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Damn, this is savage (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 23 hrs ago OP
Maybe. But I would not be laughing so hard if she did not immensely deserve it... hlthe2b 23 hrs ago #1
Ouch. sheshe2 23 hrs ago #2
I saw that I was wondering if it was real Walleye 2 hrs ago #51
I dont think it is. ShazzieB 1 hr ago #55
And Donnie is probably saying "Yeah, that's my girl!". Poor Barron, the MOST embarrassing parents. dutch777 23 hrs ago #3
Fuck, he turned out just like them. mercuryblues 22 hrs ago #7
Psychopaths give birth/life to Psychopaths. littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #24
OMGAWD!!!!!!!! a kennedy 22 hrs ago #4
Damn, this is fake. flvegan 22 hrs ago #5
Damn, damn, damn....... a kennedy 22 hrs ago #6
I'm not saying that situation never occurred since flvegan 22 hrs ago #9
The sentiment, though, is spot-on. DinahMoeHum 22 hrs ago #11
No doubt she has graced many "poles",including disgraceful ones. BattleRow 22 hrs ago #15
Has any other previous 'first lady' been portrayed as a 'pole dancer', Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #34
Who cares if it's true or not? Rumor alone is sufficient proof of guilt. Aristus 19 hrs ago #30
Right, and I should've known that. a kennedy 19 hrs ago #31
I just hope some Republican lurkers are reading this right now. Aristus 19 hrs ago #32
True or not, it's sexist garbage.. whathehell 16 hrs ago #37
Agreed. ShazzieB 56 min ago #56
I believe it IS true!! young_at_heart 5 hrs ago #45
To quote Mrs Trump, "I really don't care, do you?" debsy 22 hrs ago #12
Post removed Post removed 22 hrs ago #14
Buh Bye.... Bayard 22 hrs ago #16
Nice way to start your day LG. sheshe2 21 hrs ago #17
Message auto-removed Name removed 21 hrs ago #18
I am a Democrat... sheshe2 21 hrs ago #19
awwww gee, did I miss our regular troll? niyad 6 hrs ago #39
No worries 😉 sheshe2 6 hrs ago #40
This is so true. niyad 6 hrs ago #42
Doesn't matter in this case LearnedHand 19 hrs ago #29
Yeah they could have used any of a number of her racy photos instead. progressoid 17 hrs ago #33
They should have used the real photo of her naked and cuddling another naked woman. Lonestarblue 6 hrs ago #41
I thought the face was a lot prettier than hers. Susan Calvin 6 hrs ago #43
There are actually worse photos of her radical noodle 5 hrs ago #44
There were plenty of scantilly-clad pics of her, Ilsa 4 hrs ago #46
They were doing her a favor. Alliepoo 2 hrs ago #50
Fake or not, it gets the point across. hadEnuf 22 hrs ago #8
Yes it does, and yes we certainly do. Talitha 21 hrs ago #23
yeah, the only issue is about the price Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #35
What price? It's a joke. hadEnuf 7 hrs ago #38
Truth is often times savage. paleotn 22 hrs ago #10
Too good looking to be her. BattleRow 22 hrs ago #13
Einstein Visa DoBW 21 hrs ago #20
Guess Melanoma had 'extraordinary abilities' in at least one arena, in Trump's opinion Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #36
Damn!!!! Initech 21 hrs ago #21
The arguments here about whether this photo is fake (apparently it is), robbob 21 hrs ago #22
I went to a protest today without a sign -- it was a last-minute decision. 70sEraVet 21 hrs ago #25
Great caption! Walleye 2 hrs ago #52
right on both scores stopdiggin 20 hrs ago #26
Those few arguing a woman should not be shamed fror her sexuality sarisataka 2 hrs ago #53
is that aunt bea third down on the right? LOL orleans 20 hrs ago #27
If you don't like fake pictures, do you want real ones? usonian 20 hrs ago #28
Yeah, well. Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #47
speaking as a former ad copywriter and designer NJCher 2 hrs ago #48
Savage Alliepoo 2 hrs ago #49
Which one represents the Christian Nationalists? Blue Owl 1 hr ago #54
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Walleye

(44,775 posts)
51. I saw that I was wondering if it was real
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:27 PM
2 hrs ago

I’ve never looked that closely at pictures of Melania. But I know she and Donald used to double date with Epstein and Maxwell.

ShazzieB

(22,576 posts)
55. I dont think it is.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 03:39 PM
1 hr ago

Hard to tell for sure without a closer look than we can get from the picture of the sign, but it looks off to me. Like the head isn't at the correct angle, and the color of the face doesn't quite match the body.

dutch777

(5,068 posts)
3. And Donnie is probably saying "Yeah, that's my girl!". Poor Barron, the MOST embarrassing parents.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:48 PM
23 hrs ago

littlemissmartypants

(33,472 posts)
24. Psychopaths give birth/life to Psychopaths.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:36 PM
21 hrs ago

That's why I have decided NOT to call DJ a sociopath. He was (in the immortal words of the beloved Lady Gaga) born this way.

Criminal behavior runs in the family. A quick internet search proves that hypothesis. I rest my case. ⚖️

flvegan

(66,266 posts)
9. I'm not saying that situation never occurred since
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:14 PM
22 hrs ago

pole dancing* for a child trafficker seems right up her alley. I'm just stating that the picture in and of itself is fake.

We'd know better if she had if the assclowns running this current shitshow of a country would release unredacted all the Epstein files.

*Not that there's anything wrong with that (pole dancing, generally).

DinahMoeHum

(23,603 posts)
11. The sentiment, though, is spot-on.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:25 PM
22 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Too many of us consider her to be a pole-dancer, or a prostitute. Dresses like one, decorates like one, etc.

Jack Valentino

(4,979 posts)
34. Has any other previous 'first lady' been portrayed as a 'pole dancer',
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:29 PM
17 hrs ago

and would so many people have believed it if it had happened before ??



My favorite song for Melanoma






Aristus

(72,165 posts)
30. Who cares if it's true or not? Rumor alone is sufficient proof of guilt.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:26 PM
19 hrs ago

The Republicans taught me that.

whathehell

(30,461 posts)
37. True or not, it's sexist garbage..
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:36 AM
16 hrs ago

I'm always amazed at the "Misogyny Rocks When it targets Women We Don't Like" crowd.

ShazzieB

(22,576 posts)
56. Agreed.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 03:51 PM
56 min ago

I really don't give a hoot about Ms. Be Beest's past, whether she was a sex worker, a kindergarten teacher, or a freaking nun. It makes ABSOLUTELY NO FUCKING DIFFERENCE and has no bearing on what a huge asshole, moron, sadist, psychopath, liar, malignant narcissist, rapist, greedy pig, criminal, and Worst President Ever her husband is. I don't like her at all, but this is gross.

young_at_heart

(4,041 posts)
45. I believe it IS true!!
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:46 AM
5 hrs ago

Heck...it might as well be true. Definitely believable and such a MAJOR embarrassment to this country! CRINGE!!!!!!

Response to flvegan (Reply #5)

Response to sheshe2 (Reply #17)

LearnedHand

(5,481 posts)
29. Doesn't matter in this case
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:22 PM
19 hrs ago

She all but was a pole dancer. Fuck her if she can’t take a joke, amiright?

progressoid

(53,168 posts)
33. Yeah they could have used any of a number of her racy photos instead.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:15 PM
17 hrs ago

I won't post them because...

Susan Calvin

(2,436 posts)
43. I thought the face was a lot prettier than hers.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:23 AM
6 hrs ago

The person in the photo actually looks human.

Ilsa

(64,356 posts)
46. There were plenty of scantilly-clad pics of her,
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:54 AM
4 hrs ago

like the ones of her on the trump jet, that can be publically shown. Or R-rated pics of her with black rectangles in appropriate places.

hadEnuf

(3,611 posts)
38. What price? It's a joke.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 09:20 AM
7 hrs ago

Unless some idiot wanted to make a political commercial over it or something.

paleotn

(22,199 posts)
10. Truth is often times savage.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:18 PM
22 hrs ago

Though the exact picture may not be real, we know who she is and what she's been about. That part fits.

DoBW

(3,220 posts)
20. Einstein Visa
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:00 PM
21 hrs ago

The "Einstein visa" is a colloquial term for the EB-1 visa, which is a U.S. employment-based permanent residency option for individuals with extraordinary abilities in various fields,

Jack Valentino

(4,979 posts)
36. Guess Melanoma had 'extraordinary abilities' in at least one arena, in Trump's opinion
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:37 PM
17 hrs ago

at the time that he married her----

although now they reputedly have separate bedrooms
because she can no longer stand the smell---
and sometimes doesn't even want to touch hands with him in public




robbob

(3,749 posts)
22. The arguments here about whether this photo is fake (apparently it is),
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:04 PM
21 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)

and whether woman have the right to express their sexuality in any way they choose without being shamed (of course they do) are, imho, kind of missing the point. To me it’s about the blatant hypocrisy of both the “religious right” and the main stream and especially RW media, to whit;

Melania’s career as a soft core porn model is well documented, as is her association with Jeffrey Epstein. This photo may be fake, but there are many other equally graphic images that could have been used, to make the point, which is:

We have NEVER seen a First Lady with this kind of background, and the media and the religious right basically glossed it over. You know, that same media that threw a fit over Michelle Obama’s bare shoulder sleeveless dress? It’s the hypocrisy that gets me. I think there was even a religious “leader” (aka charlatan) who was waxing poetic over her “tasteful artistic nudes”. And this goes for all the MAGA fundamentalist types: many don’t even believe these nude photo’s exist; they don’t want to know.

That being said, this persons choice to use a fake image, while still making the point about her well documented background, was probably not the right one.

70sEraVet

(5,478 posts)
25. I went to a protest today without a sign -- it was a last-minute decision.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:36 PM
21 hrs ago

But while I was there, I was thinking about making a poster that had trump in a skimpy swimsuit with a headline "Pedo in a Speedo"! It, of course, wouldn't be a 'real' image. But I 'really' wish I had done it!

stopdiggin

(15,439 posts)
26. right on both scores
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:51 PM
20 hrs ago

use of fake image probably a bad move .. (will point out however that this individual ginned up this image for a single instance of use on a protest sign - which is quantitatively different than shooting it out on the web w/endless repeats and 'shares' on social media.)

And yes - the hypocrisy is absolutely staggering. However - the acceptance or 'glossing' of the absolute wanton lack of anything like character, quality, qualification or ability - starts with the person they have no hesitation in enshrining in the Oval office.
(i.e. - the moral deficiencies of the First Lady - are so completely overshadowed by that of her husband ... Who is really the 'leading' character here in terms of utter lack and deficiency ... )

sarisataka

(22,674 posts)
53. Those few arguing a woman should not be shamed fror her sexuality
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:36 PM
2 hrs ago

Are not missing the point of RW hypocrisy, they are saying RW hypocrisy should not be met with even greater hypocrisy from the left/progressives.

We expect the right to be hypocritical, it is kind of their trademark. But if we are also willing to so easily abandon our values to do acts we would otherwise condemn as abhorrent, do we really hold those values?

usonian

(25,217 posts)
28. If you don't like fake pictures, do you want real ones?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:29 PM
20 hrs ago

Contact 3KB2QNGG8

I am in no way associated with 3KB2QNGG8.

Figarosmom

(11,935 posts)
47. Yeah, well.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:56 PM
2 hrs ago

Shows how cheap trumps tastes are. This is why the Oval Office looks like an interior designer's showroom.

NJCher

(43,138 posts)
48. speaking as a former ad copywriter and designer
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:05 PM
2 hrs ago

If this is a fake photograph, it was chosen because it makes the point in an "instant".

People give you about 3/10th of a second and then they are on to the next thing.

It's the same thing as the blazing yellow type on youtube videos. The phony "shock" facial expressions.

Personally, I loathe them but having done this for a living, I know what works and what doesn't. Yellow type is hard to beat.

Ask yourself if that pole dancing photo was changed to another, would the point have been made so instantly?

In making your judgment, you can visit this Daily Mirror link to see the available stock of nude Melanias.

My guesstimate as a former ad layout person is that there is nothing as immediately identifiable as the pole dancer. I agree that it's not the best thing to do, but the person making the sign went with the viewer getting the point in that 3/10th of a second over the ethics of using a fake photo.

The fact that Epstein is in the background further supports that the sign maker wanted to drive the point home.



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