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Melania Trump apparently wore this on her trip to Texas... (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2018 OP
That pretty much says it all. nt Phoenix61 Jun 2018 #1
Hateful lying plaigarizing gold-digging porno model. lark Jun 2018 #2
"I really don't care do U". Historic NY Jun 2018 #3
Unbelievable Sanity Claws Jun 2018 #4
It's true malaise Jun 2018 #18
Sadly, it is completely believable. GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #35
Is this real?!!!! elehhhhna Jun 2018 #5
this cannot possibly be true pnwest Jun 2018 #6
I thought it must be photoshop... but no !! C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #11
And NBC/NPR are reporting the story brooklynite Jun 2018 #15
Melania Antoinette didn't even bother with the cake C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #7
This can't be real. Surely her staff wouldn't let her do that. Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #8
It is very real. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #10
This is a new low, even for the Trumps. How can anyone be that tone deaf? Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #14
not tone deaf, sending a message to their base EleanorR Jun 2018 #19
They're obviously trolling C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #21
THIS TrishaJ Jun 2018 #30
The jacket speaks for itself. C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #32
Yes, I know they don't care. But it is possible TrishaJ Jun 2018 #38
Straight out of the Oval Office. lpbk2713 Jun 2018 #9
I just posted and deleted. My God, it's REAL! nolabear Jun 2018 #12
I had to check too. Did not look like she wore it when she deplaned though? Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #13
Never Thought She Did Me. Jun 2018 #16
That phrase sounds like it came out of a middle school. Too weird. dameatball Jun 2018 #17
That was kind of my reaction too Sanity Claws Jun 2018 #39
not tone deaf bunny planet Jun 2018 #20
CONFIRMED by NBC... brooklynite Jun 2018 #22
Its intentional, a signal to the mouth breathers. Saboburns Jun 2018 #23
Oh, no. It's nothing like that. It's just a jacket. Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #24
Well, at least she didn't wear a Tan Suit n/t MarcA Jun 2018 #25
I don't think this is a mistake tulipsandroses Jun 2018 #26
I suspect the handlers gave her the jacket to wear C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #36
She's an asshole surrounded MontanaMama Jun 2018 #27
... "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, struggle4progress Jun 2018 #28
Spokesperson says "There's no hidden message." Does that mean take it at face value?? Mrs. Overall Jun 2018 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author TeamPooka Jun 2018 #31
Its a prop for this episode.... dawnie51 Jun 2018 #33
The Trump people Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2018 #34
So utterly tone deaf. B2G Jun 2018 #37
No, utterly intentional. The base loves it. JenniferJuniper Jun 2018 #40
Is it so cool that she even needs a jacket today? Beantighe Jun 2018 #41

lark

(23,204 posts)
2. Hateful lying plaigarizing gold-digging porno model.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:33 PM
Jun 2018

We care even though she doesn't give a shit and has exactly zero self-respect.

Sanity Claws

(21,866 posts)
4. Unbelievable
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:34 PM
Jun 2018

Just when I thought I could not be shocked by how low these people are, I find out that they can sink even lower.

GoCubsGo

(32,103 posts)
35. Sadly, it is completely believable.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:40 PM
Jun 2018

There is no bottom to the depths at which they can (and will) sink. They're just getting more and more bold about it.

C_U_L8R

(45,047 posts)
7. Melania Antoinette didn't even bother with the cake
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:37 PM
Jun 2018

The Trump's disdain for immigrants is literally all over their backs.

How'd that work out for every despot (and their families) ever in history?

EleanorR

(2,397 posts)
19. not tone deaf, sending a message to their base
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:58 PM
Jun 2018

Can't have the deplorables thinking they actually care about the brown people.

C_U_L8R

(45,047 posts)
21. They're obviously trolling
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:59 PM
Jun 2018

They want everyone to gang up on Melania to rally their base.

They tried the same with these phony Mexican restaurant visits...
hoping for video of mean screaming liberals.

This shit is so phony and fabricated and mean spirited...
I just don't know how it serves them well. Or how
they can remain in office. The Trumps need to clear out
of OUR White House. So disgraceful.

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
30. THIS
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:34 PM
Jun 2018

Agree. That's the first thought that came to my mind. Setting us all up to gang up on poor Melania - but I'm not playing. Keep the focus on the families that need to be reunited.

C_U_L8R

(45,047 posts)
32. The jacket speaks for itself.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:38 PM
Jun 2018

We can share without comment. When they say "I don't care" with a billboard across their back, we ought to believe them. Anyone with eyes will see how awful the Trumps are.

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
38. Yes, I know they don't care. But it is possible
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jun 2018

they had her wear the jacket KNOWING it would get media attention. It is possible; and I am just saying the focus needs to be on the issue of reuniting these families, NOT on the tone-deaf jacket. Don't fall for it.

lpbk2713

(42,777 posts)
9. Straight out of the Oval Office.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:38 PM
Jun 2018



That pretty much crystallizes the Trump administration's approach to all matters big and small.

nolabear

(42,009 posts)
12. I just posted and deleted. My God, it's REAL!
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:41 PM
Jun 2018

I’d laugh if it wasn’t so horrifying. I swear, they couldn’t piss off a bridge and hit water.

Freethinker65

(10,118 posts)
13. I had to check too. Did not look like she wore it when she deplaned though?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:44 PM
Jun 2018

Still could be photoshopped.

bunny planet

(10,875 posts)
20. not tone deaf
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:59 PM
Jun 2018

She's not being tone deaf.....this is deliberately thumbing her nose at those of us who do care and have criticized them for not caring.....She thinks she's being ironic I guess, since she's there visiting the children (for the photo-op) and we're not....that's kinda sorta supposed to be your job 'Melanie' to CARE....and to think, for a short while I was feeling sort of sorry for her being married to the giant orange pencil dicked buffoon.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
23. Its intentional, a signal to the mouth breathers.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:04 PM
Jun 2018

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

Arkansas Granny

(31,545 posts)
24. Oh, no. It's nothing like that. It's just a jacket.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:18 PM
Jun 2018
When asked about the jacket choice, Trump's spokesperson told ABC reporter Meredith McGraw: "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."

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a21753361/melania-trump-i-really-dont-care-do-you-jacket/

tulipsandroses

(5,141 posts)
26. I don't think this is a mistake
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:28 PM
Jun 2018

Its all by design. At some point, one of her " handlers, should have said, oh no, we don't think thats good messaging and snatched that jacket. Deplorable piece of shit all of them!

C_U_L8R

(45,047 posts)
36. I suspect the handlers gave her the jacket to wear
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:40 PM
Jun 2018

Do you think Melania owns a $35 off-the-rack jacket ? This is all a stupid ploy... that is backfiring on them, again

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
28. ... "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas,
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:32 PM
Jun 2018

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

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

Beantighe

(126 posts)
41. Is it so cool that she even needs a jacket today?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:03 PM
Jun 2018

No hidden message though. I absolutely believe this woman has lots of $39 jackets in her wardrobe and that this isn't just a special prop for today. </sarcasm> These people are beyond words.

http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Melania-Trump/148dc6cde8e04156a3a1c0d07a7d39aa/29/0

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