Mary Jordan
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And that's, I think, the big difference.
Like the Bidens, you'd see them in Delaware riding bikes.
You'd see the Obamas going to dinner.
These little candid moments where it actually looked like they liked each other.
You know, the Bushes holding hands.
Like, you don't see that with the Trumps.
When he's leaning in to kiss her under her hat, it looks so awkward you want to cringe.
You know, the idea of happy marriage, political couples has seemed necessary in the White House.
But I guess there is the question that is implied in all of this is that should it be?
You know, when you mentioned that Melania Trump says, I'm not the elected one, a part of me wants to give that argument some credence.
I mean, is there some power in her saying, stepping away from that public role and kind of saying, you know what?
I don't have to be that for Americans.
I don't have to be America's wife.
She flat out said, I don't get paid, I don't have to do this.
It's just that, you know, it's disappointing to some people that she is given this amazing platform.
She is the first First Lady in American history who grew up not speaking English as her first language, that as an immigrant, maybe she could...
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