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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOMFG! Melania seriously did this shit!
Link to tweet
I'm normally pretty apolitical when it comes to first ladies. Laura Bush and Nancy, I rarely ever said a bad word about them.
But fuck me. This!
lark
(23,156 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)lark
(23,156 posts)But even she isn't that stupid, she's sending a message to orange assface and America.
kimbutgar
(21,192 posts)I cant believe she is that heartless.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)kimbutgar
(21,192 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)brush
(53,871 posts)mcar
(42,373 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,576 posts)Apparently by a designer or something called Zara, whoever that is.
https://fashionbyjeje.com/really-dont-care-do-u/
Still very stupid to wear it to her photo-op.
Neema
(1,151 posts)that Melanie would wear their stuff, seeing as she can't give a speech without ripping off Michelle Obama.
tinrobot
(10,916 posts)n/t
struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)dameatball
(7,399 posts).....the one on the left looks real. I'm no expert on such things.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)there is always lower!
lame54
(35,321 posts)It's absolutely proven
progressoid
(49,999 posts)https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/977708/melania-trump-donald-news-pictures-latest
Melania Trump: She shook hands with officials at the US Mexico border
lame54
(35,321 posts)How did nobody manage to get the right pic
It turns out the previous post from The Hague inviting Trump over was parody
Many bought into that and spread it around
progressoid
(49,999 posts)A lot of other news outlets are referencing the Daily Mail but the two I found didn't, so I'm hoping they have independently verified it.
underpants
(182,879 posts)Daily Mail
Yahoo news
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)She just negated her propaganda tour
PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)yes it is clear now
but it is so outrageous I needed conformation before spreading it around
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)OMG
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)or what it means.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Different shirt, and I believe she wore light colored pants today.
It does look like the same jacket though. Probably costs a lot.
Still, she sat at a desk and didn't tour inside, right?
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)It's true. She is totally tone deaf.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)FreeState
(10,580 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Lars39
(26,116 posts)and it looks photoshopped, with pixels disturbed all around the letters shown. Theres even a small e in the green, all by itself.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)And then asserted that sometimes a jacket is just a jacket.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)No way this can be real. Did the spokesperson specifically quote the jacket? When did she first put it on? There were photographers everywhere, and I cannot believe that picture from the back does not exist.
hunter
(38,327 posts)A poorly manipulated photo wouldn't have them; the edges would be abnormally sharp or have exceptionally smooth gradients.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_artifact
Lars39
(26,116 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)mcar
(42,373 posts)frogmarch
(12,159 posts)if the photo is real, I think she may have been chilly on the plane and someone gave her the jacket to wear. If so, she may not have read what it said.
However, why would she still be wearing it once she got off the plane? It's not cold there, is it?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)SOMEONE is responsible for making sure that jacket was seen, knowing cameras would be on her as she walked up the stairs - either Melania or the person who provided it to her.
Cosmocat
(14,573 posts)They are truly incompetent morons, but there's no one who would have that anywhere near a political environment.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)Never mind wearing it on this particular trip
nmgaucho
(527 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,216 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)On the other hand, a porn spread of a first lady in a magazine is nothing but grace and relevance... if you're a republican (or just a guy (not ALL guys!!!) who pretends Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions are grace and relevance)
progressoid
(49,999 posts)Link to tweet
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)OMGWTF
(3,975 posts)nature-lover
(1,470 posts)On MSNBC saw her board the plane.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)nature-lover
(1,470 posts)Not defending her at all. I didn't think that this border situation could get much worse, but she poured gas on the fire.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)a sack of shit as her bloated sponsor.
OMGWTF
(3,975 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)The important thing is you dig in deeper on this...
It'll be bemusing to witness.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)First lady Melania Trump visits an immigration detention facility in McAllen, Texas, June 21, 2018.
nature-lover
(1,470 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)She wore it boarding the plane. Different jacket later at the center.
nature-lover
(1,470 posts)nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)From the manufacturer - they aren't both pictures of Melania. Her spokesperson confirmed she wore the jacket
treestar
(82,383 posts)you can't really read what is written; it could be something different
catbyte
(34,451 posts)my mom used when a blouse didn't fit and gapped at the bustline. Hell, on CNN you could see her bra. No wonder she never wore clothes when she "modeled." They could never find any that fit her.
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)?
Verified account
@meridithmcgraw
NEW: @FLOTUS spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham when asked what message the first lady's jacket intends to send: "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope this isn't what the media is going to choose to focus on."
11:40 AM - 21 Jun 2018
Link to tweet
nature-lover
(1,470 posts)Lars39
(26,116 posts)Her clothes, everybody eating at the Mexican restaurants, the twitter trolling....it all adds up.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)that seems to be backfiring on the Trumps
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)But I sure do now. Tone frickin deaf. Go away, Melania, feckless twit.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)She has displayed her stupidity too many times. She's also ignorant.
kimbutgar
(21,192 posts)You see can Twitler is tightly wound up and today presser whole how unhinged he is. He will be really angry tonight and go after her for this. I hope the secret service is there to protect her because Twitler will go postal on her.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)It is all being done very purposefully to make us lose our collective shit.
IronLionZion
(45,529 posts)to tell their base that we're mentally unhinged liberals
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)Maybe she's the problem, not so much him.
Marie Antoinette
kimbutgar
(21,192 posts)Marla has a gag order and I suspect Melania has been hurt physically.
OMGWTF
(3,975 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)The Trump fuckers make things worse with every passing day. I seriously still cant believe she wore this this is OUTRAGEOUS.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)You might get your post hidden or your post may be reported for calling the third-lady a bitch, even though she's CLEARLY meaning SOMETHING by wearing a jacket like THAT en route to the Texas border.
I've ALWAYS known what she IS and what she's all about, but some folks are REALLY touchy about what you say about HER
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)A wink to the base. To assure the base they still hate brown people.
Its what Republicans do. Like when VP Dick Cheney actually wore a "Staff" hat to the Auschwitz 60 year memorial in 2005. Yes, that's correct. VP of the United States wore an Auschwitz staff hat to a Holocaust memorial.
From ye archives... https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3024754
rurallib
(62,448 posts)the middle finger to America without using your middle finger
This is fucking unbelievable
Donny and the Nazis are probably laughing their asses off and getting ready to use it to assault the media.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)These Trumps sure take the cake.
dawnie51
(959 posts)or an overlooked fashion faux pas. Who in their right mind would wear this who was not a college kid, and certainly not to this destination and under these circumstances, and most certainly a flotus? This was deliberate, a straight up FU to the country.
coeur_de_lion
(3,681 posts)Does she think she is doing?
Louis1895
(768 posts)Has she no shame?
SunSeeker
(51,699 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)then we cannot go after Melania for things like this, either. It goes both ways, there is nothing at all wrong with nude photography.
SunSeeker
(51,699 posts)I didn't post her "nude modeling photos." Those are readily available all over the internet. This is not one of them.
But your concern is duly noted.
Response to SunSeeker (Reply #105)
Post removed
SunSeeker
(51,699 posts)If you had been able to look past her cleavage, you would have seen what was really shameless about that photo.
SunSeeker
(51,699 posts)Google "nude phtotos definition." This is the first result:
1. adjective
A nude person is not wearing any clothes.
The occasional nude bather comes here.
in the nude
2. countable noun
A nude is a picture or statue of a person who is not wearing any clothes. A nude is also a person in a picture who is not wearing any clothes.
He was one of Australia's most distinguished artists, renowned for his portraits, landscapes, and nudes.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/nude
But don't worry, I will give you a pass, since you were so gracious in offering me a pass.
mackdaddy
(1,528 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Or do I shun them for being classless assholes? Um... I think I'll do both.
struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe," East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN in a statement ...
Melania dons jacket saying 'I really don't care. Do U?' ahead of border visit
By Betsy Klein, CNN
Updated 3:18 PM ET, Thu June 21, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/melania-trump-jacket/index.html
Goodheart
(5,340 posts)OF COURSE there was no "hidden" message. It was a BLATANT one.
struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe," East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN in a statement ...
Melania dons jacket saying 'I really don't care. Do U?' ahead of border visit
By Betsy Klein, CNN
Updated 3:18 PM ET, Thu June 21, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/melania-trump-jacket/index.html
ET Awful
(24,753 posts)n/t
struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)that sends a message like that?
No way. If true, what the fuck?
NoMoreRepugs
(9,459 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Not the brightest bulb in the box. I wonder if she even knows what that says or means.
Assuming she does, this is nothing more than a veiled middle finger from the Trump White House to the majority of Americans who are in the non-Deplorable camp.
IronLionZion
(45,529 posts)One of her aides is about to be punished hard.
On a related note, a balmy Jun afternoon on the longest day of the year by our southern border isn't exactly jacket weather. Unless she was cold only on the plane and took it off upon landing. I really hope she wasn't being more obvious about her model white privilege in front of less fortunate brown children.
That whole family has to have earned so much bad karma in their lives there's no point pretending to be decent people anymore.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)PsyOps.
Trump keeps saying "This is the Democrats' fault."
Ivanka thanks him for ending the policy.
Melania sends this horrid message.
Anyone trying to give them credit for being 'clueless' and 'tone deaf' is not accepting the fact that these people are just messing with America's heads. BECAUSE THEY CAN.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Of course the jacket was intended to send a message... to their white supremacist followers.
Yeah, there's a special place in hell waiting on these evil monsters.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)It is a blatant "nudge nudge, wink wink" to their reality TV fans.
Then they will put on a faux shock response to any criticism by Dems or the media. "How DARE you imply that a jacket, made by a highly respected designer, has anything to do with making any kind of statement about the immigrant issue?!!!. Isn't it OBVIOUS by her great sacrifice to leave her luxurious penthouse and come to Texas, that she and the President both care deeply about these poor children ripped apart by Democrats?"
I am torn though in what to believe about Melania.
Is she really also a nazi wh*** who is in on their "clever" bait and switch to their fans?
Or is she frightened, or bribed, or threatened into wearing that jacket?
Or is she the simplest of simpletons and is being used like an actual stepford wife to do whatever she is asked without thinking?
knightmaar
(748 posts)Because man, does that seem like a suicide note.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Maybe this is a blinking out T-O-R-T-U-R-E moment for Melania. Maybe she is challenging us all to get up and do something about it.
Because it's pretty blatant.
worstexever
(265 posts)This is unbelievable. I think this is really a signal to their base. "It's just a photo op, we're still on the side of all you racist MFrs."
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)No one could be that tone deaf. And why would a first lady pull that wardrobe item out for any occasion?
Totally intentional.
I can't even.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)But the pool reporter reported that when she left she told the kids "good luck".
unblock
(52,322 posts)worstexever
(265 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)SunSeeker
(51,699 posts)paleotn
(17,962 posts)I despise the very ground that thing walks on.
dhill926
(16,355 posts)run them out of the White House...
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Didnt 'take', i expect she will vanish for another month
Soon.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)PatrickforO
(14,588 posts)Nope, no hidden message. It's right out there for everyone to see.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Eugene
(61,948 posts)Trump will tell his base that the fake news media is unfairly bashing poor Melania, and they will believe every word he says.
0rganism
(23,970 posts)this looks like another one of their obviously indefensible junk-bait antics, that amounts to a shiny object to wave at us while they rob us blind. could it have anything to do with the upcoming looting of Medicare and Medicaid?
even as we appropriately excoriate her poor taste and overt racism, we're ignoring setup for the next great swindle
OMGWTF
(3,975 posts)BlueSpot
(856 posts)This more likely gives them an opportunity to point at us and say we're over-reacting.
How do you counter the bad optics of this latest fiasco? He convinces the base that we're just all over reacting to this and then conflates it to us having over-reacted to the rest of it too. Maybe he can even convince them that *they* over-reacted.
I think he's still in damage-to-image control. While this outwardly appears to damage him further, I think he can possibly spin it to his base in this way - at least to those who are looking for a way to forgive/explain him for this.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)What the fucking FUCK?????????
🤯😵
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)lynched her on the spot
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)Alea
(706 posts)waste more money in a week than I will make my whole life. They can't hire someone like the house keeper in 2 1/2 men to tell them "you eff'd up, go back and try again, and this time don't have your head in your arse"?
Johonny
(20,888 posts)and she didn't want to go and did this to * him. She hates him, I'm pretty sure.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)Of course there are other possibilities.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)JUST IN: First Lady's spokeswoman knocks reports about Melania's "I really don't care do u?" jacket: "It's just a jacket. There's no message."
Except, of course the one written on the jacket.
I guess they thought it was a better choice than the one stating
Im with Stupid
oasis
(49,408 posts)mobeau69
(11,156 posts)iluvtennis
(19,872 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,397 posts)i so badly want to do this ,
goto 0:40 where buggs tripps the evil scientist. i want to do that so bad to these blinking jerks . muwhahehahahaha.
ecstatic
(32,731 posts)during Hurricane Harvey... How can one not conclude that she's trolling the f*ck out of the nation? Not cool. The trumps are pure scum.
spanone
(135,875 posts)ecstatic
(32,731 posts)RainCaster
(10,914 posts)I am appalled
ET Awful
(24,753 posts)Looks real to me.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,043 posts)Devil Child
(2,728 posts)She disgraces ALL preceding First Ladies of the United States.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)When the backlash against these monsters comes - and, mark my words, it is coming - they will all rue the day they said and did these vicious, vile things.
Justice is coming their way like freight train but they are so blind to their own bullshit that they refuse to believe their day of reckoning is coming. They are going to be the recipients of the most powerful "whomp-whomp" in history.
coeur_de_lion
(3,681 posts)you know she would never wear a $37 jacket unless she had some evil purpose.
GopherGal
(2,009 posts)The jacket with a middle finger painted on the back was sold out in her size, and her dalmation-fur coat is at the cleaners.
coeur_de_lion
(3,681 posts)I used to pity her! Now I am free to mock her along with the rest of that fucked up clan.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)More like #BeWorst
jimlup
(7,968 posts)I mean serious-fuckingly????