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Why Is Melania Trump Pretending to #BeBest?
The First Lady is hiding under the shield of a nationalized bully
Where has Melania Trump been hiding while her husband continues his reign of terror? We know that her step-daughter who is laughably referred to as “senior adviser to the president,” has been steadily touting her accomplishments with daily pictorials of her trips to the places where the “economic boom” is roaring loud enough to warrant her needless presence.
But Melania has been dutifully absent from the public eye, except when foreign dignitaries take the high risk of venturing into the “House of Horrors,” and the worst First Lady ever to be appointed, manages to showcase the fashionable choices that White feminist writers like to decode as her secret weapon against her detractors, or the statement pieces that prove the claims of her fierce “independence.”
Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, was recently asked to assess Melania’s supposed “influence” in the world of fashion, compared to her worthier predecessors, and let’s just say that those designer sunglasses that the industry’s matriarch famously dons like a pro — aren’t just for show.
