what “we” as a nation elected as a President. I hate it also. But framing an issue around the young man is cruel and insensitive. Frame it around something else.