There are plenty of reasons that Melania Trump hasn’t wanted to appear in public lately. You could just go with the fact that she slaps her husband’s hand away when he tries to hold hers, but there are more reasons than just not liking him.

There’s also the fact that he’s been adjudicated a rapist and a fraudster and a racist. There’s also that she knows the campaign intends to use her as a “secret weapon” to counter Donald’s inflammatory rhetoric. Maybe she’s just tired.

But whatever her motivation is, she’s back.

At a small event at home, at Mar-a-Lago, Melania played host to the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of homosexual conservatives — I know, that seems like a contradiction in terms — who have traditionally supported fiscal conservatives, but have found a home in Trump’s camp.

To be fair, Trump has been kinder to “the gays” than other Republican leaders. This is largely because Trump was originally a liberal: Pro-choice, anti-gun, he even invited the Clintons to his wedding to Melania.

But if the Party wanted to pass anti-gay legislation, you can be sure that Trump would now support it. That’s what makes the LCR support so ironic.

But Melania can safely go out and make an appearance with them, since her rhetoric doesn’t have to be so fiery.

Sure, Trump appointed the first openly gay Cabinet member, Ric Grenell, who served as Director of National Intelligence for about half a minute. But when he introduced Melania at the Log Cabin event, IN HER OWN HOME, she was met with pretty limited applause.

In fact, in the video I’ll show you below, it’s so quiet that you can actually hear the elevator music in the background the whole time. That’s how small the event was. Per The Daily Beast, “While the event didn’t draw many people, it did get some notable names. In attendance was Trump attorney Alina Habba, Trump campaign senior adviser Lynne Patton, and Caitlyn Jenner, as well as Jenner’s manager, Sophia Hutchins, who’s a Trump 2024 surrogate and convention delegate.”

Now I don’t think I would consider “Alina Habba” a “notable name”. She’s Trump’s “legal spokeswoman” and a MAGA hanger-on. Same with Lynne Patton, who worked as a wedding planner for Eric Trump and ended up getting hired into the Trump Organization. And neither of those women are LGBTQ or known allies. Dr. Oz was also in attendance, as you can see from this photo of him with Lynne Patton:

And Caitlyn Jenner just breaks my heart. How she can support Trump, and all of those MAGA people is beyond me. They HATE trans people. They believe they are freaks who should be “eradicated“. Yet here she is, along with her partner Sophia Hawkins, who is also trans:

For a fundraiser, it truly is remarkable just how small this one was, especially considering it was one headlined by Melania at Mar-a-Lago. From the Daily Beast, “According to a source familiar with the planning, there were only about 60 people in attendance—including staff. The event was so small that the gathering was held in the resort’s tea room, right off the main living room at Mar-a-Lago. Also notable about the crowd was the gender breakdown. It was roughly 60 percent women in attendance, the source said.”

I don’t know if Melania’s tepid reception is because people are tired of trying to hear through her accent, or they’re tired of seeing through her nonsense and wondering why she’s still with him, even after he was ordered to pay more than $80 million to his rape victim.

We still don’t know how much Melania will be appearing on the campaign trail with her husband. Heck, we don’t even know if she’s going to show up in court when he’s convicted in his trial for lying about his hush money payments to an adult film star and a nude centerfold to cover up his affairs with them.

We DO know, however, that after seeing her garbage Christmas ornaments (for sale) and her Mothers’ Day necklace (also for sale), that she’s a grifter just like him.

Melania Trump begins her speech last night to the Log Cabin (LBGT+) Republicans at Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/cB4EvSCVN5

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 21, 2024