President Trump Responds To Allegations Of Abusing Melania
Conspiracy theories have been FLYING. Just ignore the fact that her “sudden” absence came after undergoing SURGERY.
I wish that I didn’t suspect that the prolonged, poorly explained public absence of Melania Trump could be about concealing abuse. I wish that it was a ludicrous prospect. I wish that the @POTUS wasn’t a man with a history of abusing women, including those to whom he is married.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 3, 2018
Horrible. What an idiot!?
President Trump has responded to these “rumors” in the most Trump way possible.
The Fake News Media has been so unfair, and vicious, to my wife and our great First Lady, Melania. During her recovery from surgery they reported everything from near death, to facelift, to left the W.H. (and me) for N.Y. or Virginia, to abuse. All Fake, she is doing really well!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2018
…Four reporters spotted Melania in the White House last week walking merrily along to a meeting. They never reported the sighting because it would hurt the sick narrative that she was living in a different part of the world, was really ill, or whatever. Fake News is really bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2018
CNN senior media correspondent Stelter quoted the president’s tweet and wrote, “Trump is conflating random Twitter commenters with ‘the media’ here. A common tactic of bad faith critics. But disappointing to see POTUS do it.”
Trump is conflating random Twitter commenters with "the media" here. A common tactic of bad faith critics. But disappointing to see POTUS do it. pic.twitter.com/7tWObMmUdD
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 6, 2018
Media watchdogs quickly called out Stelter for hypocrisy, since he was among the reporters who helped pushed the narrative that the first lady was “missing in action.”
Is this some kind of sick joke? Stop gaslighting us, @brianstelter! pic.twitter.com/qv7LFeBIAo
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) June 6, 2018
Don’t be too harsh on yourself, @brianstelter — you’re still the media pic.twitter.com/HVaAxDkUF4
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) June 6, 2018
Brian Stelter: Trump is wrong
Also Brian: Retweets Jake Tapper saying Trump is NOT wrong pic.twitter.com/NDw3UmdVyG
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) June 6, 2018
CNN: It was only random twitter users floating conspiracies about Melania!
Also CNN: Let's repeat those conspiracy theories in our reporting and ask the first lady's spokesperson about them! pic.twitter.com/nLmLJiymes
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) June 6, 2018
Amid the backlash, Fox News contributor Stephen Miller joked, “We haven’t seen Brian in almost an hour. Where did he go? This is a legitimate news story that he just disappeared without warning or answering questions.”