Posted on 05/23/2017 1:47:40 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: You know, I meant to mention this yesterday. Let me mention it now and get it out of the way, because this video has gone viral. It reminds me, I got another email today when the president and his entourage arrived via helicopter at the tarmac in Tel Aviv to split for Rome, the helicopter doors open and the president was the first out. The email said, “This guy… You know, after yesterday, I would think this guy would know better! He doesn’t let his wife get off first!
“He storms out, says, ‘Look at me, look at me,’ and his wife comes out meekly a little bit later. It’s unreal the way Trump treats his wife.” I said, “I’d better address this.” Ladies and gentlemen, there is a protocol rule that the president of the United States is always the first through any doorway, including wives, spouses, mistresses, daughters, any other women. The president goes through every doorway first. You know who told me this? Trump! You know how I know this? It’s because he was apologizing for going before my wife through a doorway one day.
Melania Trump Slaps At Donald Trump's Hand
He said, “It’s a rule. Presidents have to go through the door first.” I looked into it, and I found out it’s true. It is official presidential protocol. There are reasons for it. (sigh) I don’t have enough time to get into them now, but there’s a reason why presidents are first through any door, particularly in public. The president’s the first off Air Force One, the first off the helicopter. Now, the reference to, “After what Trump did yesterday with Melania, I don’t think he should ever be the first off! He should always show deference to her!”
They’re walking on a red carpet. They just arrived somewhere. I don’t know where this was. They’d arrived… Maybe it… (interruption) Was it Israel? It wasn’t Saudi Arabia. Okay, so they’d arrived in Israel, and Melania is trailing Trump on his left side and catches up and he reaches back, and she touches his hand and draws even with him, and then they continue on to wherever they were going. When this video happened, I first saw it on one of my tech blogs filled with obscenities about what a reprobate Trump is.
“Now his marriage is falling apart! Now his wife doesn’t respect him. Look what she did! She slapped his hand away. I mean, right there in Israel when the world’s cameras are on him, she just slapped his hand away!” That’s not what happened. (interruption) Is that what you think happened? She did not! It did not… That is not what happened. He was reaching back to make sure… (interruption) She’s in heels! Everybody’s moving past. He reached back to make sure she was there, and she gave what was the equivalent of a fist bump. He reaches back, “Are you there?”
She touches his hand to let him know she’s there; everything’s fine. She did not slap his hand away. It was a modified fist bump. My wife hates fist bumps. When I give her a fist bump, you know, she kind of slaps my hand away. She’s not slapping my hand away; she’s doing a fist bump without making a fist. That’s what that was! Do not doubt me. There is no way that that’s what happened. But the anti-Trump corps wants to make it look like, “Everybody hates Trump, including his wife, who knows what a pig he is and who knows what a reprobate he is.
“Here he was reaching back, trying to drag her along because she wasn’t keeping up — because she doesn’t want to be there because she’s smart enough to know she should never be anywhere with Trump because Trump’s a pig — and she was lagging behind! He reached back to yank her forward like a caveman, and she slapped his hand away.” That’s not what happened. If you look at it and if you know these two (as I happen to) he’s reaching back. Presidents also walk ahead of everybody else, including going through doors first.
And if you paid attention to other video on this trip, you would have seen evidence of that. She’s either a full yard and a half behind or a step or two. It’s the protocol. But that was not her slapping his hand away. But it has gone viral, and that’s what everybody thinks it was, because — and look at what they’re imagining. “Yeah, he’s just a PIG! She regrets marrying the guy, and she wanted to publicly humiliate him for all of us! She knows he’s hated, and she knows it’s justified. She was doing it for us.” I mean, some of the stuff that’s out there? I’m tired of the insanity. I’m tired of it.
Of course, since leftists are devoid of any knowledge of etiquette, they would not realize that the man should go down the stairs first, whether it’s the president or not. Same with disembarking from an elevator. In each case, it is to shield the woman from any possible danger or mishaps.
rough shod
Der Pimpmeister!
One of the most impressive charms is how obviously head-over-heels in love he is with Melania. President Trump is doing everything he can to change the world and make it a better place for his children, grandchildren, and all children to inherit a world that has been saved.
What is sexier than a man who loves his woman and will move mountains to make the world a better place for those he worships? The playful moments between The President and First Lady are part of understanding the good that drives this man to strive for the impossible.
Melania.....the woman who inspired her man to do all he can to save the world. How many love stories like this are there, either in history, or in epic tales?
I don’t listen to talk radio.
I will let you do a search and find out for yourself.
Just search Glenn Beck and Bruce Kelly.
Of course all the leftists outfits were all over this.
Beck has been, and still is, a complete nut job.
OK...Thanks...I just hadn’t heard about it...
I do.........
I didn’t think he was so bad a few years ago, then something snapped...And here he is today...Nuttier than a 50 years old fruit cake....
I used to, many years ago and that included Rush. But talk radio is mostly on AM radio and the reception is sometimes so bad you can’t listen at all
Beck is for one thing and that is Beck.
He claims to be so generous yet gives his staff the boot and then BLAMES them for his business going down the hole. After the blowup, he goes out and climbs into his fancy car and heads home.
BTW, Bruce Kelly was one of the biggies in Sirius radio administration.
Its all kinda interesting reading about it all. Beck got canned for that at that Phoenix radio station. They claim it was the ratings, but everyone knows better.
I can get Rush and Hannity on FM...
Hey, wait a minute. I think we should take this seriously. She was probably spanking his hand because he ate TWO scoops of ice cream while the journos only got one measly scoop that had probably melted anyway. /s
The animosity between Beck and Kelly continued to deepen. When Beck and Hattrick produced a local version of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" for Halloween -- a recurring motif in Beck's life and career -- Kelly told a local reporter that the bit was a stupid rip-off of a syndicated gag. The slight outraged Beck, who got his revenge with what may rank as one of the cruelest bits in the history of morning radio. "A couple days after Kelly's wife, Terry, had a miscarriage, Beck called her live on the air and says, 'We hear you had a miscarriage,' " remembers Brad Miller, a former Y95 DJ and Clear Channel programmer. "When Terry said, 'Yes,' Beck proceeded to joke about how Bruce [Kelly] apparently can't do anything right -- about he can't even have a baby."That ex-alchy Mormon is nuts."It was low class," says Miller, now president of Open Stream Broadcasting. "There are certain places you just don't go."
"Beck turned Y95 into a guerrilla station," says Kelly. "It was an example of the zoo thing getting out of control. It became just about pissing people off, part of the culture shift that gave us 'Jackass.'" Among those who were appalled by Beck's prank call was Beck's own wife, Claire, who had been friends with Kelly's wife since the two worked together at WPGC.
The video that went viral wasn’t taken in Saudi Arabia. It was taken during their arrival in Israel.
I have seen some discussion that physical touching in public is also considered inapprpriate by Orthodox Jews.
I can come up with other scenarios that could also explain what happened, but I am perfectly content to let the Trumps’ marriage stay private. None of us really have any idea about how the feel about each other.
Glen Beck would f-up a wet dream.
Maybe a low five?
To: Falcon4.0 The video that went viral wasn’t taken in Saudi Arabia. It was taken during their arrival in Israel.
I have seen some discussion that physical touching in public is also considered inappropriate by Orthodox Jews.
Interesting take on this! Very nice, informative post. :
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