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Dahleen Glanton: First lady Melania Trump isn't doing her job. It's time she starts

It's time for Melania Trump to man up.

All this taking separate motorcades and hiding out at Mar-a-Lago - at taxpayers' expense - has gotten old.

Each day President Donald Trump's alleged cheating saga goes on, it becomes increasingly difficult to feel sorry for his wife. We have bigger problems in America than Melania Trump's humiliation. The first lady needs to step up and start doing her job.

That's right. Her job.

Before anyone accuses me of beating up on the pitiful first lady while she's down, consider this: She campaigned for the job of first lady. She

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