Melania's Absence Raises Questions as Trump's Past Resurfaces

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Why has Melania Trump suddenly disappeared from the White House?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
Melania Trump has effectively disappeared. She's nowhere to be found. She hasn't been seen anywhere near or around the White House. This, as Donald Trump continues to bring up his dark past and her dark past in ways that are deeply disturbing, I'll get to it in a moment. The last post from Melania Trump, July 30th, where she tried to take credit for facilitating a fifth Ukraine. Russia family reunification. She doesn't say the names of the people she's reunifying, but she claims she's reunified some Ukrainian and Russian families, which would look objectively be good if she actually did it. Who the heck knows? I don't know. Um, but we do know that there are massive strikes by Russia in Ukraine, killing lots of children.
Ben Meiselas 0:48
So I'm not sure this is a spike the football moment where you want to be giving yourself a And I'll show you her fixer, Mark Beckman, has been making his rounds saying she deserves awards, give her awards, give her awards while she's MIA, while she's effectively disappeared from the White House. I mean, where the heck is she at this point? Let me show you what uh Mark Beckman, her fixer, he's been making his rounds. And he was asked by Newsmax, which is a form of state regime media, where is Melania? Has she disappeared because of the threats against her life and against Baron's life from Iran? Is that why she's nowhere to be found? And Mark Beckman kind of sheepishly goes, no, no, no, no, no. We've got big announcements we're going to be making, huge announcements we're going to be making.
Ben Meiselas 1:36
Listen to what he says here. Play this clip.
Unknown 1:39
uh i this heart stopping threat out of Iran on the first lady and Baron Trump. A lot of people have speculated this is the reason we've seen a lower profile of the First Lady uh in the last couple of weeks. Any truth to that theory, Mark?
Mark Beckman 1:53
No, not at all. The First Lady is not deterred because of these threats. Unfortunately, she realizes it's part of the role these days. It's sad. She'd like to see peace in Iran, but the reality is that this is part of the role and she keeps moving forward. And the evidence is this reunion. And we have actually another big project that you'll see uh happening towards the end of August, around August twentieth or So uh, which is very exciting too. So she remains committed to her position and it's not stopping her. These threats are are just, you know. Everyday work for her, Shannon, unfortunately.
Unknown 2:29
We'll look forward to seeing you back end of August for that uh next evolution. Mark Beckman, always great to talk to you.

What did Mark Beckman claim about Melania’s humanitarian awards while she’s MIA?

Unknown 2:34
Good to see you.
Mark Beckman 2:36
Thank you so much.
Ben Meiselas 2:37
Now this is at the same time Donald Trump has effectively turned the Melania part of the White House, the East Wing, into a military target. Donald Trump's been posting images of where the East Wing used to be, where he now wants his ballroom, which was blocked by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. He keeps on posting all throughout the night, drone port, drone port. And then he has these gigantic drones on top of the roof, turning the East Wing into a military target. I'm not sure it's the best idea to turn the White House into a military facility. There are military facilities that do that. But anyway, that would be Melania's portion of the uh White House. I want to talk about what Donald Trump said, though, which brings up his dark past.
Ben Meiselas 3:24
And then I'm going to talk about what Melania's. Fixer is doing as well. But Donald Trump yesterday said something that reminded us a lot of something he previously said. He said, When you're the president, they let you get away with it. You can remove things from any building. I like the chandelier. I grab the chandelier. I like those columns. I grab those columns. I'm allowed to do it. When you're the president, they let you get away with it. I'm going to grab everything. What does that remind you of? They access Hollywood tapes when Donald Trump says when you're rich, they let you get away with it. You can grab women by their genitals. That's what Donald Trump said. Donald Trump said when you're rich and famous, they let you do it.

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