Amazon’s Promotion of ‘Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives — The tech giant is spending $35 million to promote its film about the first lady, far more than is typical for documentaries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/media/amazon-melania-trump-film-critics.html

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DarkShaggy@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 198d (1 reply)

What is there to question? It's a documentary no one wants or asked for paid for by someone who just wants to be in cheeto's favor? It's not some Scooby doo mystery, we know who's under the mask.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 198d

Why would anyone watch a documentary about someone who have done nothing with her life? Slavic Kim Kardashian.

KingGordon@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 198d

Its a bribe. Always was.

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 198d (3 replies)

Let the reviews speak

basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 197d (2 replies)
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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 197d (1 reply)

but she's ESL, a sex worker and a foreigner.

fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 194d

Temu first lady.

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Prove_your_argument@piefed.social · 28 pts · 198d (3 replies)

There's a craigslist post paying people $50 to sit through it on launch night in the boston craigslist.

Embargo@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 198d (1 reply)

I wonder if this is an insidious plan to boost numbers or more of a "I'll give you 50 bucks to sit through this terrible movie" thing.

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d

And an ICE sting.

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d

That figure is missing some zeros if it intends to be effective.

Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 198d

Amazon have questionable motives?

Surely not.

abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 198d

So you know how Ceaușescu's Romania had propaganda songs made about Ceaușescu's wife Elena?

Yeah. This is like that. 

besmtt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 198d
timewarp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 198d

Bezos must be getting tired of his Latina Laura Loomer. Can't believe he spent $38 billion for that pootang.