Donald and Melania are of course now long since removed from the White House, and back in their home state of Florida. But according to a report from CNN, before her hubby left office, she tried to milk the position for just a little bit more:

In mid-November, as President Donald Trump railed against the election results, his wife, first lady Melania Trump publicly agreed with his sentiments. But privately, a handful of days after the final state tally, the first lady tasked an emissary with discreetly finding out what was available to her in terms of budget and staff allocation for post-White House life.

That actually says two things. Number one, only did she want to spend more of your money on the lifestyle she’d gotten used to in Washington, but number two, that she knew all along he’d actually lost the election. She was already trying to prep for exactly what she knew was going to happen.

Marcia Lee Kelly was that emissary, and according to CNN, what she came up with upon researching what might be available to the former First Lady was probably none too pleasing to Mrs. Trump:

The short answer is no. While there are post-presidential perks for such things for the outgoing commander in chief, budgets to set up an official office and staff and cover some travel costs, there is nothing from the government for any first lady, save a paltry $20,000-a-year pension, which is paid out only if her husband dies.

Ouch. That had to sting.

All of this, of course, points back to the entire family being money-grubbers while pretending to be rich. Even now, Trump himself is spending campaign money on lawyers. It’s as though they feel entitled to both people’s money AND the “respect” and deference that comes from actually being rich.

Who knows whether Melania will ever come through with a book like practically every other former First Lady has done, but if she does, she’s swinging for the fences, not with a memoir but with a big coffee table book filled with pictures documenting the history of White House hospitality. Surely that will be a best-seller with your fanbase, Mrs. Trump. Maybe you can make some money that way.