Military Pressured to See 'Melania' Against Their Will

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Thousands of active-duty military personnel may have been "pressured" into seeing the Melania documentary at cinemas around the country, a watchdog has warned.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 03:30 PM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has warned that thousands of active-duty military personnel may have been coerced into attending screenings of the Melania documentary.

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-- Raw Story (@rawstory.com) Feb 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM

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Thousands of active-duty military personnel may have been "pressured" into seeing the Melania documentary at cinemas around the country

Just when it seemed MAGA couldn't get more pathetic.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-07 07:44 AM

Funny that Melanoma married a tumor.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-07 11:13 AM

DOD personnel were also "ordered" to watch the blatherskite's idiotic speech to bored and angry flag officers at Quantico VA last year.

As if our Soldiers don't have enough PTSD and stress to deal with, now this bone-dry cinematic offense about a harlot is inflicted upon them.

The White House just released Dummkopf Trumpf's new official portrait which will be displayed at every federal office on the planet:

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-07 03:03 PM

Melania's Movie Shows Signs of Bulk Buying to Boost Box Office: Guru
www.yahoo.com

... Melania did better at the box office than some prognosticators expected. Now, one industry expert is claiming ticket sales have been intentionally bolstered through possibly nefarious means.

Amazon MGM's $75 million documentary about the first lady made $7 million on its opening weekend, eliciting both gloating headlines and skepticism. Many have already touted Melania, which traces the first lady's activities in the days leading up to her husband's 2025 inauguration, as a success.

But according to box-office expert and former IndieWire Editor Tom Brueggemann, there are signs of "fake ticket sales" in order to inflate the earnings associated with the documentary. He raised the possibility that tickets were bought in bulk and handed out to audiences -- or not handed out at all. ...

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-07 03:46 PM

what a sad pathetic life you folks must lead.

a celebrity column that says "may have been"

and "a watchdog has warned".................BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

NO WONDER the first two posts are the top two idiots in this nest of idiots.

#5 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-07 04:48 PM

but this is why I love this place.....people who make Karl Childers and pee wee herman

look like mensa.

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-07 04:52 PM

The caption under one of the photos in the article is interesting and somewhat telling...

"Melania" director Brett Ratner is pictured cuddling a woman on a sofa next to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

#7 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-02-07 05:15 PM

"director Brett Ratner is pictured cuddling a woman"

A "woman."
Not a girl?
I bet it's a girl.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-07 05:52 PM

Is this part of the "warrior's ethos"?

#9 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-02-07 06:14 PM

@#5 ... a celebrity column that says "may have been" ...

And your current trolling alias' point is?

That an article mentions that there is some ambiguity in the data it presents?

OK, now do FoxNews. ;)

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-07 07:16 PM

But then there's this, further down in the cited article ...

... According to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, those numbers have been artificially inflated by pressure from MAGA-aligned officers leaning on their troops to buy tickets.

"People are scared," Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the MRFF, said.

Weinstein said he has received letters from members of the U.S. military at eight facilities worldwide, complaining that their superiors encouraged or pressured them to see the film.

He told Business Insider. "They were pressured to see the movie. Your military superior, that's not your shift manager at Taco Bell or Starbucks. They have complete and total control over you." ...

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-07 07:22 PM

Seems like a lie

#12 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-02-08 08:30 AM

Smells like Bull?

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-08 09:25 AM

Seems like a lie

#12 | POSTED BY THEBULL

How would you know?

You slurp up maga lies like they are candy.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-08 10:09 AM

TheBollWeevil is a failed little troll.

#15 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-08 04:13 PM

Sounds like a good opportunity to take a nap.

#16 | Posted by path at 2026-02-09 08:01 AM

... The documentary Melania, featuring First Lady Melania Trump, experienced a 67 percent decline in domestic box office revenue during its second weekend, earning $2.37 million from North American theaters.

The film dropped from No. 3 to No. 10, bringing its 10-day domestic total to $13.35 million, according to estimates from Amazon MGM Studios shared Sunday. The decline occurred despite the documentary expanding to 2,003 venues and follows Super Bowl weekend, traditionally a slow period for theaters.

Newsweek reached out to Amazon MGM Studios via email on Sunday for comment. ...

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-09 02:38 PM

what a sad pathetic life you folks must lead.

a celebrity column that says "may have been"

and "a watchdog has warned".................BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

NO WONDER the first two posts are the top two idiots in this nest of idiots.

#5 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Hey that's more credible than the evidence trump found to tell him the 2020 election was stolen.

#18 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-02-09 02:57 PM

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