That's all I have to say.

Plus...
'Gorbachev?'

is everything. That picture screams untouchable Ice Queen.

Which must be deliberate since all that press coverage would call for at least putting on an approachable façade. The Trumps exist for that kind of coverage.

It looks like the Queen is not digging it.

It may be the one photograph of her that accurately sums up her relationship with us. There is no way anyone can find any human warmth there.

She doesn’t even seem to care enough about his base to put on an act.

She’s a malfunctioning Stepford First Lady.

across from her, and the reporters and photographers focused on Trump and the Czech president:

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Or does t Rump always look like he's taking a dump when he's meeting with real leaders? Can he sit like a normal person?

or so his hands always say.

What a miserable-looking bastard he is.

it Depends!

I see loneliness and embarrassment, that she is here on her birthday sitting on an empty couch. Even the press seems to have their attention elsewhere.

I don’t think she would ever be caught looking like a regular person on camera. Remember that all that press we get to see in this photo is something they are quite accustomed to seeing daily. The Trumps are always posing. It’s all staged all the time.

almost.

And to think of how the Obamas were painted by Rethugs as out of the mainstream. That Dems are painted as unAmerican and extreme.

I don't know what.the word is for what we are living through... what comes to mind are nightmare, disaster, dystopia.

Don't care on any level. We all have free will. She exercised hers, and she owns that harvest.

Where's Donald?

Out with another 'Stormy'?

just totally staged to **look** like she's actually worthy of attention?

Minister.

Showing her alone and unsmiling, wearing a heavy coat indoors-- so uncomfortable and ignored. It's really like someone in the WH wants to show her as unhappy and alienated.

Or maybe it's supposed to hint that the White House needs to raise the thermostat, if the first lady has to wear her coat inside.

I remember her in Helsinki last summer-- in a very hot summer for Finland-- wearing a heavy long-sleeved coat. The first lady of Finland was dressed for July in a short-sleeved flowered dress, but there Mrs. Trump stood looking like it was November and all the windows were open to the frigid elements.

I remember thinking (meanly) that she must be trying to cover up bruises on her arms... but she could have done that with a filmy long sleeve blouse.

Maybe her thing is to look profoundly uncomfortable?

I miss it when the White House wasn't filled with vulgar, grifting, lying, cheating trash.

Her arms through the sleeves of her coat. She usually just drapes her coats over her shoulders and I'm not embarrassed to admit it Drives. Me. Crazy.

The only time I've seen Trump's supermodel/escort wife smiling was while talking to Obama at McCain's funeral. Probably because hubby wasn't invited. I'd like to see Michelle interacting with poor Barron; the kid might crack a smile too.

"Blue steel"! Of course! You nailed it. That may have been somewhere in the back of my brain, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

And who doesn't remember how animated and just plain alive she looked when chatting with Obama?

As to those who comment about her coat-wearing--maybe she is kind of chilly all the time because she doesn't eat enough so she can stay (insanely) model slim.

That question brings up another. Trump sure isn't depriving himself of food. He gets to eat what he wants, play golf when he wants and say pretty much what he wants when he wants. Why the hell is he so angry? (rhetorical question, really) Ice cream and chocolate cake are such a big part of his life. Those two things would keep me pretty cheerful.

screams "Money can not buy happiness" The wife of the Czech president looks so HUMAN compared to Mrs. tRump. Her skirt covers her knees. Maleria pulls her skirt up, must be a habit from her porn model/escort days.

if you stop and think about how her husband treats her. Trumps disrespect p robably started the day they got married. Remember the day they moved into the WH, Barrack and Michelle were standing on the porch to welcome them. Trump made a bee line to meet them and get the photo ops started. Melania was left in the car to walk up the stepst to the gracious welcome to her new home by herself.

The latest showing of Trump's disrespect Melania that has jumped out at me is the short video on the news stories lately of Trump storming up the steps to the helicopter with Melania trailing behind him 4 or 5 steps.

That is not how a man treats his wife. Can you imagine Barrack walking up those steps without Michele by his side or in front of him to make sure she gets up the steps?

I'm now convinced about the body double.

Barack Obama to Michelle: "You're not only my wife and the mother of my children, you're my best friend. I love your strength, your grace, and your determination. And I love you more each day. Happy Birthday," @MichelleObama

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeEI3RjBNGl/?utm_source=ig_embed

What a strange woman... but then, who else would marry him?