A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Melania Trump on the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico. Photograph © 2017 Douglas Freeman.  Do you think Melania Trump is a victim of Trump's wrath? Nope. I’m not a fan of either President Trump or First Lady Melania Trump, but I don’t think they have such a toxic relationship that Donald would take out his anger on his third wife. Is  Melania happy with Donald Trump, especially now that he is President? I’m not sure; I don’t follow Melania’s doings or sayings except when she makes either a social faux pas (such as embracing cyberbullying as her “Kids, Don’t Do This” pet cause and giving it a silly slogan -  Be Best  - while being the spouse of a President who has weaponized Twitter) or a sartorial one, like when she wore a safari outfit, complete with that infamous symbol of European colonialism, a pith helmet, on a goodwill tour of Africa. Call me "Bwana"? Photo credit: © 2018 Doug Mills/New York Times If Melania is unhappy with the fact that Trump had s...

An anonymous Trump supporter on Quora asks: Are magazines just too liberal to feature one of the most beautiful and eloquent first ladies (Melania Trump) that America has had since Jacqueline Kennedy? Dear Anonymous, You have got to be joking. Well, either you’re trying to be funny or you’re a Trump supporter, and since I’m not experiencing a side-splitting gale of uncontrollable laughter, I can safely bet that you are, in fact, a Trump supporter. First, as far as I know, most magazines don’t have a liberal slant. Some do, some don’t, and some (like the  National Review ) have a decidedly conservative bias. And as someone who studied mass communications, journalism, and public relations, I can tell you that most publications cover First Ladies’ activities when they do something newsworthy or grant an interview because they have a message that they want to share with the American people. So far, Melania Trump has been featured in American mass media any time she has acc...