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turbinetree

(27,695 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:21 PM 13 hrs ago

Crowd bursts into laughter as Melania Trump tries to tout husband's empathy

Last edited Wed May 6, 2026, 05:55 PM - Edit history (1)

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published May 6, 2026 4:05 PM ET

First lady Melania Trump made the room laugh during a White House event on Wednesday when she touted her husband's "empathy."

The Trumps were speaking at an event to honor military mothers ahead of Mother's Day this weekend when Melania Trump's comment prompted giggles.

"Most know my husband as the strong commander-in-chief, but his empathy transcends the role and shape of a caring leader, who constantly remembers each and every American soldier is someone's child," she said.

https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-2676860503/

Hey Melania, empathy, did this putz of a traitor husband invite the wives of the police officers wives and children to the white house after his attempt to overthrow a duly elected government in 2020...........nope
Did he invite the wives and children of the soldiers recently killed in his war with Iran.............don't think so, he stood on the tarmac with red hat with the relatives............he couldn't even take his hat off.........empathy, that was thrown out on the tarmac and the Congressional house of the WE the PEOPLE............

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Crowd bursts into laughter as Melania Trump tries to tout husband's empathy (Original Post) turbinetree 13 hrs ago OP
Um, did she mean to say "sociopathy"? Blue Owl 12 hrs ago #1
Or apathy. tanyev 12 hrs ago #11
There will be a celebration some day. /nt bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #2
Were they laughing Delphinus 12 hrs ago #3
Melania and empathy in the same sentence. Norrrm 12 hrs ago #4
Wasn't empathy wOkE? durablend 12 hrs ago #5
That line should have been followed by a rimshot. dgauss 12 hrs ago #6
So Trump is a super-empath? AloeVera 12 hrs ago #7
Haha! nt Unrepentant Fenian 12 hrs ago #8
No one to blame but herself bmichaelh 12 hrs ago #9
I wonder how much $$$$ sheshe2 12 hrs ago #10
Trump An Empath? no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #12

Delphinus

(12,542 posts)
3. Were they laughing
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:25 PM
12 hrs ago

at what she said or the stupid moves he was making? I couldn't quite tell. MF'ing liars.

bmichaelh

(1,248 posts)
9. No one to blame but herself
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:48 PM
12 hrs ago

And does she wonder why Jimmy Kimmel makes jokes about her and her husband.

She provides material to late night comics on a daily basis.

Item 8 on 20 point Psychopathy Checklist.

Item 8: Callous/lack of empathy

Trump meets over 75% of the checklist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist

no_hypocrisy

(55,247 posts)
12. Trump An Empath?
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:54 PM
11 hrs ago


1. Trump took three deferments to avoid serving in Vietnam.

2. Trump never had a child or a parent serve overseas in any branch of the military. Gold Star Asshole.

3. Trump reportedly warned his fourth child, Tiffany, that she would forfeit his financial support, including college, if she enrolled in the military. Disinherited before he could die.
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