Maureen Dowd

Well, I mean, America, my dad was born in Ireland.

America is a nation of immigrants.

And we're at this horrible moment where immigrants are facing kind of these ice thugs.

And I say that, you know, my dad was a policeman, so I understand the difficulties.

And my dad had this, you get to that moment where you have to decide, are you going to shoot someone?

or how are you going to handle this situation?

It's a split-second decision.

But even so, you know, their behavior, they're so untrained and so reckless, and it makes all police look bad.

And so we're at this moment where immigrants are getting dragged out of Home Depots and their own homes.

And here is Melania, the only immigrant Trump likes,

in her satin-line cage.

And it's an incredibly unpleasant juxtaposition.

Like, yes, he would bring her parents here as chain migration, you know, but all other immigrants are suspect, unless, I guess, they're from white European countries.

You know, his attitude toward immigrants is gross.

Um, no, I would say my experience of it was the reverse because having met her at the beginning when she and Trump were just dating, you know, I have had a sense of her all this time that she was slyer.

And again, as I said, in on the joke a little bit more and would be really fascinating to talk to.

And now I don't feel that way.

So I do think a lot of normal people like Melania and think she's...

you know, stunning and want to see the behind the scenes thing.

But it doesn't really matter how much the movie makes.