Melania Shuts Down Presser Over Epstein Files

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Why did Melania Trump hold a press conference?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
Melania Trump was just called out to her face during a disastrous press conference that she called. People are like, why is she doing a press conference in the first place? Well, she was using hostages that were just freed as a way to promote her movie by saying, oh, and I spoke with these hostages on the Melania movie. Look at these hostages right here. So she sickly and disgustingly used this to promote the Melania movie that's already an utter failure that the regime's trying to claim is really popular. Watch her plug her movie right here. And then I'm going to show you when a reporter actually calls Melania out to her face. And then a reporter says, you know what?

How did Melania use hostages to promote her movie?

Ben Meiselas 0:37
You want to talk about your movie and your past, Melania? Well, then let's talk about Epstein. What do you think about Ghislaine Maxwell, Melania? Then Melania's like, I'm not here to talk about my past at all. I'm not here to talk about these things at all. First, watch her plug her movie. This is disgusting. Here, play this clip.
Melania Trump 0:53
Seven, 2023, and Keith... was captured for 484 days. After Aviva was freed, she called me, wanted to see me, and we set up a meeting in New York in January 2025. It was an emotional meeting, and it is captured on camera and available to see in my new film, Melania.
Ben Meiselas 1:26
Then a reporter by the name of Betsy Klein asks a great question here and says, why are you promoting your, you're using these hostages to promote your movie right now on the taxpayer dime? What the hell are you doing, Melania? Here, watch this right here.
Melania Trump 1:43
Why do you feel it's appropriate to use an official White House event to promote your documentary? This is not promotion. We are here celebrating the release of the hostages of Aviva and Keith. They were in Washington, D.C. They called me. They said they would like to come over to thank me and to give hugs. And that's why we are here. It's nothing to do with promotion.
Ben Meiselas 2:11
Just so we can all see again Melania do it, I'll give you a shorter clip of Melania plugging the movie right here. Play this clip.
Melania Trump 2:18
It was emotional meeting and it is captured on camera and available to see in my new film, Melania. It was very emotional.

What questions did reporters ask Melania about Epstein?

Ben Meiselas 2:32
And then Melania was asked about her dark past and her relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell. Let me show you. She goes, I don't want to talk about that anymore. We are not going to be talking about that. That's not appropriate. Here, play this clip right here.
Melania Trump 2:45
We are here celebrating the release and the life of those two incredible people. So let's honor that.

How did Melania respond to questions about her past?

Ben Meiselas 3:01
Well, then she's asked right here about her communications with Putin because she previously said that Putin agreed to release hostages, these Ukrainian children who are being smuggled in sex traffic and going through atrocities in Russia right now. By the way, Putin's all over the Epstein files also. So Melania has asked, hey, Melania, you seem to say you have a good relationship with Putin. So is he releasing those Ukrainian kids? Or did you just say that also to promote yourself? Disgusting Melania. Here, play this clip.
Unknown 3:29
Has President Putin agreed to release any more Ukrainian children?
Melania Trump 3:33
I'm working on it. I'm working on it. And we are in the process. So I hope we have success very soon. I will keep you posted.
Ben Meiselas 3:42
And by the way, you go through all of Melania's social media, you see this is just a coordinated effort to try to promote her movie. And she acts like her movie was successful. It's lost like $75 million or something close to that, right? I mean, they put in what, like $80 million? Bezos put in $80 million to promote it, and it's made, what, $7 million, $8 million, despite it being in every theater across the country right now. And she's acting like, oh, this was the greatest success ever. She keeps posting, oh, it's going to be in 200 more theaters right now. And a record breaker, state regime media is like, this is a record breaker. I saw somebody post the following. Not even close to the original, a flop, and they say that Pretty Woman, which is about a corporate raider who hires a hooker to act as a business escort in Beverly Hills, California, made $178 million domestically, $285 million internationally.

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