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What Is Melania's Strategy?

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mae13 Fri 10-Apr-26 04:19:00

Her out-of-the-blue announcement denying any connection with the late Jeffrey Epstein has certainly brought the whole scandalous mess back into the media spotlight.

The Iran-USA-Israel war had submerged the Epstein business but the First Lady's attention-grabbing speech has put her husband's friendship/involvement with a very rich, very convicted paedophile right back at the top of the agenda.

Is this her idea of defending her husband? Or has she got a more sinister motive?

It seems beyond bizarre.

AGAA4 Sun 12-Apr-26 14:11:37

Tucker Carlson had a lot to say on LK this morning. He's fallen out with Trump as he disagreed with the war.

Coffeedrinkingthinker Sun 12-Apr-26 14:09:43

I think its just a personal decision, based on who we are and what our mind wants to see.
Art galleries, although pleasurable can be a bit overpowering in their entirety.
Sometimes our mood influences our decision.

Maremia Sun 12-Apr-26 14:07:15

It's worth repeating, simply to know what is being said. And then you decide what to believe.

knspol Sun 12-Apr-26 14:01:29

Fallingstar

I agree that something else is about to be revealed and Melania is taking pre-emptive action.
Otherwise is a totally weird thing to do unless she does want to cause ructions for her husband. And I can understand that.

Listening to Tucker Carlson on the Laura K show this am it seems an unpleasant story about her connections to Epstein came out in 2 outlets after her broadcast. Then again is what he says worth repeating?

Truddles Sun 12-Apr-26 14:01:05

Honestly? Who cares? Jeez. Whatever these vile people say or do, does anyone believe a word? They get away with everything. They don’t give a stuff who says or thinks whatever about them. Just get on with your own lives. The rest is just noise.

imaround Sun 12-Apr-26 00:17:17

I thought I would share this gift article if anyone wants to read it. Sorry about the long link.

It was an interesting perspective from a person who claims to have spent countless hours looking at the people in the files.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/epstein-files-contacts-degrees/686265/?gift=kYV8mZWjw7R-0HxEZcTnYSPrS7SQBwRZyB5pVdLoxvI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Allira Sat 11-Apr-26 22:37:21

imaround

No, she isn't stupid. Clever as a fox, IMO. Though I seriously doubt her Einstein Visa.

Well, looking at the list of some who have been granted 'the Einstein visa', you don't have to have the brain of Einstein to be granted one.

imaround Sat 11-Apr-26 20:56:09

No, she isn't stupid. Clever as a fox, IMO. Though I seriously doubt her Einstein Visa.

Dickens Sat 11-Apr-26 19:27:22

petra

dotpocka

shes a s stupid as he is and thinks she will his job if he out of it
think usa does likeother counrty the ones that their spouses office when the kick the bucket or boket

Your calling her stupid 🤦🏼‍♀️

I believe this poster has had some considerable medical / health problems, the treatment for which might have affected cognitive ability. I won't say anymore about that, it's not my place to do it.

... however, whatever Melania's character traits - I don't think stupidity is one of them and I don't understand why people think that because she often looks somewhat vacuous / aloof or distant, that she's dumb. She's navigating a culture and language that's not native - in the spotlight. In fact, I've seen her on one occasion being more acutely aware of 'protocol' than her husband who appeared to not be paying attention during a-very-important ceremony!

petra Sat 11-Apr-26 19:07:07

dotpocka

shes a s stupid as he is and thinks she will his job if he out of it
think usa does likeother counrty the ones that their spouses office when the kick the bucket or boket

Your calling her stupid 🤦🏼‍♀️

Allira Sat 11-Apr-26 19:04:11

imaround

I had the opinion that she never wanted to be in the White House. And I don't blame her.

I actually felt bad for her during his first term when she got so much crap for staying in NY with Barron while he finished the school year. I would have done the same thing. She obviously loves her son, and at the very least tolerates her husband. Who cares if she loves him or is in it for the money. That isn't our business, IMO.

That does not absolve her of accountability if she had any idea of her husbands antics. Maybe she could pressure her husband to release the Epstein files to absolve both him and her? Maybe she is smart and that is what she is doing with this statement? hmm

Well, she was a child model and then 'discovered' at 16 although, reportedly, rebuffed advances made towards her.
Perhaps she remembers what it was like to be a child with predatory men making advances and has empathy with Epstein' s victims.

That does not absolve her of accountability if she had any idea of her husbands antics. Maybe she could pressure her husband to release the Epstein files to absolve both him and her? Maybe she is smart and that is what she is doing with this statement?
Yes, yes and yes?

Maremia Sat 11-Apr-26 18:58:53

I don't know enough about her to make a call on what this is about.
She had a jacket with something on it saying she didn't care? Anyone remember that?
This announcement seems out of character, and so I think it's a pre-emptive strike.

Dickens Sat 11-Apr-26 18:14:54

imaround

I had the opinion that she never wanted to be in the White House. And I don't blame her.

I actually felt bad for her during his first term when she got so much crap for staying in NY with Barron while he finished the school year. I would have done the same thing. She obviously loves her son, and at the very least tolerates her husband. Who cares if she loves him or is in it for the money. That isn't our business, IMO.

That does not absolve her of accountability if she had any idea of her husbands antics. Maybe she could pressure her husband to release the Epstein files to absolve both him and her? Maybe she is smart and that is what she is doing with this statement? hmm

Perhaps it's simply that she's afraid of what Amando Ungaro might say in relation to their shared time together as models during Epstein's heyday? She, Ungaro, is fighting for custody of her child and that's a potent motivator as I'm sure Melania will appreciate, as a mother.

It might though just be one of those odd occurrences which is never fully explained nor understood and quietly dropped by the media. Who knows.

Dickens Sat 11-Apr-26 17:58:25

... which includes them.

Dickens Sat 11-Apr-26 17:54:33

fancythat

It is what God says to do.
Love your neighbour as yourself.

It stops people going around hating each other.
Many benefits to that.

It is what God says to do.

I'm an atheist so don't obey his word. However, I do believe in the principle of it.

It doesn't though acquit the individual of accountability for their behaviour or their actions.

Allowing for the fact that both Trump and Hegseth indulge in bluster and rhetoric, I find it impossible to tolerate their disregard for the norms of civilised humanity and the laws which protect that.

They also have hate in their hearts, or wherever their emotions reside. The difference between mine and theirs is that I don't wish death, destruction, or carnage on those I perceive as my enemies.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 11-Apr-26 17:38:01

fancythat

Dickens

Smileless2012

I can't say I hate Trump Dickens but I do agree with everything you have posted.

Well - I suppose the hate is perhaps more for what he represents, he is after all himself a product of the environment in which he was raised.

Hate the sin. Love the sinner.

That’s pushing it a bit!

imaround Sat 11-Apr-26 16:11:08

I had the opinion that she never wanted to be in the White House. And I don't blame her.

I actually felt bad for her during his first term when she got so much crap for staying in NY with Barron while he finished the school year. I would have done the same thing. She obviously loves her son, and at the very least tolerates her husband. Who cares if she loves him or is in it for the money. That isn't our business, IMO.

That does not absolve her of accountability if she had any idea of her husbands antics. Maybe she could pressure her husband to release the Epstein files to absolve both him and her? Maybe she is smart and that is what she is doing with this statement? hmm

keepingquiet Sat 11-Apr-26 16:00:21

She made a rather vacuous documentary about herself- so maybe she is just vain and not very bright, is that better?

I don't see her as being very smart at all- maybe I may revise my opinion if I met her, which I never will so meantime I will go on the way she presents herself to me and the world.

Allira Sat 11-Apr-26 15:58:20

valdali

I don't know what she's ever done to be called silly or dim, not good taste in men to be sure, but same goes for a lot of smart women.
She did influence Trump to stop seperating families & detaining immigrant children in camps without either parent, at the beginning of his first term. Unless that was just a propoganda story.

I don't think it was just propaganda.

She probably has little influence on her husband and I always feel as if she's still there under sufferance. Certainly she's a smarter cookie than him.

valdali Sat 11-Apr-26 15:46:37

I don't know what she's ever done to be called silly or dim, not good taste in men to be sure, but same goes for a lot of smart women.
She did influence Trump to stop seperating families & detaining immigrant children in camps without either parent, at the beginning of his first term. Unless that was just a propoganda story.

Allira Sat 11-Apr-26 15:35:57

confused

dotpocka Sat 11-Apr-26 15:28:11

shes a s stupid as he is and thinks she will his job if he out of it
think usa does likeother counrty the ones that their spouses office when the kick the bucket or boket

Allira Sat 11-Apr-26 15:18:44

fancythat

It is what God says to do.
Love your neighbour as yourself.

It stops people going around hating each other.
Many benefits to that.

Could you tell Trump please.

fancythat Sat 11-Apr-26 15:17:41

It is what God says to do.
Love your neighbour as yourself.

It stops people going around hating each other.
Many benefits to that.

Iam64 Sat 11-Apr-26 13:35:50

I can’t see any benefit to hate the sin, love the sinner. Loving men who rape children won’t change things.
Loathe the crime, research and find effective ways to reduce it