Anybody here remember the old movie, “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Wolff?” George and Martha played a lot of games. They played the game “get the guests” as you may recall, when it got kinky and wild between the very drunk Martha and the equally drunk young associate, (Elizabeth Taylor and George Segal) who liked the way that each other moved their bodies. But there was one game that was off limits between George and Martha. That was the game involving their “beautiful blond-eyed blue-haired son” (no, I didn’t misquote the script) and that was because he didn’t exist. That was the place where George dare not go with Martha except for when it got really ugly between them. We saw the same situation play out today when Donald and Melania were talking about adoption, adaptation, some damn thing. Donald went there, to the Forbidden Topic.
Let's not forget that in 2017, Pope Francis asked her a question in Italian and she needed an interpreter to understand what he had said, so I'm a little skeptical of this 5 languages thing.
— Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) November 13, 2025
Melania no more speaks five languages than you and I fly Klingon ships around the galaxy. Why Trump would come up with that publicly is a wonder. The woman claims (or Trump claims or the PR people claim) that she’s fluent in French, German, Italian, and then it starts to get vague. Slovenian, obviously, and English, but I wouldn’t mark her as fluent in English. She makes a lot of rookie mistakes and for somebody who’s lived in this country for 30 years, it’s unforgivable.
But the Pope can be forgiven for speaking to her in Italian when supposedly she is fluent in that language. I would love to speak French with Melania. I speak decent pidgin French, meaning I can get around and have chit chats with people as long as the chit chats are not too complicated. I couldn’t discuss politics in French and get too far, but I could explain the plot of a movie, that kind of thing. I’m betting that Melania cannot speak French as well as I can and I make zero claim to fluency, only a decent basic ability to communicate if people will speak slowly and work with me.
And supposedly Melania spoke German with Vladimir Putin. That would be most impressive, were it true. None of it is true. It is a rare intellect who is fluent in three or more languages. My favorite writer, Ursula K. LeGuin, spoke French, Italian and Spanish fluently. She had an intellect that was so many light years beyond Melania’s that it’s beyond description. But Melania spoke those languages and two more, all fluently? She’s as brilliant as LeGuin and then some? Sheeeet, mon.
If Melania spoke ANY language as well as she speaks English, which is limited, let’s be fair, okay, then that would be impressive. But she’s made zero attempt to learn how to be fluent in English after thirty years. So I cannot believe that the woman has the intellectual curiosity and fervor to be fluent in several languages beyond her native tongue. As a matter of fact, I’d be willing to bet she’s no genius in her command of Slovenian. She lacks a lot of vocabulary in English because many things flat out don’t interest her, and she doesn’t read. That’s obvious.
So Donald Trump, the Father Of All Lies, is evidently the progenitor of this whopper. Or, he just simply likes to pass on the fable for some reason. Yes, he brags about his brilliant linguist wife who has demonstrated zero ability to speak at least three foreign languages fluently, when she stumbles on simple English words.
Jackie Kennedy used to translate French for John Kennedy and Charles DeGaulle back in the day. Jackie was a graduate of the Sorbonne, so that made sense. Jackie also used to give speeches in Italian and Spanish, other languages she spoke although to what degree, I’m not certain. We see none of this play out on the world stage with Melania.
Trump is a real asshole to embarrass his wife like that today. But then you knew that. And now you know why she ran out of the room ahead of him. Although, in all truth, there’s nothing that prevents her from opening her mouth and saying, “I don’t speek theees lang wedges and I’m not sure why Donald plays theees game.” She would get a LOT of respect if she did that. She certainly would have mine.
“Why Trump would come up with that publicly is a wonder.”
Trump lies in public practically every time he opens his mouth, whats the wonder?
But he did it in front of her. That’s the mindboggling part to me. He publicly embarrassed her. His lying is nothing new. We’re in agreement on that. But this is the first time I remember him humiliating Melania publicly — unless he actually believes she does speak five languages. Maybe he’s that far gone.
Some people with dementia get very nasty as they lose ever more touch with reality.
My Dad used to have this routine : “I em spekink zeks lenkvitches, ober Engelsh — I em speekink da bast.”
That’s about the size of it.
Trump was trying to get Melanie (as he calls her) a VISA. At the time, you had to have some abilities. Since her work VISA said she was ineligible to work, even though she illegally “modeled”, he had to come up with something. Then he lied to get her a Genius VISA, which is only eligible to scientists, Doctors, Professors, etc. Her only skill is snatching a 30 yrs older than you pedophile to marry her. She hung with Jefrey, too. Guess she was too old for him.