I am not sure what is going on with Barron, but I suspect that in Trump's eyes he does not measure up. Honestly, I don't think he likes any of his kids except for Ivanka, and he only likes her in an extremely screwed up, unhealthy way.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)

10. Have you/anyone heard Barron speak English in public?

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:27 AM

Dec 2018

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

11. No. I've never seen any kind of communication from him at all.

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:41 AM

Dec 2018

Never a smile.

Nothing.

Just a dead looking expression,,, of.... nothing.....

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

34. I don't remember Chelsea talking at any point during the Clinton presidency.

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 04:18 PM

Dec 2018

First time I remember her speaking in public was at the 2004 Convention.

I don't remember hearing much from the Obama girls, either.

You don't really expect First Children who are minors to speak in public, to be honest.

Regarding Barron in particular, I know people love to play amateur psychologist and give all their own diagnoses, but I'm wary of that in general. If anything, I would guess the poor kid is heavily depressed. His father is a monster, and his mother is aloof and emotionally distant. That's gotta be tough on any kid. If there's anyone who ends up disowning his parents as an adult, I hope it's him.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)

35. If there's anyone who ends up disowning his parents as an adult, I hope it's him

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #34)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:39 PM

Dec 2018

Couldn't have said it any better than that.

llmart

(15,540 posts)

36. And no one would blame him one bit.

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #35)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:43 PM

Dec 2018

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)

14. He didn't want Tiffany or Barron.

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:51 AM

Dec 2018

Tiffany was either an accident or a strategic surprise, and Barron was a negotiated "deal" per his own parents account.

Delphinus

(11,830 posts)

23. I had never seen that.

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #14)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:12 AM

Dec 2018

About Barron being a negotiated deal. Can you expound? Thanks!

highplainsdem

(48,978 posts)

37. From Vanity Fair:

Reply to Delphinus (Reply #23)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:47 PM

Dec 2018

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/donald-melania-trump-marriage

About six months after they married, she became pregnant with Barron—and things changed, according to one source. She was 35—“checkout time” for women, as Trump once told Howard Stern-and no longer the dewy fox he’d met seven years earlier. A visitor to one of Trump’s homes, late into Melania’s pregnancy, recalls him remarking that he agreed to the baby on the condition that Melania would get her body back. “She promised him that everything would go back to the way it was,” says this guest; it struck this person as a “contract.” And he was simply rude to her. “There was no ‘How do you feel?’ No opening of doors, making sure she didn’t fall. Just ‘You wanted to have a baby.’ ” (Grisham counters that Mr. Trump was “very warm and supportive throughout her pregnancy.”)

samnsara

(17,622 posts)

32. he's 'not perfect'. something about him troubles trump...

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 04:03 PM

Dec 2018

..hes not a 'perfect child' in trumps eyes..basically nonverbal and doesnt engage...nothing that surgery can fix so trump wants nothing to do with him. I predict Barron will be the next Michael Meyers and slash his family in their sleep. He will just get sick of all the shit.

LuckyCharms

(17,440 posts)

4. Melania: Dahnald, did you fart?

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:22 AM

Dec 2018

Trump: Shut up. I told you I did not fart.

Barron: What the hell is that smell?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

18. Rump looks like he's sucking it all in

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 01:27 AM

Dec 2018

And Mel is wearing a fart proof dress made out of shower curtain.

Arkansas Granny

(31,517 posts)

6. Wouldn't that be his Third Family?

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:23 AM

Dec 2018

Seriously, I feel sorry for Barron. I don't recall ever seeing a picture where he looked happy.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

8. Isn't that the dress people were comparing to a shower curtain?

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:25 AM

Dec 2018

Yes, it's the same dress, but the shower curtain picture was manipulated:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-wore-shower-curtains/

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

12. The dress is marginally okay, BUT

Reply to csziggy (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:42 AM

Dec 2018

that sleeve style is more suitable for a very much younger woman (imo)

and

she should have bought one size bigger

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

13. Mybe she's taking fashion advice from her step daughter?

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:51 AM

Dec 2018

Rorey

(8,445 posts)

27. There's something way off about the bosom area.

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:31 PM

Dec 2018

She seems to have a difficult time accepting that she's a different size than she used to be.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

15. What the hell is that thing Melania is wearing?

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 01:08 AM

Dec 2018

The top makes her boobs look like a watermelon is stuffed in there.

Cha

(297,240 posts)

16. lol That was my question!

Reply to NastyRiffraff (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 01:12 AM

Dec 2018

"What the hell does she have on?!!! My Gawd!

Riff

Response to Cha (Reply #16)

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Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)

20. She looks like a circus animal cookie.

Reply to NastyRiffraff (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:04 AM

Dec 2018

I love those things!

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

29. I'm at a place called Fun city (think ChuckECheese minus the food), I have

Reply to Dave Starsky (Reply #20)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:57 PM

Dec 2018

contemplating a bag of these for the last hour. I really shouldn't, I have had way too many butter balls, nut cups, various other Christmas cookies this week.
Your pic just sealed the deal.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)

21. Grandma's curtains

Reply to NastyRiffraff (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:07 AM

Dec 2018

That is one ugly dress.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)

25. That was before her "kidney" operation

Reply to NastyRiffraff (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:25 PM

Dec 2018

too!

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)

31. Everything she wears smooshes her breasts down & makes her look like...

Reply to NastyRiffraff (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 04:02 PM

Dec 2018

...she's incredibly short-waisted. Truly weird. And that dress is a nightmare that would get the designer Auf-ed on Project Runway. Bad fabric choice. Bad bell sleeve design. Horrible proportions. Do you think she knows how bad that dress looks?