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[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 27 points 2 hours ago

She wore this after visiting children in cages. She’s no friend of mine.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 hours ago

Alternate title: "Matriarch of family that used man as conspiratorial lynch pin in their attacks on his father demands apology and retraction of statements shared by and corroborated by many other sources."

What a bunch of lunatics.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Streisand Effect:

Asked if he wished to apologize, Biden said: “Uh, fuck that, not going to happen.”>

“What I said is what I have heard and seen reported and written primarily from Michael Wolff, but also dating back to 2019.” He cited a number of publications, including the New York Times and Vanity Fair, as sources of his information.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 19 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

My personal take is that she's only staying married to him for spite.

If she divorced he'd be able to openly marry one of his bimbos.

She's telling people that Donnie and Epstein were buddies.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Idk I think she's probably just an awful person and has absolutely no morals or ethical standards to make her dislike Trump. Remember the "I dont care do u?" jacket she wore to the child detention camp? That's not something a person does if they aren't the kind of person that gets raped to death every day in a Sisyphus torture hell.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

She won't get the big pay-out unless they're still married when he dies. Divorce settlements are always smaller than an inheritance.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 minute ago

You're forgetting the book/movie deal.

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe she shouldn’t have partied with human traffickers. No sympathy for these kiddy diddlers and rapists.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 3 hours ago

Pretty sure she "hung out with traffickers" because she was actively being trafficked...

A marriage to a rich older businessman is basically the retirement plan for high end escorts.

And they guy who "discovered her", Paolo Zampolli, is essentially another Epstein. They even co-owned a modelling agency together.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

When are the Epstein files getting released?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Do you really think they're going to be released?

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

I mean, they've probably been destroyed. Probably a lot in 2019.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Hunter should counter sue for all the shit they said about him.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 hours ago

Hunter is a deeply troubled man but he isn't an idiot. He understands that the discovery phase isn't something he wants.

Contrast that with republican dumbfucks who will make empty threats before their lawyers explain why that is a bad idea and why they will be dropping them as clients (and setting a few server rooms on fire) before filing.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

It's common knowledge that she, Trump, and Epstein socialized. Epstein introducing the two would only be interesting if that "introduction" involved the exchange of money.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Yeah - lets take this to court and get some facts on the table

[–] marius@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As a european its always strange to see how Americans drag the whole family into politics. I still don't know if Angela Merkel has any children and she was chancellor for 16 years

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It was a red line that even most Republicans didn't cross (except scum like Rush Limbaugh) until we had the gall to elect a black president. Then the kids became fair game.

[–] overthere@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

That’s not true. I remember them trashing Chelsea Clinton before then.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Why is she butthurt over this?

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

You’d be butthurt too if you had that lil orange prick in your ass

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Fuck Melania, but also fuck Hunter. They both seriously suck. I have very little sympathy for either of them and the way they act in public.

[–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

We should just let em duke it out in a cage match.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There's not much human face left for Hunter to punch.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe instead of them fighting we can see something more... revealing

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Jello wrestling match. You're welcome for the mental image, not even bleach is gonna get that one out (much like the stains)

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, but Andrew from Channel 5 is roped into it, because he did the I terview and it's on his channel.

And he's not taking it down, so he's also open to the lawsuit.

I posted about it a few days ago:

https://lemmy.world/post/34446023?scrollToComments=true

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Chomo mad at being called a chomo.