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Rhiannon12866

(222,843 posts)
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:11 PM Aug 2020

Melania Trump to Read Passages from Her Best-Selling Book, "Becoming"

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Melania Trump gave a sneak preview of her speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention by revealing that she would be reading passages from her best-selling memoir, “Becoming.”

“I asked myself, what’s the best way for people to learn more about me?” Melania told reporters at the White House. “The answer came loud and clear: my book be best.”

Trump said that she had chosen passages from her book that describe her childhood in Chicago and her education at Harvard Law School.

“I am going to be introducing the American people to a Melania they never knew, Chicago lawyer lady,” she said.

She said that, unlike in 2016, she was not concerned about what critics might say about her R.N.C. speech this year. “When they get low, we get high,” she said.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/melania-trump-to-read-passages-from-her-best-selling-book-becoming




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Melania Trump to Read Passages from Her Best-Selling Book, "Becoming" (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 OP
Just another GRIFTER shilling for a product. Zoonart Aug 2020 #1
Who is her pool boy? pwb Aug 2020 #2
I'm thinking she has a tennis pro or Ilsa Aug 2020 #7
LOL and... Spazito Aug 2020 #3
Aw, I was hoping she would talk about moose and squirrel nuxvomica Aug 2020 #4
She meant 'beCUMMING' sandensea Aug 2020 #5
LOL. Vinca Aug 2020 #6
... sheshe2 Aug 2020 #8
Maybe she'll write another book that will have the title 'Get Going!' when they get thrown out of SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #9
To our dear First Lady, with love: sandensea Aug 2020 #11
Or... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #19
"When they get low, we get high," she said. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #10
You Nearly Gave Me Heart-Attack, Mem-sahib The Magistrate Aug 2020 #12
Oh, I am so sorry! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #13
NO Need, I Enjoyed Every Second Of It.... The Magistrate Aug 2020 #16
I agree, he really is the best Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #21
I write speech.. honest.abe Aug 2020 #14
Had me going. But they said she wrote her speech. nolabear Aug 2020 #15
Forget about this phoney book! Have "Melania & Me" on order. Want truth not lies! Illumination Aug 2020 #17
My book about Melania will be out tomorrow... llmart Aug 2020 #18
Haha! 2naSalit Aug 2020 #20

Spazito

(54,551 posts)
3. LOL and...
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:14 PM
Aug 2020

sadly, these days it's hard to differentiate between satire and what is actually happening as, all too often, they are one and the same.

sandensea

(22,850 posts)
5. She meant 'beCUMMING'
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:18 PM
Aug 2020

"Vith me, first ze rich, smelly old men be cumming - and I then becoming ze First Lady. Dahlink."

SWBTATTReg

(24,179 posts)
9. Maybe she'll write another book that will have the title 'Get Going!' when they get thrown out of
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:27 PM
Aug 2020

office by voters.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
12. You Nearly Gave Me Heart-Attack, Mem-sahib
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:50 PM
Aug 2020

It took a moment to realize, as I assume she has had something ghosted for her, and blinked dumb at the title of Mrs. Obama's autobiography.

Well played.


"For the Snark was a Boojum, you see."



Rhiannon12866

(222,843 posts)
13. Oh, I am so sorry!
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 04:54 PM
Aug 2020

I really enjoy Andy Borowitz, I find that his humorous take on the horror show we're all experiencing makes it a little easier to bear...

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
16. NO Need, I Enjoyed Every Second Of It....
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 05:01 PM
Aug 2020

And share your regard for Mr. Borowitz --- he has a knack for plausible headlines that rival The Onion at its best.

Rhiannon12866

(222,843 posts)
21. I agree, he really is the best
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 04:45 AM
Aug 2020

I've gotten so I look for his latest every day - his cleverness makes reality sightly easier to take.

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