Dime Trap

I don't know much about rap music, less about the rapper T.I., and I'd never even heard of trap music until two minutes ago when Wikipedia broke it down for me.

But I've just watched the promo video from T.I.'s Dime Trap album several times, and read a few bits of commentary about the way that Melania Trump is depicted in this video (by way of a look-alike). And I have to say that all in all, I'm on T.I.'s side on this one.

The First Lady and her minions have objected to the way she is portrayed in the video, of course: she does a strip for T.I. in the Oval Office. The comments focus on how unfair it is to depict her in this way...and essentially say that she is an innocent bystander and that it is not fair game to pick on her.

Which is a sentiment I would normally agree with. Melania Trump is not responsible for Donald Trump's actions, after all. And to depict her in a demeaning manner is not fair.

And then I started thinking about 

And what a dirty rotten thing that was to do as she headed down to visit children who had been illegally incarcerated. 

And then I started thinking about how she has consistently defended Trump for his relentless misogyny.

And how she says that she is against bullying while she ignores the fact that her husband constantly bullies damned near everyone.

And you know what? I stopped feeling the least iota of sympathy for her.

She is not an innocent bystander. She is a willing and active participant in the brutalization of the United States of America. And she has earned the right to be mocked and scorned.

You reap what you sow, Ms. Trump.