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Melanias Motherhood Sermon Immediately Backfires
Readers werent impressed with the first ladys screed in The Washington Post.
Will Neal Reporter
Updated May 8 2026 12:33PM EDT
https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-trumps-motherhood-sermon-in-jeff-bezos-washington-post-immediately-backfires/
Your husband compared a reporter to a female dog the other day, read one top-ranked reply.
Motherhood has never been dishonored, wrote another. The only thing that dishonors mothers is when a husband cheats on his wife with another woman and fathers a child out of wedlock. You might want to address that with both your husband and Pete Hegseth.
A third commenter dismissed the piece as out-of-touch theater: She lives a life of excess and materialism and shes telling motherssome who work two and three jobsto do more at home but make sure they take time for self care? She has raised an entitled nepotism baby and has done NOTHING with her platform as first lady. What a disgrace.
Others questioned the byline outright. Donald Trump, five children from three wives, and brags about grabbing them by the you-know-what. Theres a moral voice for you, one wrote. Does Bezos devotion to the Trumps have no bottom? Also, clearly not written by Melania.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,984 posts)"It calls for restoring the honor of motherhood after years in which feminism often placed career above family, with consequences to our nation, "
Huh? Melania's career was soft porn actress
greatauntoftriplets
(179,343 posts)They're comedy gold!
Miles Archer
(24,308 posts)...the sole purpose of the thread was to share the comments.
DBoon
(25,143 posts)The ideal woman in Nazi Germany did not have a career outside her home. Instead, she was a good wife (however her husband defined that), a careful and conscientious mother (taking special care to raise her children in accordance with Nazi philosophies and ideals), and skilled at doing all domestic chores such as cleaning and cooking. Women had a limited right to training of any kind; such training usually revolved around domestic tasks. Over time, Nazi-era German women were restricted from teaching in universities, working as medical professionals, and serving in political positions within the NSDAP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Nazi_Germany
Sounds very Trad-wife to me.
Irish_Dem
(82,312 posts)Part of a pedo ring, and pal to the ring leader.
GreenWave
(12,795 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,312 posts)Porn film would not matter to Americans.
Must be much worse.
Directly involved in the rapes and procuring children like Ghislaine.
Rumor has it Trump's first wife helped Ghislaine recruit girls at the pageants and parties.
yorkster
(3,951 posts)what I call her stiletto hats, looking as though they could double as weapons if thrown OddJob style.
Yes, any preaching at all from this one is really hard to take.
twodogsbarking
(19,326 posts)Sweet Rosie Red
(146 posts)The myth that feminism devalues motherhood was popularized by Phyllis Schaflys toxic reign as queen of the Moral Majority. It was the opening salvo in the culture wars, eagerly promoted by the press in the Sunday Style section back in the 70s and 80s.
Feminism regrds motherhood as an honorable choice which should not restrict women from making other choices. Society should respect and support individual choice.
What could be simpler?
Initech
(109,262 posts)They're all complicit.
Sweet Rosie Red
(146 posts)and laugh all the way to the bank, crushing us as they go.
Initech
(109,262 posts)Cha
(320,548 posts)push more Bullshit on the American People! No Bad Witch Just NO> :Nuke: We're Not fucking Stupid like you.
Fuck Off Bezos Asshole.
Initech
(109,262 posts)Don't worry, he'll go to prison too.
Skittles
(172,845 posts)gawd she is so VAPID AND DISGUSTING
Hassler
(4,961 posts)To think he was married to McKenzie Scott, an accomplished person with a generous soul and betrayed her with a MAGA-faced failure.
calimary
(90,769 posts)They dont have a single thing to preach about. And as the Beatles might have said: money cant buy them love.
Ms. Toad
(38,818 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,996 posts)
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