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Vogue Slams Melania Trump’s Official White House Portrait

Vogue Slams Melania Trump’s Official White House Portrait

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First Lady Melania Trump who is known for some stunning fashion choices has upset Vogue with her decision to wear a tuxedo in her official White House portrtait

“Indeed, Trump looked more like she was guest starring on an episode of ‘The Apprentice’ than assuming the role of first lady of the United States,” the magazine wrote in an editorial describing the First Lady’s choice of a Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo jacket over a white button-up and cummerbund for her official portrait.

“The choice to wear a tuxedo – as opposed to a blazer or blouse – made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant,” Vogue added. “It’s perhaps unsurprising that a woman who lived in a gold-encrusted penthouse, whose fame is so intertwined with a reality-television empire, would refuse to abandon theatrics – even when faced with 248 years of tradition.”

The magazine and Trump have had a frosty relationship when she declined to appear in its pages after Trump was elected in 2016 as other first ladies had in the past.  It didn’t help that porn star Stormy Daniels-who allegedly had an affair with Trump in 2006-appeared Vogue in 2018 in an apparent show of support for her claims.

While Melania did appear in the magazine after she married Trump in 2005, she hasn’t done so since then. Former First Ladies Dr. Jill Biden and Michelle Obama each appeared in Vogue three times

 

Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events. Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA. He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.

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