#Melania wants you all to know that she never had anything to do with #Epstein, never been friends with him, never even met the guy.

[kjempeslu@climatejustice.social]

@statsguy You can read it all in her boook!

[chris@metalhead.club]

@statsguy Looking at the photo I`m really wondering where Epsteins right hand was???

[crdfilm@mastodon.social]

@statsguy Maybe she means her current face has never met Epstein or Maxwell.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@statsguy

There Can Only Be One Reason for Melania Talking Epstein. It’s Not Good

Why on earth would the first lady voluntarily raise her husband’s worst scandal? It seems crazy—but it shows how low he has fallen.

The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)

Trump news at a glance: Melania Trump’s weird disavowal of Epstein is getting weirder

It was unclear which specific accusations spurred the first lady to respond publicly – key US politics stories from Thursday 9 April at a glance

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

nytimes.com

(www.nytimes.com)

What’s Up With Melania’s Surprise Epstein Denial: 3 Theories

Melania Trump made a statement denying the rumors about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein for no apparent reason. So why did she decide the ‘lies’ about her ties to Epstein ‘need to end today’? Here are three theories.

Intelligencer (nymag.com)

Melania Trump's Epstein statement stuns internet

The first lady spoke from the White House, denouncing rumors about ties to the sex offender.

Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)

Melania says her piece about Epstein – doth the lady protest too much?

The first lady unleashed a barrage of denials – and put one of her husband’s biggest political liabilities back on the agenda

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

What could have prompted Melania Trump’s sudden and unexpected statement on Epstein?

In a rare and extraordinary speech from the White House, the First Lady denied being Epstein’s friend or victim. The timing couldn’t have been worse for her husband — and the reasoning couldn’t have been more opaque, reports Holly Baxter

The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)

Epstein Victim Makes Bombshell Claim About Melania Speech

As Epstein survivors call out the first lady’s statement, one victim asks a big question on social media.

The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com)

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@statsguy

Everyone keeps acting like a mystry why she did this today, but I think it's very simple.

She's been mad and has wanted to do this for months. And she keeps asking Donald "now can I push back? NOW?" and he said "fine fine do it" since so much else is going on and he wants her to shut up about it.

That's it.

[statsguy@mas.to]

@futurebird Could well be.

Or maybe she's hoping that bringing the #EpsteinFiles back into the news will give her husband a heart attack and speed up her inheritance. Who knows?

[idjansazov@c.im]

@statsguy

She also claims she loves DJT ...

[statsguy@mas.to]

@idjansazov I'm sure she loves his money

[idjansazov@c.im]

@statsguy

I doubted she has access to his money. The only thing this guy loves more than his ego is money. After that girls. Then lawyers, then his buildings. I will be surprised of members of his family gets into top 10 of his priorities.

He gives her some breadcrumbs like the movie that Jeff Bezos paid and she has some change to buy hats.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@statsguy

The awkward thing is that in an alternate universe not that different from our own a young Melania could have been trafficked by Epstein. He had a guy who ran around Eastern Europe offering teen girls "modeling jobs" and taking their passports.

She has to know about that world. She was at least adjacent to it if not a part of it. Does she care about those other girls? Or does she just step on their necks in her high heels as she climbs higher?

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@statsguy

I have the feeling she's one of those women who would say "they knew what they were getting in to"

This is the attitude of people who recognize that the world can be exploitative and unfair, but who think that those who get taken advantage of deserve it.

What a very ugly way to be, especially for a former Einstein Visa fashion model. For our first lady. The embodiment of that All American dream of marrying a wealthy man who becomes more wealthy and more powerful.

[six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social]

@futurebird @statsguy
@glynmoody
Thx 4 orig Adam boost

RE
#melaniatrump has been mad and wanted to do this for months

Maybe, but most posts on Mastodon seen to leave out this important point, she mentioned the guys.

She is directly asking these "several powerful male executives who resigned" to give, testimony.

The problem is some Democratic House Representatives HAVE tried to get them and the #EpsteinSurvivors to Congress, but it was the Republican leaders who STOPPED it.

[statsguy@mas.to]

@futurebird I thinks she's already told us exactly how much she cares through her fashion choices

Melania Trump says 'don't care' jacket was a message

Mrs Trump's own team had denied that her clothing during a visit to a detention centre had any meaning.

BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

[sternecker@infosec.exchange]

@statsguy alt alt text: the smug look of a new owner showing off his purchase with the brokers.