aquascoot wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2026 at 10:45am:


We don't live in a The Boys universe where vibes, branding and social credit scores substitute for reality.

Most world leaders, even deeply flawed ones, can point to a record, concrete outcomes, policies enacted, institutions strengthened, or at least a coherent legacy they can defend. Trump doesn't really have that. Yes, Project Warp Speed mattered and he deserves credit for it, but whatever political capital that earned has been thoroughly incinerated by the conduct of his second term.

His economic record hasn't improved either, he's running the US the same way he ran his businesses, and the trajectory looks depressingly familiar, recessionary pressure followed by another entry on the bankruptcy ledger.

Lacking a defensible legacy, he defaults to what he's always relied on, propaganda.

That's where the Melania film fits.

The clear takeaway it wants the audience to absorb is that she's a dutiful, devoted wife who admires and adores her husband. But the construction is so obvious it barely holds together. It only works if you already want it to be true. For everyone else, it reads as assertion without evidence, image management without substance.

In fact, the evidence points in the opposite direction. His serial adultery, the crude hush-money cover-up involving Stormy Daniels, and his repeated appearances in the Epstein files all sketch a picture that flatly contradicts the sanitised myth being sold.

This isn't a story of mutual respect, devotion, or admiration, it's a record of transactional relationships, deception, and moral indifference, retrospectively laundered through propaganda because the raw facts are too ugly to defend on their own.

So yes, it's propaganda for MAGA, and it will never be anything more than that.

Normies will call it out. MAGA will respond with abuse and bad faith. The division will deepen. And Trump, along with the tight circle orbiting him, will continue to monetise the outrage and the mythmaking.

Same old story, just another coat of paint, and as usual, you willingly fell for it Scoot.

ProudKangaroo wrote Yesterday at 4:39pm:



Sydney morning herald 


Melania, panned by some film critics, opens with strongest documentary debut in a decade
Jake Coyle
Updated February 2, 2026 — 7:20pm,first published 11:26am

“For any other film, with US$75 million in costs and limited foreign potential, it would be a problem,” said Gross. “But this is a political investment, not a for-profit movie venture, and if it helps Amazon with a regulatory, taxation, tariff or other government issue, then it will pay back. US$75 million is insignificant to Amazon.”

Melania is Ratner’s first film since he was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017. Multiple women, including the actor Olivia Munn, accused Ratner of sexual harassment and misconduct. Ratner has denied the allegations. Last fall, after Trump’s reported intervention, Paramount Pictures said it would distribute his Rush Hour 4.

Melania, which will stream on Prime Video following its theatrical run, was released globally. Shortly before its debut, South African distributor Filmfinity said it would no longer release it. The company said it changed course “based on recent developments”.

International ticket sales for Melania were expected to be minuscule.