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Melania Trump just issued a statement saying the remarks in the video are not concomitant with the man she knows.
Well, duh!!! The video was made in 2005 when she and Trump were newlyweds. The man in the video said he tried "to f*ck" another woman, one who was married at the time, as was Trump and Mrs. Trump. The man quite likely learned from his experience having an affair with Marla Maples while married to Ivana Trump that his objectives are better served if he hides his infidelity from his wife.
It's not terribly surprising that the sexist we've all seen is not the man she knows. I've heard it said that the wife is the last to "find out," but that that's also because the wife is the last to want to accept the truth about her husband's philandering. I think that's the position, in part, in which Mrs. Trump finds herself now.
Whether she's been "there" before, I cannot say. I am pretty sure she's unlikely to say whether she's had her doubts. She certainly knows she married a man who carried on a very public affair with a previous wife. She also knows when her relationship with Trump began relative to the formal end of his marriage with Marla Maples.
Well, duh!!! The video was made in 2005 when she and Trump were newlyweds. The man in the video said he tried "to f*ck" another woman, one who was married at the time, as was Trump and Mrs. Trump. The man quite likely learned from his experience having an affair with Marla Maples while married to Ivana Trump that his objectives are better served if he hides his infidelity from his wife.
It's not terribly surprising that the sexist we've all seen is not the man she knows. I've heard it said that the wife is the last to "find out," but that that's also because the wife is the last to want to accept the truth about her husband's philandering. I think that's the position, in part, in which Mrs. Trump finds herself now.
Whether she's been "there" before, I cannot say. I am pretty sure she's unlikely to say whether she's had her doubts. She certainly knows she married a man who carried on a very public affair with a previous wife. She also knows when her relationship with Trump began relative to the formal end of his marriage with Marla Maples.