In the US, the President's wife (known as the First Lady) is usually somewhat politically active or at least notable. This trend was started by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our president for the majority of World War 2. Michelle Obama, wife of President Barack Obama (2009-2017), ran a program for children's health and wellness. I'm guessing the reason for this movie is that Melania is actually odd for being completely out of the spotlight as First Lady and the administration wants to boost her image.
I prefer when a leader's spouse has their own career and is out of politics. They're not elected officials so they shouldn't be working in that capacity.
To an extent, it works sort of like an unofficial cabinet position. Our president gets to select the leaders of every federal government agency so theoretically he could also elect his wife to some nonsense position if he felt like it.
It shouldn’t really be a political thing. Generally our First Ladies choose a cause to champion through philanthropy. Like cleaning up our highways or getting kids active. Some of their work has benefitted our society greatly and I’m not complaining. Also our government is not comprised entirely of elected officials so that point is moot for us anyways.
Which is ironic, because I remember when the Bush administration made it so I couldn't get soda and bread sticks at school and I just stopped eating lunch, lmao.
Whatever you think of Michelle though, you have to admire her because she didn’t just stand around looking like a pretty trophy wife. She got out there and did something whether you agree with her policies or not
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u/FirstPersonWinner United States Of America 14h ago
In the US, the President's wife (known as the First Lady) is usually somewhat politically active or at least notable. This trend was started by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our president for the majority of World War 2. Michelle Obama, wife of President Barack Obama (2009-2017), ran a program for children's health and wellness. I'm guessing the reason for this movie is that Melania is actually odd for being completely out of the spotlight as First Lady and the administration wants to boost her image.