Melania Trump on Saturday was accused of living in an "alternate reality" after she bragged that her new documentary, which has reportedly struggled in sales, is "#1" and is "loved by all."
The Guardian sent a writer to watch the documentary, Melania, at the busiest movie theater in Times Square, the day of its release. He joined just 12 people in the audience. And they were far from blown away, according to the outlet's reporting.
But that didn't stop the first lady from bragging about her film being universally loved.
"MELANIA, the film. #1 Highest Opening In 10 Yrs (Doc) Loved By All - 'A' CinemaScore," she wrote on Saturday.
The pushback from observers came within mere minutes.
Columnist Jackie Calmes replied with, "Alternate reality."
Ex-GOP insider Jeff Timmer simply wrote, "lol."
Stand-up comedian Ryan Cullen responded writing, "ooft. You can tell Donald didn't wanna retweet this. Nightmare."
Journalist Fredrik Græsvik added, "The First Lady is just as detached from reality as the president. What in the world is wrong with people?"
A number of users simply posted the film's 6% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Michaels agreed with that assessment from the Trump administration, holding up a piece of completely redacted paper and noting that it will indeed be impossible to prosecute anyone without any content.
"He said, 'We're not going to see this list of names within the files.' And, and if we were to think about it, the place that we would see if there were names, the place that we would see them would be in victim statements. Right. Those 302s that many of us have been waiting to see. Well, I printed up this one. This is a 302. And that survivor's name is redacted. But of the seven pages of that survivor's statement, four of them look like this. So he is actually telling the truth. If we're looking for names in this group of files, of course, we're not going to see them because this is what we're getting."
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Writing on social media, Garcia said, "This is my public declaration and announcement, I’m reclining my past support for Donald Trump."
He then added, "Anyone that was involved in any thing to do with that island and what they were doing, I just can’t support in anyway. Children need to be protected, everyone knew better f--- that. Justice for all."
In a follow-up post, he wrote, "To everyone saying that trump is innocent and was proven false. I’m not taking chances, I only stand with the kingdom of God you guys can go to hell and back defending your political figures and parties. I stand with God and that’s it."
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That set off alarms for numerous observers.
Conservative attorney George Conway chimed in with some Melania mockery, writing, "All you young lawyers should hold out until DOJ starts offering huge blocks of Melania movie tickets as recruiting bonuses."
Sean Marotta, Partner with Hogan Lovells's Appellate group, said, "Remember when DOJ used political affiliation in nonpartisan Honors Program hiring and it generated significant internal pushback and was a major scandal that roiled an Administration? I do."
Political strategist Jacob Perry said, "Nothing says 'our plan is working to perfection' quite like recruiting lawyers via Twitter."
An attorney known as Bird Law Expert said Saturday, "There was a time when being an AUSA would’ve been my dream job now they’re asking Trump fans to slide into their Twitter DMs."
Criminal defense lawyer Scott Greenfield remarked on the change with this administration:
"I can't remember the government ever having to stoop to this to get AUSAs. It used to be a job that lawyers sought out, not a job that lawyers fled."
Even far-right legal expert Ed Whelan noted on X, "It would be good to know if DOJ is taking the position that support for the president is a lawful criterion in hiring AUSAs."
Conservative former insider Gregg Nunziata said, "Now that Mizelle (the former Chief of Staff of the Trump Justice Department) is outside of government, he apparently feels free to confirm what we already know: the Administration is corrupting the DOJ into a personal tool of the president, ready to serve his whim (and wrath)."
Attorney Blake Allen added, "Becoming an AUSA is traditionally seen as a prestigious posting that often leads to senior government work, the first step in political careers or transition into white collar defense firms. The fact that they’re having to advertise on X DMs is not a good sign for competence."
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