Sometimes I don’t know whether to feel badly for Melania Trump.
I mean, she’s rich, powerful, and beautiful, so that’s good (for her!).
But her relationship with her husband just seems so…sad.
Just this week, we saw Melania rip her hand away from her husband during the College Championship game in New Orleans.
First Lady Melania Trump doesn’t look too happy with the hand holding pic.twitter.com/jaJ8rFJbvd [1]
— The Sun (@TheSun) January 14, 2020 [2]
The very day the Trumps arrived in Washington DC back in 2017 the very first thing Melania did was rip her hand away from her husband:
a very short story about two people holding hands pic.twitter.com/m2i7pn5a6d [3]
— Tasneem N (@TasneemN) January 19, 2017 [4]
In short, she repeatedly appears to refuse to hold her husband’s hand in public. Above, she goes with the tactic of appeasing him with a one second hand hold, before letting go.
Other times she has swatted him away, like on this state trip to Tel Aviv.
.@realDonaldTrump [5] and Melania have landed in Tel Aviv. POTUS goes to hold her hand – she slaps it away! So, tell us how you really feel! 😂 pic.twitter.com/b0dfQSxDcx [6]
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) May 22, 2017 [7]
And then there was the infamous hair sweep during a trip to Rome.
Melania deploys a stratgeic & well-timed hair move to avoid the tiny hand of a perv as Trump arrives in Rome. pic.twitter.com/wIcWLspRh9 [8]
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) May 23, 2017 [9]
It appears that Melania Trump has an entire wardrobe full of special attire to prevent her husband from kissing her. Sometimes she wears heels so that he can’t reach her, other times a big hat to keep him at bay. And when all else fails, she can rely on her chiseled jaw to keep him away.
And honestly, it doesn’t seem to really bother Melania that her husband cheated on her.
When confronted by allegations of infidelity levelled against her husband, the first lady simply said that “really hard evidence was needed”. And then, the killer blow: “I have much more important things to worry about and to do.” Well, that settles it then.
EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump brushes aside allegations of her husband's infidelity.
“I'm a mother and a first lady, and I have much more important things to think about and to do," she tells @ABC [10]. https://t.co/VILtmVBA2E [11] pic.twitter.com/MSLsRksVu8 [12]
— ABC News (@ABC) October 12, 2018 [13]
So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that today as the Trumps left Washington DC for Mar-a-Lago, Trump just totally left Melania and son behind when he disembarked from Marine One.
President @realDonaldTrump [5], @FLOTUS [14] Melania Trump, Barron Trump, plus Melania Trump's parents head to Florida to spend the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/jbaU0NuxSW [15]
— The Hill (@thehill) January 17, 2020 [16]
Twitter was quick to add their thoughts:
Why does he not look connected to his boy or his wife. Like, at all. I mean, wow.
— SMead (@smeadow) January 17, 2020 [17]
He doesn’t even have the social skills to introduce his son or wife.
— A.S.H (@ashcharlotteh) January 17, 2020 [18]
The impeached president, his illegally immigrated wife, his anchor baby, and chain-migration in-laws head to Florida to spend the weekend advertising his private club
— Jaynie's Got a Bun (@FreeGirlNowNYC) January 17, 2020 [19]
I have yet to see that boy smile. How sad. And even sadder, I don't think he has a chance of happiness or any kind of integrity being around that family.
— Judi Zimmer (@JudiZimmer) January 17, 2020 [20]
I know he thinks he’s important,BUT shouldn’t he let his wife go ahead of him? And who pays for the flights, clothes, weekly trips to his resorts to scheme our American for his agenda?
— LoriVan🌊🇺🇲🍑 (@vanhootl) January 17, 2020 [21]
Does that man ever acknowledge or spend time with his son?
— Leslie GW (Bernie Babe!) (@LeslieGW13) January 17, 2020 [22]
what is this man teaching his son?? Doesn't even act like he's there. Doesn't nudge him to shake hands with the people greeting them. Doesn't walk with his wife ahead or at least next to him. I've never seen such a social zero in all my life. Sorry Barron, you deserve better
— Katy did (@KathyHurley) January 17, 2020 [23]