But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
How ironic is it when WaPo supporters are lashing out at the Melania doc when both the WaPo & the Melania doc serve as multi-million dollar "prestige" assets that seem increasingly disconnected from their actual audiences?
Too many people believe Melania is a legitimate production rather than a tribute, paid by Bezos to renew his vows of fealty to Trump and the blessings bestowed by that association. So many people, so easily grifted.
Feb 4, 2026 19:06Too many people who should know better think that attacking the first whore documentary will be effective, or they don't and just use it to rally rage from the tribe.
Both are problematic.
The $75 Mil is trivial compared to what Besos pumps into the disinformation machine
I've noticed that, with increasing frequency, too many of the people who should know better arrive at the wrong conclusions. I'm not sure if that's by delusion or design. It's discouraging either way. Most of these people enjoy large followings and those wrong conclusions are seldom challenged.
