I can't help but feel sorry for Melania Trump. She just looks so awkward, anxious & overwhelmed at every public event & I can sympathise.
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Wld it be 'look, I know you're an eminent neuroscientist but ur wife/husband is president so put it away, look pretty, say inspiring things?
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Because it is essentially a supportive, social, appearances role. Must wannabe presidents avoid marrying introverts with own interests?
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Hilary Clinton co-chaired the (albeit doomed) Healthcare reform commission & Michelle Obama was also active policy wise
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OK, great. We certainly know Hillary was politically ambitious. But if they weren't? If they had their own lives?
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Michelle Obama had her own life, she was a successful hospital administrator. Now she's talked of as a potential POTUS.
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But she was happy to give it up and be Flotus, wasn't she. What if she wasn't political at all & wanted to carry on in hospital?
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It's a good question - maybe someday we will see a partner of the POTUS who takes that position.
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Power of that scale tends to be hard to turn down. Either that or its a 'duty' that one is unlikely to shirk.
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Suspect avoiding a conflict of business interest would be impossible & providing protection would likely make role untenable
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So America would have to turn down the best candidate unless s/he had a suitable spouse?
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They have no doubt done so many times already
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This is why I think its outdated and hampering.
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Probably an issue for highest ranking politicians. Agree, if conflicts &/ or security are OK, should be no barriers. UK easier.
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In principle no. First Lady is not an offical position, has not legal standing.
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Someone should set a precedent of being a president's wife/husband who never engages in public discourse.
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and just continues with her job and private life. Perhaps Melania could, if she so wishes.
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