Two more fashion designers have come forward to say that they are open to dressing Melania Trump as First Lady. Carolina Herrera told Page Six, “Of course I will, as the first lady of this country I will. Of course. It is an honor to dress the first ladies of the country and it’s something to do for the United States. It’s not for myself. It’s for the public.” Which is sort of a bold way to think of fashion design, as a service to the country? Jean Paul Gautier also said words about how if Melania wanted him to dress her, he would, and how he thought Melania was “better dressed than Hillary.” I disagree, but whatever. I think the list of designers who refuse to work with the Trumps is longer than the Trump-fashion-appeasers list, but I expect that to change in the coming months.
Meanwhile, the normalization of the Trumps continues unabated. Us Weekly put Melania on their cover this week, and the story is all about her life in New York… the life that she’s not going to give up any time soon.
If Manhattan’s Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School is in session, then Melania Trump is going to be there to pick up or drop off Barron, the 10-year-old son she shares with President-elect Donald Trump. And, oh yes, she’s going to be looking good while she does it! The 46-year-old former model regularly rolls up to the school in a chauffeured Cadillac Escalade, security and all, and “comes in full hair and makeup,” sources said in the new issue of Us Weekly. Right now, Melania’s world revolves around Barron, which is why mother and son will remain at their home in Trump Tower in NYC at least until he can finish the school year — reportedly a decision that she made.
“Barron is the priority for now,” Melania told the magazine in January. “He needs me at this age.” Melania, who has said that she doesn’t employ a nanny, proclaims to be “very involved in [Barron’s] life.”
During the school day is the time for Melania to work on her own projects, such as the jewelry line she once designed for QVC. She also makes time to watch her favorite show, How to Get Away With Murder, and to call Donald, since the avid Twitter user doesn’t text or FaceTime, according to the story (!). Afternoons are filled with homework and after-school programs, while dinners, at least when Donald is home, are about a gourmet meal prepared by the family’s private chef.
“We love to catch up on our daily life and have dinner,” Melania said. “When you’re together and you have great conversation, it’s priceless.”
Melania is likely to stay home at night. Stylist Phillip Bloch, an acquaintance of the Trumps, said, “Melania’s not a big social girl.”
Still, people who know the native Slovenian expect her to excel at hosting dinners and other events in Washington, D.C.
“Melania is an incredible hostess,” a family friend told Us Weekly. “She does everything from orchestrating intimate dinners to bigger things.”
The magazine reports that an aide of former first lady Laura Bush is helping Mrs. Trump to find an experienced social secretary to help. However, she turned to another president’s wife for advice on raising a child in the White House: Michelle Obama.
Why are we even talking about Melania’s White House staff when she’s not moving into the White House any time soon, if she ever does? My guess is that for much of the next year, Melania will barely even be in DC. So maybe we should be talking about the staff Ivanka will use when she’s the de facto FLOTUS.
Photos courtesy of Getty, cover courtesy of Us Weekly.
Melania looks just like me when I see someone down the road who is waving in my direction and I can’t figure out who they are.
So I squint and squint and SQUINT and then I finally realize who they are or how much I don’t care for them!
This comment made me laugh. Perfect.
Even if you don’t like her husband there’s no need to make cruel comments about her physical appearance. Perhaps she cannot help the squinting or there is a logical biological reason for it. Also, she can wear a pot on her head to take her kid to school for all I care. That is her deal and she is a loving mother who is looking out for her son’s welfare.
Give me a break on the pity. She paid big bucks for that repulsive squint!!! And she’s married to someone who insults everyone and has no problem with it so why does it matter who insults her.
yasssss putting the “bitchy” into “celebitchy”.
@sabrine
That’s bad eye surgery
Sabrine… I genuinely thought that comment was funny. I wasn’t trying to make fun of her… Well, maybe a little about her expression. But I kind of do the same about Will smith’s son (I think he’s handsome but he’s always got that stupid expression on his face). Anyway, didn’t mean to offend. I have nothing against her…
She knew that that amount of facial plastic surgery would make her eyes squint-like cat-like. Perhaps she even wanted it like that.
@Sabrine, you didn’t read rule book.
It’s always ok to say mean things about anyone on the right.
That’s not EVER to be considered cruel, that’s just good natured fun!!
See?
This woman – like Ivanka, Jr, and Eric – has been one of his greatest supporters and apologists. She has plagairized and lied. Now she’s demanding special treatment, because she doesn’t want to move. She is fair game. They are all horrible people. I have no sympathy for any of them.
LOL
She does that squinting thing in all her posed photo’s. Why would you do that?
It’s a result of Botox or surgery around the eyes. The surgery pulls the skin taut enough that it alters the shape of the eyes and changes the motion the way muscle shifts around the eye when you move your face, creating that “frozen” look. I think people have a right to do with their body as they want, but…it’s not a look I’d personally pursue, if you get my drift.
I don’t understand how someone who is 46 is pulled so tight. I’m the same age and I don’t have enough sag in my skin to create a cat face.
ETA what is up with the part in her hair? I assume she wears a wig.
You have to understand the poor thing is competing with her stepdaughter for the attention of the man she chose to marry, wasn’t even a double dog dare. Bet her and donald got to bed in full makeup, of course in separate beds. I wouldn’t go to a worm wrestle with this women…….Michelle where art thou, let your positive energy stay in that big house and penetrate these heathens.
I think the donald once said that 35 is his sell by date, so she’s running on borrowed time.
Suzanne, a girl after my own heart. I have become e. e. cummings since the election. I refuse to capitalize that man’s name. My way of protest, immature but it works for me.
Being 46 she is on thin ice with her devoted husband. Melania is now is by far the oldest wife he’s ever had.
Ha, Nancy! I always do that, too! Capitals signify importance, and I refuse to apportion any to detestable people.
She does! There’s a meme going on on twitter for a couple of weeks saying that, and it’s so accurate.
HahahahahHa
Jennifer Lopez uses “the squint”, too. However, she always does it while mouth-breathing.
Melania may NOT have a nanny, but I’m sure she has a chef, a chauffeur, and maids. So, yes, she can give her time to her child. But don’t make it sound like a sacrifice.
And she has a make up artist and hair stylist that fixes her up before those drop offs to school!
And let’s be honest: my son at 10 adored me, but he certainly didn’t want to spend every free moment with me and it’s VERY unhealthy to do so. And that poor kid looks like the unhappiest child I have ever seen. Something ugly is up in that household.
I think it’s supposed to be sexy.
It’s not working out the way she planned.
I will never get used to/not want to puke seeing this woman’s face. Makeup or no.
I wonder if her husband had a major say in her surgeries. Always thought she somewhat resembles a younger, more attractive female version of him. I actually found a photoshopped photo, “what Trump would look like if he was attractive”, and they looked like brother and sister side by side.
Her father looks like Trump’s twin brother also, it’s uncanny!
Hahaha LOVE it!!!!
I have a friend who works from home yet is in full hair and makeup every day. Some women are just like that. I , on the other hand, don’t see the point of wearing a full face ever day.
I work from home, and while I don’t do the full shebang every day, I do make an effort. If you don’t, it’s really easy to fall into bad habits.
I’m retired and have fallen happily into horrible habits. I wear PJs and a robe all the time, haven’t put on makeup in years, and my hair is a joke.
Syko and MTL, I’m the same. I’ll put a smidgen of makeup on if going out, but only for something special, but let me tell you, I also take baby wipes and that gunk is off my face before I’m back in the car.
My best friend is the complete opposite – full face, every day, no matter what. She once walked to my house at 9:30pm, to pick up some paracetamol for her hubby. I had the porch lights on, and told her to come in, but she stood back, away from the light. I asked why. She said she’d just had her bath, had cleansed her face, and didn’t want me to see her without makeup. We are best friends – more like sisters, really – and that made me a little bit sad.
I chuckled at your comment, because of how different we all are. I wear make-up and do my hair for work, but the women I most admire the most in the world have zero f’s to give about their hair and make-up. Think of Lily Tomlin in Frank and Gracie.
I think bad habits are about not being true to yourself; I don’t think they have anything to do with putting on make-up and doing your hair.
AnnaKist (love the name) I’ve known a few women like that, the saddest was the one who would make sure she woke up at least an hour before her partner so she could ensure she had her full face on. They dated for a year and he never once saw her without makeup.
I work from home as well and I never make an effort, lol. No joke, if I don’t have to go anywhere or see anyone I just throw on a robe. That said, if I am going out then I always have makeup on, and my hair is usually done too.
I’m retired and never bother with makeup any more but I do get dressed and comb my hair. Going around in PJs all day has too many connotations of being sick in bed.
Same.
I don’t see the point, unless it’s sort of required for work…..
I think the last time I wore makeup and went to a hairdresser was for my wedding. And that was about 5 years ago.
I couldn’t even think of why I should. My husband doesn’t surely put anything on his face to go to work, why should I do it to go food shopping?
If people don’t like to look at my make-up free face, they can turn their look elsewhere.
I can actually understand more if people like Melania (public figure, under scrutiny) do it rather than anyone else who is not at that level and do it for the others.
If it’s done for yourself, go for it.
If it’s done for a stereotype, give up already.
A full face – are you people for real? Apparently NOT.
I used to do it all the time – well, full face makeup, not hair. (My sister was the opposite – ALWAYS spent time on the hair, wore minimal makeup.) It wasn’t a necessity – I just did it because makeup was a fun hobby for me. Putting on a full face felt a little like dressing like a high powered professional for a day at work. My last year of college, though, it’s been minimal to no makeup simply because I just didn’t have the time between two jobs and five classes. It is time consuming, no doubt about that.
“During the school day is the time for Melania to work on her own projects, such as the jewelry line she once designed for QVC. She also makes time to watch her favorite show, How to Get Away With Murder, and to call Donald”
Wow. What a story. *eye roll*
How many times does she re-watch How to Get Away with Murder? The show is only an hour long and it is only on once a week.
She probably takes notes for future reference.
She needs to plan carefully. The cops always look at the spouse first.
Not understanding the plot or characters, she has to watch it multiple times…in between her highly-effective efforts against internet bullying.
Comeon, she doesnt watch that show. Trump says what he likes but Melania is scripted down to have blouse choices. Her handlers figure that even her tv choices need to endear her to demos Trump isnt hitting. educated women, minorities and democrat voters.
Well now, heres a show produced by a black woman who is also an active democrat. It stars an older dark skinned actress who sometimes appears without makeup and features explicit gay sex scenes. Hmmm…I wonder why she claimed to be a viewer.
I couldn’t believe I just read that either. The woman who is soon to be the First Lady makes time to watch her favorite tv shows and calls her husband? Because she has no job so what else is she going to do? I can’t stop laughing.
well is not like they can actually put in this fictitious as is “calendar” Massage with Fabio from 3-5, Tuesdays is Spa day. I’m saying it here and now no one is about to convince me that Botox/discreet surgery/ gilded crap and sexy massage guys is NOT how she endures the calvary of being married to a sentient flesh blob in a cheap suit, truly don’t even try
Seriously And acting like she is some kind of Supermom because she rides along in the limo to drop off and pick up her 10 year old at school? Wow what an inspiration.
Well…she married to be a trophy wife, probably had no idea she would end up being the FLOTUS
Omg QQ, I can always count on you to say it so oerfectly that I don’t even have to post! “Sentient flesh blob” especially got me.
I’m so glad the young girls of America finally have a First Lady to look up to. Forget lawyers Michelle and Hillary or librarian Laura, our new First Lady watches HTGAWM and works on a now defunct jewelry line that no one actually wants and then has the all important call to Donald to round out her day. That’s inspirational right there, can’t wait for all our girls to want to grow up to be trophy wives.
You can go back further because even though Barbara Bush didn’t have an official career, she still did a lot of charity work, and Nancy Reagan did as well. Melania is a pampered princess who has never contributed to society despite all her privilege.
Susannah, lmao. And now I’m going to cry because I’m sure the deplorables do indeed think she is a role model and Michelle Obama is the devil.
Melania does not deserve to be bashed. She is a mom who drops off and picks up her kid from school and is waiting for the school year to end before moving. Sounds pretty normal to me. I would be in full make up too if crowds were watching my every move.
Sorry, Lisa, but this woman does not get a pass from me for waiting until the school year to move Barron to another (posh, private) school. Her husband will be the commander in freaking chief – who is the head of our military!! – and will be asking military families to up and pack up to move bases in the middle of the school year. It’s ridiculous that she is being held up as a wonderful mother bc she won’t move to the White House. It is NOT OK.
@Lisa, and because Melania doesn’t want to move him, we get to pay for TWO full time residencies secured. Plus, his school. And I bet you she is NEVER moving to DC. I bet she hates Donald.
But really, she should think about this, because it’s very hard to keep a tower safe from an attack from the air and it’s very hard to keep NYC city blocks safe for a limo to take this boy to school. The Secret Service must be having nightmares right now!!!
It is horrifying first time in my life I am ashamed of what our FLOTUS will represent (current FLOTUS she is everything we should bow down to Michelle) but the next one, I mean really. Married a man for money, has no career, doesn’t take the responsibility of FLOTUS seriously, isn’t involved in charities or social work. She loves her son well great I would hope a mother does.
No child should look up to the incoming first family which is a disgrace because we all can admire our current.
@Lisa YES SHE DOES NEED TO BE BASHED!!! That waiting for the end of the school year that you find so admirable is costing ME and my fellow citizens of NYC millions that we have had to take away from programs we NEED like:
additional beds for homeless
free meals for kids at school who otherwise wouldn’t eat
MTA improvements
I could go on and on so unless you personally want to foot the bill for her over entitled selfish butt who REFUSES TO WORK as FLOTUS then shhh. I will bash the woman all day I am paying more for her now then Donald!
That is embarrassing. QVC, her favorite tv show and calling her husband.
What a schedule.
I am exhausted just reading about it. 🙄
Duchess Kate looks like a workhorse compared to Melania!!!
She seems very lazy, she doesnt even want to be First lady in my opinion, because that would be too much hard work for her, she just wants to continue to be arm candy for that douche of a husband she married, she had no intention of wanting to be first lady, which should be an honour for somebody who wasnt even born in the US, and as an emigrant she could do alot for people to aspire to.
I know, I choked on my lunch on those lines. That was some serious trolling by the writer of the article, I think. And I LOVE IT.
But the key point is here:
>Melania is likely to stay home at night. Stylist Phillip Bloch, an acquaintance of the Trumps, said, “Melania’s not a big social girl.”
In other words, no one in NY society is receiving this woman or inviting her to their soiree/dinner/box at the opera… so of course she wears full makeup for the school run, it’s the only time she sees people other than family or employees.
That was my thought, too. These school runs comprise the highlight of activity for her day: of course she dresses for them.
She’s not like me, who keeps some powder, blush and eyeliner in my desk drawer for the days (50%) that I was running too late (after coralling the dog , feeding the cat, dressing the munchkin, packing her lunch and cooking and feeding her breakfast) to do makeup before work.
I picture her doing her make-up seated on an ugly gold stool in front of an ugly gold-framed mirror, playing “Eye of the Tiger” and psyching herself up for the grueling school run. “you’re fierce, M! don’t worry about the 30-something moms or the au pairs! you’ve GOT this!!!!”
Eye of the Tiger! Oh, that’s perfect! Something like Zoolander’s brainwashing spa, only self inflicted! Empowerment, Trump style!
Lol! What a story! I know, right? No wonder she wants nothing to do with Washington D.C., or the White House!
I’m always so impressed at women who have the time and energy to get up so early every morning and do their hair and make-up. I was at the airport yesterday morning at 5.30am and there were so many women who looked so beautiful and glamourous. Meanwhile, I looked and felt like a zombie. How do they do it? And by that, I mean how do the women without access to maids, chauffeurs, private chefs, and personal assistants do it.
I have straight hair and luckily it looks good even if I just woke up (my secret is in the hairdo not the blow dry) and I have now mastered the art of eyeliner+mascara+blush+gloss in under 5 minutes. I am a makeup ninja.
I don’t look Vogue-ready but it certainly looks like I have made an effort.
As a makeup lover I can tell you it’s no biggie if you love it. And it takes 10 min tops. There are such great products these days, you can look great in even less than 10 min. That’s not a full face with eyeliner and such but still. For me personally, it’s worth the time in the morning because it feels like the “official” start of my day, so to speak. When I wear makeup, that means it’s time to get busy. I’m only responsible for myself though, no kids or anything.
” There are such great products these days, you can look great in even less than 10 min. That’s not a full face with eyeliner and such”
Wharrr? Even for formal events, I cant imagine spending longer than five minutes on makeup. Seriously. Moisturise face, mascarra, eye liner, lipstick, dust face. Out the door. Are you including putting hair up or something?
@Ramona, “not a full face” means different things for different folks. Eyeshadow? Bronzer? Highlighter? Brows? Fake lashes? Maybe she has a complicated skincare regime that includes more than just one moisturiser?
I’m firmly in the less is more camp when it comes to makeup (more out of laziness than anything else), but hey, if someone wants to take “longer than five minutes” to get ready for a formal event, or heck, even if it’s just for everyday makeup, that’s perfectly fine and incredibly awesome.
Wash face, liquid exfoliant, serum, moisturizer, foundation, mascara, brows, powder, blush. Sun screen in the summer. That takes 10 min because if I want the foundation to last, I have to wait 1-2 min before I slap on the foundation. Also, I’m not setting a stop watch so it’s not a matter of how quick can I possibly be.
To me, a full face is for going out. It can – but doesn’t have to – include a nice red lip which does require a bit more effort. Or eyeshadow.
Thanks for responding. Wow. Thats…..committment. Keep doing your thing, lady.
To me fundation + blush is a full face of makeup.
10-15 mins is a good amount of time for me as well, I’m also VERY VERY good at car makeup I like to lotion up and serum up home ( cause I believe in skin care, i’ve taken my own skin from ZTHE WORST to “I CAN not wear makeup ever and look even BUT mama likes” but I then like for every day a CC cream (color correcting for hyperpigmentation and sunblock in one), spot conceal, powder and blush … ALWAYS A LIP and Mascara… If im feeling fancy I’ll do a wee highlighter or work on doing a little chocolate tones eyeshadow.. or a cat eye!, I like looking put together, today for example, my boss is back in town and I look straight up like I’m going to my third Husband’s funeral and then schutpping Husband #4 in the repast … Trust me, is a mood!
What’s a serum for your face?
Is moisturizer really counted as make-up? I use moisturizer to prevent dry skin. I see it as a necessity, not really as make-up.
I think quite a number of women do full hair and make-up but everybody else looks more subtle than Melania. Carolyn Bessette was clearly well-groomed and did hair and make-up, but it looked effortless. With Melania all I see is effort, effort, effort. Heck, Kate Middelton with full on black-eyeliner on her lids and eyebrows and accompanied by tiara looks more subtle than Melania. J-Lo with full on spray tan and weird eyeshadow looks more subtle than Melania!
I took my face from pizza to not a single damn blemish. And then I switched to products from The Ordinary, which I read about here, and now I pay less than I ever, ever had.
Science Cbitches, it works.
Oil/balm cleanser
Toner
Chemical exfoliant
Vito c plus a serum
Sunscreen and moisturizer
All before makeup.
All that shit and the drying takes way longer than the five minutes for my most basic face of bb cream, mascara, blush and brow powder.
Liner, lip and shadow are reserved for when I want someone to think I’m hotter than I am.
Any CBers know a good moisturizer with sunscreen, or liquidy mineral spf? My face hates fragrance but I need spf because of my retin a and just in general.
I really liked the Josie Maran one, but it’s kind of pricy.
Tarte makes a sunscreen Tarte guard that’s nice and their website has a sale now
Yep, for my time-crunched days, I used to have a bag that I carried around with me and applied on the bus to class. I was a master at applying eyeliner over bumpy northeastern roads without losing an eye, lol. The only reason I stopped wearing it for the last year was chronic illness sapping what energy I had left while working two jobs and attending school full time. I’ll hopefully get back into the habit of wearing it in a few weeks once I graduate because I’ve got some expensive stuff lying around. (Sunscreen and moisturizer is a must, though. I’m too fair skinned to go without it on any day that isn’t rainy or overcast.)
detritus – For drug store, I like CeraVae or Cetaphil SPF moisturizer. They’re both chemical blockers, though. BareMinerals SPF20 moisturizer is probably my favorite physical blocker.
I know!!! Different priorities AND energy levels (for the full shebang), I guess! If it weren’t for dry shampoo and my flat iron, I’d be scaring people all over Northern Virginia!
I have only in the past year discovered that a satiny pillowcase will extend my hairstyle (along with baby powder when needed — an alternative to dry shampoo).
I used to wash and style my hair (even if only letting the waves air dry) every single day. I also got faster with makeup, and probably save three or four hours per week now versus my former hair/makeup grind.
If I had that kind of money and those kind of not responsibilities I would be spackled and coiffed to high heaven!
I always wanted wear make up when I leave the house, mainly bc I don’t wanna be asked if I’m sick. I wear foundation, powder, blush, eyeshadow, lip liner and lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara. It sounds like a lot but I’ve done it for so long I’m fast.
Now when I’m going out: start with a primer, foundation, contour, concealer, bake with some powder, blush, eyeshadow (I used 5 different ones today, blend, blend, blend) do my eyebrows, highlight, eyeliner, mascara, lip liner, two different lipsticks, and then a setting spray.
So what, are we going to make talking about her a thing now? I’m sick of it already!
“Great conversation” is code for sitting there with a Stepford Wife smile plastered on her face listening to Donald’s me, me, me blather going on ad nauseum.
She really, really wanted him to lose. My guess is she loves her life in NY and was moving towards divorce. She so did not sign up for this.
I don’t believe she was heading towards divorce before he ran. I agree that she wanted him to lose and life to go back to normal. Her status in life is being Donald Trump’s wife and being on his arm. She’s going nowhere. Although, I think his running for office and winning has affected the marriage. He won’t run for reelection. So the marriage will probably survive this.
Donald will dump her the minute he is out of the presidency. I truly believe he would have dumped her if he had lost. Need to move on to younger arm candy.
I never leave the house without full hair and make-up, a demi-parure and a tiara, even when I put out the trash.
No, it is not all about Barron now. Now, it is all about MY tax dollars. Move your pampered butt to Washington DC pronto.
I second this. But it will never happen. She and Barron are never moving to DC.
I assume that you, like me, always have a full body scrub and mani/pedi before I put on a push-up bra and four inch heels to pull weeds in the garden or clean the tub, hehehe. I am a bit jealous of your tiara…
And a milk bath. Let’s not forget the all important milk bath.
Thanks for bringing up THE COST! I am angry about spending a MILLION DOLLARS A DAY so she and Barron can block off Fifth Avenue and have security driving after them all over town. The selfish entitlement is stunning. Imagine what all those MILLIONS could do!!! But no, we spend them on an aging you know what who wants to keep living in her golden birdcage. Moving to DC would not kill either Melania or Barron. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime – if she only had the intelligence to appreciate it.
But then they would have to poop in normal toilets. Their poop is too special for that.
And we all know trumps supporters who are saying its no big deal are some of the ones that bitched when the obamas had extra security for certain things
@Snowflake. They bitched about everything about the Obamas because there’s something different about the Obamas. What could it possibly be? Can’t quite put my finger on it. Hmmmm….
Enraged by what I am paying for this woman and her child. Sorry you won against the wishes of the majority of the country now pack your bags and move out of New York.
I am so glad my mayor is demanding the federal government pay half the bill for these idiots New York didnt’ vote for them and so yeah sorry Michigan you fit the Million dollar a day bill, I want my tax dollars to go to helping the homeless not this crap.
@lightpurple
“I never leave the house without full hair and make-up, a demi-parure and a tiara, even when I put out the trash.”
HAHAHAHAHA Fantastic!!!
Wow, she’s just like me!!! Guess we were all wrong. She’s just a normal person. (eyerolling now).
She and Kate will have a lot to talk about. Or not.
Why give her a platform? Its a total non story. No one cares about what Melania eats or watches on TV
ivanka was there because she’s First Lady/Co-President. Everybody knows that. You know – two for the price of one. Oh wait, that’s one of the reasons the Deplorables hated Hillary. Surely they feel the same now, don’t they?
Ivanka must be a horrible mother. Uprooting and moving her 3 children to DC when she isn’t even the First Lady, oh! nevermind.
Of course she does full hair and makeup every day. Her looks are all she has going for her, if she lets them go all that’s left is her revolting husband. I do think she loves her son, though, so that’s something.
Of course she does, and, in her position, she should. She doesn’t deserve criticism for that.
However, I’m sure she is lovely without makeup, too. I’m not.
not being rude, honestly querying: what does any womans position have to do with wearing make up and heels?
Oh, please. Gimme a break.
US shouldn’t try to make that family seem normal. They’re not.
And big deal that “Barron is her priority.” Every First Lady who had younger children could say the same thing. They are trying to excuse her costing taxpayers extra money so she can stay in NYC.
The beauty of this plan is that, she stays in NYC, the taxpayers pick up the not-at-all-small additional security tab, and pay it to…Donald. It really is genius.
Barron is on the autism spectrum, and Columbia Grammar has the disability programs he needs. They’re noted for them. It would be difficult to find a new school like this one in the
middle of the year in Washington— if at all. I don’t think Melania wants to go there ever. She lacks the knowledge and social skills of former First Ladies and must feel overwhelmed.
And then there’s Barron. I’m sorry for their plight, understand their reluctance to publicize his diagnosis, but WISH they would not drag him onstage in front of the crowds so often.
That is really the saddest looking child I have ever seen. He’s almost zombie-like in his complete lack of animation. He looks like he needs someone to wind him up before he’ll take a step.
This is true. Changing schools & getting comparable help for the boy in a new environment would be traumatic & probably impossible. Melania has stepped up to tend to their son’s special needs & she deserves props for this.
It would not surprise me if daddy T was less than gracious & supportive when Barron’s problems were discovered. I believe that he “blamed” his wife for the developmental irregularities. Arrogant men often do this, even though scientific evidence supports “old sperm” add a contributing factor.
My sister-in-law is always immaculately dressed, made up, and accessorized. I look like the wrath of God, in comparison, and feel the whole world should at least acknowledge I’m wearing lip gloss, lol. Life is too short to snark about how someone makes the school run.
Oh god please let her be having an affair. it would be the only thing that would embarrass him.
The results of the president’s annual physical are public record. His viagra prescription becoming public knowledge will be an embarrassment
I was told all NY’ers are really pissed off about all the security around their apartment on 5th Ave. At Christmas time, they have shut down the street, and made the gridlock even worse,
Way to save the country money Donald.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/will-trumps-move-white-house-reduce-citys-traffic-problems-probably-not/
And the Republican Congress wants to reimburse NYC just 20% of the expenses they are incurring for protecting Trump.
She says she doesn’t have a nanny? I don’t buy that. Plus, wasn’t there someone who posted a long time ago that Barron has a floor for himself and his nanny? And that Melania wasn’t really present? I swear I read something like that on here. Anybody else remember?
Yes. It was in Vanity Fair, I think. Barron/Nanny have an entire floor.
Maybe it isn’t a nanny but a team of au pairs and a governess?
He has a nanny, she just isn’t called a nanny. http://pagesix.com/2015/10/06/donald-trumps-son-does-in-fact-have-a-live-in-nanny/
I didn’t think anything of the autism rumors until I saw that quote from DJT about the not/Nanny. Someone who “works with” Barron? Is that Trump business speak or is this possibly someone with special training?
Maybe she’s more of a tutor.
Quote….Ten-year-old Barron apparently loves wearing a suit and tie and playing golf with his dad. He is also said to share his father’s love of bossing people around. “He fired nannies, fired housekeepers,” Melania said in a 2011 interview, adding that he quickly hired them back….end of quote
http://www.theweek.co.uk/us-election-2016/69907/first-lady-melania-16-things-you-may-not-know-about-donald-trumps-wife
Barron has to love wearing a suit or his father will punch him ala the Donald Jr. episode.
The article says they don’t EMPLOY a nanny. She isn’t an employee. Maybe she’s a freelance nanny?
“The 46-year-old former model regularly rolls up to the school in a chauffeured Cadillac Escalade, security and all, and “comes in full hair and makeup,”
Depending on where one lives, I don’t think this would be considered a phenomenon. Women of means & social position do this.
“The 46-year-old former soft-core model who worked illegally in the USA regularly rolls up….” There, fixed the omissions in the description.
Wow,
Four negative comments about Melania in as many minutes. I take it you’re not a fan of hers, right?
@Amelie, I am proudly not a fan of that immigrant work laws violating, working, plagiarizing, lazy, tax-dollar sucking, spoiled brat.
@Amelie. I despise her slightly less than I despise her husband, but we know you’re a trump fan, so have at it.
Count me among the Trump loathers.
FLOTUS isn’t in her contract. I am so sick of this “good mom” BS. Neither of these awful people want to sacrifice anything. It’s all about them & how they can con all of us. She’s euro trash, sorry
+ 100000
She’s not a FLOTUS, she’s a HOTUS.
Yes, of course she is, what smart classy women would marry Trump.
Maybe Melanoma and TwitterDumb discuss “how to get away…” on the phone. Maybe Clockjerk Orange gets ideas about how to kill America. His cabinet picks are a good start. Just add Sarah Palin to the regime and it’ll be complete…Sec’y of State?
Yeah, why not? She can wave to Putin every morning from her back porch.
Think Palin is slated for being in charge of Veteran Affairs – really fits in because she has no qualifications for that just as all his other picks are unqualified.
Please consider doing a once-a-week review of the atrocity that is this presidency. I already have to see these people’s awful faces on every other media source. I come to Celebitchy for stress release. It’d be a lot less stressful if you just do stupid celebrity news.
Ah, for the days of Solange’s elevator beatdown… the world was such an innocent place then…
Stress buster for me, too, or at least used to be. So looked forward to the election being over, knowing Hillary would win, and knowing I’d not have to look at the Twitter Twit or Kellyanne Conway any longer on a daily basis.
WHITE HOUSE ACRES
Donald:
Washington, D.C. is the place to be,
White House livin’ is the life for me
the Country spreading out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, Secret Service by my side
Melania:
New York is where I’d rather be,
I like my projects and TV,
I just adore my penthouse view,
Dah-ling, I love you
but, give me Park Avenue
Donald:
You are my Wife
Melania:
Good bye New York life!
together:
D.C. we are theeeeeerrrrrrrrreee
🙂
LOL!! I’ll be singing that all day now.
That is the saddest looking little boy I have ever seen in my life. His face is a total blank and his eyes are completely empty. Like there’s nothing going on inside.
I don’t see sadness, I see pampered boredom and when can I get out of here to play my computer game.
Carmen I agree, he looks miserable all the time, dont think I have seen him smile or laugh once, he always looks so serious, he doesnt act like a normal ten year old, not the ones I know anyway.
God help us! Judging by the votes, this is how the patriarchal society that still exists big time in America likes its woman … completely superficial and surgically enhanced. I don’t think she could raise those ridiculous pussy eyes any higher if she got on a ladder and tried.
Please, please stop all this normalizing, America, of the unacceptable. I cringe when I see her and/or Trump on covers and I sure as heck wouldn’t consider buying these magazines.
This seems to be the least of her problems right now.
I wonder if she’s faithful to The Donald. I can’t possibly be the only one who’s wondered. I guess I can’t picture any woman being faithful to him in his present state.
Melania is either celibate, or into women.
I actually admire her for not hiring a nanny. She obviously loves being a mother. You rarely hear about rich as eff people raising their kids themselves. But I still think she should move to DC. Girl, you are going to be the first lady. So weird that she’s staying in NYC…. your boy will get over the change! This is such a weird situation…
When my husband got a job in another state and had to move in January, I stayed in our home, to let the kids finish out the school year. I know many couples who have done this. Maybe, she and Barron will move to D.C. his school year is finished.
Maybe trump will already be impeached by then.
But in those situations, it is not costing the taxpayers a fortune
The Obamas took Sasha and Malia out of school. It’s the way it’s always been done.
Republicans would have been shrieking if they stayed in Chicsgo, but it’s okay for the Trumps.
Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton, Sasha and Malia Obama all moved to DC in the middle of the school year. But I guess it’s different for the trumps who have never sacrificed for anything in their selfish lives. Unless donald wants to pay the cost for the security the “good mother” BS is getting tedious.
I admire nothing about her.
what is the point of all the makeup if she has pulled herself into a bitter orange cat face
i think she is absolutely terrible looking, not her own birth face, but this thing she has now
and it’s petty in all this closing the EPA, no more civil rights context – but it totally bothers me when people act like she is so beautiful and more beautiful than michelle. id take any other first lady over her.
signed still angry
She had a different facial look when she had the jewelry line, and certainly when she stood by her orange companion in his Zoolander (circa 2001) cameo. I had to freeze frame it to be sure it was her. Her eyes were more open and had a more relaxed face.
Might as well call Ivanka FLOTUS since Melania doesn’t want the job.
I don’t think donald offered melania the job…
DT is a lunatic and Ivanka knows it. If she moves to D.C. (Really Weird) and is part of family support system that keeps Daddy sane, well she is helping the country IMHO. He is a nut job.Its already started. Hopefully people are sick of him and his nonsense in 4 years. Many people had a really hard time with a black president and The DT birther moves lead to THIS. When people loss benefits SS Medicare and wages don’t rise they will wake up
Well, if this is ivanka keeping daddy sane. She should be fired!
DT is a lunatic and ivanka is an enabling snake.
Don’t forget the Donald holds the purse strings! But I do think he is mentally unstable, and the family does quite a bit of rallying around him to keep him reigned in.
If Ivanka gave a damn about the country, she would publicly call for her father to step aside before the Electoral College votes. She is in this for the business profits. The Selling of the United States.
IMO and my water cooler workmates ,think the reason she maybe staying in NY is because the marriage was probably over and he had to have a certain image for his campaign. He made her a great deal. Let’s look married and I will give you and the kid a nice divorce settlement. The election didn’t turn out the way they expected, she remains in NY and his arm candy for state dinners and photo ops and then she goes home to Trump tower. She now has to wait it out for 4 years.
Maybe that’s why she looks like a pissed off pussy. But I don’t think so. I think she is pleased as punch at the outcome … more fodder for those insatiable egos. I think they won’t be making too many concessions, though, because they like giving the impression that White House work is a bit of slumming from their perspectives. Besides, they didn’t expect to actually get there.
As a feminist, I couldn’t care less about how she looks when she drops off her kid. Honestly, we have WAY bigger problems from her husband et al.
I’m floored by all the comments that equate wearing makeup with “making an effort”. Men wake up and walk out of house every day and it’s not considered lazy, so why are we dogging women who do the same?
By all means, if you like to wear makeup, wear makeup, wear as much as you’d like, I’m in awe of women who can create amazing, varied looks with their brushes, who can make a smokey eye that doesn’t look like a black eye, etc. I love seeing those women, I love watching them create those looks on Youtube, I have nothing against them.
But please, stop making me feel like a lazy slob for “not making an effort” to wear makeup? I shower daily, wash and blow-dry my hair (because I like it better that way, not because I think it’s lazy not to), I wear clean clothes. I think I am making an effort, as much as society can dictate (for example, I don’t smell – that’s something that would actually bother people who have to share public transport with me).
As it happens, makeup stopped agreeing with me about 5 years ago. I changed every bit of makeup I had, got new everything, invested into hypoallergenic stuff, and it doesn’t make a bit of difference: after 3-4 hours of wearing makeup, my eyes begin to itch like crazy, to the point where several times I just had to go to the bathroom, itch the heck out of my eyes, and then wipe away the rest of my makeup.
Several times the itch got so bad, it almost interfered with my driving. So, no, I don’t put makeup on unless it is absolutely necessary, such as a swanky event, or when I feel like it and know I can take it off as soon as it begins to bother me. And I resent being called lazy for it.
And even if makeup did agree with me, I think I should have the right not to wear makeup without any judgment. I have gone through periods where I wore makeup daily and periods where I didn’t. I also had girlfriends go through the same cycles, and I promise you, women look “bad” without makeup only if you are used to always seeing them with it. After you get used to seeing the same woman without makeup, her suddenly wearing makeup may even seem vulgar and unnecessary. It’s all relative.
I did the same thing, developed a makeup allergy when I was in my 40s. Anything close to my eyes would make them swell up, itch, the eyelids would crack open, and the whites of my eyes turn red. Hypo-allergenic did nothing for me. I was never one for the full foundation thing anyway, but I had to quit wearing eye makeup entirely. Also could not use moisturizers or sunblock anywhere near my eyes. So for the last 20 years or so, “full makeup” to me has been a little eyebrow powder, blush and lipstick. And now I’m retired and don’t use any of it, and it feels wonderful!
I’m still amazed by how much my body changes with age. 🙁 Things that were never ever a problem suddenly become one.
@Syko
I’m not retired but I have had many more issues in life and stopped worrying about how I looked in my mid30ies.
P.S. Your kitty in your avatar is lovely <3
I totally agree. I think that it is great that some people enjoy makeup, but personally, I hate putting stuff on my face. Apparently, Mike Flynn’s office in the Defense Intelligence Agency gave a presentation in which women were instructed to wear makeup and heels. One bullet point was “Do not advocate the plain Jane look”. That really pisses me off.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/18/gen-mike-flynn-s-office-told-women-to-wear-makeup-heels-and-skirts.html
@Timbuktu
I’m so sorry there’s no option to recommend your post.
Making an effort?
My husband showers every morning, puts perfume on and goes to work.
I still have to understand why I cannot without being judged lazy. I always do the same thing.
Guys, she’s married to a narcissist. She HAS to look attractive all the time or risk her husbands fury.
I know this isn’t a popular opinion, but I feel sorry for Melania and making fun of her feels a little like kicking somebody when they are down (ironic metaphor, I know).
Being in a relationship with a narcissist is a nightmare. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Even if your partner is wealthy, successful, powerful, etc. they are toxic and abusive. Some might think that because Melania is rich, married Trump on her own free will, and is now in a position of power, she doesn’t warrant pity. Personally, I think she’s a decent person who came from a humble background and felt like marrying Trump was her best option. This is somebody who had no formal education, who was making a living off of a depreciating asset- her looks.
Narcissist are always charming initially and have a sick way of eroding self-esteem. If Melania did want to divorce Trump, he’d undoubtedly threaten to do everything in his means to limit her financial gains and keep Barron away from her. She probably feels trapped.
Can you imagine many times he must have forced himself on her, taken his anger out on her, and belittled her? Nobody deserves that.
yeah I ‘be been there. Your like ‘honey why don’t you get a tee time” (out of your life for entire Sat / Sun afternoons.
It is quite obvious she didn’t’ marry him for his looks or personality. She married him because of his a$$ets. No simpathy card here, is clear to me that as long as she has access to his credit cards and a life of luxury she doesn’t care he is a racist mysoginist.
She has already said don’t pity her and she means it. She was cold and calculating marrying that rich bully and she sits ideally by while he verbally abuses everyone. I doubt she puts up with it from him herself but she enables him and supports his issues. She wore that pussybow blouse as an FU to anyone who didn’t agree her husband was just using locker room talk. Gah … what a pathetic waste of sympathy on her.
She met him while attending a function with a date. She wouldn’t give him her number because she was on a date and that would have been disrespectful. She had zero qualms taking his number while she was on a date because apparently there is no disrespect in that.
She knew what she was doing. They dated for several years before they married. Living in her gold plated tower will not protect her. There are other US covers than the one pictured here. Saw one earlier today at Target and she had no clothes on.
Those calling her a classy FLOTUS may want to rethink their stance.
There are reasons for her attempting to hide in NYC. NY taxpayers are going to become increasingly enraged because NYPD resources are being wasted and once they learn how much money they will not be reimbursed along with the Fifth Avenue traffic gridlock and Lincoln Tunnel Friday night rush hour gridlock caused by the weekend visits to Bedminster Melania may rethink moving to DC.
Everything Wahoowah said is exactly right. Just google for narcissistic spouse or husband and read what people who have had the experience say about it.
We also don’t know how Barron is dealing with everything. He has to deal with a severely narcissistic father. He is better off far, far away from Donald. Complain to the government about the security overkill they think is needed today – I doubt that Melania asked for any of it. But as far as government spending goes – it’s a tiny drop in a big bucket. The Feds just have to reimburse the city and they have to stop blocking traffic. That can be worked out.
Eh I don’t care that she puts on a full face of makeup every day just to do the school run. She’s well-known in NYC and has an “image” that she had to upkeep as Donald’s wife. It’s also her choice (as it is every woman’s) to wear as much or as little make up as she likes.
What I dislike in this article is Gauthier saying Melania was better dressed than Hillary. It doesn’t matter that Hillary was the CANDIDATE (and a damn good one at that), she’s still a woman who has to be judged on her appearance before anything else. I wonder what he said about what Bill was wearing. Probably nothing at all. He can STFU.
Ivanka is going to be FLOTUS. I called this a few days ago, but not on this site.
Tbh, if we’re going to talk about anyone’s looks, we should talk about trump. He’s the one that rates women as if he deserves only the best. While he is average looking at best. He wouldn’t have had any of the women he has had if he didn’t have money. And he got his start from daddy. So for him to act like hes so successful and deserves only the best looking women, thats a joke.
Supposedly this is Melania with no makeup. Unrecognizable: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3641678/EXCLUSIVE-PHOTOS-Casual-Melania-Trump-steps-mom-no-makeup-t-shirt-hours-glamorous-night-Donald-son-Barron.html
@crazydaizy she looks better here! And I like the flats, jeans, trenchcoat combo better than her usual attire.
I love the coat.
Me, too!
In the summer I told my husband that Melania looked unhappy during public events and I got no vibe she was supporting his race which at times served only to embarrass and humiliate her.It was also my view that she was never going to move to DC and she would cite Barron as the reason .What on earth would she do there ?What is he going do there-as far as I can tell Donald is going to do the talking but Mike Pence and the generals are going to do the governing .
You lousy hypocrites. You criticise people for body shaming and objectifying etc when it’s done to women you like and then do the same thing yourselves when it’s someone you don’t like. So sick of partisan wankers from both sides of politics trying to claim the moral high ground when they’re just as unethical as those they oppose.
Greed Fatigue…you are so right!
Please spare us the moral high ground and fake outrage. You live by the sword you die by the sword. Her pussygrabbing husband is a verbal abuser of mammoth proportions and she supports him without coming to the defence of anyone he has threatened or insulted.
Ah the “They started it’ defense. One of Trump’s favourites.
Did you feel the same way when Hillary ignored all of ills victims ?
Were there victims whose claims were not found to be unsubstantiated by the courts (Jones) or the special prosecutor (Willey, Jones, Broaddrick, and a few others) or who did not twice sign affidavits under pains and penalties of perjury saying they weren’t victims (Broaddrick) ?
The Clintons do not matter. Trump is the President Elect and barring the Electoral College doing the right thing, him stepping aside or him dying within the next month, he will be President in January. Other people do not matter so stop trying to divert.
An anagram of Donald Trump’s name is Don Turd Lamp.
My cat’s name is Mittens.
Considering you’re such a Frump fan, Greedy Bastard, I’m sure Donald would be smitten with your pussy. (An anagram of Mittens is Smitten, duh. Pussy is a synonym for cat).
I wish the best for Melania and Barron, and I sure hope she wishes the best for us, too. I would love it if she could become our own secret weapon against the Cheeto and his fascist plans. Maybe she will surprise us??
WHO RUN THE WORLD? not girls 🙁
Love her. I love her child rearing philosophy. She’s beautiful.
I’m going to say my first ever nice thing in. A Trump post. Barron is cute, and I feel sorry for him. I hope Melania is a good mom to him.
While you’re at it how about feeling sorry and donating a few bucks to those refugees, the ones Trump is so afraid of. Many are ill, bloodied and looking for shelter and someplace warm and safe to sleep. Lucky little Lord Baron has none of those worries.
Oh Robyn, you’re angry with the wrong person, luv. I despise DT. I’m a leftie. Proud to be a liberal. Horrified each & every day that he supposedly “won”. I will never say POTUS in front of his name because he doesn’t deserve it. As for the kid, it’s not his fault that DT’s sperm cell & MT’s ova brought him to life. I can’t/won’t hate him until he grows up & becomes an asshole like the rest of them.
As for the refugees, you’re barking up the wrong tree again. After all, Lady Liberty says it best – give me your tired, your poor; your huddled masses yearning to breathe free; the wretched refuse of your teeming shores; send these, the homeless tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Money doesn’t make kids happy. I doubt that Barron has “everything his heart desires.” Have you noticed how his father behaves?
You know what … no one is hating on a kid, although you like to frame it that way, and if “classy” is your goal trying using some of it yourself. Classy is caring for the people in need not some rich kid who is well protected and needs no defense from strangers and who already has everything his heart could desire.
That was a pathetic response. Have another go.
Sorry Martini, Just wanted you to know that one of my comments wasn’t directed at you but at someone who deleted a remark they made and that I was responding to. How do they do that? Anyway, I love that you are kind and if Lady Liberty could speak, she would be far more compassionate and welcoming than the Trump gang.
The mods delete them.
So much stupid hahahahaha
I bet she wakes up before Donald does just to paint herself “perfect”, which is not an easy feat if he really sleeps just 4 hours a night. No way this girl is staying in her marriage with makeup-less face and bed hair, not especially if she goes anywhere near public looking like it. Like many stated, she’s old by Donald’s stantards, so she has to be as perfect as possible. And that squinting surely is due to too tight facelift. She has chosen that part and she’s determined to keep it. Maybe she’s just happy that Donald is busy with presidency and maybe just once she can sleep long, get up and just drink tea instead of acting a sex doll.
She’s nearly as ghastly as her freakish “husband” is.
Some women never become the ponytail, jogging pants type of Mothers….I dont see that as a bad thing. Better than walking around looking the Mother of Honey Boo Boo.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3641678/EXCLUSIVE-PHOTOS-Casual-Melania-Trump-steps-mom-no-makeup-t-shirt-hours-glamorous-night-Donald-son-Barron.html
It’s pretty clear Melania tries to spend as little time as possible with her sugar daddy, and who can blame her? Donald Trump is repulsive.
Wow. She does everything from “orchestrating intimate dinners to bigger things?” Meaning what, she tells the private chef to make dinner and then sometimes invites more people? What slavering moron writes this drivel?
Word on the Street at Barron’s school is Melania was planning on ditching the Donald when he lost the election – then surprise…. he won