Marks was born and raised in South Africa and is now the CEO of the Lana Marks Collections design firm which caters to celebrities. She speaks Xhosa and Afrikaans
Wow, I think this is the closest Dotard has ever come, as far as appointing someone with even a slightly tenuous connection to the job they will be undertaking.
Still, an exceptionally low bar…
Hell in a hand basket, Donald. Hand basket.
I was all ready to get bent out of shape , but it would seem there’s a first time for everything .
Actually seems like a somewhat logical choice " She speaks Xhosa and Afrikaans" and was born in South Africa
It probably helped that her pool boy and her two poodles have new memberships to Mar-a-Lago.
I’ll see you Marks and raise you Jim Mattis, but your broader point is mostly correct.
She speaks Xhosa and Afrikaans and lives in Palm Beach, Florida.
One of these is not like the others.
Would be interesting to know the extent of her campaign contributions …
I know that generosity can ’ bag ’ a Medal of Freedom —
I will wait for Trevor Noah to weigh in, but meanwhile, I’m wondering if Melania got the friends-and-family discount on the $12,800 Large Croc Princess Diana Top Handle bag.
Whoa whoa whoa she speaks Xhosa?!?! And Afrikaans? Born and raised there? I’m thinking this may actually be a fairly good—there I said it—example of a frivolous payoff ambassadorship. My guess is she’s an awful person and will be an awful ambassador, don’t get me wrong, but this is an area where any administration is likely to hit a few clinkers, sort of where you stash the contributors who won’t stop bugging you for some plum job, and she seems to be in that ballpark, that is, awful in a recognizable and precedented way. Nov. 15th, making a note of this, might be a first.
Does this mean that I can be nominated as the ambassador to Manhattan?
A choice from his usual list of generals, billionaires or blondes.
Handbag designer and and Mara-a-Lago member…
20 years from now, this may end up being the definitive trump presidency headline.
I can count to five in Welsh, crossing my fingers I’ll get that ambassadorship in Cardiff!
Handbags for “bag” money for everyone! Donnie will be tossing handbags to his friends rather than paper towels!
I guess it will have to be checks inside, not much will fit in the $5,700 Alligator Cleopatra Clutch. (Hurry, Donald, it’s the last one at Harrod’s!)
I bet she used this on her LinkedIn and ZipRecruiter sent her name. From an article in Elite Traveler:
“As CEO and designer of her eponymous exotic leather accessories line, Lana Marks knows a thing or two about luxury.”
Also, she’s the South African Ivanka!
ET: Did you have any business experience before launching your own line?
Lana Marks: My father was a successful property developer in South Africa. The fundamentals of architectural proportion were drilled into me from a very early age. I would go to his building sites with him and learned a lot about running a business from him. And I traveled with my parents and developed an eye for really fine craftsmanship, really great fabrics and leathers, especially in Europe.
Let’s not forget that Trump knows about her because she’s a member of Mar a Lago.
Marks was born and raised in South Africa and is now the CEO of the Lana Marks Collections design firm which caters to celebrities. She speaks Xhosa and Afrikaans and lives in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump: Wait, Lana was born in a shit-hole county?
South Africa is a very different country now than it was when she was born.