Who predicted about Melania?

[mbcdefg]

Nov 20, 2016 13:12:11 GMT -5 lovelovelove said:

I mentioned in another thread that I was listening to Diane Rhem the other day and the journalist panel was having trouble answering listener questions. This was one of the topics they had trouble with. The question was something about our tax dollars going to make Trump more money because of splitting time bt NYC and DC. The journalist sort of misinterpreted the question I think, comparing the situation to the secret service making improvements to GWB ranch to accommodate and how that increased the value of the property. The caller was actually asking about the government paying rent to Trump to house the Secret service, in addition to the improvements and cost of securing 2 residences. The journalist ended up leaving it at "interesting question, I hadn't thought of that and will have to do research".

Vox has an article about how Trump likely stands to make money off the Secret Service:
www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13641538/trump-plane-secret-service

[lilibet]

I am not at all surprised and I totally don't buy that it's for Barron. I feel like she probably has a very set social life in nyc (basically I'm picturing SATC or something) and there's no way she can do that in DC. But at least pull a Jackie and "move there" and then just go elsewhere all the time.

[tealblue]

The Obama's moved to DC with both their kids when he became president, right? I'm sure both kids were in school and transitioned just fine.

[rbp]

I had forgotten their kid's name for a minute and read that Melania was staying in NYC to be with BANNON   Because that would be juicy.

[lilibet]

Nov 20, 2016 14:07:14 GMT -5 rbp said:

I had forgotten their kid's name for a minute and read that Melania was staying in NYC to be with BANNON   Because that would be juicy.

I'm sure this will be a headline somewhere because you know the tabloids are going to be all over "Who was Melania seen with this week!? Is she cheating?!1"

[cookies]

Nov 20, 2016 12:11:44 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

Jackie Kennedy spent A Lot of time away from the WH. Jimmy Durante made a tag line out of it. "Goodnight Mrs. Kennedy, wherever you are!"
Eta I'm not excusing Melania, just to say there is precedent. People criticized Jackie too.

Stop being reasonable.

[4speedy]

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Nov 9, 2016 10:29:41 GMT -5 4speedy said:
I predict Melania chooses to stay in NYC with Baron under the guise that staying in his own home is best for her young son. Anyone want to make predictions as to the date when the first scandal about the secret service sneaking women into the whitehouse breaks?

are you referring to this post I created last week?

I think she will keep creating excuses to not move to D.C.  I think life in Washington is actually a step down from what she is used.  She'll show up to hostess the more glamorous events but I doubt if she'll be hosting the wives of the biggest donors for tea any time soon.

[4speedy]

So, the argument has always been that the immediate family of the sitting president needs security otherwise they could be kidnapped and used to coerce the sitting president into making decisions he otherwise wouldn't. So ignoring the fact that Trump doesn't appear to like Tiffany all that much, will she have a security detail in California or wherever she is? Is that yet another location that will need to be secured?it's been a while since we've had a president with adult children, what's the protocol for them?

[mich1]

Nov 20, 2016 12:16:26 GMT -5 josieposy said:

Yeah. How many military kids get that option to not move until they're ready?

Signed,
Bitter former military kid

Raises hand.

I moved 11 times before I got through elementary school.  First grade I started and finished at the same school was 6th.  

[Jalapeñomel]

Nov 20, 2016 16:15:02 GMT -5 mich1 said:

Nov 20, 2016 12:16:26 GMT -5 josieposy said:

Yeah. How many military kids get that option to not move until they're ready?

Signed,
Bitter former military kid

Raises hand.

I moved 11 times before I got through elementary school.  First grade I started and finished at the same school was 6th.  

Me too!


Melania must be shitting bricks, just terrified to have to socialize with politicos.

[gpw]

Nov 20, 2016 14:00:59 GMT -5 tealblue said:

The Obama's moved to DC with both their kids when he became president, right? I'm sure both kids were in school and transitioned just fine.

Why do I feel like they stayed in Chicago with Michelle's mom until the school year was over?  I could be misremembering, though.  I get not wanting to pull him out of his school, but I do think there are other options that not moving herself to the WH. Unless I'm right about the Obama girls and Melania is just showing us already how much better she is a being a mom.  

[toepick]

Nov 20, 2016 16:25:34 GMT -5 gpw said:

Nov 20, 2016 14:00:59 GMT -5 tealblue said:

The Obama's moved to DC with both their kids when he became president, right? I'm sure both kids were in school and transitioned just fine.

Why do I feel like they stayed in Chicago with Michelle's mom until the school year was over?  I could be misremembering, though.  I get not wanting to pull him out of his school, but I do think there are other options that not moving herself to the WH. Unless I'm right about the Obama girls and Melania is just showing us already how much better she is a being a mom.  

The girls started Sidwell Friends on January 5, 2009.  So even before the inauguration.  

[gpw]

Nov 20, 2016 16:28:08 GMT -5 toepick said:

Nov 20, 2016 16:25:34 GMT -5 gpw said:

Why do I feel like they stayed in Chicago with Michelle's mom until the school year was over?  I could be misremembering, though.  I get not wanting to pull him out of his school, but I do think there are other options that not moving herself to the WH. Unless I'm right about the Obama girls and Melania is just showing us already how much better she is a being a mom.  

The girls started Sidwell Friends on January 5, 2009.  So even before the inauguration.  

Thanks!  And that would have been the start of a semester, right?  It's not like moving him in October or April or something.  

[Jalapeñomel]

Nov 20, 2016 16:29:57 GMT -5 gpw said:

Nov 20, 2016 16:28:08 GMT -5 toepick said:

The girls started Sidwell Friends on January 5, 2009.  So even before the inauguration.  

Thanks!  And that would have been the start of a semester, right?  It's not like moving him in October or April or something.  

Our semester starts at the end of January, and I think many east coast schools follow a similar schedule. But I could be completely wrong.

[kaybee85]

@mx, she said pdq

[Dig Ophelia]

Nov 20, 2016 14:07:14 GMT -5 rbp said:

I had forgotten their kid's name for a minute and read that Melania was staying in NYC to be with BANNON   Because that would be juicy.

This needs to happen.  I mean, she's made a life out of slumming it with President Chump.  She's already in the gutter.

And while she's at it, she can Keep the entire intrusion* out of DC by keeping Cheeto and Putz in NYC as well.  
Barron is welcome to stay in the White House.  



*Did you know that the actual term for a grouping of cockroaches is called an "intrusion"?  

[dancetheblues]

Nov 20, 2016 12:11:44 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

Jackie Kennedy spent A Lot of time away from the WH. Jimmy Durante made a tag line out of it. "Goodnight Mrs. Kennedy, wherever you are!"
Eta I'm not excusing Melania, just to say there is precedent. People criticized Jackie too.

Durante's famous tagline was "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!" Not Mrs. Kennedy.

[auntie]

There is some buzz out there in Autismworld that young Barron is a fellow traveler. Super old dad, flat affect and rare sightings.

The school he attends currently touts itself as "a supportive, vibrant learning environment where teachers stay late to tutor and parents come early to connect. You’ll also find a place where each student’s unique needs and learning styles are met, and where social responsibility, citizenship, and good character are as important as intellectual success."

That could be a kind of ed-speak for a private special school.

It could also explain Melania's choice of anti-bullying as her FLOTUS project. And The Donald's ranting about vaccines and ASD in the past.

These quotes from Town & Country did little to dispel that rumor.

"Barron may only be nine, but he's already developing the exacting standards that are his heritage. While young Barron likes helicopters and cars, he absolutely will not stand for having them on his bedspread, preferring, "clean and white," according to mom Melania."

"Cetaphil shall not touch the skin of a Trump heir. In a move that's a little bit sweet and a little bit Mommy Dearest, mom Melania slathers son Barron head to toe in her Caviar Complex C6 moisturizer every night after his bath."

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/g2296/donald-trump-kids/

[rosiebear]

I don't see how speculation on Barron's possible diagnosis is helpful or kind. I say we lay off Barron entirely- the kid is 10 and didn't ask for any of this.

[DesertMoon]

Nov 20, 2016 19:20:29 GMT -5 auntie said:

There is some buzz out there in Autismworld that young Barron is a fellow traveler. Super old dad, flat affect and rare sightings.

The school he attends currently touts itself as "a supportive, vibrant learning environment where teachers stay late to tutor and parents come early to connect. You’ll also find a place where each student’s unique needs and learning styles are met, and where social responsibility, citizenship, and good character are as important as intellectual success."

That could be a kind of ed-speak for a private special school.

It could also explain Melania's choice of anti-bullying as her FLOTUS project. And The Donald's ranting about vaccines and ASD in the past.

These quotes from Town & Country did little to dispel that rumor.

"Barron may only be nine, but he's already developing the exacting standards that are his heritage. While young Barron likes helicopters and cars, he absolutely will not stand for having them on his bedspread, preferring, "clean and white," according to mom Melania."

"Cetaphil shall not touch the skin of a Trump heir. In a move that's a little bit sweet and a little bit Mommy Dearest, mom Melania slathers son Barron head to toe in her Caviar Complex C6 moisturizer every night after his bath."

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/g2296/donald-trump-kids/

Dude cetaphil is the bomb, she can kiss my cheaply moisturized ass

[OscarQ]

I remember the Obama's looking at schools for the girls. They toured a public school before deciding on Sidwell Friends. I remember the reports that it was strongly guided by the SS as the school has the right security and knew how to handle the first kids.

I can't imagine this not being a security issue for the SS. What a headache.

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 20, 2016 19:33:11 GMT -5 rosiebear said:

I don't see how speculation on Barron's possible diagnosis is helpful or kind. I say we lay off Barron entirely- the kid is 10 and didn't ask for any of this.

Right? The spotlight has surprisingly been kept off from him during his life so I can't fathom what he's dealing with now that he suddenly has national attention on him. I'd look petrified on TV as well.

I go back and forth between being angry at the colossal amount of money and manpower that will have to be spent to secure Trump Tower (plus the headaches for the area) and thinking he's 10 and if his mother thinks it's best for him to finish the school year here, then fine. Even though the Obamas did move, I remember there was consideration of them doing something similar.

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Nov 20, 2016 19:58:44 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Nov 20, 2016 19:33:11 GMT -5 rosiebear said:

I don't see how speculation on Barron's possible diagnosis is helpful or kind. I say we lay off Barron entirely- the kid is 10 and didn't ask for any of this.

Right? The spotlight has surprisingly been kept off from him during his life so I can't fathom what he's dealing with now that he suddenly has national attention on him. I'd look petrified on TV as well.

I go back and forth between being angry at the colossal amount of money and manpower that will have to be spent to secure Trump Tower (plus the headaches for the area) and thinking he's 10 and if his mother thinks it's best for him to finish the school year here, then fine. Even though the Obamas did move, I remember there was consideration of them doing something similar.

I get that letting him finish the school year could be reasonable, but Donald Fucking Trump should have considered that before running. Providing security for a high rise building in the middle of Manhattan is so different than providing security for a single family home, even in a densely populated city like Chicago.

[penguingrrl]

Nov 20, 2016 20:11:39 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Nov 20, 2016 19:58:44 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Right? The spotlight has surprisingly been kept off from him during his life so I can't fathom what he's dealing with now that he suddenly has national attention on him. I'd look petrified on TV as well.

I go back and forth between being angry at the colossal amount of money and manpower that will have to be spent to secure Trump Tower (plus the headaches for the area) and thinking he's 10 and if his mother thinks it's best for him to finish the school year here, then fine. Even though the Obamas did move, I remember there was consideration of them doing something similar.

I get that letting him finish the school year could be reasonable, but Donald Fucking Trump should have considered that before running. Providing security for a high rise building in the middle of Manhattan is so different than providing security for a single family home, even in a densely populated city like Chicago.

To be fair, it's clear that Trump doesn't connect actions with consequences. He had no idea that if he won the popularity contest he would actually be required to serve as leader of the free world. It never dawned on him that winning wasn't the end of the pageant.

[auntie]

[AndyCohen]

I don't know, I would feel differently if she wanted to stay in some house in the country or more remotish suburbs. But this is a fucking nightmare for NYC especially with trump tower being in the middle of the city on 5th avenue. Buses have been messed up for weeks. People's commutes that used to take 30 minutes now take an hour. This is not something that can be maintained because they don't want to pull a fucking 10 year old out of school.

[anlo]

Total speculation, but I wonder how much autonomy Melania actually has in this decision. I can easily imagine Trump telling her to stay put in NYC and her going along with it no matter the reason.

[kicks]

Nov 20, 2016 19:20:29 GMT -5 auntie said:

There is some buzz out there in Autismworld that young Barron is a fellow traveler. Super old dad, flat affect and rare sightings.

The school he attends currently touts itself as "a supportive, vibrant learning environment where teachers stay late to tutor and parents come early to connect. You’ll also find a place where each student’s unique needs and learning styles are met, and where social responsibility, citizenship, and good character are as important as intellectual success."

That could be a kind of ed-speak for a private special school.

It could also explain Melania's choice of anti-bullying as her FLOTUS project. And The Donald's ranting about vaccines and ASD in the past.

These quotes from Town & Country did little to dispel that rumor.

"Barron may only be nine, but he's already developing the exacting standards that are his heritage. While young Barron likes helicopters and cars, he absolutely will not stand for having them on his bedspread, preferring, "clean and white," according to mom Melania."

"Cetaphil shall not touch the skin of a Trump heir. In a move that's a little bit sweet and a little bit Mommy Dearest, mom Melania slathers son Barron head to toe in her Caviar Complex C6 moisturizer every night after his bath."

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/g2296/donald-trump-kids/

As much as most of us hate cheeto and even melania to an extent, this is shitty. Especially coming from someone who loves to spout out advice to those with kids with different needs/abilities. There are plenty of celebrity kids with "rare sightings" wtf. 

[penguingrrl]

auntie it's really disturbing that you would pass on rumors like this. Unless the Trumps come forward saying it this is nasty speculation about an innocent child.

[One Girl In All The World]

Nov 20, 2016 20:39:23 GMT -5 anlo said:

Total speculation, but I wonder how much autonomy Melania actually has in this decision. I can easily imagine Trump telling her to stay put in NYC and her going along with it no matter the reason.

This is what I think. Cheeto wants to keep her under the thumb of his "normal" people.

And gross re: the speculation about the kid.