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The most plausible explanation for first lady Melania Trump’s out-of-the-blue address on the Jeffrey Epstein drama was that she was trying to make it go away.

But her stunning on-camera statement Thursday from the White House Cross Hall — the spot where her husband last week spoke to the nation about the Iran war — will almost certainly have the opposite effect.

“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump,” she said, in a statement that was all the more remarkable since there had been no widespread public speculation about the matter in recent days.

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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

My headcanon is that she loathes Trump, was hoping he'd be indicted, and this is her attempt at reviving the newscycle now that Iran had had a ceasefire when she made her announcement.

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know very little in this world, but one thing is for sure: she hates his ass. So yeah, you're 100% right.

She hates him as much as she's terrified she'd be nothing without him, which is true.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

She knows her endgame is being buried in an unmarked grave on a golf course.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

She may loathe Trump, but she is just as bad as he is.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have nothing to say in her defense, but I thought "damn that is a high bar to set."

[-] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

These pictures seem to imply that she was a victim of Epstein. I have my own opinion on this situation, but we should probably hold all of these women to the same standard.

[-] PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 weeks ago

No. Do not infantilize her. She is not a damsel in distress, she is an adult with a working brain who had enough time to recognize the incredible, incomparable amount of evil she caused and did. I can't believe this comment of yours is still a thing. I refuse to believe this attitude is still common in Blue MAGA. Don't you ever compare or put Melania Trump next to the real victims, what a massive insult to them.

[-] RedRibbonArmy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

There's a theory that Netanyahu made her do it to remind Trump if he leaves the war, then they're going to release some compromat.

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Streisand effect, they're so dumb both of em. Even if she probably was a victim at some point.

[-] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Right? Husband doesn't seem to achieve much but at least he successfully distracted from the files. Then she held a press conference talking about it. Unless she did it on purpose?

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This part is just wrong. He accomplished a lot. He disabled our systems. He created chaos rather than order and everyone is scrambling to bring order when the money behind the chaos is doing whatever the fuck they want.

Trump is a symptom of the system. The ruling class has us. They have for awhile. Now they are nickel and diming us until the bubble pops and they have to pay.

This was orchestrated by his supporters. But he's a fucking moron that just says shocking things.

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"I'm not Epstein's victim."

True, you are not a victim, you are a co-conspirator and deserve the same punishment as the rest of the pedophiles.

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

A good way to not be swept up in the Epstein Scandal would have been to NOT participate in the trafficking and sexual assault of dozens and dozens of children.

As far as I'm concerned, she can hang with the rest of the guilty.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's one thing that's so frustrating, it's like they're mocking us. They make it so obvious and I'm like what is going on is 95% of congress just OK with organized serial rape of children???

[-] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

When you start a war to distract from the Epstein files but the war goes so bad you go back to the Epstein files to distract from the war

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have to wonder if that was the intent the entire time. She hates her husband after all.

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No. There’s an issue between Melanie and that lady they deported. That lady threatened to tell secrets. So Melanie tried to get ahead of it.

Some people even think the snuff video the President posted was a warning to that lady

Edit: Melania. iOS keyboard…

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The.... What? What video did the Pedosident post?

[-] islandcoda42@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Our “president” posted a video of a woman being murdered with a hammer by an illegal immigrant.

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Did she really wanted to sweep it away?

Because her method was akin to trying to put out a fire by tossing a bucket of gasoline on it.

I feel like she either is too bmsumb to realise what she did or she might be trying to toss Donnie under a bus. It's just too stupid a "mistake" to make to revive the Epstein files with such a huge event

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck this person too, supported them all the way until she was the one who got hurt. But i suppose sometimes evil just loses because it eats itself and we can be grateful for those instances.

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