but she obviously sold her soul for what she thinks is a 'higher' purpose. Of course, in the minds of folks of the Trump fold, higher purpose means whatever elevates their own personal station in life.

Learn and make acquaintance with the rich and powerful early on. Later act like you were a major player all along and deserve attention (yeah, I really hate Coulter and think she is irrelevant).

She's 29 years old. She's old enough to be responsible for her life.

She's chosen to be in the orbit of Dipshit Donnie.

Why would you give her cover? She's deeply involved with these scumbags.

I read it as "Women are scared".

Whatever, the RW wants to put its women on a pedestal, which means "shut them in the back room where they can cook and have babies". I guess that really ought to scare women!

even be worse. Who knows?

Because a reasonably intelligent woman wouldn't suck up to this monster.

No babe in the woods.

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...vice president worldwide sales, Texaco Inc., 1972-1975; vice president public relations and personnel, Texaco Inc., 1975-1977; vice president public relations and advertising, Texaco Inc., 1977-1983; president, Texaco Europe, 1983-1990; senior vice president, Texaco, Inc., 1986-1990; retired, 1990.

https://prabook.com/web/paul_b.hicks/1375007

Also, Stephen Miller is 32 years old, eh? He’s about as foul as you can get, so, yeah, the age factor here means squat!

and the apparently dangerous boyfriend

Not that it was your personal belief, but the fact that the sentiment was published somewhere in the liberal media made me cringe.

and still find her apparent relationship with a serial abuser kind of troubling.

I have known people I have disliked and could still see reason for compassion in some instances. It's possible to be critical and not cruel.

I don’t think she is being taken advantage of.

I know it is true. It has always been true. This is a fact of life you learn in grade school. I just want to make sure we are in agreement about this on DU.

If you are pretty, then it's about saving them, or making excuses as to why they stick around instead of flatly stating they are part of the problem.
If you are less than that it's endless insults and they are the just like the men (at least treated as such in criticism).

I think they are all grifters and bad actors regardless of their biological makeup.

Even if she has mental health issues and an evil nature like Coulter; her general silence and lack of public voice makes it more difficult to understand. Pretty much everything we know about her is second hand...from the second hand statements about her from fellow White House staff to her family some of whom have stated that she needs deprogramming. Is she a 21st Century Patty Hurst like character or has she always been a true Trump Believer? Until we hear from her....These speculations will continue. Personally I find no reason to have much sympathy for her....

However, with dating violent men, no. She's gonna fix them you see, it will never happen to her.

If she was in a different social class, she would have been found behind a dumpster by now. The learning curve on these types of multiple men are short. You either figure it out, or violence enters your life.

She is a stupid and venal woman who obviously doesn't think things through. Her poor choices are starting to catch up with her and if she's not careful she is going to be in sorry shape by the time she is 35, maybe sooner.

That was yesterday's theory at least. She never actually got involved with Corey or Rob. They were cover for her messing around with Donnie.

Personally, I don't believe that either. I think she was doing whatever it took to fit in.

That's one hell of a thing to discount or ignore.

Life .

This isn't some average person who needs the money.

someone's predisposed idea of what nasty looks like, so she gets a pass or is seen as a victim
Same with Melania imo
Notice people don't think twice about Conway being bad because she is older and washed out
Or huckabee no one thinks her just confused and naive
Fair maidens need to be saved and are innocent so it's projected on to some inappropriately

I agree with you about Melania, too. The difference is, I think Melania wanted to marry for financial security (and to live in luxury), while Hope is in it to become a major player. She already had access to money. Now it's about power and influence.

she'll be a hired host at Faux News...aka TrumpTV

All about how Hope was in danger and needed saving. I was horrified, I tell ya! I wanted to make sure no one here thought she was an innocent little lamb. Call it a strange kind of pearl clutching.

that she could be vulnerable to physical abuse, and did NOT need to be warned.

"Saved"? Probably not-- but definitely warned, and hard.

She's no novice in this game.

Or, ARE you saying that just because she is a political opponent, OR that she's "not innocent" and -- in your terms -- wanted to run with the big boys, it's okay if she gets knocked around by Rob Porter too??

You really seem to be saying that protection from domestic violence is something to be earned with good behavior. That's shocking.

I'm saying she has plenty of background experience dealing with nasty people and she saw joining tRump as a way to further her career even though that meant helping out nasty people. This has nothing to do with the possibility of her being a victim herself. It has to do with her willingness to defend abusers. In that, she is no better than Kelly or tRump himself.

in the past two-1/2 years. She has always had affluent family and friends to return to.

When it's time for her to build a new life, expect a book and extremely lucrative speaking engagements, likely spinning her idealistic commitment to the goals Trump was supposed to represent, her maturing awareness and her distress. I won't be believing any of it.

She's 29, definitely capable of making up her own mind, and chooses to be part of TRUMP's orbit. That's a choice, and others have chosen otherwise.

That and she's apparently OK with being called a "piece of tail" by her boss.

Hope Hicks can fuck off as far as I am concerned. I feel no sympathy for her whatsoever.

There is absolutely no reason why she shouldn't have known about Trump's character, and by extension, the character of the men in his orbit. She put herself into Trump's orbit for fame and fortune. We call such women, "gold diggers." Everyone is responsible for the consequences of their on decisions and actions.

She is another person in trump's evil world. Smart, dumb, pretty, whatever. She is not worth the time to give a shit about.

Hicks getting involved with a likely abusive individual is an example of that, in addition to being so devoted to the likes of Trump.

She has only herself to blame.