Melania Trump slammed for wearing 'common symbol of European colonial rule' during Africa visit

[DonViejo]

First Lady Melania Trump donned a white pith helmet during a safari in Kenya on Friday, which some claim is “evocative of colonialists,” CNN reports. The network reported that the helmet was often worn by “European militaries in their colonies throughout Africa and in India,” and soon became a “popular sun hat” for European tourists in the 1930s. Matt Carotenuto, a historian at St. Lawrence University, compared wearing the hat to showing up to an “Alabama cotton farm in a confederate uniform.” “Her attire is a signal of her understanding of what Africa is in 2018,” Kim Yi, a politics professor at the University of California, Riverside, told The New York Times. “It’s tired and it’s old and it’s inaccurate.” Trump, whose sartorial choices have gotten her in trouble in the past, is currently on her first extended international tour and will visit Egypt as her next and last stop.

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Melania Trump Met With ‘Not a Shithole!’ Sign in Malawi

First lady Melania Trump was reportedly greeted with a few protesters in Malawi on Thursday, with signs rebutting President Trump’s previous remarks calling African countries “shitholes.” The New York Times reports that while the first lady was traveling to the U.S. ambassador’s residence, the motorcade encountered protesters with signs reading “#MelaniaToo” and “Welcome to Malawi. #NotAShithole!” Another sign reportedly referenced the Trump administration’s family separation policy, which separated hundreds of children from their parents along America’s southern border. The first lady also reportedly toured class rooms while she promoted her own initiative, Be Best, and USAID’s national reading program. President Trump previously proposed slashing the State Department and USAID’s budgets. “I wanted to be here to see the successful programs that [the] United States is providing the children and thank you for everything you’ve done,” she said at a book donation ceremony in a school’s library. The first lady is currently in Kenya, where she will attend a series of events before making her final stop in Egypt on her first extended international tour.

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[Tavarious Jackson]

1. You should see what she wore to Egypt.

She has to be tone deaf or this is all on purpose to insult.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/melania-egypt-visit-pyramids-final-leg-africa-tour-111710415.html

[Corgigal]

2. She would have to learn that

though a history book. She, like her loving husband don't read. She's going for a glamour shot.

[Dave Starsky]

4. Well, the look really isn't complete...

Without a riding crop and a gin and tonic.

[Corgigal]

6. I would prefer

A group of lions chasing her ass, or a hippo saying hi while she is riding down the rivers.

However, I get what ya saying. If I had to go with her, I would need an hourly gin and tonic, myself.

[Achilleaze]

3. Melanie is super sour, even for a KGOP republican mole

Once "republican family-values" get a hold of you, your mind has been compromised, and your soul has been poisoned.

[duforsure]

5. I have names for people like her,

But you didn't hear either her of evanke say anything against sexual predators, so did trump order them to keep their mouths shut on this? Probably, they're both as phony as they come. She's being used by trump for distractions , and she's doing it.

[dlk]

7. Melania Wore the Pith Helmet on Purpose-It's Her Sneaky Way of Giving the Middle Finger

Melania has enough advisers and stylists around her to know EXACTLY what's she's doing. No one should be fooled. She is, without a doubt, passive-aggressive and as deplorable as her husband!

[Wounded Bear]

13. Goes well with her IDGAF shirt, I'm sure...

[TexasTowelie]

8. So Trump sent Melania to Kenya

to look for Obama's birth certificate?

[FloridaBlues]

9. She she was a birther just like her husband.

[Wounded Bear]

14. I'd love for a reporter to ask about that...

"Hey Sarah! Did Melania find the real birth certificate?"

[pintobean]

10. Looks like Harry Truman's

Harry S. Truman's pith helmet, made for him by Hawley Products Company in St. Charles, Illinois, USA. It (dimensions: 35.5 x 29.5 x 16.0 cm) is made from plastic, cotton, and leather. This photo is recorded as HSTR 22230, and was made for the Harry S Truman, an American Visionary Exhibit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet#Gallery

I was in Kenya in the 80s. Kenyans sold pith helmets to tourists. They probably still do.

[milestogo]

11. I love pith helmets - but I never saw her wearing one around the White House.

[dalton99a]

12. She forgot the elephant gun

[BeckyDem]

15. Sorry but I can't stand her and have no pity for her.

She married a creep and remains with one, she seems perfectly fine enabling her piece of shit husbands political agenda.

[malaise]

16. It was no accident

[HipChick]

19. Yup..no accident...and she does not give two hoots...not doing a damn thing to advance woman's cause

[MineralMan]

17. But Fashionable, See?

[IluvPitties]

18. The white queen visits Wild Africa...