Melania Trump to star in U.S. coronavirus awareness ads

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Melania Trump to star in U.S. coronavirus awareness ads

By Dan Whitcomb

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. first lady Melania Trump walks off stage after addressing the 2020 PTA Legislative Conference in Alexandria, Virginia March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First lady Melania Trump will urge Americans to wash their hands and keep their distance from one another to fight coronavirus in a new TV ad campaign produced with major U.S. broadcast networks, the White House said on Wednesday.

 

ABC, CBS, NBC and other networks will air the public service announcements, which will also include other Trump administration officials and "communicate the most important ways Americans can protect themselves and those most at risk," the White House said in a statement.

 

Nickleodon will create a separate campaign for children.

 

The air time will be donated by media networks, the White House said.

 

Trump, a former fashion model, has avoided the public arena more than many first ladies. Her signature initiative has been a campaign called Be Best, which focuses on the safety and well-being of children.

 

All the ads will direct audiences to coronavirus.gov, a website containing the latest information about the outbreak.

 

The announcement comes as the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 rose to at least 146, with the number of infections closing in on 8,000 as millions of Americans stayed home instead going to work or school and President Donald Trump said hospital ships would be deployed to make up for an anticipated shortage of hospital beds.

 

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-19

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[AussieBob18]

Beautiful - absolutely beautiful.

[Langsuan Man]

3 minutes ago, AussieBob18 said:

Beautiful - absolutely beautiful.

Fawning much !

[mtls2005]

11 minutes ago, AussieBob18 said:

Beautiful - absolutely beautiful.

 

Eek, too much bondo. But the new "kidneys" look good.

 

Assume she's taking time off from supervising the Tennis Pavillion construction?

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-trump-hits-back-after-being-ruthlessly-criticized-for-tone-deaf-white-house-tennis-pavilion-post

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

I’m sure she knows a great deal about washing ‘biological contagions’ off her hands.

 

 

[Nyezhov]

29 minutes ago, AussieBob18 said:

Beautiful - absolutely beautiful.

Goodlooking and classy. The accent makes it even better. 

 

It amazes me how much hate this wonderful lady gets simply because she is married to someone. The hatred of her is even more irrational that that directed at her husband. So sad, pathetic and pitiable. I truly feel sorry for some people.... to be consumed with that much hate is unhealthy.

[mtls2005]

9 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m sure she knows a great deal about washing ‘biological contagions’ off her hands.

 

 

 

It's been years since she touched him. Hope Hicks though?

[JonnyF]

15 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m sure she knows a great deal about washing ‘biological contagions’ off her hands.

 

 

The Don is rich, powerful and has a gorgeous wife.

 

I sense jealousy and bitterness in your post. Let it go, you'll be happier ????.

[Tug]

46 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Goodlooking and classy. The accent makes it even better. 

 

It amazes me how much hate this wonderful lady gets simply because she is married to someone. The hatred of her is even more irrational that that directed at her husband. So sad, pathetic and pitiable. I truly feel sorry for some people.... to be consumed with that much hate is unhealthy.

Back to the safe spot lol oh well if it’s all ya got imo I don’t think melinia is a good rep to sheltered and out of touch not really representing the struggle of ordinary Americans by a long shot

[Somtamnication]

Good riddance. Well, trying to stay positive here...good luck.

[Nyezhov]

3 minutes ago, Tug said:

Back to the safe spot lol oh well if it’s all ya got imo I don’t think melinia is a good rep to sheltered and out of touch not really representing the struggle of ordinary Americans by a long shot

So you hate her and have no problem with others hating her? 

 

Your "safe spot" is nonsensical. Calling out hate isnt the same as running whining for a safe space. Im not the one hating, Im healthy...folks hate of anything Trump doesnt affect my life, my life is fabulous and Im happy with our President. Enjoy your hate as you choose.

[bristolboy]

As the graduate of an imaginary university, Melania Trump's counsel should be taken very seriously.

Melania Trump’s Bio Now Says She ‘Paused Her Studies’ at College

The official bio of Melania Trump now suggests that she did not complete a college degree in Slovenia, as she previously claimed on her own website.

The future first lady's bio on President-elect Donald Trump's government website says that she "paused her studies to advance her modeling career in Milan and Paris." ...
As recently as July, Melania Trump's personal site said she obtained a degree in design and architecture at an unspecified university in Slovenia, her country of birth

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/melania-trump-s-bio-now-says-she-paused-her-studies-n685181

Melania Trump’s College Degree

Melania Trump didn’t receive a college degree in design and architecture at the university in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which her biography in the Republican National Convention program claims she had obtained.

CBS News has checked the official public records of the university, and Melania Trump is not listed as having graduated from there with a degree.

We also checked the Ljubljana University archives for any records of Melania Knauss, Melanija Knavs, and every other combination and alternate spellings of those names that we could find, and were unable to locate a record of her at that university, nor at any other university in the country.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-architecture-degree/

[bristolboy]

On the other hand she does have experience at social distancing...from Donald Trump.

[TheDark]

Melania is perfect for this. She did her prelude on how to perform social distancing quite some time ago. ????

 

 

[Skallywag]

Think Melania needs a job and wants to do more in public.

Likely her husband has been stifling/refusing to let her, which is why she slaps his hands away etc... 

POTUS is liked by so many in America, but for all the wrong reasons IMO

Peace

 

[donnacha]

It always amazes me that supposed progressives are so unremittingly hateful towards women and members of minorities who do not obediently follow their agenda.

[Nyezhov]

There are folks on this Thai Centric Forum who  contribute nothing on any subject other to than spew vile and childish hate angaisnt the Trumps. How sad..

[Tug]

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

So you hate her and have no problem with others hating her? 

 

Your "safe spot" is nonsensical. Calling out hate isnt the same as running whining for a safe space. Im not the one hating, Im healthy...folks hate of anything Trump doesnt affect my life, my life is fabulous and Im happy with our President. Enjoy your hate as you choose.

Aaaahhhhh who said I hated her??not I but you certainly said I did I personally don’t feel one way or the other about her but I certainly don’t feel she has one iota of understanding the struggle of common Americans therefore a poor choice but you can say I hate if it makes you feel better 

[metisdead]

Some troll posts of a trolling nature have been removed. 

[tifino]

she's doing this to keep otherwise occupied, after hubby closed his borders from her side of the bed? 

[Skallywag]

2 minutes ago, tifino said:

she's doing this to keep otherwise occupied, after hubby closed his borders from her side of the bed? 

Other way around most likely on closing the bed border

[Chomper Higgot]

18 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

There are folks on this Thai Centric Forum who  contribute nothing on any subject other to than spew vile and childish hate angaisnt the Trumps. How sad..

This forum is ‘world news’, it is not ‘Thai Centric’.

 

There you go again with that ‘hate’ thang of yours.

[bristolboy]

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

This forum is ‘world news’, it is not ‘Thai Centric’.

 

There you go again with that ‘hate’ thang of yours.

Well, Nyezhov has no choice. When the facts are against you, go to motive.

[Jingthing]

It sounds OK to me for her to do that. Perhaps she's prepping for an acting career after she divorces 45 when he loses in November. 

 

I don't hate her but her anti-bullying Be Best campaign is deeply vacuous considering she's married to the biggest bully in American history.

 

I'm looking forward to the tell all book by Barron but knowing 45 he probably made him sign an NDA.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m sure she knows a great deal about washing ‘biological contagions’ off her hands.

 

My Post of the Day nominee!!!  

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Back to the safe spot lol oh well if it’s all ya got imo I don’t think melinia is a good rep to sheltered and out of touch not really representing the struggle of ordinary Americans by a long shot

 

I'm surprised the networks agreed to this, I mean, a free national ad campaign with HER of all people, in the middle of a presidential election campaign year???  How about someone NOT connected to Trump!!!

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

37 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

There are folks on this Thai Centric Forum who  contribute nothing on any subject other to than spew vile and childish hate angaisnt the Trumps. How sad..

 

Unlike you, of course, who do nothing but fawningly slobber all over him and those around him.

 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I'm surprised the networks agreed to this, I mean, a free national ad campaign with HER of all people, in the middle of a presidential election campaign year???  How about someone NOT connected to Trump!!!

 

Well, it's become traditional for first spouses to have their own pet causes and the incumbency always carries built in advantages. His too. So I don't think this is anything special he is getting that's really different than what would be available to any president. 

[donnacha]

 

6 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I'm surprised the networks agreed to this, I mean, a free national ad campaign with HER of all people, in the middle of a presidential election campaign year???

Joe Biden's wife will have the opportunity to run a similar campaign. As soon as he can remember which one is his wife.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Well, it's become traditional for first spouses to have their own pet causes and the incumbency always carries built in advantages. His too. So I don't think this is anything special he is getting that's really different than what would be available to any president. 

 

Understand that, Jing... But in this case, the timing happens to fall right into the midst of a presidential election campaign. And that's where having the networks give tons of free airtime to the president's spouse, when she really has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand, is a troubling decision from my perspective.

 

I'd say exactly the same thing regardless of which party or president was involved in this kind of caper. Let a non political person do the promos, or better yet, have a public health-oriented person do the promos... At least that would have a shred of credibility that Melania entirely lacks. AFAIK, she's never spent much time/effort advocating for any public health issue, all the while her husband has been consistently trying to cut public health funding.