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First LadyMelania Trump‘scontroversial fashion choices— from her pussy-bow blouse to her“I really don’t care” jacket— were actually “style rebellions” intended to “punish her husband,” former White House aideOmarosa Manigault Newmanalleges inher new book.
InUnhinged, due out Tuesday, Manigault Newman specifically claims that the first lady was trying to makePresident Trump“look foolish” when she wore a Zara jacket emblazoned with the words “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” on her way to visit separated children at an immigration facility in Texas.
“She wore that jacket to hurt Trump, setting off a controversy that he would have to fix, prolonging the conversation about the administration’s insensitivity, ruining the trip itself, and trying to make sure that no one asked her to do something like that again.
“Not that Melania doesn’t have compassion for immigrant children; I’m sure she does,” Manigault Newman adds. “But she gladly, spitefully, wrecked her husband’s directives to make him look foolish.”
Manigault Newman did not present any proof of her theories about Mrs. Trump.
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The first lady faced heavy criticism in June when she donned a jacket that read “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” as she departed to visit migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of her husband’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.Despite the instant backlash, Mrs. Trump put the jacket back on for her return flight to Washington, D.C.
In the aftermath of Mrs. Trump’s “jacketgate” moment, the president claimed thathis wife’s fashion choicewas a message to the “Fake News Media.” He tweeted at the time, “Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!”
However, Grisham contradicted the president’s explanation. “It’s a jacket. There was no hidden message,” Grisham said in a statement in June. “After today’s important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn’t going to choose to focus on her wardrobe.” Grisham also said at the time that the trip was “100 percent” Mrs. Trump’s idea and that her husband was “supportive.”
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InUnhinged, Manigault Newman goes on to claim that the first lady has been making such “style rebellions” since her husband’s campaign days.
“As a student of fashion and keenly image-conscious woman, she knows that everyone of her style choices will be scrutinized and debated,” Manigault Newman writes.
“Taken as a whole, all of her style rebellions have served the same purpose, and not only misdirection and distraction — strategies her husband knows all too well,” Manigault Newman added. “I believe Melania uses style to punish her husband.”
source: people.com
