Trump shamed for treatment of Melania while she tended to dying mother

Trump shamed for treatment of Melania while she tended to dying mother
Donald and Melania Trump (Photo via Eva Marie Uzcategui for AFP)

"The View" co-host Ana Navarro busted Donald Trump's latest excuse to try to delay his New York fraud judgment.

The former president's attorneys had asked Justice Arthur Engoron to delay closing arguments in the trial, which had been scheduled for Thursday, to be paused until at least the end of the month after the death of his mother-in-law, and Navarro ripped the request as disingenuous.

“Let’s just put this in context," Navarro said. "On New Year’s Eve, Trump was throwing a party, and hosting a party at Mar-a-Lago while Melania was sitting with her dying mother in a hospital in Miami. The day before this trial, Trump was in Iowa, on a town hall on Fox News, while his wife was grieving the mother.

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"So it seems that his desire to want to be with his grieving wife is very selective for when it is convenient for him," she added. "So, it’s a hard sell to make.”

The judge ended up denying the request, saying that other cases were already scheduled, and co-host Joy Behar reminded viewers the former president had cheated on his wife Melania with porn actress Stormy Daniels.

“I mean, he’s not exactly the husband of the year,” Behar said.

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A Democratic lawmaker Wednesday said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was not likely to keep her job in the Trump administration.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) told MS NOW anchor Chris Jansing that concerns over Noem's leadership have put her in a tough position among lawmakers. Noem has been testifying before congressional leaders this week in Washington, D.C., where she has faced multiple calls to resign and heated confrontations with several leaders, including longtime Republicans, who expressed their frustration and disappointment with her leadership.

Lawmakers have been critical of Noem's response to disasters and accused her of suppressing FEMA disaster relief funding. They have also called for justice following the death of two American citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of federal law enforcement officers, citing aggressive tactics and unlawful activities under her leadership.

"I think the most important thing, Chris, is that DHS is led by somebody with zero accountability, that ICE and CBP are running wild, killing U.S. citizens, detaining U.S. citizens," Jayapal said. "That's what my question line was about. And locking up people who have committed absolutely no crime — 75% of people that have been detained and are being incarcerated in for-profit jails across the country have committed no crime. And Kristi Noem is a test of failed leadership. That's what I said. That's what I believe. And actually, I think that she does not have a long career here. Her corruption at the agency, combined with the lawlessness of these ICE and CBP agents on display for everyone to see, is going to bring her down."

This is the first time Noem has testified under oath with lawmakers since the deaths of two Minneapolis citizens.

"I think it's been over the last month and a half or so as people have watched the courageous people of Minnesota and really seeing Noem, you know, come out, call Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists, refused to conduct investigations until we demanded it, and the people of Minnesota demanded it," Jayapal added. "And I think that trajectory has been very bad. I mean, look, she's done something quite remarkable, which is she has turned 50% of the country against ICE. There was a brand new poll out saying that 50% of people across this country believe that ICE should no longer exist. And I think that's, you know, that's sort of a stunning place to be."

People in the U.S. feel misled by the Trump administration, Jayapal explained.

"But I think what Americans are seeing is that... they thought that this was an administration that was going to go after the worst of the worst, and they happened to know and see the people that are being picked up in their neighborhoods, in their cities," Jayapal added. "They see the militarization of the streets by the federal government. They see children being detained and held in camps and separated from their families, and they don't like it. And so, once again, people are being reminded that we are a nation of immigrants. We do value the immigrants that are in our country. We want a fix to the broken immigration system. Legislatively, we do not want the government to go after all of these people on civil immigration offenses, and we certainly don't want our government militarizing our streets, killing U.S. citizens, and detaining U.S. citizens."

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An internal email sent from Liberty University Law School to its first- and second-year students reveals the Trump administration's prioritization of loyalty over qualifications.

The evangelical university's law school emailed students Friday afternoon publicizing “exciting opportunity to intern with the Department of Labor in DC" that promised "incredible connections that will payoff [sic] later" and the possibility of full-time job offers after graduation, reported journalist Judd Legum in his Popular Info newsletter.

"The two most important requirements are you MUST be aligned politically with President Trump and his administration and you must be willing to work hard," read the email sent by Derek Green, an associate director at the law school. "Don't be scared off by the transcript requirement. GPA is not a strong factor. If you meet those two requirements, you have a shot."

Legum obtained the email from a university source who requested anonymity, and Green declined to comment on the message without approval from Edie Swann, the law school’s director of public affairs, but she did not respond to a request for an interview.

Green's email encouraged students to apply because “the person conducting the interviews is Vittoria D’Addesi, a 2025 graduate of Liberty Law, along with a representative of the White House Liaison Office," and he tipped off potential applicants that they would be screened on several political questions.

"Did you vote for President Trump?” Green wrote, as one example, and provided another. “Do you disagree with the President on anything?”

Green told students he hoped to have "double digit Liberty Law students" enrolled in the program this summer.

The email included a message from DAddesi, who said applicants must be wiling to advance the president's initiatives and deliver "wins for the American Worker," and she described the position as "a political position in which interns will serve the Trump Administration for the duration of their internships."

"This suggests the DOL is treating these internships as 'Schedule C' positions, which are defined as 'confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating,'" Legum wrote. "The Supreme Court, in Elrod v. Burns and subsequent decisions, ruled that only these policy positions can be conditioned on political beliefs."

CNN host Kasie Hunt was visibly stunned after airing an expletive-laden montage of prominent MAGA figures sharply criticizing President Trump's Iran strikes on Tuesday. The montage featured Megyn Kelly expressing "serious doubts" about the military operation despite Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, Blackwater founder Erik Prince calling the strikes contrary to American interests, and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene demanding a serious national conversation about the government's direction. Greene, who left Congress in January citing her Epstein files dispute with Trump, used profanity-laden language to challenge the administration's decision-making. The footage exposed deep fractures within Trump's MAGA coalition over the Iran war. Hunt's sarcastic response, "Well, how do you really feel?" reflected her surprise at the intensity and bluntness of the criticism from figures traditionally aligned with the president.

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