The real question is "Why aren't we feeling bad about feeling vindictive against Melania Trump?"

I have a suspicion that Trump, in person, is much more charismatic than we understand him to be. For one, he's a big, tall guy (6'2" or 6'3") which, study after study has shown that we humans react defferentially to tall people in particular.

Secondly, the guy's been in the public limelight for 30+ years, and has inspired numerous people to defend him at great personal cost.

Thirdly, incidents of highly desirable women dating/marrying/etc with aggressive but otherwise (from an outside perspective) completely dog poop dudes is well document. I haven't seen much criticism of Stormy Daniels or Karen McDougal for choosing to enter into sexual/romantic relationships with Trump (of course, they're delicate and mentally enfeebled women who can't be held responsible for their own decisions in the presence of a man with at least $134 in cash savings) - but that's merely because it's more convenient to lionize them as a route to bash Trump.

That last part, I don't get. Daniels in particular is a player who's exploiting the political system for her own benefit, but because it's convenient, she's a hero. But hey, guess what everyone: Trump has done more than enough on his own to slam him for the rest of our natural lives, no need to bring in a 3rd-party hustler to rationalize yourself - Trump's a dickbag no matter who you put him next too.

W/R/T Melania - no, she made her own choice. There's nothing to feel bad about. She might authentically like Trump, she might feel beholden to him for giving her more opportunities than she could ever have achieved on her own, or she might have him and think the money is worth it. But in any case, she's a free woman for which we have no evidence that she's being abused or unduly repressed. If and when that evidence appears, then feel bad for her. Plenty of people who shitty partners who don't provide them with a dream lifestyle. Feel bad for them.

Feel sorry for her? Fuck, that bitch is dead. Shes decomposing in a landfill as we speak. They are looking for a suitable replacement in east-bumfuckistan right now. You think all this pardon talk is about Russia?

As wonderful as whores from the East can be, no, she deserves no pity.

Yet another example of liberal guilt.

@ 6
There used to be one such movement, aka Boomtown Rats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGgEcE3sIQ

Feeling sorry for her really perpetuates the woman-as-victim stereotype, when she clearly has agency, and clearly acts on it.

It is well known that they do not share a bedroom so she isn't waking up with him.

I think first wives should be given some shield from blame for what their husbands do. Never have sympathy for the third wife though. She knew exactly what she was signing up for.

MelaBarbie knew exactly what she was getting into. I have no sympathy for her.

Or is she out of the public view to hide evidence of domestic violence?

She was a beautiful woman in a town full of rich and powerful men (with real money, not trump "money"), some of whom might have actually loved her, but she chose him.

In any event, here's some secret footage of her and trump that surfaced recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0WZwSx7UdU

Dadddy @ 14
Me too, she's a Golda Meir look alike from now on.

Catalina @ 13
Angela Lansbury could have made a wonderful domme.

I feel sorry for her only in that she is getting far more media scrutiny than the typical trophy wife of a rich douchebag. Up until Cadet Bonespurs became president, she performed her role well, which is essentially that of a semi-permanent high class escort. Now she's asked to take on the role of First Lady, which she is clearly woefully unprepared for (did they not teach kids about plagiarism in Yugoslavia?), and she's obviously getting terrible advice. Still, she has zero effect on governmental policy—she's basically an ornament—so I think the press should cut her some slack. Go after Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka and Jared, who are genuine assholes and who actually effect policy (and who might even be involved in criminal conspiracy).

Having said that, she's an adult. She signed up for this of her own free will. Nobody forced her. She's living a pampered life. So she's way, way, waaayyy down on my list of people to feel sympathy for.

Not me, no sir, but some people are saying that Melania was actually in the hospital for an abortion of her and Mike Pence's love child. Anyhow, that's what some people are saying. Myself, I cannot say for certain why she and Mike Pence are unable to produce long-form medical records showing that she was not carrying his love child. I think a team of private investigators ought to be looking into this. Inquiring minds want to know.

The only way I'd feel bad for her is if I found out Trump is holding her family hostage and forcing her to be with him and be silent or he'll kill them. That would generate my sympathy. But if she's simply another gold digging trophy wife? She can fuck off.

I don't see why it should make a difference. If you never felt sorry for her before they got the potus job, why start now?

No. We should feel sorry for all of the people who have died since her asshole husband took over the WH like a Russian mafia goombah. FFS, Congress refuses to act, the entire administration is grifting the entire country, the goombah's making damn sure we have no allies left in the world, and when he's FINALLY CORNERED AND FACING IMPRISONMENT, he will most likely press the button and start a nuclear war.

Melania Trump is a racist pig POS just like the feces filled piece of garbage she married and bred with - she perpetuated the "birther" lie just as much has her husband did. Should we feel sorry for her? NO. Should we have to endure any more "news" stories about her? NO.

I am sick of reading/hearing about the goddamn royal wedding and stupid fucking Melania Trump, while the world burns around us. FFS we have real, serious problems and actual human beings to be concerned about - like, oh I don't know, the nearly 5,000 people that have died in Puerto Rico since our government turned our back on them (AMERICAN CITIZENS), the thousands of people whose lives are being destroyed by ICE and the border control insanity that is now basically following the Nazi Germany handbook in how to complete a genocide of a group of people you view as "animals" (the goombah's ACTUAL WORDS), and perhaps the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs, lost their health care, and are going to lose so much more before this shit show is over.

Fuck Melania Trump and her Russian stooge grifter. If people in this country don't wake up and congress doesn't act and act soon, this shit show is going to get to a point of no return.

@13 That movie is one of my favorites. Mostly because, having grown up seeing Angela Lansbury in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Murder, She Wrote, that movie revealed to me just what a fantastic actress she is.

So, I tend to regard Melania Trump as a cautionary tale. Be very careful what you wish for. She wished for a high powered modeling career. And she achieved it! And, no doubt recognizing that modeling is a career with a limited shelf life, she wished for a wealthy and powerful husband who would provide for her materially for the rest of her life. And she achieved that too!

And now is she happy? Constantly in the media spotlight, often as a figure of rather pitiable fun. She can't disappear without the jokes flowing endlessly. A clear instance of a trophy wife, a position that wins her respect from no-one, least of all her husband.

And what of her health? Kidney problems are a well-documented side effect of both anorexia and bulimia; not saying that the case here, but holding a modeling job where you're bullied for gaining so much as a gram of weight, well, she wouldn't be the first.

All outcomes of chasing after things that she thought would bring her happiness and satisfaction and have instead landed her where she is.

Do I feel sorry for her? I suppose so, but only to the extent I feel sorry for anyone who chases a dream, building their life around the pursuit, and achieving it!—and then tasting the bitter ashes of disappointment when that dream turned out to be far less than you imagined.

It's actually a very common experience. She's just a particularly high profile example of it.

I don't care how much money and power trump supposedly had, I would have been out of there the minute I saw that apartment in trump tower. It's like a second-tier midwestern mortuary, only with an amazing view.

I I basically agree with @17; she used her beauty to achieve goals. If you watched her after he was elected, she either looked like she was in shock or mourning. She clearly has no chops to move mountains as First Lady. Her main job is to protect her son ( and his inheritance).

She and Trump might do a world of good and admit Barron has special needs and be supportive on that issue instead of trying to hide him. What makes it sad is that they can claim they are protecting him but they are really protecting themselves.

Its great fun speculating on the Melania Mystery. Just surf the comments.
And it is a valid subject for attention because of the obvious double standard it exposes, ie, imagine if Michelle Obama had disappeared from view for a month.
Conservatives need to have their noses rubbed in their hypocrisy.