{"id":27737,"date":"2017-05-26T08:18:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27737"},"modified":"2017-05-26T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:14:57","slug":"don-melania-take-center-stage-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/don-melania-take-center-stage-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Don &#038; Melania Take Center Stage \u2026 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s been months since <strong><em>Twitler<\/em><\/strong> has had to share center stage with anyone.&nbsp; But on his foreign trip this week, <strong>Melania<\/strong> and <strong>Pope Francis<\/strong> were also there &ndash; and it didn&rsquo;t go all that well for Donnie.&nbsp; And if you don&rsquo;t think Twitler <s>lusts for<\/s> <em><u>demands<\/u><\/em> the starring role at center stage, take a look at his thuggish behavior that he showed to Montenegrin prime minister, <strong>Dusko Markovic<\/strong> yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Shoves-Montenegro-Out-of-His-Way.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27738\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Shoves-Montenegro-Out-of-His-Way.gif\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On their arrival in Israel, <strong>Melania<\/strong> took matters into her own hand, so to speak.&nbsp; There is absolutely no doubt that when Twitler tried to hold her hand walking down the red carpet on the tarmac, she swatted it away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most of America feels the same, Melania <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ibde9GWm5u\">pic.twitter.com\/Ibde9GWm5u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarenCivil\/status\/866664999128895488\">May 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But you have to wonder if Donnie didn&rsquo;t say something to her, because at the next attempt at hand-holding when arriving in Rome, she was much subtler in her avoidance by instead quickly fixing her hair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Slaps-Hand-Away_Rome_2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27739\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Slaps-Hand-Away_Rome_2.gif\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melania has clearly learned that Donnie requires constant adoration and affirmation.&nbsp; That was sadly evident by keeping an eye on her during his inauguration.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/laMrfGUM_d0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But his inauguration was filled with episodes documenting his disdain for women in general &ndash; even including his wife.&nbsp; But the Obamas came to Melania&#39;s rescue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27743\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women.png\" width=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women.png 508w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women-150x146.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift-Alone_Respect-Women-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27744\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster.jpg\" width=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Obamas-Help_Poster-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then again, we always knew the Obamas were gracious and loving people as evident in this clip.&nbsp; And please note the caring squeeze Michelle gives her Marine escort&rsquo;s hand as he departs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m so glad this GIF exists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4BNmzfa5C\">pic.twitter.com\/a4BNmzfa5C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; summer. (@SummerNazif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SummerNazif\/status\/822799506941050880\">January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So is it any wonder the Tiffany-wrapped giftbox that Melania gave to the Obamas on the White House porch steps actually held an urgent plea?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift_Help_Save-Me.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27740\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift_Help_Save-Me.gif\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift_Help_Save-Me.gif 480w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Melania_Gift_Help_Save-Me-300x169.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then later this week there was the meeting with <strong>Pope Francis<\/strong> which also didn&rsquo;t go well &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smile_Frown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27745\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smile_Frown-300x189.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smile_Frown-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smile_Frown-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smile_Frown.png 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the remarkable thing is that Pope Francis is quite a jovial, fun-loving guy &hellip; usually<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27746\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown.png\" width=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown.png 713w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Smiles-Frown-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I swear the expressions in this photo &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Melania_Ivanka_Smite-Bolt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27747\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Melania_Ivanka_Smite-Bolt.jpg\" width=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Melania_Ivanka_Smite-Bolt.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Melania_Ivanka_Smite-Bolt-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope-Francis_Melania_Ivanka_Smite-Bolt-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show that three out of four people are filled with abject fear that God&rsquo;s <strong><em>&ldquo;Smiting Lightning Bolt&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong> might go wide!&nbsp; <em>(Feel free to add you own Caption in the comments.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, there is a very simple explanation as to why the Pope is <em><u>not<\/u><\/em> happy having Donnie around &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope_Swats-Hand.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27741\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope_Swats-Hand.gif\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope_Swats-Hand.gif 480w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Trump_Pope_Swats-Hand-300x169.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Twitler&rsquo;s travels will be coming to an end soon, and I guess we&rsquo;ll have to take him back.&nbsp; <strong><em>*sigh*<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You think we can book him for another foreign junket &hellip; <em><u>SOON<\/u><\/em>?&nbsp; I&rsquo;d vote to send him to Somalia &ndash; but I&rsquo;m open for suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s been months since Twitler has had to share center stage with anyone.&nbsp; But on his foreign trip this week, Melania and Pope Francis were also there &ndash; and it didn&rsquo;t go all that well for Donnie.&nbsp; And if you don&rsquo;t think Twitler lusts for demands the starring role at center stage, take a look <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/don-melania-take-center-stage-again\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}