The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day necklaces | Arwa Mahdawi
With her husband on trial over hush-money payments – and desperate for cash – the ex-first lady isn’t worried about optics
If your husband was a legally adjudicated sexual predator who cheated on you with an adult film star shortly after you gave birth to his son, and then allegedly paid her hush money to cover it up in an attempt to illegally influence the 2016 election, and then went on trial for those hush-money payments, while also facing a litany of other criminal charges, what do you think you would do?
In Melania Trump’s case, the answer seems to be: ignore all that hoo-ha and sell a $245 necklace to celebrate Mother’s Day. On Sunday, the notably un-effusive first lady announced that she had “designed the ‘Her Love & Gratitude’ necklace to express immense gratitude and honor all mothers”. The necklace features a flower pendant made of gold vermeil (sterling silver with a solid gold plate) and can include a custom engraving. Best of all, every purchase comes with a limited-edition digital NFT collectible that is minted on the Solana blockchain. Just what every mother wants!
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The adultification of Palestinian children has consequences and needs to stop | Arwa Mahdawi
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32-year-old mom's Poshmark side hustle brings in nearly $4,000 a month—she only works 3 to 4 hours a day
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