Why is Melania leading a security council meeting? [View all]

Arwa Mahdawi
Sat 28 Feb 2026 09.00 EST

... while DEI may be dead, WTF hiring is very much alive. Being Wealthy, Trumpy, and/or Fox News-famous seem to be the only qualifications you need for success in ... the entire Trump administration: a horrifying hodgepodge of unqualified sycophants ...

... there are only two reasons a Trump ever does anything: money or malice. I’m not sure holding the gavel at Monday’s security council session is particularly lucrative, so file this one under “malice”. Foisting Melania on the security council as the US assumes the body’s rotating monthly presidency sends a clear message to the world about just how seriously the Trump administration takes the UN. It feels like an attempt to undermine the credibility of the UN ...

... The US owes more than $4bn in UN arrears; it has only paid $160m of this but, according to a recent announcement by Trump, $10bn will be transferred from the US government to the “Board of Peace”, an international body chaired by the president and full of his lackeys and family – including son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is on the founding executive board. Rather than bring any sort of relief to Gaza, the board seems like a vehicle for rampant profiteering ...

... Perhaps, after her valuable work experience stint at the United Nations on Monday, Melania will also find herself a nice little role on the Board of Peace ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/28/melania-trump-un-security-council-europe-abortion-rights