Melania uses Mother’s Day to expose Trump

0:00 Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there

0:02 and to all the sons and daughters who have moms.

0:04 And if you're not close to your mom, that's okay, too.

0:06 I hope you're having a great day.

0:08 I just want to say Melania Trump came out with a Mother's Day

0:12 message that to me seemed very pointed

0:14 towards the president of the United States.

0:16 And I'm not the only one who thought so.

0:18 The Daily Beast did, too.

0:19 Now, what's interesting is that she wrote this op-ed.

0:23 She wrote this op-ed.

0:24 Let us put that in the largest air quotes imaginable.

0:28 She wrote this op-ed.

0:30 This woman can barely speak English.

0:32 Ain't no way she's writing an op-ed for the Washington Post.

0:36 The Washington Post, by the way,

0:37 which is owned by Jeff Bezos and funded the Melania movie.

0:41 Regardless, she's out with a Mother's Day message that is very strange.

0:46 I'm going to walk you through it,

0:47 and then I'm going to show you what the Daily Beast thinks is going on here.

0:54 First, here she is in the Washington Post saying,

0:57 "Mothers are America's strength.

1:00 Women could lead boldly at work while

1:03 restoring the honor of motherhood." All right.

1:06 It says here, "The household is our nation's smallest institution,

1:11 yet is the foundation of all others, including democracy itself.

1:15 The values cultivated in homes often shape the moral voice of the generation.

1:20 Looking ahead, we must consider how to strengthen this vital role." Now,

1:24 why does that matter to me?

1:26 Well, I think there's a couple things going on here

1:29 is interesting that Melania Trump is talking about how

1:33 the household is the nation's smallest instit in institution when

1:37 she literally like her and Trump do not live together.

1:41 They don't live together.

1:42 They barely live together when they're raising

1:45 the son that they have together, Baron.

1:47 And so to me, this seems like a bit of a jab

1:52 at Donald Trump because they do not share a household at all.

1:58 And if it's the foundation of democracy itself, what is she really saying?

2:02 Being a modern mother demands the discipline

2:04 and restraint to not disregard what came before us.

2:08 In this spirit, the healthy evolution of the American family can best be

2:12 achieved by preserving the elements of the past that have proved their worth.

2:17 In doing so, America can restore the honor of motherhood after years

2:21 in which feminism often plays career

2:23 above family with consequences to our nation.

2:26 American can restore the honor of motherhood.

2:28 Is I mean, has motherhood been dishonored by feminism?

2:34 Do you think that's true?

2:35 I don't think that's true.

2:37 I think if anything,

2:38 equality is something I really think is is like a northstar.

2:42 is very hard to feel to know if you ever fully achieved it,

2:46 but we are certainly closer to it than we've been in the past.

2:51 So, I just don't understand this line of thinking.

2:56 I truly think the only person dishonoring motherhood or those who seek to try

3:02 to take away the ability for moms to live lives just as dads do.

3:10 I I don't understand this idea that moms have a certain

3:14 kind of role in the household and fathers do not.

3:17 That's what she's saying here.

3:18 Anyways, yes, women can thrive in both motherhood and business,

3:22 but let's be honest, extended families and strong support systems are often

3:26 essential to providing a solid base for success.

3:30 That's why I admire the strength and dedication of single

3:33 mothers in America who often handle these responsibilities alone.

3:38 American women today are finding unique ways to balance career,

3:42 ambition, and family.

3:43 The busy accountant who makes time during tax

3:46 season to read with her kids before bedtime.

3:49 Okay.

3:50 The nurse who I'm just going she's just going to make up situations.

3:53 The nurse who works a grueling shift work starting at 6:00 a.m.

3:57 but treasures being present with her children when they return from school.

4:00 We all know these incredible women.

4:03 Okay.

4:04 Again, and here's another jab at the president to be fully president.

4:07 present.

4:08 To be fully present for a child,

4:10 mothers must occasionally take time to restore their own energy.

4:14 Such care is not selfish,

4:16 but an important part of caring for others through self-care,

4:20 your devotion to your children, and the rest of your family is more effective.

4:24 This approach will enrich enrich every aspect of your life,

4:27 professional and personal.

4:30 And this one is a bit of a laugh.

4:31 I constantly challenge myself as first lady to think beyond the traditional

4:35 responsibilities of the east wing that has resulted in many new

4:39 opportunities including leading for reunifications

4:42 of Ukrainian and Russian children

4:44 and their families addressing the UN

4:45 security council and achieving peace through education.

4:47 The White House launching fostering the future together a global effort

4:50 to help children through their safe and innovative use of technology.

4:54 But family always comes first.

4:55 Family always comes first.

4:57 I don't see how that I mean this is some gobble gobblelygy guck, isn't it?

5:02 Let's champion a new American model that restores

5:05 the honor of motherhood by encouraging all women

5:09 to lead boldly at work while also making

5:11 the family the cornerstone of our national future.

5:15 I mean, I I truly don't think Melania Trump slash slash alleged Epstein Epstein

5:23 lady should be telling us how to have families and how to raise kids.

5:30 That's just me.

5:31 Here's what the Daily Beast had to say.

5:33 Whoever advised Melania to write this, I would advise

5:36 you for the first lady of the United States.

5:40 Let let's let's not forget that she's not just she's not just a model.

5:46 She's not just a catalog model.

5:48 She's she's the first lady.

5:50 She represents the United States.

5:53 And to not have someone I mean there

5:56 are so many authors you could call there are

5:59 so many ghost writers and speech writers you

6:01 could call to write something really moving and rousing.

6:05 It could be a hymn to her own mother

6:08 and yet they've chosen to go the the the lazy route.

6:13 I mean, let's question the Washington Post's responsibility here.

6:17 I mean, obviously they said, "Okay, great.

6:19 You know, the first lady is going to write

6:21 something about about motherhood." But when they're handed this thing,

6:25 why wouldn't they say, "No, ob obviously we can't we can't publish this." Um,

6:31 or are they saying, "Well,

6:33 let's publish this because it kind of hangs herself." I I don't know,

6:37 but there's some weird lack of responsibility on their part.

6:42 Well, it's it's a or it could be.

6:45 Let's remember [laughter] Melania the movie is uh

6:51 a um uh an Amazon Jeff Bezos production

6:57 and Melania the Mother's Day article um appears

7:01 in the Washington Post which is owned by Jeff Bezos.

7:06 So you suggesting Jeff Bezos rated?

7:09 No, I I'm I'm I'm suggesting that this is all part

7:12 of a greater a greater Melania marketing

7:16 um um influence pedalling piece of grift.

7:22 But I wonder if they had thought of having Melania attend the Met B.

7:27 I wonder if she was invited.

7:28 I wonder if she decided she didn't want to go.

7:31 Um she could have taken Baron.

7:34 It was interesting to me that the entire Trump family stayed away despite

7:38 the fact that Jeff Bezos had turned up to support Donald at the inauguration.

7:43 Well, I I I'm I'm sure first thing that that in in the reality of this is

7:48 that Jeff Bezos and and his wife had

7:51 very little discretion over over the Met ball.

7:54 Um that that's that that was going to remain.

7:57 I mean that's their position was wholly

8:01 wholly honorary there and um and obviously

8:05 the Met Bowl is run by by Anna Winter and Conde Nast and would have known

8:13 right but Anna Winter put um Melania Trump and Donald

8:17 Trump on the cover of Vogue when when they got married.

8:21 I mean, I know that she since said Melania Trump will never appear on the cover.

8:25 Yeah, but they have but yes,

8:26 but they have not not seen that that that was another age,

8:29 another another couple basically.

8:32 Um, and so they would have known and the cond

8:35 people would would have would have known that that would

8:38 have been um uh to involve the Trumps would have

8:43 been a statement that they certainly didn't want to make.

8:47 Yeah.

8:47 Yeah.

8:48 Well, it's it's I mean I'm not I'm not encouraging people

8:51 to go and read it because it just it doesn't mean anything.

8:54 It's just generic weird gobbledegook.

8:56 But interesting that they put it out there.

9:00 Yeah.

9:00 And and I think the um you know the the the larger point

9:05 here is what is Melania doing that this that this does become a political

9:14 something we have to see within the within this political context.

9:17 We don't know what it means.

9:18 And it could be and it could be dangerous for Donald Trump.

9:23 she is if she is in in some kind of of secret or not so secret

9:30 revolt against him which I think she might

9:32 be and if she is building this this independent

9:39 brand persona um business from from him

9:44 that also becomes a potential liability and as we've

9:48 we've discussed before within the White House They

9:52 now look at her as a as a liability.

9:56 I mean, in the times that she has come come out,

9:59 that has not been good for them.

10:01 The Epstein thing, drawing attention

10:03 to that, her her just peculiar attitude about everything,

10:08 her absence, her strategic absences.

10:12 This is not good for them and it's not necessarily controllable for them.

10:17 Interesting.

10:17 Right now, I also got to say too,

10:19 we also have seen Melania Trump try to distance herself from the president,

10:24 most famously when she came out with that very bizarre Epstein statement.

10:29 I never been friends with Epstein.

10:33 Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time.

10:40 So, I think this is just another way for her to try

10:42 to separate herself from Trump and everything he believes and has done.

10:48 I don't think it's going to work,

10:50 but I think she's realizing that she's going to be

10:52 a Trump a lot longer than Donald Trump is, if you know what I mean.

10:57 So, she's trying to do what she can.

10:58 We won't let her.

10:59 We won't let her.

11:00 Well, anyways, happy Mother's Day.

11:02 I hope you have a great day and I'll see you soon.

11:05 Bye.