Melania Trump’s Spokesperson-Stephanie Grisham: Douche Bag of The Day
Last month Melania Trump visited Egypt, and obviously included a stop in Cairo and some time at Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel there. Quartz News, based on federal records, report that Melania and her entourage spent a night there and amassed a bill of $95,000.00 (for a one night stay).
Now, while Melania herself probably deserves a Douche Bag award just for the say, I’m going with her Spokesperson, Stephanie Grisham. Apparently, Grisham got upset that the report was inaccurate in the fact that Melania and company did not spend the night at the Semiramis, but only six hours. She didn’t dispute the $95,000 charge. According to HuffPost:
The first lady’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, was furious that the initial report — later picked up by The Hill — said Melania Trump spent the night at the Semiramis Intercontinental Cairo. In fact, she spent only six hours there, Grisham told both Quartz and The Hill in angry Twitter posts.
Grisham complained that “sadly, the damage from this false reporting is done,” referring to The Hill — as if the fact that it cost taxpayers $95,000 for a mere six-hour visit instead of for an overnight stay was somehow more understandable. Grisham also called the Quartz report “irresponsible journalism.”
So let’s just deconstruct this. First, she’s not upset about $95,000.00 being spent at a Cairo hotel for a one-night stay by the First Lady, she’s upset the news source said it was a one-night stay when it was only six hours that cost us $95,000.00. Let that sink in for a bit.
But worse yet, she complains that it was irresponsible journalism to call attention to the $95,000.00 bill. I consider that a pretty reasonable mistake. I would assume her husband is the only one in the family who rents hotel rooms by the hour. So, for that reason Stephanie, you’re our Douche Bag of the Day.
