Wouldn't Melania's Reaction Also Effect the Election?

[Pototan]

When I hear commentators say that Trump wanted to suppress the Stormy Daniels story before the election to prevent the story from costing him votes and thus the election, but others say it was to keep the story from his family, especially his wife, can't they be both? And, Trump may not have cared if Meleana knew he was screwing around if he wasn't a candidate. After all, he had a more favorable pre-nuptial before the election. So, if the story came out in October of 2016, Trump also feared that his wife leaving him a week before the election or refusing to be by his side in campaigning during the election's closing days, would mean both can be the case.

In other words, Melania finding out in 2011 doesn't matter to Trump, but October 2016 would have been politically devastating.

[elleng]

1. Of course they can be both.

Who the f cares NOW?

[Pototan]

2. Anyone who wants a guilty verdict

[Old Crank]

3. Where is the press

Will wall to wall questioning of Melania about her rapist criminal hubby?

[brooklynite]

9. Where is Melania...

...to be interviewed by the press?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Trump was worried about the money he would have to pay Melania to stay.

Of course he didn't care about her feelings.

The rumor is that the marriage was rocky when he was campaigning and Melania
had no plans to be First Lady and move to DC. She was planning on divorce.

Trump had to renegotiate the pre-up to get her to move to the WH.
A major sex scandal would mean he had to fork out more money to Melania.

As it turned out Melania spent most of her time in Virginia with her parents, not the WH?
But she played the game in a minimal way of pretending to be the First Lady.

Trump appeared angry with Melania at the inauguration, he turns to her and says something
so nasty she looked shocked and then her face fell into despair. I can imagine what he said to her.
He was angry about the money he had to pay to get her to be standing there.

[Tree Lady]

13. He probably said I have the power

now to send you and your parents back to Europe and I keep Barron.

[Irish_Dem]

14. I think he said something else.

He only said a few words.

But I do think it possible that he threatened her the way you describe.
Of course he is playing with fire. She knows many of his dirty secrets.

(I think he said something very vulgar, like "not bad, you went from a Slovenian ho to First Lady."

[Tree Lady]

15. I can picture him

saying that. Every woman he has been with was for money, even Stormy only did it for a possible job on that show.

He knows that and covers up the fact no one likes him for himself with being a bully.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Both? Only the election made the coverup a crime. . . . . nt

[Pototan]

6. Even if it's both, as long as one

of the reasons was the election, it's a crime.

My point was Melania leaving him a week before the election also would have had a negative impact on Trump's chances in the election.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Yes, good point, but depends on terms of his renegotiated "pre"-nuptial agreement

There may have been a clause with a massive penalty for leaving in the campaign or the presidency.

[Lonestarblue]

8. Had Melania filed for divorce before the election, even Trump's evangelicals might have balked.

By that time, Trump was invested in keeping his secrets to win the election. It isn’t the sex, it’s the illegal bribes to affect the outcome of an election.

[mopinko]

10. this is deep seated human animal behavior.

when chimps have a leadership battle, it’s the females who decide.
if the head female supports a challenged current leader, she will sit w him. if not, she’ll turn her back on him. if that happens, he’s toast.
a man w a lot of young women around him will b seen as powerful.

evolutionary psychology ppl.

[tanyev]

11. Good point. Of course he was more worried about the political consequences

of Melania’s reaction. He cheated on Melania many, many times and I’m sure she was aware. Heck, she probably didn’t really care, except being the wife of the Republican candidate for president brought a whole new level of publicity for Donny’s cheating.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. Melania! Cut your losses and SPLIT now! You have been repeatedly degraded and humiliated.

Your son is now of Legal age. He can decide his own fate. Even change his name LEGALLY if he chooses to under threat of disinheritance!

Leave with what little integrity you have left. I am sure your Bank Account will allow you to live in the style for which you have become accustomed. Leave the country if you so choose. The Man is not worth it.

[Johnny2X2X]

16. They ignore Melania

But Hillary must have been asked about Bill a hundred times.