What Brigitte Macron learned: only trophy wives count in Trumpland | Suzanne Moore

The state visit seems to be little more than alpha male leaders bonding very publicly, with wives deployed to watchIn every public interaction of the Trumps there is drama. We see his hand wander to hers and when his little finger tickles her clenched fist, she relents and holds his in hers. She is glacial, resistant, but finally she surrenders.The suffering of Melania Trump and her small acts of dissent, of swatting away her husband’s piggy hands are scrutinised eagerly by those who still