First Lady Melania Trump Issues an Op-Ed on 'Our Path Forward'

First Lady Melania Trump published an op-ed Monday morning on the official White House website about "the path forward" as the Trump Administration comes to an end.

Like all of you, I have reflected on the past year and how the invisible enemy, Covid-19, swept across our beautiful country. All Nations have experienced the loss of loved ones, economic pain, and the negative impacts of isolation.

As your First Lady, it has been inspiring to witness firsthand what the people of our great Nation will do for one another, especially when we are at our most vulnerable.

With nearly every experience I have had, I found myself carrying many individual’s stories home with me in my heart.

Most recently, my heart goes out to: Air Force Veteran, Ashli Babbit, Benjamin Philips, Kevin Greeson, Rosanne Boyland, and Capitol Police Officers, Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood. I pray for their families comfort and strength during this difficult time.

I am disappointed and disheartened with what happened last week. I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me – from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda. This time is solely about healing our country and its citizens. It should not be used for personal gain.

Our Nation must heal in a civil manner. Make no mistake about it, I absolutely condemn the violence that has occurred on our Nation’s Capitol. Violence is never acceptable.

As an American, I am proud of our freedom to express our viewpoints without persecution. It is one of the paramount ideals which America is fundamentally built on. Many have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect that right. With that in mind, I would like to call on the citizens of this country to take a moment, pause, and look at things from all perspectives.

I implore people to stop the violence, never make assumptions based on the color of a person’s skin or use differing political ideologies as a basis for aggression and viciousness. We must listen to one another, focus on what unites us, and rise above what divides us.

It is inspiring to see that so many have found a passion and enthusiasm in participating in an election, but we must not allow that passion to turn to violence. Our path forward is to come together, find our commonalities, and be the kind and strong people that I know we are.

Our country’s strength and character have revealed themselves in the communities that have been impacted by natural disasters and throughout this terrible pandemic that has affected all of us. The common thread in all of these challenging situations is American’s unwavering resolve to help one another. Your compassion has shown the true spirit of our country.

As I said over the summer, it is these defining moments that we will look back and tell our grandchildren that through empathy, strength, and determination, we were able to restore the promise of our future. Each of you are the backbone of this country. You are the people who continue to make the United States of America what it is, and who have the incredible responsibility of preparing our future generations to leave everything better than they found it.

It has been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your First Lady. I want to thank the millions of Americans who supported my husband and me over the past 4 years and shown the incredible impact of the American spirit. I am grateful to you all for letting me serve you on platforms which are dear to me.

Most importantly, I ask for healing, grace, understanding, and peace for our great Nation.

Every day let us remember that we are one Nation under God. God bless you all and God bless the United States of America.

Sincerely,

Melania Trump

You could be right. Heck if I were Trump after the state legislatures, courts and the circus of CONgress I’d say screw it too. He tried and we were with him keyboard style. Nothing left to fight for at this point, it’s up to WETHE PEOPLE if we want to do anything about the rapid rise of the new socialist country we live in.

I asked this question once before, as a hypothetical, what actually happens if Trump manages to invoke the insurrection act, if Biden, Harris and Pelosi are all placed under arrest for sedition before January 20th, then presumably he remains president, but what actually happens? Is there a declaration of martial law and no inauguration, just a continuation? What would be the expectations of the length of that state of affairs? Assuming a large number of arrests of elected members of Congress, would there be some re-working of the electoral college process to legitimize a second term?

I would have expected this before now, if it was going to happen at all. Trump probably has more to lose than most of his supporters. He says they are after the base and he’s just in the way, but I read it somewhat differently, they are after powerful enemies who can do them harm, and think they can probably silence the base through intimidation and the removal of their platforms. Time will tell where that leads.

Perhaps not. But nobody on earth could have predicted these last 12 months, this is something out of a fiction book.

I was thinking the other day about calamitous events. Often times in hindsight they are “obvious”. Not so in this last year. OTOH, some of the things have been obvious, the fraud for example in the election.... every conservative dreaded it.

Boy, to be able to predict this next 12 months huh?

She is the most elegant and attractive First Lady we have ever had. If she were a Democrat, she would have been on magazine covers every week.

Instead we were treated to pictures of She-Man Mooch, Kamala Slut, Oprah Wide Load, and Stacey Jemima.

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