‘Mona Grifta?’ Or, ’50 Shades Of Dorian Grey?’ You Decide Which Shoe Fits

You may have heard of the Streisand Effect, which is defined as “an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead backfires by increasing awareness of that information. It is named after American singer and actress Barbra Streisand, whose attempt to suppress the California Coastal Records Project‘s photograph of her cliff-top residence in Malibu, California, taken to document California coastal erosion, inadvertently drew far greater attention to the heretofore obscure photograph in 2003.”

Melania Trump’s absence from her husband’s political activities and life in general is an example of the Streisand Effect. If she was merely around some of the places where Donald is, some of the time, then everything would be fine. But by disappearing for months on end, she draws close scrutiny to where she is and what she’s doing. This portrait appeared the same weekend that Donald Trump’s “priceless” Glock was auctioned off for one of Lara Trump’s dog charities. Now in all truth, since this is appearing in a parody account and since the life of the 45th president is a post-parody incident, I don’t know if this is real or not. I post it here with tongue in cheek. If it’s real, we’ll laugh on that level. If it’s fake, we’ll laugh on that level. The point is, we’re going to get a good laugh. Comic relief is the only thing that has kept us sane in the Trump Era and I do not expect that to change.

Is that supposed to be Ivanka? it looks like the same artist that did the horrible Court drawings

— I AM NOT DISTRACTED 😷 (@dancindoti) November 12, 2023

That is step one in our comical detective search, which Trump female is that supposed to be? Yes, it does look like the court artist rendering of Ivanka Trump. BUT — it’s got the low-on-the-forehead, swept back look of Melania’s iconic hairdo. So which one of them is it?

A red roof inn with chandeliers and classified documents, piled high in boxes and spilling out onto the bathroom floor.

These are four members, and so between them Mar-a-Lago got paid $1 million for them (representing four $250K memberships) to be able to stand there and be photographed on the premises of the Mango Messiah. I guess if you’re filthy rich and that’s how you want to spend your money, it makes sense. It must make sense to somebody on some level, right?

I don’t see any of them carrying the iconic Trump handbags, which cost thousands of dollars and are custom made. If you’re at Mar-a-Lago, everything from the cookies to the hamberder buns are embossed with Trump’s brand, literally burned into the food like a branding iron, and then there are the handbags.

For a mere $4,500 you can carry this around Mar-a-Lago or dog fights or any other classy place you choose to be.

A Republican handbag only goes for $500. Make of that what you will.

We’ve come a long way from when Richard Nixon would brag about his wife’s “Republican cloth coat.” No minks for her. No, in that era it was all understatement and modesty. Now, in the Trump era, the GOP is the biggest burlesque $hit$how in town.

What can you expect? When the legal bills are high, grifting has to come in all shapes and sizes, right?