#Via Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas
3:08 PM · Apr 9, 2026

"real long shot here but if you have any idea why melania is suddenly talking about epstein, reach me on signal at marisakabas.04

anonymity fully protected"

#Via Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
2:46 PM · Apr 9, 2026

"I am not sure why Melania Trump decided to make a statement about Jeffrey Epstein seemingly out of nowhere today, but if the idea was to put the ongoing coverup in the rearview mirror it will backfire spectacularly"

#Via Tim Onion / bencollins
2:46 PM · Apr 9, 2026

"Everybody should watch this insane presser. It's like a bad scene in a Netflix thriller right before shit is about to go down."

https://www.youtube.com/live/vyn-_Tsl5A0

A Statement by First Lady Melania Trump

YouTube
"My 'I never had a relationship with Epstein' T-shirt is bringing up a lot of questions already answered by my T-shirt."

#Via Ben Schwartz / benschwartz
3:32 PM · Apr 9, 2026

"there's getting out ahead of a story and then getting out so far ahead of it that you're breaking it yourself.

This is surprising, because up til now the Trump people have been really, really good at avoiding any connection to Epstein."

#Via Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
3:12 PM · Apr 9, 2026

"Epstein survivor texts me to say 'what a bizarre thing' for the First Lady to do"

@_L1vY_ Wow, what did she do?

@ClimateJenny

The instant this bunch says "lies" or "lying" there is always some kind of overt, undeniable, devastating information.

@_L1vY_ @ClimateJenny she's just marketing her book. lol. She can't even not read off the script below. Hardly looks at the audience, lol.

@_L1vY_ @ClimateJenny That was maybe a two minute speech, I have never actually heard Melania talk before, wow.

lol, this timeline.

@_L1vY_ I had heard rumors through a chronically online friend that she and Donnie met through Epstein because she was one of the girls he trafficked.
@unsafelyhotboots That has been a theory/rumor for a long time, but this sudden denial suggests...some kind of evidence surfacing? 🤷🏻‍♀️
@_L1vY_ @unsafelyhotboots 🍿Is she deliberately reigniting the Epstein horror show bc she detests her husband so much, as a distraction from his #illegalwar , or to promote her book? When 💩hits the fan, she may want to recast her role as a victim. Let’s see. #melania #epstein #warcriminal

@MrInappropriate @_L1vY_ @unsafelyhotboots

Promoting her book.

She has given up on promoting her movie? I guess that, even in Trump's alternative fact world, there is a limit to beating a dead horse.

@_L1vY_ @unsafelyhotboots
RE
theory rumor for a long time on #melaniatrump

Listen #MSNOW Deadline White House (podcast) for today Thu Apr 9 2026 at the 4.30pm point.

#melania says at the beginning she WANTS #congress to hold a #congressionalhearing for the #EpsteinSurvivors to give testimony

A House Rep (D) said in private hearings, no reveling info on Melania, just the one simple email to #maxwell

The other guests have no explanation for her to do this "out of the blue" event

@_L1vY_ Define “relationship”, Mrs. Trump.

@fsinn @_L1vY_

That's the bit that gets me.

Relationship?

Is getting trafficked a "relationship"??

@violetmadder @fsinn

No, but that's what they'd be calling it, in order to protect her ogre husband. And the second part is, what if any participation did she have later as an adult.

@violetmadder That is 'sophistry'. @fsinn @_L1vY_

@Tooden @violetmadder @fsinn @_L1vY_

That is how modern creepy weirdos interpret sophistry.

The ancient sophists were about virtue, excellence, and noble causes.

I’ll pedant my way out.

@fsinn @_L1vY_

"I did not have sex with that man!"

(For a highly specific definition of "sex".)

@_L1vY_ Her old "I really don't care, do you?" jacket seems to have got lost somewhere.
@Mabande This would have been the perfect occasion!
@_L1vY_ But instead all we got was a whine

@_L1vY_

Haha, I just posted that.

@billyjoebowers They put her on TV to just literally do the meme 😂
@_L1vY_
Literally, word-for-word, my immediate response. Thank you.