Melania Trump reveals plan to leverage presidency to ink ‘multi-million dollar’ endorsement deals

[Homerboy]

Gotta cash in when you can I guess, right? Sorry about the bias source, but it's what I had at hand. What sucks is I have to admit I sort of had a soft spot for Melania as it seemed she really didn't want to be part of this shit-show and just wanted to raise her son and retain some sort of ""normalcy" (or their flavor of it).

https://thinkprogress.org/melania-t...lar-endorsement-deals-1999314fb8f1#.dvlgm4ojf

In a lawsuit filed today, First Lady Melania Trump revealed her intention to leverage the presidency to ink new “licensing, branding, and endorsement” deals worth many millions of dollars. In the filing, Melania Trump’s lawyer described the position of First Lady as a “once-in-a-lifetime” money making opportunity. She told the court she intended to pursue deals in “apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care, and fragrance.”

These kind of endorsement deals would be especially lucrative while Melania Trump is First Lady and thus “one of the most photographed women in the world.”

 

[MongGrel]

Dunno is true or not, but good for her if is true.

If your wife is even jumping off ship, I guess Trump really looks ridiculous.

Got me, but I would not be surprised.

 

[Homerboy]

Dunno is true or not, but good for her if is true.

If your wife is even jumping off ship, I guess Trump really looks ridiculous.

Got me, but I would not be surprised.

Well there is an actual snipet from the lawsuit pictured in the article so it appears to be true. If she's rolling out ACTUAL products or just making sure the path is clear has yet to be seen.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Gotta cash in when you can I guess, right? Sorry about the bias source, but it's what I had at hand. What sucks is I have to admit I sort of had a soft spot for Melania as it seemed she really didn't want to be part of this shit-show and just wanted to raise her son and retain some sort of ""normalcy" (or their flavor of it).

https://thinkprogress.org/melania-t...lar-endorsement-deals-1999314fb8f1#.dvlgm4ojf

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

:awe: :thumbsup:

 

[MomentsofSanity]

This seems like a gross misrepresentation of what happened yesterday. She refiled her libel suit against Daily Mail as it was originally rejected. She is claiming that what they reported damaged her by tarnishing her reputation by claiming she worked as an escort. The list is stating why damaging her reputation would have financial impact.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-trump-daily-mail-lawsuit-20170206-story.html

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I'm somewhat conflicted about this. On the one hand I'm very wary of Republican assaults on the free press, but on the other hand the Daily Fail is pretty much garbage in the first place, and from a real broad overview it seems that Melania has a case. I didn't exactly weep for Gawker either when they released that Hulk Hogan tape. We need a free press, but it must be a robust and rigorous one, accountable for its transgressions so that we can maintain good faith in it.

 

[nakedfrog]

Gotta cash in when you can I guess, right? Sorry about the bias source, but it's what I had at hand. What sucks is I have to admit I sort of had a soft spot for Melania as it seemed she really didn't want to be part of this shit-show and just wanted to raise her son and retain some sort of ""normalcy" (or their flavor of it).

https://thinkprogress.org/melania-t...lar-endorsement-deals-1999314fb8f1#.dvlgm4ojf

FWIW, we don't really know how much of it was her idea. Could be 100%, could be all Trump & legal team trying to maximize gains.

 

[WelshBloke]

She is claiming that what they reported damaged her by tarnishing her reputation by claiming she worked as an escort.

I don't remember them actually claiming that. I think that they reported that the modelling agency that she worked for also supplied escorts, which apparently was true.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

I don't remember them actually claiming that. I think that they reported that the modelling agency that she worked for also supplied escorts, which apparently was true.

You're correct. It was more an inference than a direct allegation. The printed a retraction/clarification.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3769798/Melania-Trump-retraction.html

 

[Blackjack200]

Gotta cash in when you can I guess, right? Sorry about the bias source, but it's what I had at hand. What sucks is I have to admit I sort of had a soft spot for Melania as it seemed she really didn't want to be part of this shit-show and just wanted to raise her son and retain some sort of ""normalcy" (or their flavor of it).

I think it's really weird that everyone wants to believe that Melania is secretly opposed to all of this and just being dragged along. She is an adult human being and capable of making decisions just like any of us are.

 

[WelshBloke]

You're correct. It was more an inference than a direct allegation. The printed a retraction/clarification.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3769798/Melania-Trump-retraction.html

Yeah, I did find the whole "People are saying..." angle fairly ironic.

 

[MongGrel]

I'm more worried about the Donald being clueless more than what Melania is doing really.

At this point I almost don't care about the US government to begin with, it's becoming a complete farce.

 

[Homerboy]

I think it's really weird that everyone wants to believe that Melania is secretly opposed to all of this and just being dragged along. She is an adult human being and capable of making decisions just like any of us are.

Eh? If she was "opposed" wouldn't that be her being "adult human being and capable of making decisions just like any of us"?
She can't just say "WTH, of course he's fucking crazy. I'm outta here." But she can decide not to live in the WH, remove herself and her 10 year old son away from all of the insanity as much as she possibly can.

 

[fskimospy]

This seems like a gross misrepresentation of what happened yesterday. She refiled her libel suit against Daily Mail as it was originally rejected. She is claiming that what they reported damaged her by tarnishing her reputation by claiming she worked as an escort. The list is stating why damaging her reputation would have financial impact.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-trump-daily-mail-lawsuit-20170206-story.html

It seems reasonably accurate to me. If you're saying you have incurred damages by being less able to monetize your position that implies at a minimum you are considering monetizing your position. This is most certainly a smart legal move on her part as it will substantially increase the potential damages, but it's a terrible look for her due to the ethical shadiness that already surrounds the whole family.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

It seems reasonably accurate to me. If you're saying you have incurred damages by being less able to monetize your position that implies at a minimum you are considering monetizing your position. This is most certainly a smart legal move on her part as it will substantially increase the potential damages, but it's a terrible look for her due to the ethical shadiness that already surrounds the whole family.

True, but this also extends to her time beyond his completion of his term. Her name will still be associated long after this nightmare ends. I'm just saying she didn't file just saying I intend to make money off of being first lady which is how that article seemed to make it look. For the purpose of a libel finding and judgment this is the way to go to establish damages.

 

[Pens1566]

I mean, is anyone shocked by this.

 

[Jhhnn]

I'm somewhat conflicted about this. On the one hand I'm very wary of Republican assaults on the free press, but on the other hand the Daily Fail is pretty much garbage in the first place, and from a real broad overview it seems that Melania has a case. I didn't exactly weep for Gawker either when they released that Hulk Hogan tape. We need a free press, but it must be a robust and rigorous one, accountable for its transgressions so that we can maintain good faith in it.

That's not really the point. The admission that being First Lady is seen as a mere branding opportunity should speak to us at a deeper level. Her lawyers say that she's in it for the money, probably the same reason she married Donald. It seems obvious that she's no more qualified for her role than Donald is for his.

 

[Jhhnn]

I mean, is anyone shocked by this.

Not me. Not the people who should be, either.

 

[Blackjack200]

Eh? If she was "opposed" wouldn't that be her being "adult human being and capable of making decisions just like any of us"?

I guess I mean like this:

She can't just say "WTH, of course he's fucking crazy. I'm outta here." But she can decide not to live in the WH, remove herself and her 10 year old son away from all of the insanity as much as she possibly can.

Yes, she absolutely can. Why can't she? She can also speak up against the behavior of her husband and the administration, without leaving him. She is not muzzled in any way. She's making her choice to go along with it.

 

[jtvang125]

I think it's really weird that everyone wants to believe that Melania is secretly opposed to all of this and just being dragged along. She is an adult human being and capable of making decisions just like any of us are.

This. She is no victim because she and everyone knew full well of trump's past marriages and yet she still committed. Also no self-respecting woman will go for a guy almost twice her age and looking like trump if it wasn't about the money. While she has avoided much of the spotlight she has in the past supported trump's views such as going on tv and echoing trump's birther movement.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

This seems like a gross misrepresentation of what happened yesterday. She refiled her libel suit against Daily Mail as it was originally rejected. She is claiming that what they reported damaged her by tarnishing her reputation by claiming she worked as an escort. The list is stating why damaging her reputation would have financial impact.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-trump-daily-mail-lawsuit-20170206-story.html

Yeah this is reaching. People shouldn't be doing stupid birther stuff since it deadens sensitivity to real issues by specious whining.

 

[WelshBloke]

Yeah this is reaching. People shouldn't be doing stupid birther stuff since it deadens sensitivity to real issues by specious whining.

I can't tell if you're talking about Donald, Melania, or the Daily Mail there!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I can't tell if you're talking about Donald, Melania, or the Daily Mail there!

These things aren't mutually exclusive

 

[MongGrel]

These things aren't mutually exclusive

Trump is in it for the money, Melania is just going for her cut.

Fill up that Swamp, repeal financial regulation

He's gonna make America Great again for the top investors.

It amazing how fast these cycles occur these days, but I guess I've been around awhile and have had the banks depreciate my retirement savings in the past.