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demmiblue

(39,550 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:39 PM 8 hrs ago

Melania Trump to chair a meeting of the UN Security Council, White House says

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - First lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday as the U.S. takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House said.

Melania Trump will emphasize education as a way to advance tolerance and world peace at the meeting, which will be the first time a sitting American first lady presides over the 15-member council, the first lady's office said in a statement Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of the United Nations since his first White House term, saying the 198-member world body was ineffective and needed reforms.

Trump struck a more conciliatory tone last week at the first meeting of his Board of Peace, an initiative he said aims to resolve conflicts globally but one that many world leaders have failed to embrace amid concerns it was designed to replace the United Nations.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/melania-trump-chair-meeting-un-security-council-white-house-says-2026-02-26/



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Melania Trump to chair a meeting of the UN Security Council, White House says (Original Post) demmiblue 8 hrs ago OP
what a joke - she has no qualifications samsingh 8 hrs ago #1
Hey - she's an Epstein scholar! rurallib 6 hrs ago #23
My first thought also: seriously? ananda 3 hrs ago #43
Depose her publicly under oath about trumpstein instead SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #2
Will she be showing off her language skills? jls4561 8 hrs ago #3
The closed caption boys will be taxing their skills trying to interpret what she is saying. Brother Buzz 7 hrs ago #9
No. Just her tits. Grins 7 hrs ago #13
She'll be showing off her oral skills. cloudbase 4 hrs ago #39
Like she knows fuck all about security Jilly_in_VA 8 hrs ago #4
Naked or with clothes on? n/t rzemanfl 7 hrs ago #5
With a useless hat Layzeebeaver 6 hrs ago #26
Once again we will be the laughing stock of the world. walkingman 7 hrs ago #6
Not the Onion? Tasmanian Devil 7 hrs ago #7
Pity the translators Dear_Prudence 7 hrs ago #8
Caligula allegedly appointed his horse to high office. Frasier Balzov 7 hrs ago #10
If Orange Julius Caesar were to appoint his horse to high office, the horse would be missing its hindquarters generalbetrayus 5 hrs ago #31
Talk about the Whore of Babylon peppertree 7 hrs ago #11
Wow... that's deep, Pepper... worth losing a non-productive afternoon slightlv 5 hrs ago #33
Why, thank you. peppertree 5 hrs ago #36
She might be self aborbed and boring but at least she's sawake Warpy 7 hrs ago #12
" Melania Trump will emphasize education ...." Botany 7 hrs ago #14
😂😂😂 bamagal62 7 hrs ago #15
Will there be a pole? I heard there will be a pole! Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #16
;-{)....seriously? Goonch 7 hrs ago #17
Pitching her OnlyFans page is my guess Torchlight 7 hrs ago #18
Who is going to translate her gobbledygook into English? efhmc 7 hrs ago #19
This is how Chump regards the United Nations FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #20
lolololol Solly Mack 7 hrs ago #21
He has to outsource now KT2000 6 hrs ago #22
Gag me! lark 6 hrs ago #24
Maybe she'll suggest cutting spending on education. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #25
It's not even April 1st. colorado_ufo 6 hrs ago #27
The Red Sparrow will be conducting some manner of dead drop with Russian intelligence Prairie Gates 6 hrs ago #28
After Security Council Chair Melania, we will release Astronaut Melania (thanks, Jeff!), and then muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #29
Hope there are empty seats /nt bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #30
What, Don Jr. wasn't available? generalbetrayus 5 hrs ago #32
Will she tell them TurboDem 5 hrs ago #34
Will she tell the other members of the Security Council when she expects her husband to become educated? Vinca 5 hrs ago #35
Who gets tasked with the job of interpreter? The Wizard 5 hrs ago #37
Maybe the other members... 2naSalit 4 hrs ago #38
I thought this was something from The Onion. nt moniss 4 hrs ago #40
"A way to advance tolerance" ??! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #41
Lemme guess... there'll be an admission charge, and then they'll have to watch her movie. Talitha 3 hrs ago #42
That's just a big fat insult to the UN, Bayard 3 hrs ago #44
I love The Onion! Or is it Borowitz? 😂🤣😂🤣 QueerDuck 3 hrs ago #45
Being well schooled in diplomacy . . . Aussie105 1 hr ago #46

samsingh

(18,385 posts)
1. what a joke - she has no qualifications
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:40 PM
8 hrs ago

and a horrible person married to an even more horrible person

maybe she's better than ivanka

ananda

(34,696 posts)
43. My first thought also: seriously?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:27 PM
3 hrs ago

Why is she even allowed to have anything
to do with the UN?

Brother Buzz

(39,805 posts)
9. The closed caption boys will be taxing their skills trying to interpret what she is saying.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:01 PM
7 hrs ago

Jilly_in_VA

(14,235 posts)
4. Like she knows fuck all about security
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:47 PM
8 hrs ago

Ask her about Epstein. Also about the boxes in the Mar-a-Lardo bathroom.

Tasmanian Devil

(103 posts)
7. Not the Onion?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:57 PM
7 hrs ago

Well I think this fits.

First you make the UN a bad joke, then you continue to refuse to pay the dues we owe the UN because ... it's a bad joke.

Dear_Prudence

(1,145 posts)
8. Pity the translators
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:59 PM
7 hrs ago

Who must translate her proto-pidgin English into standard English, then into the other official languages of the UN (Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and French). Hers is not a fully developed pidgin because there is no other group that uses her "be best" language. I have huge respect for people who are multilingual, but none for linguistic posers.

Frasier Balzov

(4,981 posts)
10. Caligula allegedly appointed his horse to high office.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:01 PM
7 hrs ago

We've seen this repeatedly with Trump.

generalbetrayus

(1,701 posts)
31. If Orange Julius Caesar were to appoint his horse to high office, the horse would be missing its hindquarters
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:54 PM
5 hrs ago

because the horse's ass will still be in the Oval Office.

slightlv

(7,665 posts)
33. Wow... that's deep, Pepper... worth losing a non-productive afternoon
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:09 PM
5 hrs ago

to endless thought, tho...! thanks!

Warpy

(114,543 posts)
12. She might be self aborbed and boring but at least she's sawake
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:03 PM
7 hrs ago

unlike that orange pile of putrefaction she's married to.

Offhand, I'd say expect a lot of this in the future. Other First Ladies of decrepit husbands have had to do the same thing.

Botany

(76,929 posts)
14. " Melania Trump will emphasize education ...."
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:06 PM
7 hrs ago

Really didn’t she drop out of college and move to Italy after 1 semester and @ some point became
a “sex worker” of some kind?

Torchlight

(6,657 posts)
18. Pitching her OnlyFans page is my guess
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:20 PM
7 hrs ago

and gauging whether the UN would be open to having stripper poles installed (at their own expense, though).

FakeNoose

(41,101 posts)
20. This is how Chump regards the United Nations
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:32 PM
7 hrs ago

Yes it's a total insult to a real Security Council, but he doesn't care.
He has his own "Board of Peace" where the real "billion-dollar" men sit.

KT2000

(22,066 posts)
22. He has to outsource now
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:56 PM
6 hrs ago

saving himself for the income generating rallies and sales pitches.

lark

(26,023 posts)
24. Gag me!
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:00 PM
6 hrs ago

How horifically horrible that first ho, Epstein girl and mean as a snake person, who is in the country illegally havin lied to get an Einstein visa (she doesn't speak 4 languages, that is a lie) should have this honor is beyond vile.

JohnnyRingo

(20,735 posts)
25. Maybe she'll suggest cutting spending on education.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:07 PM
6 hrs ago

WTF is this centerfold skank even considered viable to speak to the World Body? How can she begin to address any issues that face global crisis?

Will she be wearing her coat that says "I don't really care, do you"? This is an insult to The UN. Britney Spears would make more sense.

Pardon my language, but I'm sick of it.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,956 posts)
29. After Security Council Chair Melania, we will release Astronaut Melania (thanks, Jeff!), and then
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:25 PM
6 hrs ago

News Anchor Melania (thanks, Bari!), and then United States Air Force pilot Melania (thanks, Pete!), followed by Surgeon Melania (thanks, Robert!), Musician Melania (thanks, Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts board!) and Ballerina Melania (hey, board, you again - double work! Give yourselves all a Trump Kennedy Center Honor!)

And to think Barbie only got as far as UNICEF ambassador ...

Remember, kiddies, this is the Western Culture that we must defend from the Somali Pirates Who Invaded Minnesota.

Vinca

(53,681 posts)
35. Will she tell the other members of the Security Council when she expects her husband to become educated?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:18 PM
5 hrs ago

2naSalit

(101,642 posts)
38. Maybe the other members...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:17 PM
4 hrs ago

Will not give her any time to speak after her intro. She's probably there to pass info to the ruzzians.

Talitha

(7,871 posts)
42. Lemme guess... there'll be an admission charge, and then they'll have to watch her movie.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:02 PM
3 hrs ago

Bayard

(29,211 posts)
44. That's just a big fat insult to the UN,
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:30 PM
3 hrs ago

Send someone who's main qualification is strewing the White House with horrendous xmas decorations.

Aussie105

(7,769 posts)
46. Being well schooled in diplomacy . . .
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:28 PM
1 hr ago

members of the Council will listen politely to Melania's vacuous utterings, then go off and have separate and productive dialog behind closed doors.

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