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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Oh boy, can't wait for the consequences this time. I wonder if she will be "SLAMMED" or "DESTROYED" over this, since we all know they don't seem to be interested in jailing these people.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Zampolli, meanwhile, told the Daily Beast: “I think it is a disgrace that she dares to say this about our marvelous first lady.”

That's about the fastest way to make me think your opinion means shit.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

He was married to the woman saying the shit about Melania, so he’s just trying to cover his own ass and stay in Trump’s good graces

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 309 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (19 children)

tl;dr: Melania was an Epstein prostitute that Trump made his wife

[–] cnirrad@lemmy.world 183 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Never been less shocked in my life

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I mean she was a little old for Don's taste when they met. That's a little surprising.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She’s his handler. Putin gotta keep tabs on him 24/7

[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago

the only part where this theory fails me is that she's obviously repulsed by the fuckhead and doesn't want to spend time in DC...

but yeah it would make sense.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

and she helped pimp children from Eastern Europe on "modeling contracts".

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I thought this was common knowledge? Is this actually new news?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure it's one of those "everyone has known for ages, but it's not been actually proven until now" things that this kakistocracy is rife with 🤷🏻

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 11 points 2 days ago

After her weird press thingy a month ago this is what everyone concluded, yes.

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[–] valar@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Honestly thought this was known

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, same here. There was a video circulating before his first term (long before AI and deepfakes) where someone took apart an interview she did talking about "doing business" as a "model" and all the various ways her responses were common to the jargon of prostitution.

It wasn't just one thing, it was many things, even one part where she put her hand up to her mouth like she knew she should not have said something the way she did because it was an obvious pointer to sex work.

If I can find it I'll post it, but I haven't seen it since 2015 or thereabouts.

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[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wouldn't that make Melania a victim of human trafficking?

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Totally possible but being victimized as tragic as it is isn’t a justification for joining those that victimized you to victimize others

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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Finally here it is: the thing she weirdly tried to deny a couple of months ago is surfacing.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

It came up back then too. It was just heavily suppressed.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

if I just get ahead of things and tell in a press conference that I did not rob a bank, nobody will believe I robbed a bank when evidence comes out that I did rob a bank

Aaahh, the thought patterns of the mentally insane

[–] Ozymati@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Melania, Eater of Men? Really?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got that. For those not in the know, fanfic on amazon.

[–] Ozymati@lemmy.nz 1 points 15 hours ago
[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 152 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Good thing she got out ahead of it before by randomly announcing apropos nothing that she had nothing to do with it, which as we all know, is an obvious confession that something is coming. You love to see it.

These people are the dumbest cunts to exist.

[–] lechatron@lemmy.today 24 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of when I was a kid and my brother and I would try to explain our side of the story first in the hopes we wouldn't get in trouble.

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[–] Escape13@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Now it makes total sense that they want to build a pizza restaurant in the bunker under the ball room

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago

I guess she gave that press conference a little too soon because im sure most people forgot about it already. Lol

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

A former associate of Melania Trump has sensationally claimed the first lady was an “escort” for Jeffrey Epstein and met the president through the notorious sex offender.

Honestly, we knew this. Even if we didn't know he was connected. She was a sex worker and she lit his candle. What a surprise.

[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We might have to rename the Streisand-effect

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago

Melanomia - the anticipatory state of paranoia that causes you to inadvertently trigger your own Streisand effect.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 days ago

This is what her weird, out of the blue announcement a month or so ago was about.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago
[–] ProdigiousInsanity@lemmus.org 35 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Wait wait wait, I thought this was common fuckien knowledge at this point. Have y'all been fucking sleeping up till now?! WTF!?

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 34 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Dude I can barely remember the scandals that happened just a week ago. The Trump regime is so rapid-fire with this shit you gotta make it second fucking job to stay up to date.

The crimes he's committed that we've forgotten about would have ended an entire political party in a sane world.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's already known that Ivana Trump went out with Ghislaine to help bring girls back to Epstein's place.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 32 points 2 days ago

Wtf kind of behavior is that?? It's like some Sauron shit or an old evil fairy tale with a witch queen.

Yesssss the master needs your first born, fetch a youngling

Fucking evil

[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here comes another UFO release! I bet tomorrow.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 27 points 2 days ago

That or Cuban invasion

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

She still can barely speak english - who on earth would doubt the fact that she's just a dumb hoe sold to trump?

[–] whatfuvk@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 days ago (7 children)

not that I doubt that she is dumb, but using her foreign language ability as a measure of intelligence is definitely racist

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago

To be fair, she did get a genius visa so maybe we should expect her to be a little brighter

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

It has nothing to do with language. She's just dumb like that and I wouldn't be surprised she can't speak decent Slovenian either. You can just feel the vapidness radiate from her.

Racist towards whom?

Slovenian isn't a race.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Just dont say she's a prostitute, you will get sued. Or whore, cant say that.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Melania Trump is a prositute. She has sex for money.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I mean? Isn't this why Putin keeps showing her with her business on display on their "news" outlet?

I figured that was always a rather clear message to PEDOnald that they know.

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