Melania: I Wore the Jacket to Tell 'Left-Wing Media' That 'I Don't Care'

[DonViejo]

First Lady Melania Trump said she was sending a message to her detractors, including the “left wing media,” when she wore the now infamous jacket on a surprise visit to immigrant detention facilities, emblazoned with the phrase “I DON’T REALLY CARE DO U?” Asked during an ABC News interview why she wore the jacket, the first lady said, “It’s obvious that I didn’t wear the jacket for the children. I wore the jacket to go on the plane and off the plane. And it was for the people and the left wing media who are criticizing me. And I want to show them that I don’t care. You could criticize, whatever you want to say, it will not stop me to do what I feel is right.” After the image of Trump boarding the plane wearing the jacket vent viral, her spokesman said there was “no hidden message.” But in the interview, the first lady admitted it was “kind of a message” and that she wore the jacket on her way back from her visit “because I see how the media got obsessed about it.” She added, “I would prefer that they focus on what I do, on my initiatives, than what I wear.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-i-wore-the-jacket-to-tell-left-wing-media-that-i-dont-care?ref=home

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I saw that-- she's as full of shit as her husband.

[dubyadiprecession]

57. Your right, she is full of shit!

She married trump for money and not love. At heart, Melania couldn't care less if he cheats on her.
Trump can betray her all he wants. Jealousy is an estranged emotion that doesn't exist in Melania's world .

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I don't believe her explanation.

I believe the "I Don't Care" message was directed at her putrid husband. And he told her to give the false narrative of the message was meant for "left wing media".

I know she's not respected but I also recognize a hostage situation.

[JI7]

3. BS , she just visited africa by herself. she isn't held hostage . stop making excuses for the empty

piece of shit .

she married him knowing what a piece of shit he was and has been with him all these years and was spewing the racist birther shit.

[oberliner]

9. It's not a "hostage situation"

[stonecutter357]

14. It's definatly a hostage situation .

[blue cat]

28. Then she learned a lot of hate while being "hostage"

That’s on her. I don’t respect birthers, period.

[TeamPooka]

48. the person you call a hostage is one of the criminals. She's in on the crime.

[blueinredohio]

4. She wore the jacket because she really doesn't care

as long as she has hers, screw everyone else

[Dave Starsky]

16. She tends to act out through clothing.

She wore a Robert-Ripley-esque pith helmet on her recent trip to Africa.

[dalton99a]

25. Well, she had very few clothes before

[Dave Starsky]

33. Lovely.

And I remember when Republicans lost their shit over Michelle Obama's (GASP!!) bare arms.

[3catwoman3]

55. I remain baffled as to why this...

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And other soft porn photos did not bother evangelical women.

One the other hand, I am quite sure any number of evangelical men got off on it.

[fierywoman]

65. They call them Art Photographs.

[Trailrider1951]

69. LOL! I grew up living in Columbus, Ohio and on the north side there was an "Art Theater"

We all knew what kind of movies were shown there.

[workinclasszero]

56. IKR?

Imagine if a democratic candidate of any office much less president, had pics like that of his wife.

Do you think Fox 'news' and the evangelical right would give them a pass like Melanoma the right wing troll/first lady?

[NurseJackie]

37. What a trashy photo.

[mnhtnbb]

43. There are plenty worse.

I got reprimanded on fb and had my post removed when I put up the one of her full frontal wearing only her pearls and stilettos while, ahem, touching herself in the area which her orange sack of $hit husband brags about grabbing.

[NurseJackie]

50. Yep. Search for "melania nude" in Google images (without parental controls) ...

Yep. Search for "melania nude" in Google images (without parental controls) and that photo you had blocked, plus many more trashy photos, are revealed.

[dalton99a]

53. +1. It's no secret

I just had a post hidden in the other thread for mentioning her former profession, but yeah

[stonecutter357]

54. she has the worst boob job ever !

[Dave Starsky]

67. Like two Tupperware bowls bolted to her rib cage.

Maybe she had them redone while she was recovering from her "kidney ailment".

[brush]

39. That's it. She married trump and she parroted his birther BS and now is going on...

about left-wing media like he does. She's no hostage. She has little sense and it shows in her clothing choices, or she has an obvious right wing agenda.

The "I don't care" jacket worn to the border with kids in cages and a pith helmet worn to Africa—she's either a clueless idiot or she's sending dog whistle, right wing messages.

From this interview it's pretty evident that she's nothing but a dumb right winger like her faithless husband.

[Siwsan]

5. Ah, so her need to be immature and snarky outweighs acting like a dignified FLOTUS

Considering where she was going, this just shows what a vacuous, self centered,clueless and over ripened teenager we have living in the White House.

[Freethinker65]

6. BE BEST

[phylny]

15. Please!

Can’t you just support her “initiatives”?



Great answer, btw.

[brush]

42. What are they? We can't judge her by her initiatives instead of he clothes if...

we don't know what the hell they are.

[duforsure]

7. Wearing a jacket to a disaster to make a political jab or statement

Shows what little character or intelligence or compassion she truly has, but most already knew it when she with her husband lied and claimed President Obama wasn't born here knowing he was all along. They're liars , and show nothing but contempt for the truth on everything. Just another fraud exposed again. Her latest trip was nothing more than another phony act trying to claim something she doesn't do , care about anyone other than herself.

[blm]

8. The next question should've been, "What iniative of yours helped those kids?"

“Can you detail for us the work you put in to your initiative to get those children and their families reunited?”

[Kurt V.]

10. the entire administration lies.

[CentralMass]

38. The entire republican party and their propaganda network lies.

[Mc Mike]

11. I make controversy, to do complain and blubber about how media focus on controversy I do. rec, nt.

[ananda]

12. What leftwing media?

..

[area51]

68. This. n/t

[Fatemah2774]

13. And I now see

why you are married to the POS. As Alec Baldwin would say in Glengarry Glen Ross

YOU ARE A POS!

[GusBob]

17. Ok, enough from her.

She should take lessons in class from Mrs.Obama, hell, Laura Bush even

She might ask the ladies what it's like to have a husband who does fuck other women

Her initiatives, what a joke

[DrDan]

18. if true, then that would have been her message right after she wore it - instead she claimed it

meant nothing.

Trying to chance the message . . . obviously.

[2naSalit]

19. ...

F her.

[Autumn]

20. No. Not F her. Fuck her.

[2naSalit]

21. Yeah, I was trying to be polite...not for her sake mind you. ...nt

[HipChick]

22. Passive aggressive BS, when she's sitting on a mega platform

and doing zip zero to help women causes or children..

[sunonmars]

23. She's an evil cold hearted b..... just like her husband

[Generic Brad]

24. She feels like she is bullied but she doesn't care what we think

And she wants us to speak about her actions but the clothes she selects to wear are off limits for discussion because if we say something about her attire that she does not like then we are bullying her it and doesn't affect her because she came up with an anti-bullying campaign to let us know she has risen above our criticism because she is "be best" even though we still hurt her feelings when we comment on her actions because dressing yourself is not an action fool. Leave Melania alone!

[JDC]

26. Interview with a polished turd.

[dalton99a]

27. The mannequin is not some kind of victim or hostage

She's one of his Russian handlers

[cyclonefence]

29. I don't really care why she wore the jacket

Like wearing the pith helmet, it was childish and unkind. Be best, Melanoma.

[Turbineguy]

30. She just

lost that last benefit of the doubt.

[nolabear]

36. That was my response. I didn't like her but thought maaaaaybe...

No more.

[BeckyDem]

45. Exactly my reaction too. Keep talking Melania, and more people will see right through you.

[uponit7771]

59. +1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

63. Yup. There were times when I felt a little sorry for her because she looked miserable

and is married to the ickiest man on the face of the earth. But I now realize that it's possible for her to be both unhappy - which she probably is - and a terrible person. She made her bed; she can lie in it.

[FloridaBlues]

31. She needs to stay away from interviews . She only makes it worse

[dlk]

32. The Phrase on Her Jacket Has a Fascist History that Shouldn't be Overlooked

The “I Really Don’t Care...” phrase was popular with Italian fascists during WWII. It was also a favorite of former Supreme Court Justice Scalia...

[LibDemAlways]

34. We should take her at her word.

She really doesn't care. Someone in the WH thought it would be a good idea for her to visit a detention facility. She didn't want to go, and the jacket was her form of snarky protest. I don't see how it could be interpreted any other way.

This is a woman whose interests include money and plastic surgery. She is bound by a tight pre-nup to stay with mushroom man else she lose her life in a gilded cage. She's doing the absolute bare minimum as 1st lady and few would care if she never showed her cosmetically altered kidney surgery face again.

[dalton99a]

35. She really doesn't. She's just being more polite than the rank and file

[CentralMass]

40. One word, vapid.

vap·id
ˈvapəd/Submit
adjective
offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
"tuneful but vapid musical comedies"
synonyms: insipid, uninspired, colorless, uninteresting, feeble, flat, dull, boring, tedious, tired, unexciting, uninspiring, unimaginative, uninvolving, lifeless, tame, vacuous, bland, trite, jejune
"a tuneful but vapid musical comedy"

vapid adjective
va·pid | ˈva-pəd, ˈvā-
Definition of vapid
: lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : FLAT, DULL
a gossipy, vapid woman, obsessed by her own elegance
— R. F. Delderfield
London was not all vapid dissipation
— V. S. Pritchett

[Talitha]

64. Back in the 60s, we'd have called her 'plastic'...

[GeorgeGist]

41. Liberal tears make trumpettes crazy.

[BeckyDem]

44. The timing of this is interesting. Their strategy seems to be, solidify their base, & don't worry

about expanding it. Melania goes all out with her passive aggressive contempt for the left. This will play well within the confines of Americans already on board, will not help expansion. The less mystery there is about her, the more she is tied to her husbands ugly dangerous policies and his blatant racism, and misogyny.

Keep talking Melania, you're doing GREAT! Oh did I miss where the interviewer told her not asked her, you're a birther?
Did he say that to her? That is what she is, a well dressed, photogenic, racist BIRTHER.

[Owl]

46. Ignore her.

[kskiska]

47. In her previous lavish life in New York

she was barely noticed, except as arm candy to her famous husband. She received zero adverse publicity at all. Now that she's in the spotlight she believes that any bad press she receives is "bullying." Welcome to the real world, Melania.

[livetohike]

49. Immature, self absorbed liar. Took her handlers months to come

up with an explanation and it makes her look worse.

[randr]

51. A perfect pairing of narcissists

She has hidden this well. The veil is off.

[Me.]

52. When Someone Tells Me Who They Are I Believe Them

She's a birther...case closed

[Drahthaardogs]

58. She's a monster. No more excuses for her.

She is exactly what we thought she was. In fact, she's probably even worse. Sold her soul to the Orange Devil for his money.

[Downtown Hound]

60. "It's obvious that I didn't wear the jacket for the children."

Um, no. It's not obvious. Far from it.

[unblock]

61. So the message was "ignore this message"? Lol

Ah, it was a message to the media to focus on what she does, not what she wears. So she wore a message that said ignore this message.

[erpowers]

62. What Criticism?

Who in the media was criticizing her? What negatives things were they saying about her? Had she really done anything before she visited the child detention center. The only thing I can think of that she might have done before going to the child detention was to launch her "Be Best" and anti-cyberbullying initiatives. The only things I can remember people on the left saying about those initiatives was that she needed to take a look at her husband's twitter feed and start with getting him to stop cyberbullying people.

[violetpastille]

66. I know, right?

I think she was boring AF, and was happily ignoring her.

Now I feel it's my duty as an American to spend 10 minutes a day trashing her.

Thanks, Melania.

[EffieBlack]

70. Suuuure, Mel

You picked that one day, that one time, and never before and never again to make that statement.

Gotcha.