I am a progressive who neither supported nor voted for Trump. But when it comes to Melania and the kid, Barron, my attitude might surprise some people.

First let me state that besides the pictures of Melania from her younger days when she, like any young model or actor, may have made some bad decisions, or at least questionable ones, in order to break into, or continue to remain in, the business of fashion modeling, I have looked at her pictures now that she is older and wiser.

I might mention that some highly respected people, like Sylvester Stallone and Vanessa Williams, had their moment in the past, the Italian Stallion in one case and the reason for the loss of the title of Miss America in the other. Who knows how many stars got their start on the casting couch and have some not so decent pictures of themselves secreted away somewhere for someone’s personal pleasure. Lots of boobs and butts in music videos too.

My concern is about the more recent pictures that tell a tale while remaining silent.

There is the picture of Melania standing by the limo that brought her and the hubby to the White House, having had to exit the vehicle without the polite arm of her husband to assist, while Trump, instead of walking up to the outgoing first couple with his wife, the soon to be First Lady, left her to get the gift while he ran up for the handshake, and the subsequent picture of Trump heading into the White House, again alone, leaving her behind so the Obamas politely escorted her in.

There is the video of a smiling Melania being spoken to by Trump at the inauguration platform with him then turning away with a smug look on his face and her being reduced to a crushed frown.

She is a former model who knows how to project the required image, but as a human, she has her honest, unguarded moments. This was one of those.

Here is how I see things, and will continue to until someone shows me evidence to the contrary.

When Melania was young and attempting to establish herself, she, like many people, embellished a little on her bio because it really would not make much of a difference in the life of a model whose career plan only included modeling at the time and did not include a plan to be First Lady or anything else that a real unassailable background story would call for.

She took the jobs that she had to because she was at the mercy of her agent and the studios. Had she remained a model, those questionable pictures would not have been worthy of anyone’s notice, nor would they have been seen as anything of importance.

Then, unexpectedly she was introduced to “Billionaire” Donald Trump, and he took an interest in her. She might get the label of gold digger and marriage wrecker, but some blame for the affair, eventual divorce and marriage has to be placed at Trump’s feet, the feet of the man who pursued her.

Their marriage went okay for a while, but then she was assigned the role of arm candy and trophy wife, and Melania had to deal with that, especially when the kid was born.

It is obvious from his earlier bragging and the campaign that she was told what to do, and may not even have been consulted before Trump decided to run or even told about the decision he made until she was told to go along with it. If the theory is true that even he didn’t think he would win, but just put on a show to further himself and future business plans, she might have played along only to then see things start to go differently and her input still not sought. She was then expected to go along with whatever he decided, which might have unexpectedly gone against the plan she had been amenable to because the road was supposed to be a short one. Whatever Trump’s ego decided, she had to go along with it.

If he gets so childishly upset in public over any slight, real or imagined, it is not too difficult to imagine the Trump household behind closed door where she was alone to deal with his rantings and, perhaps, physical expressions of displeasure.

Remember that time when Trump stated in a live interview, with her sitting beside him, that she, much to her obvious surprise, would be giving a number of speeches with the biggest one she gave having been the one at the Republican Convention that had to have been written by the Trump campaign and for which she got ridiculed as some lines were clearly lifted from a Michelle Obama speech. Models do not necessarily get involved in giving speeches, and if her husband was not involved in politics, how can anyone assume she was as versed in them as some of us who are political wonks are. Perhaps the speech sounded good, and being told to give it, either having faith in those her husband chose to write it, or taking yet another order from her husband, she did.

The response and betrayal in having to take the heat alone while no one came forward to admit they stole the lines must have been painful.
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To me that was indicative of her life with Donald. He makes decisions, and she is expected to obey. That is as it has always been between Trump and anyone connected to him.

She became only the beautiful wife that makes him the envy of other men, but beyond that she has become nothing.

What was supposed to be a happily-ever-after marriage became something else when the honeymoon ended and Trump’s mask came off to reveal his true self. In fairy tales we all feel good at the end for Cinderella, Snow White, and any princess who marries her Prince Charming because the story tells us that they live happily ever after. But we never hear what life was actually like after the tale ends. There would be the queen’s second class subservient  position and her role as mother to the heir and his backup, a situation that could be unpleasant to create with pain at birth and, in the days the fairy tale covered, death due to birth.

Then there’s Baron, the kid.

By the time he came along, wanted or otherwise, the father had already strengthened his bond with the older siblings, having involved them in his businesses. They certainly are too old to have any closeness with the kid, and may even resent that while for most of their lives the inheritance had four recipients, shares grew smaller with the arrival of the late comer. The other wife’s kid.

It is my suspicion that the main reason Melania wants to remain in New York City isn’t for school, since Baron could get into any exclusive school near Washington DC, but because the two of them, mother and son,  would be away from Donald and can live without his overbearing control.

They can live an unbossed around, psychologically abuseless existence where they would not have to perform according to Trump’s dictates, and they would not be subjected to the subservient treatment they most likely experience when he is around.

People speculate about Baron’s awkward behavior, but who knew he even existed before Trump’s campaign, and now he is thrown from the shadows into the spot light with little time to adjust, a quiet kid with a sheltered life, just like his mother, someone whose life changed suddenly without any input or preparation.

Melania loves her son most likely deeply because he is treated like she is by a narcissistic father who expects people to perform on cue without consultation or preparation.

The bond between mother and son must be strong as it is them against him, and they have had to rely on each other for strength and support. Having a choice, Melania chose to be with the son she loves, rather than the man and dead fairy tale existence around him.

Just look at those pictures. She has a purpose and an expected role, but beyond that she has no meaning.

He was president elect. She was the person who had to bring the gift from the car. It wasn’t their moment; it was his and his alone. You just know the gift had to be her idea, an offering to someone she likes and someone who could be an ally.

I saw a little girl who was surprised when her life took a turn for an assumed better, but turned out to be an inescapable trap. I saw a girl who for a moment was a wife, then a prop, now a nobody.

She and Baron are trapped by an angry egomaniac and proven woman abuser.

And it shows in the pictures.