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Melania Trump Wore a Highly Insensitive Jacket While Visiting Migrant Kids, and *Deep Sigh*

21/06/2018 - 09:40 PM

Melania Trump is certainly no stranger to stirring up controversy with her outfits choices [1]. The First Lady famously wore sky-high stilettos while visiting Hurricane Harvey victims [2] last year, the internet still hasn't forgiven her for sporting a $1,380 Balmain shirt to a hands-on gardening event [3] at the White House, and who could forget the time she donned a bright-pink pussy-bow blouse [4] just days after footage surfaced of her husband instructing Billy Bush to "grab" women by that very private body part?

The FLOTUS's latest style move, however, might just take the number one spot as her most questionable one to date. On June 21, Melania made a surprise trip to Texas to visit facilities that house migrant children following a firestorm of backlash to Trump's inhumane migrant family separation policy [5]. While boarding the plane to head toward the US-Mexican border, she wore a white long-sleeved shirt, white jeans, and Adidas sneakers [6], finishing the look with the tone-deaf pièce de résistance: a green parka that read "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" in enormous white lettering on the back. Yup, you read that correctly, folks. Appalling is an understatement.

The hooded Zara jacket, which is no longer available for purchase on the retailer's website, seemed to send a loud-and-clear message as the First Lady boarded the plane with cameras right there to capture the moment. Thankfully, she did swap out the distasteful outerwear for a blush-pink number once she touched down in Texas, but it was too late: the internet already took note and started expressing outrage over the insensitive move.

Melania's spokesperson, Stephanie Grisham, soon after responded to said outrage on Twitter [7], writing, "If media would spend their time & energy on her actions & efforts to help kids - rather than speculate & focus on her wardrobe - we could get so much accomplished on behalf of children. #SheCares #ItsJustAJacket." Ahead, see Melania's green jacket in action, followed by along a handful of Twitter reactions.

Melania Wore the Jacket Before Boarding the Plane

She Styled It With a White Shirt and Pants

Here's Her Exact Zara Jacket

And a Look at the Back

She Later Deboarded the Plane With a Different Jacket

Melania Still Had the Same White Pants and Adidas On

She Posed at the Upbring New Hope Childrens Centre in Texas

The FLOTUS Had a Roundtable Discussion

She Walked the Halls of the Social Services Centre

Here Are Some of the Twitter Reactions


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