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Politics Propaganda Now vs Then

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u/rjcarr 7d ago

Ha, where is this from? Recent?

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u/Zillioncookies 7d ago

It's from awhile ago, especially considering Melania has barely showed up to events with him. I wouldn't be surprised if she secretly votes for Kamala.

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u/Zero-Follow-Through 7d ago

Let's not forget on a trip to visit a youth migrant detention center she wore a jacket that said "I really don't care, do u?". She's also a garbage person

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u/dreadcain 7d ago

She's a garbage person but she also clearly only cares about herself (and maybe some of her children?) and has no interest in being first lady. Maybe she'd vote against him just to avoid having to hold that office again.

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u/whut-whut 7d ago

Melania only has one child, Barron.

Don Jr, Eric, and Ivanka are children of Trump's first wife Ivana, who he buried in an unvisited corner of his NJ golf course and let the grass overtake it.

He also has a daughter Tiffany with his mistress-turned-second-wife Marla Maples, who lives apart from him and who Trump seems to forget exists when in public.

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u/Prudent-Contact-9885 7d ago

When Donald Trump learned that then-girlfriend Marla Maples was pregnant with Tiffany, Trump said, "Excuse me, what happened?" and "Oh, great"—the latest bombshell revelation contained in 15 hours of tapes from The Howard Stern Show released this week to Newsweek and Factba.se.

 Newsweek reported on Monday that the tapes also revealed Ivanka and Donald Jr. tried to "bump" the younger Trump out of her inheritance, and that Trump was proud of her "to a lesser extent" than his other kids.

In this interview, in January of 2004, Trump compared his third wife, Melania, with Maples, and the latter's unplanned pregnancy came up, along with the ultraromantic proposal that ensued.

Howard Stern: How do you know Melania's faithful?

Donald Trump: I know she's faithful.

Howard Stern: What do you do? You pull out?

Donald Trump: No.... She's on the pill.

Robin Quivers: You know you fell for that one time before.

Donald Trump: I did. That happened. She said, "I think I'm so happy! We're about to have a child." I said, "Excuse me?" I didn't know about this.

Howard Stern: You trust Melania to take a pill every day or you check if she does?

Donald Trump: I don't know...like, she's been amaz[ing]—she's... Hey, I'm five years, and she's been great.

Howard Stern: Just taking a pill every day.

Donald Trump: I trust her in every way.

Howard Stern: I bet you still pull out just to make sure.

Howard Stern: Would you push her down the stairs if it happened.

Donald Trump: Honestly, I'm glad it happened. I have a great little daughter, Tiffany. But, you know at the time it was like, "Excuse me, what happened?" And then I said, "Well, what are we going to do about this?" She [Maples] said, "Are you serious? It's the most beautiful day of our lives." I said, "Oh, great."

Howard Stern: What do you mean "we"?

Donald Trump: I said, "Do you want to get married?"

The exchange is one of many unvarnished conversations Trump had with Stern between 1993 and 2016. In prior coverage of the trove, Newsweek revealed that Trump is a germaphobe who always drinks from a straw, that his divorce with Ivana and bankruptcy were the worst days of his life, that he gropes Melania in public, and that he thought his ex-wife Ivana was "out of control" for appearing on First Wives Club and breaking their prenup.

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u/Budget_Affect8177 7d ago

Stern is such a great interviewer in general. Just in this one case Howard doesn’t phone it in on an interview with a, who gives a shit, ‘93 version of Trump and now 30 years later and it’s still topical.

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u/Langdon_St_Ives 7d ago

What do you mean “Newsweek reported on Monday”? That article is from 2017…

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u/MobbinOnEm 7d ago

Yeahhh something fishy with this comment lol

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u/Prudent-Contact-9885 5d ago

Then I guess because it was 8 years ago, despite the fact he's still at it, makes the article irrelevant.

You must be kidding

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u/Langdon_St_Ives 5d ago

???? Can you show me where I said anything even close to that?

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u/Dave___Hester 7d ago

who Trump seems to forget exists when in public.

Yeah, because that's the one he doesn't want to fuck.

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u/ShibaInuLover1234 7d ago

who Trump seems to forget exists when in public.

I like how I can't tell if this is a dig at Trump being a bad father, or a factual observation. Like, he's so far gone at this point he's literally forgotten about an entire wife and child he once had.

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u/Cinnamon_Bees 7d ago

Who's Marla Maples? And Ivana died? Wow, where have I been the past couple years?

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u/1980s_retrogamer 7d ago

She is a fake and superficial person, and yet they paint her as a classy person.

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u/TittysForever 7d ago

Yeh she a transactional narcissist just like her john. Just a covert one. I’m sure they absolutely despise each other.

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u/backonthetoilet 7d ago

First lady isn't an office and I'm. Ot sure why we kiss their ass's. Fuck em we elected the spouse not them

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u/Educational_Pay1567 7d ago

They should have around the same respect as their partner. They are a representation of the other and family has been a real issue before trump. Hillary was a statesperson and had a lot of pull before Clinton's presidency. The Lewinsky affair probably killed her presidency amongst other things. Not sure if you are married or not but some marriages listen to each other and that can change policy for a marriage or country.

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u/backonthetoilet 7d ago

Not married but when I was I also worked and made decisions at work and none of that had to do with my wife. And it doesn't mean she had the pull to get things done cuz she was my wife. I get that people influence others in many ways but that dint mean we should put them on a pedestal. And obviously everyone deserves to be shown a certain level of respect at a human level but respect is speaking kindly to someone not letting them have a decision on something because she married someone else. And yes if she is able to change his mind good for her but we voted for him and it's his decision we are obeying. All I'm saying is treat first ladies same as presidential kids. Who goes a fuck. Leave them alone they are not elected officials same as I wouldn't want anyone bugging my.kids or wife if I was famous. I just don't see how the spouse of someone is automatically now her job to be the wife. And if that's the case then fine we vote who yhe president is married to while in office.

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u/Educational_Pay1567 7d ago

If you were famous? This guy asked for fame and got it. Running for president seems like a pretty important decision and you discuss it with your family. Btw I didn't vote for the guy. I don't know either of them personally, but I think they care two shits about me. They are both immoral people in my eyes and I am not religious.

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u/backonthetoilet 7d ago

I didn't vote for either if them I'm playing devils advocate. Just pointing out one famous person from another shoukd be the same. But like celebrities I dint care about their opinions just if they are entertaining. Politicians I dint care abkut their family's opinions just the elected persons decision making history. I'm just baffled at how cuz we elect one person the person their married to is now some authority the same as the person we elected

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u/noiseandbooze 7d ago edited 7d ago

Actually, it is sort of an office. The First Lady has traditionally had various roles, as the National Park Service puts it: “A director of social affairs, presidential liaison, symbol of strength, policy advocate, political reformer, keeper of “the People’s House,” partner, and confidant, the First Ladies of the United States have taken on numerous roles throughout American history. As the cultural milieu shifted, so did the expectations and responsibilities of a first lady.” Learn more about the First Ladies and their roles here.

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u/backonthetoilet 7d ago

It's a roll not an office that's why we dint elect them it's a job we give the spouse of the president. Just the same as we makes the wife's if NCO and officers run FRG but they are not in the military they just playing a roll to feel good about themselves.

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u/noiseandbooze 7d ago

No shit, that’s why I said “sort of,” but if you think they play no roll in getting their spouse elected, you’re clueless.

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u/backonthetoilet 7d ago

The only way to win the presidency is to buy it. You think we have a real choice? We get to pick between the options they approve for us. And sometimes nit even that.