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The article also said Melania wanted Barron to stay in his school until the end of the school year. She admitted he is having some difficulty adjusting and she doesn't employ a nanny. Melania sounds like a very good mother. I can't imagine how hard it would be to raise a young child in that vicious fishbowl swarming with Press sharks called the White House.
Maybe she can get her mother on the payroll as a nanny, like the Obama's did. Oh, wait...she's actually not pawning off the duties involved in being a mother.
The article also said Melania wanted Barron to stay in his school until the end of the school year. She admitted he is having some difficulty adjusting and she doesn't employ a nanny. Melania sounds like a very good mother. I can't imagine how hard it would be to raise a young child in that vicious fishbowl swarming with Press sharks called the White House.
There is speculation that Barron has autism. This would be consistent with his difficulty adjusting.
The Hamilton speech was no where near the level of disrespect that Obama got at his state of the union address when Congressman Joe Wilson stood up at the president's address and said, "You Lie!" right to his face.
That wasn't during a State of the Union address. It was during an address when Obama insisted on lecturing Congress about passing Obamacare.
Dealing with a former president is much different than dealing with a current president. It's not the same. Melania and Barron will be targets. Obama and his family will be pretty much free to roam once it's over (with a smallish detail of course). There will be no traffic blockages for them anymore.
That said, I agree that it's important to not disrupt kids in school. I totally respect that the Obama's don't want to move Sasha during her last years of high school, which can be a very tough transition at that point. And Sidwell Friends is used to "protecting" her at this point. I think letting Barron finish out his year at school is practical also, but I think the security will be a nightmare. However, I'm sure Barron attends a school that already has children of very influential folks attending and they are already probably used to some measure of security beyond what the rest of us are used to.
I agree that it is a good thing not to move a child until he finishes the school year. Barron attends Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School. Trump's foundation has contributed more than $150,000 over the past three years to the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School. The school used to be a feeder school for Columbia University, but it severed ties in 1864 and became a proprietary school. It has had non-profit status since 1941. It was originally a boys school, but became co-ed in 1956. It has 1300 students from k to 12th grade. Notable alumni include Herman Melville, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gary Winick, The Postelles, and Steve Ross. They have a focus on creative arts. The also do serve students with learning differences in their learning center.
The article also said Melania wanted Barron to stay in his school until the end of the school year. She admitted he is having some difficulty adjusting and she doesn't employ a nanny. Melania sounds like a very good mother. I can't imagine how hard it would be to raise a young child in that vicious fishbowl swarming with Press sharks called the White House.
I agree. Barron seemed to have a 'deer in the headlights look' when they came onstage after Hillary called to concede. It's one thing to go from living on an island (Manhattan) where your father is high profile with 'celebrity status', but among lots of other celebrities and where over 25 other people (each of whom your father likely knows) have a higher net worth...to...your father being the most high profile person on the planet and all that entails....overnight....and somewhat unexpectedly.
Wow, draining NYCs tax coffers for police service, withholding federal funds because they are a sanctuary city, and inconveniencing those libs that voted against him. Now that's a perfect trifecta of revenge.
Would have to research but am sure the federal government reimburses NYC, or any other local USA government for LE costs related to POTUS, VPOTUS, FLOTUS, etc... visits. The United Nations is another matter. *LOL*
Live in NYC (Manhattan) so on one level these sort of interruptions are common enough. Obama in particular visited New York City very often (usually for fund raising, but also things like UN General Assembly, important dinners, etc...), so we get blockades, LE presence and so forth.
Problem is such visits have a short duration. Sealing of a main part of Mid-Town Manhattan for four years is going to be difficult and expensive.
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